KATHLEEN BROWNE
Education
1986 Master of Fine Arts (Metalsmithing), Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
1983 Bachelor of Art (Metalsmithing), San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Teaching Experience
2015-present Professor Emerita, Kent State University
2002-2015 Professor, School of Art, Kent State University
Head, Jewelry/ Metals/ Enameling, Undergraduate, Graduate Faculty
1995-2002 Associate Professor, School of Art, Kent State University
Head, Jewelry/ Metals/ Enameling, Undergraduate, Graduate Faculty
1992-1995 Assistant Professor, School of Art, Kent State University
Head, Jewelry/ Metals/ Enameling, Undergraduate, Graduate Faculty
1986-1992 Assistant Professor, Art Department, Eastern Illinois University Undergraduate, Graduate Faculty
1983-1985 Teaching Assistant, School of Art, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Grants/Awards
2013 Research/Creative Activity Grant, Kent State University
2006 Research Travel Grant, Kent State University
2004, 2001,1998,1996,1994 Individual Artist Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council
2005 Distinguished Scholar Award, Kent State University
2003 Research/Creative Activity Grant, Kent State University
Finalist, Distinguished Teaching Award, Kent State University
2000 Cimelice Residency (2 months), Cimelice Castle, Cimelice, Czech Republic
Sponsored by The Foundation and Center for Contemporary Art-Prague and the Ohio Arts Council
Summer Research Grant, Kent State University
Research/Creative Activity Grant, Kent State University
Professional Development Grant, Ohio Arts Council
1997, Fall Research Grant, (semester leave), Kent State University
1994 Summer Research Grant, Kent State University
1991-1992 Artist Fellowship Award, Illinois Arts Council
1987 Presidential Summer Research Grant, Eastern Illinois University
Exhibitions
2025 Quartet: Four Voices, One Show, Biba Schutz Studio, New York City Jewelry Week, New York, NY (national, invitational)
2024-2026 Out of the Jewelry Box, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
(exhibition from the permanent collection)
2023-2024 La Frontera: Encounters Along the Border, University of Texas, El Paso, TX
Mengei International Museum, San Diego, CA, (International, invitational)
2023 Restringing the Pearl, BOX Gallery, The Jewelry Library, New York City Jewelry Week, New York, NY (national, invitational)
2021 Voltage: The Power of Contemporary Jewelry, New York City Jewelry Week, Sponsored By Society of North American Goldsmiths, Industrial City Maker’s, Brooklyn, NY (international, competitive)
Fish, Fly, Fur, Yards Projects, Worthington Yards, Cleveland, OH (regional, invitational)
2020-2021 Silhouette: Capturing the Human Form in Contemporary Prints and Art Jewelry Racine Museum of Art, Racine, WI (selected from museum collection)
Women of Resilience, Corburn Gallery, Ashland University, Ashland, OH;
Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH; Sally Otto Gallery, Glese Center, Mount Union University, Alliance, OH (regional, invitational)
2018-2019 Adorning Boston and Beyond: Contemporary Studio Jewelry Then + Now, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA (national, invitational)
2018 Velvet da Vinci Pop-Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA (international, invitational)
Under Fire II: Juried Exhibition of the Enamel Guild Northeast, Worcester Center for
Crafts, Worcester, MA (national, competitive)
Text Message: Words and Letters in Contemporary Art, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI (works from the collection)
2018 Blaze: International Art Enamel, National Taiwan Craft Research and Development Institute, Taipei, Taiwan (international, invitational)
La Frontera: Encounters Along the Border, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
(international, invitational)
2017 Small Gifts, Big Donors, Racine Museum of Art, Racine, WI (from the museum collection)
2016 Waysides, John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI (national, competitive)
Shadow Themes: Finding the Present in the Past, Reinstein/Ross Gallery, New York, NY
(international, invitational)
Politically Speaking: New American Ideals in Contemporary Jewelry, Craft in America
Center, Los Angeles, CA (national, invitational)
Facets of Glass, Gallery I/0, New Orleans, LA (national, invitational)
No Boundaries: Jewelry as Art-Art as Jewelry, Sherrie Gallery, Columbus, OH (national, invitational)
2015-2016 Heat Exchange 2, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff, Wales
St. Andrew Museum, St. Andrews, Scotland
Kulturhaus Kroenbachen, Erfurt, Germany
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich, Germany
(international, invitational)
2015 Artists Ahead of the Curve, DOWstudio Gallery, Deer Isle, ME
(national, invitational)
Infinitum, Kent State University Museum, Kent State University, Kent, OH; Hebei
University, China (international exchange)
2014-2015 Winter Exhibition, J. Cotter Galleries, Vail and Beaver Creek, CO
(national, invitational)
2014 Shock and Awe, Royal West of England Academy Fine Arts Gallery, Bristol, England (international, invitational)
Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, NY
(international invitational)
50/50 Equal Parts: Contemporary Jewelry, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, School of Art
and Design, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (national, invitational)
2013 Sieraad: International Jewellery Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
(international, competitive)
From Minimal to Bling: Contemporary Studio Jewelry, Society of Arts and Crafts,
Boston, MA (national, invitational)
2012-2013 Body Language: Contemporary Art Jewelry, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
2012 Drawing, Permanence and Place 2
Galerie Waidspeicher, Kulturhof Kronbacken, Erfurt, Germany
Emaillekunst op Staal Museum voor Vlakglas en Emaillekunst, Ravenstein,
Netherlands (international, invitational)
Heat Exchange, Shermer Art Center and Museum, Phoenix, AZ
(international, invitational)
Alchemy, Enamelist Society International Exhibition, Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN (international, competitive)
2011 Surface and Substance: Contemporary Enamel Jewellery, Electrum Gallery of
the British Crafts Council, London, UK
Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, Wales (international, invitational)
