Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park Bay Estuary Program Restoration Project - Public Art Element

New artwork is now on display in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park. Artist and Newtown resident, Nevtar Azkadinya (Nevtar Navi Sba), has produced four vibrant representations of the physical, spiritual, and aspirational energies that speak to Newtown past, present, and future. The images, originally produced as large-scale oil on canvas, were reproduced as vinyl murals as a long-term public art installation. This project was funded by the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program as part of an estuary restoration project, in partnership with Newtown Nation, the North Sarasota Environmental Collaborative, the City of Sarasota Public Art Program, and the City of Sarasota Parks and Recreational Division. 

About the Artist: 

Nevtar Navi Sba

A representative for the younger generation of Artist who incorporates Culturally-Competent storytelling narratives of Nature, Metaphysics, Spiritual Healing, mindfulness, Family, and Unconditional Love through the lens of true Indigenous culture in the West. With his family lineage being rooted throughout the tropics of Sarasota, FL, Nevtar has found his truth of Identity through the Land of Gaia.

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Artist Beck Lane has been selected as Rosemary District restaurant Arts & Central's featured artist. The artworks include 12 large format images of Lane's work as well as a spotlight on the restaurant's website.