Training and Higher Education
2005 Gay Smith: Working with wet - clay wheel throwing, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
2002 Giovanni Corvaja: Platinum, Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO.
2001 Lisa Gralnick: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
2001 Keith Lewis: Mixed-Metal Surface Development, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA.
2001 Carol Webb: Photo-Etched Jewelry with Copper-Clad Silver, N. Seattle Comm. College, Seattle, WA.
2001 Andy Cooperman: Studio Tips, Tricks and Setups, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA.
2000 Robert Ebendorf: Jewelry as Self-Expression, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA.
1996–2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Fine arts 3D/small metals, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA.
1995–1996 Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA.
Collections
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI. Cardiovascular Brooch Series: Pump, Flow, Clogged acquired in 2013.
Awards and Honors
2007 Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) Grant, Seattle, WA.
2006 Second Place, Unfolding Kendall Gallery at Kendall College of Art, Grand Rapids, MI.
2005 Honorable Mention, Concealment; Jewelry & Metal Art, PostPicasso.
2002 Juror’s Award, Move it! Studies in Motion, The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH.
2000 Massachusetts College of Art Scholarship, Boston, MA.
1995 First Place Scholarship for Art, Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA.
Exhibitions
2012-13 Cutting Edge Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI.
2007-09 GlassWear International traveling exhibition. Curator Ursula Ilse-Neuman. New Glass Pavilion, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH; Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany; Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY;
2007 Amuse, Amaze, Amend: Jewelry Art for the Uninhibited, Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2006 Handmade for the Holidays Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery, Portland, OR.
2006 Menu Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA. Curator Leslie M. Riches.
2006 Unfolding Kendall Gallery at Kendall College of Art, Grand Rapids, MI. Juror Andy Cooperman.
2005 Hold This Sculpture to Wear, Santa Monica, CA.
2005 Concealment; Jewelry & Metal Art Art on the Line at PostPicasso, www.postpicasso.com. Juror Boris Bally.
2004-06 200 Rings National traveling exhibition. Curators Mike Holmes and Elizabeth Shypertt.
Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA; Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ; Gallery M, Cleveland, OH; Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbour, ME; Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2004 Rings Cannon Gallery of the Gallery of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC. Curator Robert Ebendorf.
2004 You Wear What You Eat Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA. Curator Leslie M. Riches.
2003 Translucent/Transparent Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2003-05 Chess International traveling exhibition. Curators Mike Holmes, Elizabeth Shypertt, and Tom Hill.
Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA; The Vennel Gallery, Irvine,Scotland; The Gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales; Crafts Council Shop, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England; John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI; Tom Mann Gallery, New Orleans, LA; and Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2003 Glass Dimensions ‑ Beyond the Bead innovative glass jewelry WA State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA. Jurors Richard Marquis, Mary Lee Hu, Vicki Halper.
2003 Glass and Metal: Patty Cokus & Sean Albert EAC Display Case, Frances Anderson Center, Edmonds, WA.
2003 Jewelry Hard & Soft: Plastic, Fiber, Glass Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA. Invited by Beth Anne Gerstein.
2002 Art of Change for Unicef Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA. Curator Jason Huff.
2002 SMG Members Biannual Exhibition 2002 WA State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA.
2002 Move It! Studies in Motion The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH. Juror Rob Fisher.
2002 Display Use Only Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA. Juror Susan Myers.
2002 Metals: The Colorado Connection at DIA Denver International Airport, Denver, CO. Juror Reno Carollo.
2001 Pratt Benefit Auction Preview Show WA State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA.
2000 Glass/Metal Connection Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA. Curators Karen Lorene and Helen Brooks.
2000 SMG Members Biannual Exhibition 2000 WA State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA.
2000 Milestones Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA. Curator Sienna Patti.
2000 O’Regionality Grossman Gallery at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Juror Barbara O’Brien.
2000 This is not Paul Revere Silver Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Boston, MA. Jurors Wendy Bergman, Charlie Crowley, and Ellen Wieske.
