The Locks Foundation Distinguished Artists Program at the University of Pennsylvania was created to bring leading artists, as well as curators and critics who are involved in a significant way in shaping the art of our time, to the School of Design. The Program is intended to provide perspective, insight, and inspirational encounters between students (as well as the larger Penn and Philadelphia communities) and artists and writers of distinguished achievement. Now in its fourth year, the Program consists of public presentations, conversations and interviews, critiques and studio visits. The Locks Foundation Distinguished Artists Lecture will be documented on the world wide web, as well as anthologized in a printed volume.

Programs:

Year One: April 2, 2003 Alex Katz + Robert Storr: A Conversation

Year Two: April 7, 2004 Robert Hughes on Goya

Year Three: April 7, 2005 Chuck Close

Year Four: April 11, 2006 Eric Fischl : The Death of Painting From van Gogh to Chris Burden (Introduction by Alexi Worth)

More about the Locks Foundation programs

The Locks Foundation Post-Graduate award

The Locks Foundation Post-Graduate Award supports a graduating student in developing their work as an artist in the year following graduation.