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Josh Martinez, Jr., is the featured artist for the month of December at Lehigh Regional Medical Center cafeteria, 1500 Lee Blvd, Lehigh Acres.\u00a0 He is a member of Arts of the Inland (AOI) and is a student from Clewiston.<\/p>\n
At the age of 2 Joshua was diagnosed with autism and epilepsy. Even though Joshua has fought an uphill battle due to his disabilities, his education has not suffered. He has had a one-on-one aide since elementary school. Josh began creating abstract art his freshman year of high school. According to his mother Catalina, \u201cLike a spring flower waiting to bloom he began to blossom.\u201d The artwork expresses his feelings and emotions through a combination of colors and shapes.\u00a0 His parents helped him open a small art store, Art by Josh & More, where he can display his work, offer informative brochures and books on Autism and other disabilities. It\u2019s a place where the community can gather to share their stories. Proceeds from the store go to a scholarship fund, The Art By Josh Scholarship, and a scholarship is awarded to a graduating senior that is interested in a career in Special Education or Art.<\/p>\n
Stop in from December 5th until January 3rd, Monday \u2013 Friday from 7 a.m. \u2013 5 p.m., to see this talented artist’s creative artwork at the Lehigh Regional Medical Center cafeteria at 1500 Lee Blvd., Lehigh Acres.<\/p>\n
Arts of the Inland is a 501(c)3 public charity nonprofit umbrella arts organization with visual, literary and performing artists.\u00a0 For information contact LaVon Koenig at artsinland@gmail.com<\/a> or 239-303-5849.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Josh Martinez, Jr., is the featured artist for the month of December at Lehigh Regional Medical Center cafeteria, 1500 Lee Blvd, Lehigh Acres.\u00a0 He is a member of Arts of… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}