Alchemy, Enamellist Society International Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Craft, Gatlinburg, TN; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN (2nd Place Prize (international, competitive)
Shape, Indiana University at Kokomo Art Gallery, Kokomo, IN (national, invitational)
Specimens, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH (national, invitational)
2010 Precious Metals: Jewelry and Functional Art, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, Lake
Placid, NY (national, invitational)
2007-2010 Enamel Experience: The International Badge Exhibition School of Jewellery, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, Birmingham City University, Birmingham, UK
Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Gallery Loupe, Montclair, NJ
School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent. OH
Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Eastern Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg, Germany
Velvet DiVinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN (international, invitational)
2009 The Donna Schneier Collection comes to RAM: Jewelry of the 1980’s and 1990’s, Racine Museum of Art, Racine, WI (from the museum collection)
Neoteric Matter 2, Wexler Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (national, invitational)
2008 A.I.R. (Artist –in-Residence) Exhibition, Hoffman Galleries, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland OR
Facsimile, Gallery Loupe, Montclair, NJ (solo, invitational)
Content and Craft in Contemporary Jewelry, Landmark Arts, Texas Tech University,
Lubbock, TX (national, invitational)
Neoteric Matter, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ
(national, invitational)
Witness, Ross Museum of Art, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH (solo, invitational)
PMC Decade, The Lynn Tendler Bignell Gallery, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
(national, invitational)
2007 PMC Decade, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN (national, invitational)
The Powers of 2, Heights Arts Gallery, Cleveland Heights, OH (4 person, regional, invitational)
Cross Over: Combining Traditions-Metals and Sculpture, Emily Davis Gallery, University
Of Akron, Akron, OH (national, invitational)
Yuma Symposium Presenter’s Exhibition, Yuma Fine Arts Center Museum, Yuma, AZ (national, invitational)
2006 Collaboration, Widney Moore Gallery and Sharon Campbell Spiral, Portland, OR
(national, invitational)
Black and White, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH (regional, invitational)
Life Insight: The Human Experience, The Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, KY (national, invitational)
Object Lessons: Collections, Display and Art Practice I-Space Gallery, Chicago, IL (national, invitational)
Midwest Metal Artist Invitational, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois, University Chicago, IL (regional, invitational)
Metalism: Signature Works in Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Center for Visual Art, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver, CO (national, invitational)
2005-2006 100 Brooches, Velvet daVinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Bellagio Gallery, Asheville, NC
Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, WA (international, invitational)
2005 Dissent: Political Voices, 2004 Ohio Election Photo Project, SPACES, Cleveland, OH (regional, invitational)
.925 + Ingenuity = Art Jewelry, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA (national, Invitational)
In Print/ In Person, Thomas Riley Gallery, Eton Collection, Woodmere, OH (international, invitational)
Re-Collected/Re-Invented: The Narrative Craft Object, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT (national, invitational)
Structures of Experience: an exhibition in response to Robert Smithson, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH (regional, invitational)
2004-2005 Educator/Educated: Jewelry and Metals in Ohio,
State of Ohio Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
Butler Institute of American Art, Trumbull Branch, OH
Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH(regional, invitational)
2004-2006 200 Rings, Velvet daVinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Gallery M, Cleveland, OH
Sam Shaw Gallery, Northeast Harbor, ME
Facere Gallery, Seattle, WA (international, invitational)
2004 Featured Artist, Mobilia Gallery, International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects
and Functional Art, Chicago, IL (international, invitational)
International Metal Artists Invitational Exhibition, Kepco Plaza Gallery, Seoul, Korea (international, invitational)
Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine, Fall 2004 (international, competitive)
The Summer Show (six artists), Taboo Gallery, San Diego, CA (national, invitational)
Rings, Gallery of Art and Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (national, invitational)
Featured Artist, Mobilia Gallery, International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, New York, NY (international, invitational)
2003 Botanical Jewelry, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago, IL (international, invitational)
Convergence, College of Wooster Art Museum, College of Wooster, Wooster, OH (regional, competitive)
Charmed Lives, Facere Gallery, Seattle WA (national, invitational)
Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine, Fall 2003 (international, competitive)
Exhibition in Print Exhibition, Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art (SOFA), Chicago, IL (international, invitational)
The Ring Exhibition, (traveling) Ruthin Gallery, Ruthin, Wales (international, invitational)
BigLITTLE, Crafts and Cultural Art Gallery, Oakland, CA (national, competitive)
On The Edge, Evergreen College, Olympia, WA
Gallery Mack, Seattle WA
Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, WA (international, competitive)
The Art of the Ear, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, New York, NY
(international, invitational)
Schmuck 2003, Special Jewellery Exhibition, 55th International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany (international, competitive)
Armwork, Faculty Exhibition, Robert E. and Martha Hull Lee Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, OH (regional, invitational)
2002 Daily Confidential, Studio Fusion Gallery, OXO Building, London, England
University of the West of England, Bristol, England (solo, international, invitational)
