{"id":246,"date":"2013-09-19T14:30:17","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T18:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/?page_id=246"},"modified":"2013-09-19T14:31:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-19T18:31:52","slug":"cauley-square-galleries-offer-fitting-place-to-view-wide-varieties-of-art","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/students.com.miami.edu\/reporting\/our-off-campus-reporting\/cauley-square-galleries-offer-fitting-place-to-view-wide-varieties-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Cauley Square galleries offer fitting place to view wide varieties of art"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted September 19, 2013<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By SHAI FOX SAVARIAU<\/p>\n

An old historic building seems more than a fitting environment for viewing art.<\/p>\n

The Lucid Gallery is located in the heart of historic Cauley Square, which was built in the mid 1800s.<\/p>\n

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Lucid Gallery located in historic Cauley Square. (Photo by Shai Fox Savariau).<\/p><\/div>\n

This made for a cultured experience when attending an art exhibition there on Sept. 6th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Local artists included in this exhibition were Fernando Vallejo, Lonnie Lozono, and Veronica Trujilo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a great turnout. There were times I couldn\u2019t even walk to the fridge, that\u2019s how packed it was,\u201d said Ariel Soler, one of the gallery owners.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe energy in the show was great. I\u2019m really mad I couldn\u2019t have stayed longer,\u201d said Jahorace Epps, a visitor.<\/p>\n

The exhibition began with a video instillation that incorporated guitar sounds and a female speaker. The video installation contained about three to four minutes worth of random graphics and images that were put together to create a cohesive film piece. With the incorporation of sound and a live speaker, the piece was meant to bring the audience\u2019s minds to a \u201cmeditative state,\u201d which was what these performance artists claimed they wanted to acquire with their work.<\/p>\n

The art in the exhibition included oil paintings on canvas, acrylic on wood and clay figurines.<\/p>\n

Lonnie Lozano created small scenes from Lewis Carroll\u2019s Adventure\u2019s in Wonderland out of polymer clay. The artist portrays these scenes in her own unique way.<\/p>\n

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Lonnie Lozano’s “boogas” pieces as well as one painting (Photo by Shai Fox Savariau).<\/p><\/div>\n

Lozano calls her pieces \u201cBoogas\u201d and says that her \u201cinspiration comes from all over. It\u2019s a melting pot of comics, TV shows, games, friends and family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lozano has an online store called \u201cLibni\u201d on Etsy.com<\/a> where these figurines can be viewed and purchased.<\/p>\n

Veronica Trujilo\u2019s work was presented on wood with acrylic paint. Her themes in her work revolved around drawings of women with different food items, hence titles like \u201cPizza Slut\u201d and \u201cCupcake Cutie.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trujilo\u2019s work can be viewed and purchased on her online at BigCartel.com under the name of \u201cMistress V Scryptic Treasures\u201d.<\/p>\n

Fernando Vallejo, a local Cuban artist, also had three works featuring in the show. All were large oil paintings on canvas. Sizes ranged from a large life size canvas to small 16x20s.<\/p>\n

Vallejo began to study art at age 5 in Havana. \u00a0Almost a decade after graduating from I<\/i>nstituto Politecnico <\/i>with a degree in graphic design, he arrived in the United States.<\/p>\n

The exhibition also included live music by a local band by the name of Eric Vick Band. They arrived towards the end of the night and played till early in the morning.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe party was still going till almost 4 a.m,\u201d said Soler.<\/p>\n

The Lucid Gallery held its grand opening on Aug. 5. Ariel Soler and Alejandro Martinez are owners of the gallery and, with the help of others, they have managed to host a few of these events since its opening. Both owners agree that the space is \u201cdedicated to featuring artworks from up and coming local artists.\u201d<\/p>\n

They encourage anyone to apply to these small, but popular, exhibitions.<\/p>\n

The gallery is located on 12375 SW 225 St., Princeton, Fla., 33170. Both Soler and Martinez say that they plan on holding more of these events as often as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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