NOMA is excited to welcome Roberto Lugo to NOMA for a lecture in NOMA’s Lapis Center for the Arts.

Best known for cultural mash-ups that blend contemporary social issues with traditional porcelain pottery, Philadelphia-based artist Roberto Lugo’s powerful commentary on poverty, inequality, and racial injustice has made him a defining artist for our moment.In 2019, the New Orleans Museum of Art commissioned Lugo to create Stunting, a set of three ceramic pots inspired by NOMA’s collection.  This spring, the artist returns to NOMA to discuss this work and his overall ceramics practice. 

The lecture is at 6 pm, and doors open at 5:30 pm.

This program is free with museum admission, which is free for Louisiana residents every Wednesday courtesy of The Helis Foundation’s Art for All initiative. Registration is recommended to help us plan for probable attendance numbers. Registration does not guarantee a physical seat for the program, as seating is first come, first served.

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About Roberto Lugo

Roberto Lugo is a Philadelphia-based artist, social activist, poet, and educator. Lugo utilizes traditional ceramic techniques in conjunction with portraiture and surface design reminiscent of his Kensington upbringing and Hip Hop culture to highlight themes of poverty, inequality, and racial injustice. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including a 2019 Pew Fellowship, a Cynthia Hazen Polsky and Leon Polsky Rome Prize, and a US Artist Award. His work is found in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The High Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Brooklyn Museum, Walters Art Museum, and more. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Tyler School of Art and Architecture in Philadelphia, PA.