THE CLAY STUDIO PRESENTS FOUR NEW FALL EXHIBITIONS HIGHLIGHTING ALUMNI OF THE RESIDENT ARTIST PROGRAM

The Clay Studio (1425 N. American St), Philadelphia’s preeminent ceramic arts and resident artist’s center, has four thought-provoking new exhibitions from alums of their Resident Artist Program planned for the fall. Beginning October 13, The Clay Studio’s Jill Bonovitz Gallery will feature “Matter in a Floating World” by former Resident Artist Andrea Marquis, comprised of large, structured clay objects. Visitors can also look forward to “Urschrei,” featuring works from multi-media artists Layla Marcelle and Jacob Raeder, otherwise known as Better Lovers. Current Resident Artist Nate Willever’s exhibition utilizes local materials blended into clays and glazes to create new works that couldn’t have been made anywhere else. Finally, The Clay Studio will honor the late artist Leroy Johnson with a special post-humous exhibition celebrating his incredible life and work as a renowned mixed-media artist in Philadelphia’s arts community. 

Entry to The Clay Studio’s galleries and the shop is free to the public. Guests can view exhibitions or items in the shop in person or online. The Clay Studio is open for visitors Monday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Additional details and images from the forthcoming exhibits are below:

Event Title: Andrea Marquis – Matter in a Floating World

When: October 13 to December 31, 2022

Description:

“Matter in a Floating World” is a new exhibition featuring Clay Studio Resident Artist alumni Andrea Marquis. Her upcoming exhibition of large, seemingly heavy objects respond to and defy gravity. Gravity is empathy in material, and Heaven is both earthly delights and as light as a cloud. “Matter in a Floating World” will be on display in the Jill Bonovitz Gallery from October 13 to December 31, 2022.

Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Philadelphia-based artist Marquis received her MFA from New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2009 and her BFA in 2000 from Syracuse University. Marquis has participated in Artist in Residence programs at The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, Peters Valley Craft Center, the Archie Bray Foundation, Tyler School of Art, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, and La Maison des métiers D’Art in Quebec City, Canada. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and was included in the 2015 NCECA Biennial at the Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University.