Artfest returning to Statesboro Artfest returning to Statesboro By Dal Cannady | April 16, 2021 at 6:08 PM EDT - Updated April 16 at 6:36 PM STATESBORO, Ga. (WTOC) - A Springtime tradition continues in Statesboro, after a one-year hiatus in 2020. Artsfest, the annual children’s art festival, returns this year with some changes. You can see the stage and tents already up at Mill Creek Park for Artsfest on Sunday. Artfest has been around for decades. Organizers say they hated to cancel last year and have been working since then to figure out how they could safely hold it this year. Artfest traditionally draws thousands to Georgia Southern’s Sweetheart Circle. It gives youngsters a chance to enjoy arts. The Statesboro-Bulloch County Recreation Department took the lead on the festival in 2016. They say they’ll spread art stations farther apart than usual. They’ll also use individual brushes and sanitize frequently through the day.