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Index
About the Art Metal / Jewelry Program
BA, BFA Curriculum
MA, MFA Curriculum
2008 News!
2007 News!
2006 News!
Art Metal / Jewelry Exhibitions 2005-2006
The Art Metal / Jewelry program prepares students towards a professional career in jewelry arts and related areas. The program emphasizes craft skills, attention to detail, critical thinking and creativity.
Students receive a strong foundation in technical vocabulary and skills of working with metal, while being encouraged to experiment with alternative materials and techniques. In addition to cultivating respect for craft and technical skills, students learn to recognize jewelry and object making as meaningful not for the monetary value of materials employed, but rather for the possibility of an object possessing visual, tactile and conceptual qualities that deliver a unique message. Students are encouraged to look at jewelry and objects as intrinsically capable of unique expression.
Classes in Art Metal / Jewelry have been taught at Stephen F. Austin State University for over 37 years. Professor James Snyder originally founded the program, leading it for over 35 years. Assistant Professor Jennifer Sholtis headed the Art Metal/Jewelry Program from 2003 to 2005.
Assistant Professor Natalya Pinchuk headed the Program from 2005 to 2007. Visiting Assistant Professor Gary Schott headed the Program from 2007 to 2008. Assistant Professor Lauren McAdams will head the Program beginning in Fall 2008.
BA, BFA Curriculum
ART240 (Art Metal and Jewelry I) concentrates on the basics of design, manipulation of metal and tool use for small metalwork. Students may repeat ART440 (Art Metal and Jewelry II) up to five times. Progressing through levels A-E, students study advanced fabrication, surface treatment and patination, casting and stone setting, advanced forming, repoussé and chasing, and enameling. In the final year students may enroll in ART491 (Special Problems in Art) as a jewelry course designed to meet the individual needs and desires of the student. Students working towards a BFA degree, with concentration in Art Metal/Jewelry, must organize a BFA Thesis Exhibition in their last year of study.Before enrolling in ART240 (Art Metal and Jewelry I), it is advised that students take ART100 (Drawing I), ART130 (3-D Design) and ART110 (2-D Design).
MA, MFA Curriculum
Students working towards an MA and/or MFA degree, with concentration in Art Metal/Jewelry, must organize a Thesis Exhibition in their last year of study. Please refer to the Graduate Studies Bulletin for further information.
News!
2008 (Click on the images below to enlarge)Sara Kreuter, Brian Kempf and Debra Szczepanski, three Advanced Metal/Jewelry students from Fall 2007, have been juried into "Cresting," the Student Digital Slide Show taking place this March during the annual Society of North American Goldsmiths Conference. Additionally, Sara Kreuter was also juried into "Surge," the Student Exhibition taking place during the conference. Both exhibitions will showcase works from University Metal/Jewelry programs across North America.
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2007 (Click on the images below to enlarge)
Emily McLoughlin’s (2007 BFA candidate) earrings have been selected for the publication 500 Earrings by Lark Books. Emily’s BFA Thesis Exhibition titled “This Lonely Place” will be on exhibit May 3-May 5, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Victorian Tea Room in downtown Nacogdoches.
Emily McLoughlin 2007 BFA Candidate |
Emily McLoughlin Thesis Exhibition Poster |
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Harlan Butt and Ana Lopez gave public lectures to students enrolled in Art Metal/Jewelry courses in the Art Building on April 6. Harlan Butt (Regents Professor) and Ana Lopez (Assistant Professor) teach Jewelry and Metalsmithing at the University of North Texas, Denton.
Ana Lopez, visiting artist Columb, 1999 |
Harlan Butt, visiting artists Earth Beneath Our Feet: Horizon #1 |
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Ryan Ainsworth (2007 BFA candidate) won the “Window Project: Considering Space” sponsored by SFA School of Art and Sherry Ward Fine Arts, Nacogdoches, Texas.
Ryan Ainsworth 2007 BFA candidate |
Ryan Ainsworth 2007 BFA candidate |
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Kristi Rae Rader (BFA 2006) received a fellowship to attend the graduate program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign starting in fall 2007. She will be studying under Professor Billie Theide in the Metals Program.
