We offer the only metalwork and jewelry concentration in the state with a curriculum addressing the full spectrum of processes necessary for the production of jewelry, hollowware, and small scale sculpture.
These fundamental techniques include sheet metal forming and construction, joining methods including soldering and cold connections, surface texture variations, casting, enameling, and basic stone setting.
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Key Features
- Master metalsmithing and fabrication techniques using traditional and digital tools.
- Create one-of-a-kind wearable art and small-scale sculpture.
Design with Intention, Create with Skill
In the metalwork and jewelry concentration, you鈥檒l bring bold ideas to life through hands-on making. You'll learn to shape metal鈥攁nd your voice as an artist鈥攖hrough expert instruction in fabrication, casting, and forming techniques, while also experimenting with alternative materials and methods.
This program goes beyond craft. It鈥檚 about transforming concepts into meaningful objects that reflect your vision and values. Along the way, you鈥檒l gain a strong foundation in design, metal history, and metallurgy, while developing your own creative path in a collaborative, interdisciplinary environment.
Whether your passion lies in contemporary jewelry, sculptural forms, or mixed-media objects, you'll graduate with the skills, portfolio, and confidence to thrive as a professional artist or maker in today鈥檚 evolving creative industries.
Curriculum Snapshot
| Year | Focus Areas |
|---|---|
| 1 | Design I-II, Drawing I-II, Survey of the Visual Arts I |
| 2 | Survey of the Arts II, Intro to Metalwork and Jewelry, Intro to Modern Art, Art and the Computer, Intermediate Metalwork and Jewelry |
| 3 | Art History, Intermediate Metalwork and Jewelry, Advanced Metalwork and Jewelry, |
| 4 | Studies in Art History, Senior Capstone Art Project I-II, Advanced Metalwork and Jewelry |
Visual Arts students are also required to complete the Foundation Courses as well as a Sophomore Review course. Plus general education credits in English, math, science, history, social sciences, and electives.