2000 Nine-Metals Dept. Senior Exhibition Patricia Doran Gallery, Mass College of Art, Boston, MA.
Publications
Marthe Le Van: editor, 21st Century Jewelry, The Best of the 500 Series, Lark Books, 2011. p. 38
GlassWear Exhibition Catalog, Museum of Arts & Design, Fall 2007. Curator Ursula Ilse-Neuman. p. 26, 92-93
Marthe Le Van: editor, 500 Necklaces, Lark Books, Fall 2006, Juror Marjorie Schick. p. 250
Suzanne Tourtillott: editor, Creative Silver Chains, Lark Books, Fall 2005
Marthe Le Van: editor, 500 Bracelets, Lark Books, Fall 2005, Juror Charon Kransen. p. 141
Kristin Villiotte, Review – “The Art of Chess,” Chess Horizons, April - June 2005, p. 14-15
Web exclusive: Wearable Food Shows – “You Wear What You Eat,” Fiber Arts, January/February 2005, fiberartsmagazine.com
Marthe Le Van: editor, 1000 Rings, Lark Books, August 2004, Juror Robert Ebendorf. Cover Image, p. 349, 360
Jennifer Cross Gans, Review – “Chess: Chessmen by International Artists,” Metalsmith, Winter 2004, p. 53
Patricia Harris & David Lyon, Review – “Jewelry Hard and Soft: Plastic, Fiber and Glass,” Metalsmith, Winter 2004, p. 57
Chess Exhibition Catalog, Velvet DaVinci, 2003
Dona Z. Meilach, Art Jewelry Today, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.; 2003, p. 65, 189
Matthew Kangas, Review – “Display Use Only,” Metalsmith, Spring 2003, p. 48
Stepping Out, Jewelry and glass share an EAC exhibit, Edmonds Beacon, March 2003
Visual Arts, Metal and glass work on display, Enterprise: Out and About, March 2003
Rob Fisher, Juror’s statement – “Motion that Moves,” The Dairy Barn, August 2002
Veleta Vancza, Review – “Milestones,” Metalsmith, Winter 2001, p. 47
Professional Experience
2005-present Executive Assistant, Glass Art Society. (Admin Asst 2005-Sept 2006)
2002 Jewelers Studio Assistant, DesignGuild—Carmen Valdes, Seattle, WA.
2001–03 Northwest Jewelry Metals Symposium, Committee member, public relations, Seattle, WA.
2001–02 Seattle Metals Guild volunteer, Assist with workshops and events, Seattle, WA.
2000–03 Jewelers Studio Assistant, Lattis Design—Gina Pankowski, Seattle, WA.
1999–00 Jewelers Studio Assistant, Shellie Brooks Studio—Shellie Brooks, Union Square, Somerville, MA.
1999 Jewelers Studio Assistant, From the Heart Jewelry—Mary Lynn Mahan, Syracuse, NY.
1999 Teaching Assistant, Summer Art Program, From the Heart Jewelry, Basic Jewelry, Syracuse, NY.
1999 Teaching Assistant, After School Arts Program, Ed Smith Elementary, Basic Jewelry, Syracuse, NY.
1998 Teaching Assistant, Mass. College of Art Continuing Ed., Beginning Jewelry, Boston, MA.
2005 Gay Smith: Working with wet - clay wheel throwing, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
2002 Giovanni Corvaja: Platinum, Arapahoe Community College, Littleton, CO.
2001 Lisa Gralnick: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME.
2001 Keith Lewis: Mixed-Metal Surface Development, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA.
2001 Carol Webb: Photo-Etched Jewelry with Copper-Clad Silver, N. Seattle Comm. College, Seattle, WA.
2001 Andy Cooperman: Studio Tips, Tricks and Setups, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA.
2000 Robert Ebendorf: Jewelry as Self-Expression, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA.
1996–2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Fine arts 3D/small metals, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA.
1995–1996 Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA.
Collections
Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI. Cardiovascular Brooch Series: Pump, Flow, Clogged acquired in 2013.
Awards and Honors
2007 Artist Trust Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) Grant, Seattle, WA.
2006 Second Place, Unfolding Kendall Gallery at Kendall College of Art, Grand Rapids, MI.
2005 Honorable Mention, Concealment; Jewelry & Metal Art, PostPicasso.
2002 Juror’s Award, Move it! Studies in Motion, The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH.
2000 Massachusetts College of Art Scholarship, Boston, MA.
1995 First Place Scholarship for Art, Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA.
Exhibitions
2012-13 Cutting Edge Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI.
2007-09 GlassWear International traveling exhibition. Curator Ursula Ilse-Neuman. New Glass Pavilion, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH; Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany; Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY;
2007 Amuse, Amaze, Amend: Jewelry Art for the Uninhibited, Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2006 Handmade for the Holidays Contemporary Crafts Museum & Gallery, Portland, OR.
2006 Menu Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA. Curator Leslie M. Riches.
2006 Unfolding Kendall Gallery at Kendall College of Art, Grand Rapids, MI. Juror Andy Cooperman.
2005 Hold This Sculpture to Wear, Santa Monica, CA.
2005 Concealment; Jewelry & Metal Art Art on the Line at PostPicasso, www.postpicasso.com. Juror Boris Bally.
2004-06 200 Rings National traveling exhibition. Curators Mike Holmes and Elizabeth Shypertt.
Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA; Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ; Gallery M, Cleveland, OH; Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbour, ME; Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2004 Rings Cannon Gallery of the Gallery of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC. Curator Robert Ebendorf.
2004 You Wear What You Eat Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA. Curator Leslie M. Riches.
2003 Translucent/Transparent Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA.
2003-05 Chess International traveling exhibition. Curators Mike Holmes, Elizabeth Shypertt, and Tom Hill.