Contemporary Jewelry, 20 People, 20 Pieces, Flatlanders Art Gallery, Blissfield, MI
(national, invitational)
Faculty Exhibition, Peter’s Valley Craft Center Gallery, Layton, NJ (national, invitational)
Featured Artist, Susan Cummins Gallery, International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, New York, NY (international, invitational)
Daily Confidential, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA (solo, invitational)
The Ring Exhibition, (traveled)
Colorado Springs Art Center, Colorado Springs, CO
University of Texas Art Gallery, University of Texas-El Paso, El Paso, TX (international, invitational)
Sensum/Sensorium, Gallery 138, Kent State University, Kent, OH (solo, local, invitational)
Connections: Ohio Artists Abroad, (sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council) Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
SPACES, Cleveland, OH
Weston Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (regional, invitational)
2001 Contemporary Metalsmiths, Gardiner Gallery, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK (national, invitational)
Feat of Clay, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England (international, invitational)
The Ring Exhibition, (traveling)
Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, New York, NY
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI (international, invitational)
Print in Enamel II, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH; (international, invitational)
Featured Artists, Susan Cummins Gallery, International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, New York, NY (international, invitational)
2000 Featured Artist, Susan Cummins Gallery, International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, IL (international, invitational)
Residency Exhibition and Open House, (four installations) Cimelice Castle, Cimelice, Czech Republic (international, invitational)
The 5th International Enamel Exhibition, Velvet DaVinci Gallery, San Francisco, CA (international, competitive)
The Enamelist Society Merit Award Attitude & Action: North American Figurative Jewelry, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, University of Central England, Birmingham, England
DESIGNyard, Dublin, Ireland (international, invitational)
Featured Artists, Susan Cummins Gallery, International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, New York, NY (international, invitational)
Ironing: Women’s Work, Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN (national, invitational)
Structure, Symbol and Substance: The Power of Jewelry, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA (national, invitational)
Drawing the Lines: Selections from Artists Sketchbooks, Society of Arts And Crafts, Boston, MA (national, invitational)
The Big Bang, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN (national, invitational)
1999 Fifty Years of Studio Jewelry: 1950-2000, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA (national, invitational)
The Shadow of Memory, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA (national, invitational)
Featured Artists, Susan Cummins Gallery, International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, IL (international, invitational)
Print in Enamel, University of the West of England, Bristol, England
Studio Fusion Gallery, London, England (international, invitational)
The Art of Adornment: 1500 Years of Body Adornment, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN (national, invitational)
Crossing Boundaries, Robert Langen Gallery, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (international, invitational)
Featured Artists, Susan Cummins Gallery, International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, New York, NY (international, invitational)
Icons of the 20th Century, Nancy Sachs Gallery, St. Louis, MO (national, invitational)
Sensum/Sensorium, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA (solo, invitational)
The Functional Vase Project, J. Cotter Gallery, Minturn, CO (national, invitational)
1998 Second Annual Jewelry Exhibition, River Gallery, Rocky River, OH (regional, invitational)
EIP Exhibition, International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, IL (international, invitational)
Exhibition in Print, Metalsmith Magazine, Fall 1998 (international, competitive)
Objects of Personal Significance, (installation) traveled by Exhibits USA
Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS
Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin, FL
Metropolitan State College, Denver, CO (national Invitational)
The Functional Vase Project, Yaw Gallery, International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, IL
Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI
International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, New York, NY (national, invitational)
Four-person exhibition, Taboo Gallery, San Diego, CA (national, invitational)
Unexpected Settings, Goldman’s Jewelers and the Seattle Metals Guild, Seattle, WA (national, competitive)
Pearls, Philip Monroe Jeweler, Inc. and the Seattle Metal Guild, Seattle, WA
(national, competitive)
1997 MetalSpeaks: the Unexpected, San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, San
Francisco, CA (national, invitational)
L’Chaim: A Kiddush Cup Invitational, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA (national, invitational)
Metals/Ceramics Invitational Exhibition, Art and Design Gallery, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO (national, invitational)
Mentor/Mentee, Calder Gallery, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI (national, invitational)
Teacher/Student Exhibition, Glass Growers Gallery, Erie, PA (regional, invitational)
Resonant Forms, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH (invitational)
Objects of Personal Significance, (installation) traveled by Exhibits USA,
University Museum, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
The Hyde Collection, Glen Falls, NY
Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN (national, invitational)
Chain Gang, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (national, invitational)
The Commemorative Cup, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA (national, invitational)
1996 Chain Gang, Target Gallery at the Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA
Joanne Rapp Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ (national, invitational)
