Roberto Lugo / April 9, Artist Talk / April 16, Art in Public Panel Discussion
ROBERTO LUGO – juror of the 2021 Erie Art Museum Spring Show - featured at Edinboro U Art100 VASE zoom events April 9 and 16 At 6:00pm EST on Friday April 9 and 16, Edinboro University’s VASE (the Visiting Artist & Speaker Endowment committee) will present two events featuring the Erie Art Museum’s 98th Annual, 2021 Spring Show Juror, Roberto Lugo. Both are free and open to the public in honor of the centennial celebration of the university’s art program, ART 100. The link will be posted at www.BruceGallery.info and is listed below. Roberto Lugo is a ceramicist, social activist, spoken work poet and educator. Lugo works in porcelain and illuminates its aristocratic surfaces with imagery of poverty, inequity and injustices. Lugo’s works are multi-cultural mash-ups, traditional Europe and and Asian porcelain forms and techniques reimaged with a 21st-century street sensibility. Lugo has exhibited widely and is the recipient of numerous awards, most recently a 2019 Pew fellowship. To visit the Spring Show schedule an appointment: <https://erieartmuseum.org/visit/>. 6PM EST, Friday April 9 ARTIST TALK: ROBERTO LUGO Following Lugo’s presentation, Edinboro Art Education professor, Dr. Leslie C. Sotomayor will moderate a discussion with two Edinboro University colleagues, social work professor, Dr. Stephanie L. Diez-Morel and artist Linda Cordell, professor of ceramics, graduate studies and 3D Design. 6PM EST, Friday April 16 PANEL DISCUSSION: ART IN PUBLIC Artist Stephen Prince, the Director of Engagement & Distinguished Artist In Residence, Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William and Mary, will moderate a discussion with Roberto Lugo and the Ghanaian-born artist Tijay Mohammed and Erie artist Antonio Howard. Lugo’s visit is the work of VASE - Edinboro University’s Visiting Artist and Speaker Endowment committee. For 23 years, VASE has partnered with the Erie Art Museum to identify and co-host a juror for the museum’s annual Spring Show. Professor Karen Ernst, the VASE committee chair, commented that “hearing a high-level art professional speak about their work is a tremendously valuable experience for our students and a culturally enriching opportunity for local supporters of the arts and Edinboro University.” Other 2021 VASE committee members are Lisa Austin, Mary Elizabeth Meier, Leslie C. Sotomayor, Charlotte H. Wellman and Shelle Barron (who designed the event poster.) ZOOM LINK FOR BOTH EVENTS - https://edinboro.zoom.us/j/92805571751
