Lonnie Graham
Lonnie Graham (b. 1954) is an American artist, photographer, and cultural activist whose work addresses the integral role of the artist in society and seeks to re-establish artists as creative problem solvers. Based in Philadelphia, he currently serves as Professor of Art at Pennsylvania State University and has been awarded several grants, the most notable of which being the National Endowment for the Arts, the Pew Charitable Trust, and the Pennsylvania Council for the Arts. Graham is formerly Acting Associate Director of the Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Graham has served as Executive Director of the PhotoAlliance of San Francisco and the Chairman of the Board of the San Francisco Art Institute. Graham also served as Director of Photography at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, an urban arts organization dedicated to arts and education for at risk youth. There, Graham developed innovative pilot projects merging Arts and Academics, which were the subject of a Harvard case study then ultimately cited by, then, First Lady Hillary Clinton as a National Model for Arts Education. Graham’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the Addison Gallery for American Art (Andover, MA); the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA); and the Datz Museum (Seoul, Korea) where he was artist in residence in 2021.