Objects of Personal Significance, (installation) Exhibits USA, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL (national, invitational)
Contemporary Metals: 11 Northeast Ohio Artists, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Sandusky Art Center, Sandusky, OH (regional, invitational)
Sculpture to Hold, Stewart/Kummer Gallery, Gualala, CA (national, invitational)
Ohio Craft Invitational 1996, Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (regional, invitational)
The Best of 1996, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH (regional, competitive)
3D X 10, Art Faculty of the Mid-America Conference, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery,
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH (regional, invitational)
Issues And Intent: Contemporary American Metalwork, Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA (national, invitational)
Women: Rites of Passage, Dennison University, Granville, OH (national, competitive)
The Commemorative Cup, The Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY
National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN
The Hoffman Gallery/ Oregon School of Arts & Crafts, Portland, OR
Edith Lambert Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
I-Space Gallery/ University of Illinois, Chicago, IL (national, invitational)
1995
Women: Rites of Passage, University Art Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH (national, competitive)
Gold and Silver 1995, American Craft Museum, New York, NY (international, invitational)
Mid-States Crafts Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, Evansville, IN (regional, competitive)
two purchase awards
1994 Subversive Infiltration, Susan Cummins Gallery, International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, IL (national, invitational)
Gallery Artists, Susan Cummins Gallery, International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects
and Functional Art, Chicago, IL (international, invitational)
Ohio Metals: A Legacy, Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH
John J. McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH
Bowling Green State University Art Gallery, Bowling Green, OH (national, invitational)
IV Anniversary Exhibition, The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH (regional, competitive)
Crafts National 28, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, Park, PA (national, competitive)
1993 Ohio Metals: A Legacy, Miami University Art Museum, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH (national, invitational)
Her Story/ His Story, Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH (two-person, invitational)
Contemporary Metals: Form and Narrative, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
I-Space, Chicago, IL (national, invitational)
Urban Roots, Rural Settings: Maintaining Dialogue, Parkland College, Champaign, IL(3 person, invitational)
1992 EIU Art Faculty Invitational, South Suburban College, Chicago, IL (regional, invitational)
Steeping Matters, Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak, MI (national, invitational)
Brooches, Swidler Gallery, Royal Oak, MI (national, Invitational)
Celebration of the Nude, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (national, invitational)
Currents ’92, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN (national, competitive)
Opening Exhibition, Facet Foundry Gallery, Gastonia, NC (national, invitational)
1991 Expressions: Jewelry in the 90’s, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH (national, invitational)
10th Annual September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA (national, competitive)
Urban Roots, Rural Settings: Maintaining Dialogue, Alverno College Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (3 person, invitational)
1990 Spiritual Visions, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN (regional, competitive)
The Midwestern Sculpture Exhibition, South Bend Art Center, South Bend, IN (regional, competitive)
Fugitive Life, Wright Street Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (solo, invitational)
Water Tower Annual Exhibition, Louisville Art Association, Louisville, KY (regional , competitive)
Essentially Paper and Small Objects, University Gallery, Drake University, Des Moines,
IA (national, invitational)
Contemporary Crafts, Graham /Horstman Gallery, Denton, TX (national, competitive)
1989 Contemporary Jewelry ’89, Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI (national, invitational)
13th Southern Illinois Artist’s Competition, Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, IL (regional, competitive)
Jewels of the Nineties, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany
work selected to travel, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Pforzheim, Germany
(international, competitive)
Group Exhibition: Gallery Artists, Quadrum Gallery, Boston, MA (international, invitational)
Guises of Nature, Faith Nightingale Gallery, San Diego, CA (national, invitational)
Landscapes/Mindscapes, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL (regional, competitive)
Mid-States Crafts Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IL (regional, competitive)
1988 Housebound, Collaborative Installation with Susan Kress, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL (invitational)
The Intimate Eye, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL (regional, competitive)
Sculptural Jewelry, Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego, CA ( 3 person, invitational)
Wearables ’88, Associated Gallery, Carbondale, IL (guest artist and juror)
Reflections: Fine Metalwork, University Museum, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (national, invitational)
Group Exhibition; Gallery Artists, Wita Gardiner Gallery, San Diego, CA (national, invitational)
1987 Contemporary Metals III, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA (national, competitive)
Jewelry; The New Spirit, Martha Schneider Gallery, Highland Park, IL (5 person invitational)
Crafts National II, State College of New York, Buffalo, NY (national, competitive)
Award Winners Exhibition, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO (invitational)
National Juried Metals Exhibition, Marin Community College, Kentfield, CA (national, competitive)
merit award
The Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Central Missouri State University Warrensburg, MO (international, competitive)
