Build a Creature Friend with Soso Capaldi

Stop in James Oliver Gallery on Friday, January 17th from 6-8pm to create your own mini creature with artist, Soso Capaldi. Using Oyumaru modeling clay, attendees will dream up and sculpt creatures using hot water and a set of eyes. This is a pay what you can event, no one will be turned away for a lack of funds. Sign up in advance on our website, all materials are included in signing up. Enjoy refreshments and view Capaldi's work in Luck Out while you make!

Soso Capaldi is a Philadelphia-based artist working in painting, drawing, and sculpture. Capaldi earned their MFA in Ceramics from the Tyler School of Art. They explore ideas of safety, substance abuse, and mental health through imagined creatures, spanning two and three-dimensional expressions.

“I explore an energy of bliss that happens in childhood that you can never get back. It’s not just that my work points, nods, and lolls in the direction of childhood. I speak gently of reparenting myself and trying to find out how to know myself. I’m doing this with the help of therapy, boundaries, and exploring the creatures in my work. The creatures are accidental teachers who dispense wisdom while I am building them and  when I least expect it.”