Interview with Bob Lockhart, May 5, 2019

Interview Summary

Bob Lockhart is an award-winning sculptor whose work is in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, the Indianapolis Art Museum and many others. His pieces have been commissioned by the Louisville Zoo, numerous churches and schools, and private collectors. He is a professor of art at Bellermine University where he has taught for more than 40 years, guiding students in the creation of art and opening their eyes to the issues of social justice with annual trips to Guatemala and Appalachia. A native of Oak Park, Ill., he holds a bachelor of fine arts and a master of fine arts from the Art Institute of Chicago.

Interview Keyword

Bellarmine University Social activist Activism Art Artist Art professor Public art General John B. Castleman monument

Interview LC Subject

Louisville (Ky.)

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