best of show
Mid-States Craft Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN (regional, competitive)
1986 Contemporary Metals II, Downey Museum of Art, Downey, CA (national, competitive)
Wichita National All Craft Media Exhibit, Wichita Art Association, Wichita, KS (national, competitive)
For the Bride and Groom, The Craftsman’s Gallery, Scarsdale, NY (national, invitational)
1985 Ear Expo II, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, NY (national, competitive)
Canine, Equine, Feline etc. (CEF II), Fine Arts Center in Taos, NM (national, competitive)
runner-up best contemporary sculpture
Merritt ’85, Barry S. Merritt Gallery, Rochester, NY (national, competitive)
purchase award
Second Annual Emerging Talents Exhibition, Quadrum Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA (national, competitive)
Metals Expressions 1985, Appalachian Center for the Crafts, Smithville, TN (national, competitive)
Crafts ’85, Paducah Crafts Guild, Paducah, KY (regional, competitive)
merit award
Mid-States Crafts Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN (regional, competitive)
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (two person, invitational)
1984 California Jewelry, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA (regional, competitive)
Publications
2012 Masako Onodera: Tactile Bodies, (exhibition review) Metalsmith, Winter 2012
2011 Inconvenient Materials (review of Adornment and Excess Exhibition, Miami University Art
Museum), Art Jewelry Forum, Online Blog, January 24, 2011
2005 Quo Vadis, (one of 7 invited participants in a forum on the magazine’s past, present and future) Metalsmith, Fall 2005
2003 Inventing Contemporary Ornament, (exhibition review) Metalsmith, Summer 2003
2002 The Stigma of Beauty, (catalog essay) Metal Under Glass, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, The National Ornamental Metals Museum, Memphis, TN
2001 Radiant Geometries (exhibition review) Metalsmith Winter 2001
Object Lessons: Collecting, Display and Art Practice (feature) Metalsmith, Summer, 2001
Works in Progress, (catalog essay) Print in Enamel, The University of the West of England, Bristol, England
1999 Sarah Perkins: Integrating Form and Content, (feature) Glass on Metal, Winter 1999
Moving Metal-An Exhibition of Contemporary Metalsmiths, (review) Metalsmith, Winter
1994 Janice Lessman-Moss, (review) Surface Design Journal, Fall, 1994
Metals Invitational 1994, (review) Metalsmith, Fall, 1994
The Future Perfect: Activism and Advocacy, (article) Metalsmith, Spring, 1994
1993 Objects in Clay, Fiber, Glass and Metal, (catalog essay), School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Material Vision: Image and Object (curator’s statement-catalog), Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University
1992 Integrating Multicultural Experiences in Art Education, F.A.T.E. Review, Journal of Foundations, Art Theory and Education
Bibliography
Books
2025 FEAST: Contemporary Jewelry from the Susan Beech Collection,
Editor, Damian Skinner, Arnoldesche Art Publishers (works reproduced)
2018 1st Annual Jewelry and Metals Survey, Society of North American Goldsmiths
(works reproduced)
2017 Fenn, Mark, Narrative Jewelry: Tales from the Toolbox, Schiffer Books, UK
(works reproduced)
2014 Ilse-Neuman, Ursula, Multiple Exposures: Jewelry and Photography, Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
2011 Kevin Petrie, Ceramic Transfer Printing, A & C Black, London, UK (works reproduced and presented as case study)
2010 Juror: Daniel Belasco, 500 Judaica: Innovative Contemporary Ritual Art, Lark Books, Ashville, NC (work reproduced)
2009 The Compendium Finale of Jewellers, 2008, Darling Publishers, Cologne, Germany (two-page feature) (international)
2008 John Cogswell, Creative Stonesetting, Brynmorgen Press, Portland, ME (work reproduced)
2006 Tim McCreight, PMC Decade, Brynmorgen Press, Portland, ME (3 works reproduced, cited in essay)
Juror: Marjorie Schick, 500 Necklaces, Lark Books, Asheville, NC (3 works reproduced)
Joanna Gollberg, The Art and Craft of Making Jewelry, Lark Books, Asheville, NC(2 works reproduced)
2005 Juror: Marjorie Simon, 500 Brooches, Lark Books, Asheville, NC
(3 works reproduced)
2004 Juror: Linda Darty, The Art of Enameling, Lark Books, Ashville, NC (3 works reproduced)
Juror: Robert Ebendorf, 1000 Rings, Lark Books, Ashville NC (3 works reproduced)
2003 Dorothy Spencer, Found Object Art, Schiffer Books, NY (featured artist)
1999 Tim McCreight, The Metalsmith’s Book of Boxes and Lockets, Brynmorgen Press
(work reproduced)
1997 Tim McCreight, Jewelry, Fundamentals of Metalsmithing, Brynmorgan Press (2 works reproduced)
Reviews/Articles/ Works Cited
2024 Perron-Feller, Beryl, Perspective and Queer Objects, Review of OUT of the Jewelry Box, Art Jewelry Forum(works reproduced)
2016 Toelke, Amelie, Shadow Themes: Finding the Present in the Past, Modern Magazine 2016 (works reviewed)
Cao, Bifei, The Narrative in Art Jewelry and Personal Exploration, China Gems
Magazine, China (work reproduced and reviewed)
2011 Craig, Gabriel, Graphic Content: Counterculture Imagery in Contemporary Jewelry, Metalsmith, Vol. 31, No.3, 2011 (work cited)
2009 Marjorie Simon, Metalsmiths Against War, Metalsmith, Vol. 29 #1, 2009 (work reproduced, cited in essay)
2008 Kurt Shaw, Exhibit looks at power of the badge, Pittsburgh Tribute-Review Sunday, October 12, 2008 (work reproduced and reviewed)
2007 Donald Friedlich, Metal Clay on the Cusp, Metalsmith, Summer, 2007 (work reproduced and reviewed)
Zachary Lewis, The Powers 2, Scene, Cleveland, OH, July11-17, 2007 (work reviewed)
Dorothy Shinn, Feminist influence shapes ‘Cross Over’, Akron Beacon Journal, January 14, 2007 (work reproduced and reviewed)
International Contemporary Vitreous Enamel Archive, Web Archive produced and maintained by the University of the West of England, Bristol (numerous works reproduced)
2006 Glen R. Brown, Kathleen Browne: Specimens of Reflexivity, Metalsmith, Fall 2006
(feature article and cover)
Dennis Adrian, Object Lessons, American Craft Magazine, October/November 2006
(works reproduced and reviewed)
2004 Melissa Starker, Good Education, Columbus Alive, November 24, 2004 (work reviewed)
Dorothy Shinn, KSU art faculty struts its stuff, The Beacon Journal, October 17, 2004
(work reviewed)
Matthew Partington, Badges in Bristol; ETC at UWE, Findings, Association of Contemporary Jewellery, United Kingdom, March 2004 (work reproduced and cited)