Velvet da Vinci, San Francisco, CA; The Vennel Gallery, Irvine,Scotland; The Gallery, Ruthin Craft Centre, Denbighshire, Wales; Crafts Council Shop, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England; John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI; Tom Mann Gallery, New Orleans, LA; and Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
2003 Glass Dimensions ‑ Beyond the Bead innovative glass jewelry WA State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA. Jurors Richard Marquis, Mary Lee Hu, Vicki Halper.
2003 Glass and Metal: Patty Cokus & Sean Albert EAC Display Case, Frances Anderson Center, Edmonds, WA.
2003 Jewelry Hard & Soft: Plastic, Fiber, Glass Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA. Invited by Beth Anne Gerstein.
2002 Art of Change for Unicef Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA. Curator Jason Huff.
2002 SMG Members Biannual Exhibition 2002 WA State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA.
2002 Move It! Studies in Motion The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH. Juror Rob Fisher.
2002 Display Use Only Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA. Juror Susan Myers.
2002 Metals: The Colorado Connection at DIA Denver International Airport, Denver, CO. Juror Reno Carollo.
2001 Pratt Benefit Auction Preview Show WA State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA.
2000 Glass/Metal Connection Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA. Curators Karen Lorene and Helen Brooks.
2000 SMG Members Biannual Exhibition 2000 WA State Convention & Trade Center, Seattle, WA.
2000 Milestones Sienna Gallery, Lenox, MA. Curator Sienna Patti.
2000 O’Regionality Grossman Gallery at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA. Juror Barbara O’Brien.
2000 This is not Paul Revere Silver Cambridge Artists Cooperative, Boston, MA. Jurors Wendy Bergman, Charlie Crowley, and Ellen Wieske.
2000 Nine-Metals Dept. Senior Exhibition Patricia Doran Gallery, Mass College of Art, Boston, MA.
Publications
Marthe Le Van: editor, 21st Century Jewelry, The Best of the 500 Series, Lark Books, 2011. p. 38
GlassWear Exhibition Catalog, Museum of Arts & Design, Fall 2007. Curator Ursula Ilse-Neuman. p. 26, 92-93
Marthe Le Van: editor, 500 Necklaces, Lark Books, Fall 2006, Juror Marjorie Schick. p. 250
Suzanne Tourtillott: editor, Creative Silver Chains, Lark Books, Fall 2005
Marthe Le Van: editor, 500 Bracelets, Lark Books, Fall 2005, Juror Charon Kransen. p. 141
Kristin Villiotte, Review – “The Art of Chess,” Chess Horizons, April - June 2005, p. 14-15
Web exclusive: Wearable Food Shows – “You Wear What You Eat,” Fiber Arts, January/February 2005, fiberartsmagazine.com
Marthe Le Van: editor, 1000 Rings, Lark Books, August 2004, Juror Robert Ebendorf. Cover Image, p. 349, 360
Jennifer Cross Gans, Review – “Chess: Chessmen by International Artists,” Metalsmith, Winter 2004, p. 53
Patricia Harris & David Lyon, Review – “Jewelry Hard and Soft: Plastic, Fiber and Glass,” Metalsmith, Winter 2004, p. 57
Chess Exhibition Catalog, Velvet DaVinci, 2003
Dona Z. Meilach, Art Jewelry Today, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.; 2003, p. 65, 189
Matthew Kangas, Review – “Display Use Only,” Metalsmith, Spring 2003, p. 48
Stepping Out, Jewelry and glass share an EAC exhibit, Edmonds Beacon, March 2003
Visual Arts, Metal and glass work on display, Enterprise: Out and About, March 2003
Rob Fisher, Juror’s statement – “Motion that Moves,” The Dairy Barn, August 2002
Veleta Vancza, Review – “Milestones,” Metalsmith, Winter 2001, p. 47
Professional Experience
2005-present Executive Assistant, Glass Art Society. (Admin Asst 2005-Sept 2006)
2002 Jewelers Studio Assistant, DesignGuild—Carmen Valdes, Seattle, WA.
2001–03 Northwest Jewelry Metals Symposium, Committee member, public relations, Seattle, WA.
2001–02 Seattle Metals Guild volunteer, Assist with workshops and events, Seattle, WA.
2000–03 Jewelers Studio Assistant, Lattis Design—Gina Pankowski, Seattle, WA.
1999–00 Jewelers Studio Assistant, Shellie Brooks Studio—Shellie Brooks, Union Square, Somerville, MA.
1999 Jewelers Studio Assistant, From the Heart Jewelry—Mary Lynn Mahan, Syracuse, NY.
1999 Teaching Assistant, Summer Art Program, From the Heart Jewelry, Basic Jewelry, Syracuse, NY.
1999 Teaching Assistant, After School Arts Program, Ed Smith Elementary, Basic Jewelry, Syracuse, NY.
1998 Teaching Assistant, Mass. College of Art Continuing Ed., Beginning Jewelry, Boston, MA.
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