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	"event_id": "1164221",
	"eventinstance_id": "4236033",
	"calendar": {
		"id": 6753,
		"title": "Summer B 2022",
		"slug": "summer-b-2022",
		"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/calendar/6753/summer-b-2022/"
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	"id": "4236033",
	"title": "SVAD Distinguished Artist Series: Gonzalo Fuenmayor",
	"subtitle": null,
	"description": "\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe UCF School of Visual Arts \u0026amp\u003B Design is proud to welcome artist Gonzalo Fuenmayor as part of the SVAD Distinguished Artist Series.\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003EGonzalo is a Miami\u002Dbased artist who works primarily with drawing. He has been concerned about the effects of modernization and progress not only on natural environments, but mostly on Latin American culture and its ways of being displayed internationally through stereotypes and common places. His aim seems to be not exclusively to denounce banalization but also to understand its aesthetic mechanisms and cultural power.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003EFuenmayor received his BFA in Fine Arts and Art Education from UCF\u0027s School of Visual Arts in 2000, and his MFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 2004.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003EFuenmayor has been awarded numerous awards including a Traveling Fellowship by the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 2014, 2015 South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists,\u0026nbsp\u003Ba 2018 Ellies Creator Award,\u0026nbsp\u003B2020 EFG Bank Latin American Award and a Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant in 2022, among others.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003EHe has exhibited in numerous solo and group shows in USA, Latin America and Europe. His work is part of numerous private and public collections across the country.\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThe SVAD Distinguished Artist Series is an initiative that introduces the UCF students and community to professional and emerging contemporary artists in various fields of study.\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThose attending will enjoy a lecture from Gonzalo on his artistic practice and will also have the opportunity to engage in a Q\u0026amp\u003BA session afterwards. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan\u003EThis event is FREE and open to the public.\u0026nbsp\u003B\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E",
	"location": "John C Hitt Library",
	"location_url": "https://map.ucf.edu/?show\u003D2",
	"virtual_url": null,
	"registration_link": null,
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	"starts": "Thu, 12 Nov 2026 18:00:00 -0500",
	"ends": "Thu, 12 Nov 2026 21:00:00 -0500",
	"ongoing": "False",
	"category": "Speaker/Lecture/Seminar",
	"tags": ["UCF SVAD","SVAD","lecture series"],
	"contact_name": "Brooks Dierdorff",
	"contact_phone": null,
	"contact_email": "brooksdierdorff@ucf.edu",
	"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/event/4236033/svad-distinguished-artist-series-gonzalo-fuenmayor/"
}