The Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County hosted its opening reception of the Where the Wild Becomes Divine art exhibition by artist Lady Natalia Perez Lozano at 6 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 1.

The artist is the Arts Council’s second Southeastern Artist in Residence (SEAR). The SEAR program aims to provide funds, time and space to mid-career artists “to execute the completion of a body of work.”

“This exhibition explores the human journey between instinct, emotion, and transcendence,” according to the Arts Council website. “Each piece reflects on beauty, nature, and feeling through symbolic elements, expressive bodies, and poetic forms. The work reveals that we are both animal and sacred guided by emotion, rooted in instinct, and called to something higher. It is in this space, where beauty lives, that the wild becomes divine.”

Photography by Israel Anta of Cumberland Photos for CityView.

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Carlos Castilla and Megan Kenny Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Chanthini Sims Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Carlos Tolentino and Danielle Vines Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Jalisa McCullough, and Tequilla Washington Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Bob Pinson, president and CEO of the Arts Council of Fayetteville Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Sarah Busman Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Zulay Lozano (Lady Natalia’s mother) and Lady Natalia Perez Lozano Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Paulo Braga and Andrea Marin Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Meghan Bjerke and Jose David Ospina Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Willie Wright Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Zuly Reyes Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Dayana Miretes Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
April Mata Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Angie Castro Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Samel Artiga Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Colleen O’Brien Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Rei-Launya Amsterdam and Alexandria Grady Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Pam Carver, left, Curtis Carver, right Credit: Israel Anta / CityView
Front row left to right: Meghan Bjerke, Colleen O’Brien, Lady Natalia Perez Lozano, Zulay Lozano, Angie Castro. Back row left to right: Jose David Ospina, Steve O’Brien, Sebastian Mora. Credit: Israel Anta / CityView

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