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Nelson Social Justice Lecture with Steve Locke (SOLD OUT)

  • Portland Museum of Art 7 Congress Square Portland, ME, 04101 United States (map)

Steve Locke, 2021. Photo by Ross Collab

Join us 6-7 p.m. Thursday, May 26, 2022 in the Bernard Osher Foundation Auditorium for a conversation with artist and professor Steve Locke on his work including his series Homage to the Auction Block.

Steve Locke (b.1963) was born in Cleveland, OH and lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Spanning painting, drawing, sculpture, and installation, Locke’s practice critically engages with the Western canon to muse on the connections between desire, identity, and violence.

The purpose of the Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund is to honor those artists whose commitment to social justice is manifested in their work and their lives. The fund is used to provide exhibitions, lectures, scholarships, programs, or acquisitions that address directly or indirectly the relationship between works of art and social justice.

Made possible by the Leonard and Merle Nelson Social Justice Fund at the Portland Museum of Art.

Complimentary parking is available in the MaineHealth lot on Free Street courtesy of MaineHealth.

 
Earlier Event: May 26
Down North Artist Talk: Christopher Carroll on "Viridis Genii" and Plant Autonomy (In person)
Later Event: May 27
PMA Films: Inland Empire (In person)