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Studio for Sustainability and Social Action virtual event set for April 22-24

Roberto Lugo, professor of Art at Marlboro College, was the guest speaker at the Penn State Forum April 11 at the Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom. Lugo is a potter, social activist, poet and educator. The title of his presentation was "Defacing Adversity: How Scholarship Turns Taggers into Teachers" Credit: Patrick Mansell / Penn State. Creative Commons

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Studio for Sustainability and Social Action in the Penn State School of Visual Arts will hold a virtual symposium and exhibition April 22-24 featuring climatologist Michael Mann and five keynote artists addressing five themes: Brandon Ballengée, visual artist and biologist: Care; Stacy Levy, sculptor: Water; Futurefarmers artist collective: Food; Roberto Lugo, ceramicist: Shelter; and Katie Holten, multimedia artist: Cost.

In addition, five Penn State faculty artists — Rebecca Strzelec, Yvonne Love, Helen O'Leary, Rudy Shepherd and Nichole van Beek — will expand the interdisciplinary conversations of 32 presentations.

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Last Updated April 22, 2021

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