Cecil Glitz, Artists network meets metals,Record Courier, July 14, 2004 (artist photograph)
2003 Investing in Ceativity, The Urban Institute, Washington, D.C. (work reproduced)
2002 Dan Tranberg, International experiences transform Ohio artists, Plain Dealer, Cleveland, OH, October 5, 2002 (work reproduced and reviewed)
Frank Green, Making Connections, North East Ohio Live magazine, September, 2002 (work reviewed and work reproduced)
Melissa Starker, Seeing the World, Columbus Alive, May 16, 2002 (work reviewed and work reproduced on cover)
Jacqueline Hall, Ohioans explore new horizons, Columbus Dispatch, May 12, 2002 (work reviewed)
Downtowner, Cincinnati,OH, May 2, 2002 (work reproduced)
State of the Art Report, CD-ROM produced by the Ohio Arts Council (work reproduced)
2001 Janet Marquardt-Cherry, Secrets: Kathleen Browne’s Revealing Jewelry, Woman’s Art Journal, Fall 2001/Winter 2002 (short feature)
Dorothy Shinn, New enameling technology shown at KSU, Akron Beacon Journal, April 8, 2001 (work reproduced)
2000 Zamek v Cimelicich se otevrel verejnosti, Dnes (national daily newspaper of the Czech Republic), September 25, 2000 (work reviewed)
Rosita Boland, Adornments with attitude, The Irish Times, Dublin, Ireland, September 9, 2000 (work reproduced)
Mimi Clark, Ironing: Women’s Work (two-part feature), Anvil Magazine, October, 2000
(work and statement reproduced)
Iron Women, American Style Magazine, Summer 2000 (work cited)
Linda Raiteri, She Did It: Exhibit shows what happens when woman meets metal. The Memphis Flyer, July 6-12, 2000 (work reviewed)
Debra Elliott, Women’s Work: Female metalsmiths tell their stories with steely conviction, The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, TN, June 25, 2000 (work reproduced and reviewed)
1998 Tom Ellis, “Crossing Boundaries” The 7th Biennial Enamellist Society Conference Workshops, Glass on Metal, October 1998 (works reproduced and artist profile)
Terry Nagel, S.F.’s Jewish Museum Displays Kiddush Cups, San Francisco Chronicle,
January 7,1998 (work reproduced)
Leslie Katz, S.F kiddush cup invitational brimming with surprises, Jewish Bulletin,
January 2,1998 (work reproduced)
Michael Paglia, Object Lessons, Denver Westword, September 10,1988 (work reviewed)
1997 ‘L’Chaim’ exhibit on display, St. Louis Jewish Light, December 3, 1997 (work reproduced)
Benoit Denizet-Lewis, Jewish Museum overflows with Kiddush cups, Daily Ledger-Post Dispatch, Antioch, CA, October 31, 1997(work reproduced)
Heather Joyner, Material Worlds, Metro Pulse, Knoxville, TN September 13, 1997 (work reviewed)
Visual Art, San Francisco Independent, August 12,1997 (work reproduced)
Suzanne Seay, Hyde’s ‘Objects” show draws strong response, The Post -Star, Glen
Falls, NY August 7,1997 (work reviewed)
1996 Linda Raiteri, The Commemorative Cup, Metalsmith, Fall 1996 (work reproduced)
Dorothy Shinn, KSU faculty’s show is one of best in years, Akron Beacon Journal,
November, 1996 (work reviewed)
Elaine Louie, Silver chalices spin out modern myths, New York Times, January 11, 1996
(reproduction and preview)
1995 Carol Nathanson, Women’s Rites of Passages: Telling the Stories, Dialogue, March/April (reproduction and preview)
1994 Helen Cullinan, Offbeat variety creates buffet for art lovers, Cleveland Plain Dealer, June 20, 1994 (work cited)
Frank Green, Sculpture Story, Free Times, Cleveland, OH June 22,1994
(reproduction and review)
Joyce Henri Robinson, Ohio Metals: A Legacy, New Art Examiner, April, 1994
(work cited)
1993 Beverly Penn, Narrative: The Impulse in Contemporary American Metal, Metalsmith, Spring, 1993 (work cited)
Christina DePaul, Toward a New Metal Order: SNAG in Cincinnati, American Craft, October/November 1993 (presentation reviewed)
Julia Barello, Celebrating a New Metal Order, Metalsmith, Winter, 1994 (presentation reviewed)
Helen Cullinan, Metalsmiths reflect on reality, Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 17, (reproduction and review)
Dorothy Shinn, Beauty with humor and pain, Akron Beacon-Journal, December 19,1993 (work reviewed)
William Cunningham, Exhibit Shows Jewelry as Narrative Tool, West Side Leader,
Akron, OH, December 9, 1993 (work reviewed)
1992 Dorothy Shinn, School punishing gallery for doing well, The Akron Beacon-Journal, November 1,1992 (reproduction and review)
1991 James Auer, Briefly Reviewed, The Milwaukee Journal, October 27,1991 (work cited)
Mary Beth Crocker, Making a Statement, The Cincinnati Enquirer, November 19,1991 (work cited)
1990 Shepherd’s Express, Milwaukee, WI, week of May 7th 1990 (work reviewed)
Catalogs
2024 Out of the Jewelry Box, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, NY
2018 La Frontera: Encounters on the Border, Museum of Arts and Design, NY, NY Alchemy 5, Enamelist Society International Exhibition, Uninversity of Oregon,Eugene, OR
Blaze: International Contemporary Enamel Art Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan
2015 Heat Exchange 2, Craft in the Bay, Cardiff, Wales; St. Andrews Museum, St. Andrews, Scotland; Kulturhaus Kroenbachen, Erfurt, Germany; Bayerischer
Kunstgewerbeverein, Munich, Germany
2014 Shock and Awe, Royal West of England Academy Fine Arts Gallery, Bristol, England
2013 Sieraad International Art Jewelry Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2011 Surface and Substance: Contemporary Enamel Jewellery, Ruthin Craft Centre,
Ruthin, Wales
Alchemy 3, Enamelist Society International Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and
Craft, Gatlinburg, TN; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN
2007 Crossover: Combining Traditions, Emily Davis Gallery, University of Akron, Akron, OH
2006 LIFE InSIGHT: The Human Experience, Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft,
Louisville, KY
Object Lessons, I-Space Gallery, Chicago, IL
Metalisms: Signature Works in Jewelry & Metalsmithing, Metropolitan College of Denver, Denver, CO
2005 Structures of Experience: an exhibition in response to Robert Smithson, School of
Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2004 International Metal Artists Invitational Exhibition, Kepco Plaza Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2003 Schmuck 2003, 55th International Trade Fair, Munich, Germany
EIP Exhibition, Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art Exposition, Chicago, IL
2002 Connections: Ohio Artists Abroad, The Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH
2001 Print in Enamel, The University of the West of England, Bristol, England
