Special Event

DAG Spotlight: The Clay Studio

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When

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Where

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What

Welcome to the DAG Spotlight, a new program series focusing on the specific details, stories, and lessons learned about important and interesting recent projects in Philadelphia. The DAG Spotlight will begin as a fully virtual program hosted on the first Tuesday of each month.

To kick off the series, January features The Clay Studio by DIGSAU.

Founded in 1974, The Clay Studio began as a stepping-stone for emerging artists, offering affordable studio space and shared ceramics facilities. After fifty years, The Clay Studio has effectively broadened the reach of contemporary ceramics for professional artists and learners of all ages through classes, residency programs, exhibitions, and public engagement with communities in and around Philadelphia.

In 2022, DIGSAU architects designed a new facility for The Clay Studio that gives the organization a distinct identity and presence in a burgeoning arts district. Crafted from light-colored brick and orange-glazed tiles, the building supports a vibrant education program, exhibitions, and community events. Join architects Mark Sanderson, FAIA, and Jesse Mainwaring, AIA, as they discuss this purposeful, flexible building that draws from Philadelphia’s early 20th-century industrial brickwork and the expressive plasticity of ceramic arts.

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Presenter

Mark Sanderson

Mark Sanderson is a designer, thought leader, and founding partner of DIGSAU. He combines innovative design thinking with extraordinary attention to detail and execution for projects ranging in size, program, and character, from single-family homes to cultural, higher education, and workplace projects. His careful stewardship of DIGSAU’s design culture has garnered broad recognition from the American Institute of Architects, Urban Land Institute, and the Brick Industry Association, among other organizations. He has served as a lecturer and guest critic at numerous design schools.

Jesse Mainwaring

Jesse Mainwaring has practiced architecture for over fourteen years, leading projects with art and culture, higher education, and urban development clients. A Philadelphia native and erstwhile furniture maker, Jesse studied anthropology at Penn State before pursuing a Master of Architecture degree at the University of Texas at Austin, where he researched building performance at the school’s Center for Sustainable Development. Jesse brings his passion for craft, culture, and sustainability to projects with a balanced focus on materials, detail, and human experience. Jesse is an AIA Philadelphia Technology & Innovation Committee member and visiting critic at Drexel and Temple.