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Take Note: Artist Roberto Lugo, Potter, Social Activist, Spoken-Word Poet and Educator

Potter Roberto Lugo

DON'T MISS more of our conversation with potter Roberto Lugo.  He talks about his early graffiti career, the popularity of his work today,  and about how his early experiences influence his work.  

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  SEE Roberto Lugo's work. 

As a teenager, ceramacist Roberto Lugo saw a crumbling brick wall in his north Philly neighborhood as a canvas for personal expression.   Today, the  potter, social activist, spoken-word poet and educator with "an aesthetic all his own," is a ceramics professor at Marlboro College in Marlboro, VT.   He earned his MFA at Penn State. 

Patty Satalia was a senior producer/host for WPSU-TV and FM from 1987 to 2017. Prior to joining Penn State Public Broadcasting, she worked in commercial television in Pittsburgh, first as a film editor and fill-in capsule news anchor for WPGH-TV, and later, for WPTT-TV as public affairs director and co-host of the talk-show, People, Places and Things.
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