The Ring Exhibition, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA (traveling)
2000 Attitude and Action! North American Figurative Jewelry, University of Central England
1999 Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art Exposition, The Armory, New York, New York
1998 The Functional Vase Project, Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI
1997 L’Chaim: A Kiddush Cup Invitational, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
1996 Objects of Personal Significance, Exhibits USA, Kansas City, MO
The Commemorative Cup, Roseanne Raab and Assoc., New York, NY
1995 Mid-States Crafts Exhibition, Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN
Women’s Rites of Passage: Telling the Stories, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
1993 Her Story/ His Story, Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH
Ohio Metal: A Legacy, Miami University Museum, Oxford, OH
1991 September Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA
Urban Roots, Rural Settings: Maintaining Dialogue, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
1990 Spiritual Visions, Northern Indiana Arts Association, Munster, IN
1989 Jewels of the Nineties, Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany
1987 Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg
1985 CEF II, Fine Arts Center in Taos, Taos, NM
Professional Activities
2025
Participant, “Mesh V”, Residency, Pocosin Art and Craft School, Columbia, NC
Juror, Valley Art Center Annual Arts Festival, Chagrin Falls, OH
Lecture, New York City Jewelry Week, New York, NY
2023
Visiting Artist, (workshop and lecture), San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
2017
Participant, “New Works” Residency, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, ME
Juror, Open Studio Residency, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, ME
Workshop, Enamel Decals, Center for Visual Arts, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2016
Presenter, (artist lecture) ECU Material Topics Symposium “In Flux”, Eastern Carolina
University, Greenville, NC
Visiting Artist, (workshop and lecture) The Fine Arts Center High School, Greenville, SC
Juror, 2016 National Juried High School Metals Exhibition, Greenville, SC
Visiting Artist, (workshop and lecture) “Enamel Decal Collage” and artist’s work,
College of Fine and Performing Arts, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
2015
Juror, Craft Expo 2015, Guilford Art Center, Guilford, CT
2014
Artist Residency, New Works, Haystack Mountain School, Deer Isle, ME
Curator, The Digital Hand, School of Art Gallery, Kent State University, Kent, OH
2013
Juror, Central Pennsylvania Arts Festival, State College, PA
Juror, Downtown Naples Festival of the Arts, Naples, FL
2012
Panelist, What does skill have to do with it? Mid-America College Art Association
Annual Conference, Detroit MI
Juror (Jewelry, Enameling), American Craft Council, 2013 Crafts Shows (Baltimore,
Atlanta, San Francisco, Minneapolis)
Lecturer, title: Magnificent Obsessions, part of the Downtown at Dusk Lecture series at
The Akron Art Museum, Akron Ohio
Portfolio Reviewer, 2012 Annual Conference of the Society of North American
Goldsmiths, Phoenix, AZ
2011
Presenter, Artist’s work, Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Visiting Artist, (workshop and lecture) “Image and Enamel” and artist’s work, School
of Art, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
2010
Presenter, Topic: Irresistible Impulses: the Maker and HyperPractice, “Going to
Extremes”, Annual Conference of the Society of North American Goldsmiths,
Houston, TX
Visiting Artist, (workshop and lecture) “Image and Enamel” and artist’s work, School of
Art, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
2009
Panelist, Education Panel, “Revolution” Annual Conference of the Society of North
American Goldsmiths, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Senior Residency, (lecture and residency) Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Visiting Artist, (workshop) “Image and Enamel” Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Visiting Artist, (lectures and critiques) Artist’s Work and The Function of Jewelry,
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC
Visiting Artist, (lecture and workshop) Artist’s Work and “Image and Enamel”,
Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH
Juror, “Surge” Student Exhibition, Society of North American Goldsmiths Annual
Conference, Savannah, GA
2007
Presenter, International Symposium, “Contemporary Craft: Labored by New Labor”
Topic: Labor to Meaning, Tainan National University of the Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
Visiting Artist, (lecture and critiques) Artist’s Work, Tainan National University of the
Arts, Tainan, Taiwan
Visiting Artist, (lecture) Artist’s Work, Ming Dao University, Taichung, Taiwan
Presenter, Topic: Apotheosis of the Everyday Yuma Symposium, Yuma AZ
Juror, Art in the Park, Arts Festival, Kent, OH
2006
Visiting Artist, (lecture on artist’s work and charette design competition leader)
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Visiting Artist, (lecture and workshop) Artist’s Work, Image and Enameling, Cleveland
Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2005
Visiting Artist, (lectures and critiques) Artist’s work and The Function of Jewelry,
Northern Illinois University, Dekalb, IL
Visiting Artist, (lecture) Artist’s work, University of Illinois, Campaign-Urbana, IL
Chair, Nominations and Elections Committee, Society of North American Goldsmiths
Co-Chair, Annual Conference 2005, Society of North American Goldsmiths
Co-Curator, Exhibition in Motion, 2005 SNAG Conference, Cleveland, OH
Guest, New Works Workshop, Haystack Mountain Craft School, Deer Isle, ME
Gallery Talk, Exhibition-Educators/Educated: Jewelry and Metals in Ohio, Butler
Institute of American Art, Trumbull Campus, Howling, OH
2004
Visiting Artist, (workshop) Image on Metal-Enameling, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA
Chair, Nominations and Elections Committee, Society of North American Goldsmiths
Co-Chair, Annual Conference 2005, Society of North American Goldsmiths
2003
Visiting Artist, (lecture and critiques) Artist’s work, Cranbrook Academy, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Visiting Artist, (lecture and workshop) Artist’s work and Image on Metal, Haystack Mountain Craft School, Deer Isle, ME
Member, Nominations and Elections Committee, Society of North American Goldsmiths
