Virtual First Fridays are fun, monthly get-togethers with artists, curators, and friends from art and craft galleries and studios across Philadelphia. Gallery hopping with all the comforts of home!
Our Curator of Artistic Programs, Jennifer Zwilling, interviews artist Yoko Sekino-Bové, whose exhibition The Usefulness of Use opens in our Bonovitz Gallery. Yoko's exquisitely crafted pottery is inspired by her background in graphic design and her interest in classic pottery forms. “Ever since the pandemic started," says Yoko, "I have been wondering what I can do and how I can help. Is there anything I can do for this world, as an individual, and as a ceramic artist?”
Join us on Zoom for The Clay Studio's first Virtual First Friday. Jack Hinton, Associate Curator of European Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, will share some of his favorite historic ceramic drinking vessels from the Museum's collection. Naimah Stith, Gallery and Retail Coordinator at The Clay Studio, will tell us about a few of her favorite whiskey cups from The Clay Studio Shop and give you a secret code for 15% off Whiskey Cups in our Online Shop. And New Liberty Distillery — our future neighbors on N. American Street — will share insight into the craft of distilling, and a discount code for their web shop!
Mingle with artists, curators, and friends with The Clay Studio, Galerie Marie, Michener Art Museum, and Da Vinci Art Alliance, and also hear about the results of the Craft Business Survey with with Andrew Dahlgren and Heather Holiday. Tonight's cocktail is a Classic Whiskey Sour with Manatawny Still Works! Meeting ID: 89840174178
Mingle with artists, curators, and friends with the Center for Art in Wood, The Clay Studio, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Esherwick House. Tonight's cocktail is a May Day. You will learn some amazing things about things like saffron cups, Benjamin Franklin, furniture, and sgraffito.
