Melis Agabigum is an educator and studio artist from Michigan, USA. She received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Intermedia: Jewelry/Metals, Installation art, Sculpture, and Fibers, and received her BFA in Art & Design from the University of Michigan. She has taught Jewelry, Sculpture, and 3D Fabrication courses at the University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Boise State University, and
Read MoreLiz Clark is a jewelry and metal artist living and working in Providence, RI. She received her BFA in Crafts/Material Studies from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2006. Her work investigates the language of flowers and the messages they convey. Clark’s work has been exhibited internationally and domestically at NYC Jewelry Week, Sparkle Plenty at Quirk Gallery
Read MoreMi-Sook Hur is an award-winning enamelist and metalsmith who is a professor in the School of Art and Design at East Carolina University. Her work focuses on the realistic images inspired by nature and she explores the modern studies of Limoges enamels. She received a BFA in Metalwork and Jewelry from Seoul National University in Korea and an MFA in Metals from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Hur has exhibited
Read MoreBarbara was raised in Chicago, Illinois and studied the art form of jewelry and metalsmithing as an undergraduate student. The addition and love for enameling in combination with metalworking and jewelry making began during graduate school, with continued exploration during the following ten years of university teaching. Barbara left university teaching with the desire to
Read MoreNicole Jacquard is currently a Professor and Area Coordinator of the Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design Program at Indiana University. She received her BA from Indiana University in 1991 and her first MFA in 1994 from The University of Michigan. While on a Fulbright Fellowship in Australia she received her second MFA from The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in 1995. In 2001 she returned to
Read MoreSharon Massey is metalsmith, jeweler and enamelist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Her jewelry has been exhibited in Germany, Estonia, Poland, Italy, Spain, China, Japan, Canada and Australia, as well as across the United States. She has served on the board of directors of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) and currently serves on the board of trustees of The Enamelist Society.
Read MoreTanya Crane is a Southern California native living and working in Providence, Rhode Island. She is a Professor of the Practice in Metals at the School Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts. Crane’s work is framed within a dual existence of prejudice and privilege having adapted to life amongst family in both the white suburbs and the urban center of South Central, Los Angeles. Craft has become
Read MoreNuohan Jiang is a Chinese artist based in New York City and Guangzhou. She currently studies at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. Her work was exhibited in New York City, Beijing, and Guangzhou. Nuohan’s work has been focusing on transitions of her inner feelings and explorations of discarded objects and emotions. Nuohan usually incorporates a variety of non-traditional materials with metals, including
Read MoreJames Thurman is an Associate Professor at the University of North Texas’ College of Visual Arts & Design, where he is faculty and Program Coordinator of Metalsmithing/Jewelry. In 2012 and 2016, he was a Fulbright Specialist Scholar in Istanbul, Turkey. A highly active studio artist for over twenty years, he is well-known for Thurmanite, a recycled paper and bio-resin composite material that he developed and trademarked.
Read MoreHolland’s work focuses on medical implants, the body, and embodied experience. Holland is widely published, is a finalist for the inaugural Burke Prize, and is a former resident of the John Michael Kohler Arts/Industry Program, among other residences. Working closely with the medical industry through her five Implants Series, Holland has formed partnerships with the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons
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