Potter Roberto Lugo creates monumental urns and elaborate teapots illustrated with decorative patterns and motifs, modern urban graffiti, portraits of important historic and contemporary figures, as well as family and people from his neighborhood. Featured in the EAST episode, premiering on PBS December 19, 2025 (check local listings). Showcasing the vast community of craft artists in the US, Craft in America is producing 4 special episodes for Handwork: Celebrating American Craft 2026 : EAST, W

Ceramic artist Roberto Lugo grew up in North Philadelphia, a neighborhood better known for poverty & crime than for pottery. The 40-year-old artist's transformative ceramics are a modern take on classic design, featuring the faces of his personal heroes. https://cbsn.ws/3A6qULB | CBS Sunday Morning