Sonya Clark

Graduate Visiting Artist Lecture Series 2011

VCU Arts Chair of Craft Sonya Clark gives a lecture about her process and artwork at PNCA’s MFA in Applied Craft and Design studios at the Bison Building. March 3, 2011.

An American artist and recipient of the Pollack Krasner award, Sonya Clark is the Chair of Craft/Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. She has shown nationally and internationally at institutions such as Museu de Arte de Brasilia, Brazil; Natal Society for Art, South Africa; Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY; and Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR. Clark has earned degrees from Amherst College, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and Cranbrook Academy. Clark’s work incorporates multiple forms of media, including fibers, copper and video amongst others.

Presented by: ZGF Architects LLP

Supported by PNCA+FIVE (Ford Institute for Visual Education)

Photographs by Matthew Miller '11

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