The Zuckerman Museum of Art presents a virtual artist lecture with Ben Butler, the selected juror of the New Visions 2023 Annual Juried Student exhibition. Butler will share insight into his artistic practice and experience jurying the student exhibition during the talk. Please click here to register for Ben Butler's virtual artist lecture on Thursday, January 19, at 7:00 pm. 

Ben Butler is a sculptor and public artist working in Memphis, Tennessee, and Quoque, New York. In addition to showing his work extensively in gallery and museum exhibitions nationally, he has produced commissioned sculptures and installations in a range of media for universities, hospitals, parks, and other public spaces, including Portland International Airport, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Hyatt Regency Hotel Chicago, and the Crosstown Theater in Memphis. Butler received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his BA from Bowdoin College. He is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Individual Artist Grant and numerous fellowships at residency programs, including the MacDowell Colony, The Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, and the Ucross Foundation.