Event Schedule

9:30-4:30 EST 

10:00 am  - Welcome - Executive Director Jennifer Martin

10:15 am - Opening Remarks - Co-CuratorsJennifer Zwilling and Nicole Pollard

10:45 am  Artist Talk  - Jennifer Ling Datchuk

11:15 am - Artist Talk - Maia Chao

11:45 am - Research Partner Panel - Moderated by Maiken Scott, with Eileen Cardillo, Penn Neuro Aesthetics, Girija Kaimal, Drexel Creative Arts Therapies, Rachel Brandoff, Jefferson Heath Center for Autism & Neuroscience, and Center for Immersive Arts for Health

12:30 pm - Lunch & Hand Building Activity

1:30 pm - Post-Lunch Stretch - Lead By Nicole Pollard

1:45 pm - Artist Talk - Ehren Tool

2:15 pm - Artist Talk - Adebunmi Gbadebo'

2:45 pm - Artists Panel Moderated by Nicole Pollard

3:30 pm - Break

3:45 pm - Closing Keynote Remarks - Tricia Hersey

4:30 pm  - end

Artist Reception in Gallery - 5-7pm a celebration of Clay as Care 

Event Details: 

Where: The Clay Studio, 1425 N American Street, Philadelphia PA 19122

When: October 25th 2025, 9:30 AM to 4:30 PM EST

Food: Morning coffee and an afternoon snack provided. Lunch on your own.

Parking: Street parking or the nearby paid lot 1400 N Howard St.

Will have live stream and later a posted recording on our YouTube for those unable to attened in person! 

Revisit the Clay as Care Symposium Virtually!

Weren't able to make it in person or want to revisit some of your favorite parts of the talks? You can view the recording of the Clay as Care symposium anytime on The Clay Studio Youtube Channel! 

View the Recording!
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Special Guest, Tricia Hersey as

Key Note Speaker

Tricia Hersey has over 25 years of experience as a multidisciplinary artist, writer, theologian and community organizer. Tricia is the visionary and founder of The Nap Ministry, the originator of the ‘rest as resistance’ framework, and creates sacred spaces where the liberatory power of rest can take hold in collaboration with communities all over the world. She is the author of the New York Times bestselling book Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto and The Nap Ministry’s Rest Deck: 50 Practices to Resist Grind Culture and We Will Rest!: The Art of Escape

learn more about her work

Other Special Guests at the Symposium 

Eileen Cardillo
Eileen Cardillo
Guest at Clay as Care Symposium

Girija Kaimal
Girija Kaimal
Clay as Care Research Partner

Rachel Brandoff
Rachel Brandoff
Clay as Care Research Partner

Maiken Scott
Maiken Scott
Panel Moderator for Clay as Care Symposium