Artist Talk with Sonya Clark
October 28 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Visiting artist Sonya Clark will host an artist talk in conjunction with the opening of her exhibition, “Sonya Clark: 1-877-OUR-CURL,” on Wednesday, October 28, at 5:00 in Phelps-Stokes. This event is free and open to the public. A reception with refreshments and snacks will be held after the talk at the Doris Ulmann Galleries. No RSVP required.
Artist and educator Sonya Clark was born in Washington, DC. She is the Winifred Arms Professor of Arts at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Previously she chaired the Craft/Material Studies Department at Virginia Commonwealth University for a dozen years. She holds four honorary doctorates and is a graduate of Amherst College, Cranbrook Academy of Art, and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Clark was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2026 and has received awards from United States Artists, Pollock-Krasner, Trellis Foundation, Art Prize, and Anonymous Was a Woman. Clark has been granted residencies and fellowships from the Smithsonian Institution, Indigo Arts Alliance in Maine, Yaddo in NY, the American Academy in Rome, and Black Rock in Senegal, among others. Clark’s work has been exhibited in more than 500 museums and galleries worldwide.
Sonya Clark: 1-877-OUR-CURL will be on view in the Lower Traylor Gallery from October 28 through March 19, 2027.