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Artists Diane Medlin Buchko and Charlotte Curran demonstrate their art for
visitors during ArtWalk in Fort Pierce.
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Mikaela Lehtinen and Michaela Wingren, visiting the Treasure Coast from
Finland, enjoy the galleries in Fort Pierce.
evening for more than a few patrons of the arts. A typical
ArtWalk evening has “great art, great people, great music and
great food,” Cunningham boasts. There are about 50 artists
and businesses that participate each month, she says. “It’s not
only about art; it’s about seeing everything downtown Fort
Pierce has to offer.”
Allie Comer, one of the founders of Art Mundo and the
Art Bank at Second Street and Orange Avenue in Fort Pierce,
says that during a typical ArtWalk, more than 60 people sign
the guest book and tour the artists’ galleries in the building,
which once housed a bank. “Our first ArtWalk was in the
The Ultimate Gift
A.E. Backus
Painting of the Indian River.
25 x 30” circa 1949
One of a kind brush and palette
knife technique.
Backus is considered the finest Florida
Landscape Artist and is known
throughout the United States.
Call 772-577-0240
for information.
Owner/Seller.
Viewed by appointment.
PRICED AT $30,000 WHICH IS BELOW THE APPRAISED VALUE.
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