{"id":27750,"date":"2013-10-31T15:08:10","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=27750"},"modified":"2013-10-31T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T19:08:10","slug":"graffiti-artists-turn-to-canvas-instead-of-walls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/10\/graffiti-artists-turn-to-canvas-instead-of-walls\/","title":{"rendered":"Graffiti Artists Turn To<br> Canvas Instead of Walls"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_27751\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27751\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27751\" title=\"Art\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Art-300x195.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Art-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Art.png 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winner Jose Guzman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first Graffiti Spray Off organized by Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office community coordinator Andrea Adams as part of the Make a Difference Day celebration at the park. This event was due to the sheriff\u2019s campaign to deter graffiti on the walls of buildings and other public places in Lehigh Acres.<\/p>\n<p>Nine participants were expected to produce art with the theme of unity. But only three showed up. The event unfortunately coincided with the ACT testing, Adams said.<\/p>\n<p>Jose Guzman, a junior art student at East Lee County High School, was declared the winner. His work showed the silhouettes of a man and a boy walking toward a brighter future.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_27752\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27752\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-27752 \" title=\"Art2\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Art2-300x177.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Art2-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Art2.png 795w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Angelica Salinaz and Jose Guzman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the winner, he now has the opportunity to paint a mural on the wall of the community meeting room at the LCSO substation on Homestead Road. He and the runners-up also will receive free art lessons and a chance to paint at an art event next year in Fort Myers.<\/p>\n<p>Angelica Salinaz, an East Lee senior, took second place with her mother and child image representing unity.<\/p>\n<p>Debbie Orozco, also a senior at East Lee, was third. She used spray paint to show a soldier reuniting with his child.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenzo Perez a former graffiti vandal in New York City met with the students and quickly created a canvas with the word \u201cWOW\u201d in balloon like pink letters. He now works as a graffiti artist part-time doing projects on request, painting cars and creating T-shirts. His Naples-based business is called Low PRZ.<\/p>\n<p>Perez was the invited judge for the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Graffiti Spray Off organized by Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office community coordinator Andrea Adams as part of the Make a Difference Day celebration at the park. 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