You are at:Home»ARTS & LIFE»Festival artists bring live art to Makhanda’s streets A mural by visual artist Lisolomzi Pikoli opposite the Link Street taxi rank. Pikoli is one of four Artists in Residence in the National Arts Festival's ‘Nature is Louder’ project focused on 2D Street Art in Makhanda - one Festival activity that remains live after Level 4 lockdown saw it switch back to an (almost) all virtual format, opening Thursday 8 July. Photo: Sue Maclennan Festival artists bring live art to Makhanda’s streets Within 10 days of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s declaring the current Level 4 lockdown, the National Arts Festival made the superhuman switch from partly live to all digital in 10 days.