Houston artist Rick Lowe works both inside and outside of art world institutions by participating in exhibitions and developing community-based art projects. Among other projects, he has worked with artist Suzanne Lacy and curator Mary Jane Jacobs on the Borough Project for Spoleto Festival 2003;  spearheaded Transforma Projects, a collaborative effort to engage artists and creativity in the rebuilding of New Orleans after hurricane Katrina; and developed “Small Business/Big Change” for the Anyang Public Art Program, in Anyang, Korea. President Obama appointed Rick to the National Council on the Arts in 2013.

LECTURES ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

All lectures are held in Osher Hall on the second floor of MECA's Porteous Building at 522 Congress Street, and begin at 5:30pm.