Artist Reception: Lisa DeLoria Weinblatt
Lisa DeLoria Weinblatt, a native New Yorker, received her M.F.A. at the School of Visual Arts, NYC. She earned her B.A., Magna Cum Laude, Art Department Honors, at Queens College/CUNY. Lisa has been awarded six national Artist-In-Residence Scholarships and received a New York City Artist Corp Grant and a Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Public Art Grant. She is the recipient of NYC Public Arts Grants and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
SCHOOL LUNCH is a visual essay of contemporary student life created by drawing on-site, in real educational settings. Current social issues and their emotional attitudes are shared experience of school lunch. SCHOOL LUNCH underlines perceptions which affirm cultural identity, brings together ideas espousing societal concerns and encourages a belief in the quality of human spirit.