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	"id": "3977792",
	"title": "Closing Reception \u0026 Artist Talk: Deep Futures: Sites of Toxic Land Use by Amanda Leigh Evans",
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	"description": "\u003Cp\u003EJoin the \u003Ca href\u003D\u0022https://cah.ucf.edu/gallery/\u0022 target\u003D\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EUCF Art Gallery\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/a\u003E for the closing reception of \u003Cem\u003EDeep Futures: Sites of Toxic Land Use \u003C/em\u003Eby Amanda Leigh Evans\u0026nbsp\u003Bon \u003Cstrong\u003EFeb. 13 from 5\u002D7pm\u003C/strong\u003E, with an artist talk at 6pm.\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EExhibition Statement:\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ESince 2018, Amanda Leigh Evans has been collecting raw materials (photos, rocks, soils, pressings, and archival images) from Superfund sites she visits throughout the United States. A Superfund site is designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as a polluted location that requires long\u002Dterm cleanup of hazardous material contamination, and their collection is made with the utmost caution.\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EApproximately 78 million people (roughly 24% of the U.S. population) live within 3 miles of a Superfund site, yet many are unaware of the dangers these sites pose. Invisible threats to human and ecological health are often not visually apparent when walking or driving past these sites. To live in the 21st Century is to reckon with our proximity and complicity with the ongoing creation of these sites.\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EEvan\u0026rsquo\u003Bs exhibition features ceramic sculpture, collected raw materials, large\u002Dformat collage images, and research materials from several Superfund sites she has visited over the years. The project began when the artist discovered that her maternal family, which has chronic and neurological health issues, was raised on the Bunker Hill Mine Superfund Site in Northern Idaho, one of the nation\u0026rsquo\u003Bs largest and most complex Superfund sites in the United States.\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan\u003E\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003ETo learn more about this exhibition, click \u003Ca href\u003D\u0022https://cah.ucf.edu/gallery/exhibit/deep\u002Dfutures\u002Dsites\u002Dof\u002Dtoxic\u002Dland\u002Duse\u002Dby\u002Damanda\u002Dleigh\u002Devans/\u0022 target\u003D\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHERE\u003C/a\u003E.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E",
	"location": "UCF Art Gallery",
	"location_url": "https://www.google.com/maps/place/School+of+Visual+Arts+and+Design/@28.6028876,\u002D81.2031242,15z/data\u003D!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb8778d2e75e9e172?sa\u003DX\u0026ved\u003D0ahUKEwiq3JfmgaLSAhWBKiYKHcufCVMQ_BIIkAEwCg",
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	"registration_link": "https://www.ticketsource.com/ucf-art-gallery/t-krkykrp",
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	"starts": "Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:00:00 -0500",
	"ends": "Fri, 13 Feb 2026 19:00:00 -0500",
	"ongoing": "False",
	"category": "Arts Exhibit",
	"tags": ["UCF SVAD","ucf art gallery"],
	"contact_name": "UCF Art Gallery",
	"contact_phone": "407\u002D823\u002D2676",
	"contact_email": "gallery@ucf.edu",
	"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/event/3977792/closing-reception-artist-talk-deep-futures-sites-of-toxic-land-use-by-amanda-leigh-evans/"
}