Page 5 - Palm City Spotlight - February '24

Palm City Spotlight, Page 5

Arts & EntErtAinmEnt

MartinArts Brings

Outstanding Florida Artists
To The Court House Cultural

Center In Stuart

Exciting new artworks by 58 artists from Tallahassee to
Key West are on display now through Feb. 29 at the Martin
County Court House Cultural Center in MartinArts’ 33rd
All Florida Juried Art Show. Pieces span the mediums of
watercolor, ceramics, acrylic, oil, photography, bronze,
encaustic, wood, metal, glass and fiber.
“This is always one of our most exciting shows of the Award recipients from the All Florida Juried Art Show 2024: Laura Kay Whiticar Darvill, Denise Jackson, Mallo Bissett,
season,” MartinArts Executive Director Nancy Turrell said. Thomas Prestopnik, Jim Wang, Barbara Fugazzotto, Heather Eric Pomales, Tepa Charles, Danuta Rothschild and Caryl
“We had more than 180 artists from across the state of Florida Ivins and juror Gregory Jones Pomales were among the guests at the opening of the 2024
apply to be part of the exhibit, and the best of the best of their All Florida Juried Art Show sponsored by MartinArts.
works are now on display.” every piece sold from the gallery generates a small donation
Gregory Jones, a member of the Florida Arts Group to support the work of our local arts organization.” Prestopnik, Galal Ramadan, Patricia Reagan, D.S. Reif,
and a painter who has judged more than 40 exhibits and Featured artists in the show include Glen Allen, Robert JL Schwartz, Norman Silva, Harriet Silverstein, Richard
festivals, curated the exhibit from the entries and awarded Bernstein, Enid Blechman, Barbara Bose, Jerilyn Brown, P. Stevens, David Valiente, Jim Wang, Elaine Weber, Terry
the following: First place, Mona in the Boneyard by Holly Cannon, Linda Chipperfield, Becky Coleman, White, Laura Kay Whiticar-Darvill, and Harris Wiltsher.
Thomas Prestopnik; Second place, Righteousness by Todd Maggie Dillon, Gabriele DiTota, Kimberly Engel, Brendan The Court House Cultural Center Galleries are open to the
Fox; Third place, The Photographer by Raymond Olivero; Fisk, Todd K. Fox, Barbara Fugazzotto, Susan Giblin, public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday and from 10 a.m.
Honorable Mention, Night Vision by Barbara Fugazzotto; Ryan Michael Gleason, Rene Guerin, Erika Heffernan, to 4 p.m. on Wednesday through Saturday at 80 S.E. Ocean
Rattan Chair by Heather Ivins; 2BSQ1 by Jim Wang; Latonya Hicks, Judy Horowitz, Heather Ivins, Denise Blvd. in Stuart. A suggested donation of $5 is requested in
Unrequited by Terry White. Jackson, Carson Kapp, Martin Karadzhov, Chloe Kelley, support of the programs and events of MartinArts.
“The colors, the textures, and the profound expression Claudia Jane Klein, Michael Knapp, Tina Kraft, Joe The exhibit will be open during ArtsFest, the area’s largest
of big ideas by Florida artists make this exhibit a must-see Krawczyk, Anita Lamb, Alice Laputka, Julia Longwell, arts event, held this year on Saturday, Feb. 10 and Sunday,
event,” Turrell said. Robin Marshall, Erin McCullough, Gary Menzel, Dawn Feb. 11 at Memorial Park and along East Ocean Boulevard in
Most of the pieces are for sale. “We encourage people to Inglis Montgomery, Lynn Morgan, Katya Neptune, Daniel downtown Stuart. To learn more about the All Florida Juried
buy local and Florida art,” Turrell added, “because it supports Newcomb, Janis Clary Oehlschlager, Raymond Olivero, Art Show, ArtsFest, and the Martin County Arts Council, go
the artists who bring us such engaging work and because Kathy Omeara, Caryl Pomales, Molly Potter, Thomas to www.martinarts.org.

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