Rachel Mills’ (BFA 2006) necklace has been selected for the publication The Art of Jewelry: Paper Jewelry by Lark Books. Currently, Rachel Mills is the eighth grade art teacher at Jacksonville Middle School, Jacksonville, Texas.
Rachel Mills BFA 2006 |
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Anya Pinchuk, instructor of jewelry at the Corcoran College of Art and Design (Washington, D.C.), gave a public lecture about her work and demonstrated the fabrication process of her one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces. The lecture and demonstration took place in the Art Building on January 18.
Anya Pinchuk, visiting artist Rings, 2006 |
Anya Pinchuk, visiting artist Bracelet, 2006 |
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2006 (Click on the images below to enlarge)
Kristi Rae Rader (BFA 2006) received a 2006 SNAG Endowment Scholarship (Society of North American Goldsmiths) and traveled to the Netherlands to participate in “NOW Tree Workshop” with Ruudt Peters, an acclaimed European jeweler.
Kristi Rae Rader BFA 2006 Necklace, 2005 Mom and Pop's Waltzes |
Kristi Rae Rader BFA 2006 Brooch, 2005 When You Get Lemons, You Make Lemonade |
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Annalyn Back (BFA 2006) and Christa Staub (BFA 2006) began apprenticeships with the Houston fine jeweler, Ernesto Moreira.
Annalyn Back BFA 2006 |
Christa Staub BFA 2006 |
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Rima Drake (2007 MA candidate) exhibited her work at the “34th Annual Toys Designed by Artists” taking place at the Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Ark. Robert Ebendorf juried the exhibition.
Rima Drake 2007 MA candidate |
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Kristi Rae Rader (BFA 2006) and Nikki Sorrels (SFA senior) exhibited their work at “Thoughts Materialized,” SNAG Annual Student Exhibition, juried by Gail M. Brown, Yevgeniya Kaganovich and Kee-Ho Yuen. The exhibition took place at Mars Gallery, Chicago, Ill.
Nikki Sorrels SFA senior |
Nikki Sorrels SFA senior |
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Images of students’ work-Kristi Rae Rader (BFA 2006), Nikki Sorrels (SFA senior), Rima Drake (2007 MA candidate), Lisa Payne (SFA senior)-were selected for “In Flux,” Annual Juried Student Slide Show during the 2006 SNAG Conference.
Gary Schott, visiting artist, presented a two-day hands-on workshop on the patination of metals in the Art Building on February 17.
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Gary Schott, visiting artist Brooch, 2006 |
Gary Schott, visiting artist Zoetrope Machine No. 2, 2005 |
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Art Metal / Jewelry Exhibitions
2005-2006
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Poster for “With Flair” Art Metal Jewelry Exhibition, Jewelry Sale and BFA Thesis: Kristi Rae Rader and Yolanda Osborne. Former Boyette’s Jewelry Storefront, Nacogdoches, Texas. December 2005.
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Kristi Rae Rader BFA 2006 BFA Thesis Exhibition |
Yolanda Osborne BFA 2005 BFA Thesis Exhibition |
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Yolanda Osborne BFA 2005 |
Yolanda Osborne BFA 2005 |
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Poster for “The Look of Love” ring exhibition with students’ projects from ART440, Advanced Art Metal Jewelry. Kristi Rae Rader, Stacy Laird, Emily McLoughlin, Lisa Payne, Christa Staub, Molly Sharp, Katherine Crossland, Rachel Mills, Rima Drake. SFA Galleries, Art Building, Nacogdoches, Texas. February 2006.
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Lisa Payne |
Molly Sharp |
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Lisa Payne |
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Emily McLoughlin |
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Poster for BFA Thesis exhibition “Fur, Pearls and Powder Puffs” starring Annalyn Back, Rachel Mills, Christa Staub. Carrizo Creek Gallery, Nacogdoches, Texas. May 2006.
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Christa Staub BFA 2006 |
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Rachel Mills BFA 2006 |
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Annalyn Back BFA 2006 |
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Annalyn Back |
Christa Staub |
Rachel Mills |
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