Fleisher From a Distance: Sculpting in Clay Demonstration

Explore the art of sculpting in clay with our longtime teaching faculty member and prolific artist Darla Jackson. We’ll discuss the fundamentals of working with clay as a medium, building a 3D form, volume, texture, and the tools used in the process. Darla will demonstrate sculpting an organic form, and if you have clay at home feel free to follow along!

Darla Jackson has been teaching and exhibiting in Philadelphia since her graduation from Moore College of Art & Design in 2003. Darla has taught figure and animal sculpture classes throughout the area at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the University of the Arts, the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, and the Wallingford Community Arts Center. Darla’s sculpture has been exhibited in many local venues, including as a Fleisher Wind Challenge artist, at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Seraphin Gallery, the Icebox at the Crane Building and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, as well as various venues in California, New Jersey, Washington D.C. and Tremelo, Belgium. In 2011 Jackson was named as a winner of the Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia.

This demonstration is open to the public with a suggested donation of $10 but is limited to maximum number of 100 participants. Advanced registration is required. The tour will be hosted through Zoom, which can be accessed on desktop and laptop computers, as well as mobile devices. We highly recommend downloading the Zoom app to your device in advance. You will receive a URL to join the demonstration after you complete the registration process.