Family Workshop with The Clay Studio Claymobile

Contact Name: Jane Allen
Contact Email: jallen3@sju.edu
Registration Link: https://addcal.io/e/l6r1s2ka9jo1
Target Audience: All Students,Alumni,Faculty,Open to the Public,Staff
Link: http s://www.sju.edu/maguire-art-museum/exhibitions/syd-carpenter
Create your own clay project inspired by the exhibition, “Re- Union”, with the Claymobile from The Clay Studio!
Limited to 30 participants.
To register, click here.
“Re-Union” is on view January 14-March 29, 2026.
Read more and see related programming here.
“Re-Union” brings together the wor ks of Syd Carpenter, Winnie Owens Hart, Martha Jackson Jarvis, Judy M oonelis, and Sana Musasama. Each of these artists played a significant role in shaping American art-and the field of ceramics-dur ing the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Syd Carpenter’s large -scale clay and metal works investigate the complex history of African Americans and farming, from slavery to the present day. Winnie Owens Hart’s pioneering use of traditional African ceramic techniques and forms engage with contemporary issues concerning race, identity, and g ender. Martha Jackson Jarvis’s monumental mixed media pieces expl ore African American and Native American spirituality, ecological concerns, and histories. Judy Moonelis’s intricate multimedia install ations probe the intersections of art and science, drawing inspiration from neuroscience and anatomy and relating the human body to a variety of architectural contexts. Sana Musasama’s constructions of glass , organic materials, and clay are rooted in her global activist and educational endeavors in women’s/human rights.
What di stinguishes this exhibition is the collaborative nature of its curation, undertaken by the artists themselves. “Re-Union” therefo re reflects the sustained connections between these women over the past 50 years. The nearly 30 works on view will be integrated throughout the Maguire Art Museum’s rotating exhibition galleries, symbolically woven together to underscore the deep friendships and shared inspiration that have sustained these artists throughout their careers. 0;
“Re-Union” will be held in conjunction with 2 o ther major exhibitions on Syd Carpenter, including a retrospective at the Woodmere Art Museum, and an exhibition of contemporary works b y Carpenter at the Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College.