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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nStudent artists Hannah Justesen, left, and Ashlyn Hairston, right, talk about Justesen’s piece, “Visceral” at the Juried Student Art Exhibition at LAC in the K-Building on May 1. (Enrique Martinez) Art on display ranged a multitude of topics, including politics, self-reflection and female anatomy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cMy piece is a wet floor sign and I thought we always see these signs and walk past them, and I felt the same way about immigrants. As a society, we look past their hardships and hard work and just keep moving,\u201d Pablo Rodriguez Villegas said about his piece, \u201cWetback\u201d which was heavily influenced by the current political state under the Trump administration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rodriguez Villegas noted that he found himself scared under the current administration and realized art is used to express emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Art piece \u201cWetback\u201d by featured artist Juan Pablo Rodriguez Villegas, is displayed at the Juried Student Art Exhibition at LAC in the K-Building on May 8. (Enrique Martinez)<\/sup><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI can\u2019t live scared and I had to put all of my fear somewhere,\u201d Rodriguez Villegas said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Another first year student, Gage Vaughn, was featured in the gallery setting for the first time due to the encouragement of his professor, Chris Chinn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI did a charcoal still life piece for the class and he really liked it and held onto it, and then submitted it to the gallery,\u201d Vaughn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Vaughn attended the exhibit with his two friends, Deshawn Mitchell and Joseph Vigen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI really hope people stop to take a minute to have a second and look at it,\u201d Vaughn said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both Mitchell and Vigen expressed their happiness for their friend as his work was highlighted in the exhibit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI\u2019m happy for him, he\u2019s one of my closest friends so this is really cool for him,\u201d Mitchell said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The exhibit is open for viewing through May 31 and the closing ceremony will announce the three winners of the $2000 prizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Juried Student Art Exhibition\u2019s opening ceremony on May 1 had 265 attendees within the first hour, making it one of the most attended in recent years. 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