Co-Chair, Annual Conference 2005, Society of North American Goldsmiths
2002
Visiting Artist, (lecture and workshop) Artist’s work and Image on Metal, Peter’s Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
Editor and Board Liaison, Professional Practices Guidelines Committee, Society of North American Goldsmiths
Member, Nominations and Elections Committee, Society of North American Goldsmiths
Co-Chair, Annual Conference 2005, Society of North American Goldsmiths
2001
Visiting Artist, (lecture and workshop) Artist’s work and Precious Metal Clay, Pewabic Pottery Studio, Detroit, MI
Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Metalsmith magazine
2000
Resident Artist, lecture on artist’s work, Cimelice Castle, Cimelice, Czech Republic
Keynote address, Topic: Object Lessons: collecting, sorting and visual display and it’s
relationship to art practice, International Enamel Symposium, University of the West of England, Bristol, England
Presenter, Topic: Object Lessons: collecting, sorting and visual display and it’srelationship to art practice, Status of the Hand: Annual Conference of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, Boston, MA
Visiting Artist, (lecture and workshop) Artist’s work and Precious Metal Clay, University of Illinois, Campaign-Urbana, IL
Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Metalsmith magazine
1999
Presenter, Topic: Object Lessons: collecting, sorting and visual display and it’s relationship to art making, The International Exposition of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, IL
Panelist and Visiting Artist, National Symposium on the Future of Crafts and Crafts Education, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Presenter, Topic: Object Lessons: collecting, sorting and visual display and it’srelationship to art practice, 7th Biennial Conference of the Enamellist Society, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Visiting Artist, (lecture and post-conference workshop) Artist’s work and PreciousMetal Clay for Enamellists, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Presenter, (workshop) Precious Metal Clay, College of Continuing Studies, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Metalsmith magazine
1998
Visiting Artist (lecture), Artist’s work, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Metalsmith magazine
1997
Visiting Artist (lecture and workshop), Artist’s work and Textile Techniques With Metal, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1995
Visiting Artist (lecture and critique) Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Visiting Artist (lecture) Artist’s work, Wright State University, Dayton, OH
Visiting Artist (lecture) Artist’s work, Edinboro University of Penn., Edinboro, PA
1994
Facilitator, The Great Lakes Regional Symposium on Craft, American Craft Council, The Detroit Institute of Arts, The Center for Creative Studies College of Art and Design, Detroit, MI
Visiting Artist, (lecture and workshop), Artist’s work and Imagery DevelopmentTechniques for Metalsmiths, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH
Juror, Stark County Artist Exhibition, Massillon Museum, Massillon, OH
1993
Panel Moderator, Presenter Topic: Assessing Quality, Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, (lecture) Topic: Artist’s work, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, (lecture) Topic: Artist’s work, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
Presenter, Topic: Future Perfect: Advocacy and Activism, Society of North American Goldsmiths Annual Conference, Cincinnati, OH
Co-Chair, Presenter, Topic: The State of the Medium: Metals, College Art Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA
Curator, Catalog Editor Exhibition: Material Vision: Image and Object, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Editor, Newsletter, Society of North American Goldsmiths
1992
Visiting Artist, (lecture) Topic: Artist’s work, University of Akron, OH
Editor, Newsletter, Society of North American Goldsmiths
Presenter, (lecture and workshop), Topic: Integrating Multicultural Experiences into Art Curriculum, Regional Art Education Conference, Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL
1991
Artist-in-Residence (lectures and exhibition) Topics: The Transformation of Found Objects in Contemporary Art and Non-western Influences on American Crafts, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
Panelist, Round Table Discussion, “Social Signals” Symposium, Coalition of Creative Organizations, Chicago International New Art Forms Exposition, Chicago, IL
Presenter and Panelist, Topic: Non-functional Crafts: Does the Argument HoldWater?, College Art Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC
Editor, Newsletter, Society of North American Goldsmiths
Visiting Artist, (lectures) Topics: Contemporary Crafts: Transcending Function and Artist’s work, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Visiting Artist, (lecture and workshop) Artist’s work and Imagery Development forMetalsmiths, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
1990
Presenter, (lecture and workshop), Topic: Integrating Multicultural Experiences into Crafts Programming, Regional Art Education Conference, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Panelist, Topic: Postmodernism, Telecourse: Art of the Western World, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Panelist, Topic: Integrating Multicultural Experiences into Art Curriculum, Session: Foundations in Art: Theory and Education, Mid-America College Art Association Annual Meeting, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1989
Visiting Artist, (lecture) Clark/Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA
Visiting Artist, (lecture and workshop) University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Visiting Artist, (lecture) Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, (lecture) University of Wisconsin, Parkside Campus, Kenosha, WI
Visiting Artist, (workshop) Casey Arts Council, Casey, IL
1988
Presenter, (lecture and workshop) Moving Into The Third Dimension, Regional Art Education Conference, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
Juror, Guest Artist, Wearable Art ’88 Exhibition, Associated Gallery, Carbondale, IL
Collections
Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
Newark Museum of Art
Racine Museum of Art
Evansville Museum of Art and Science
Kamm Teapot Foundation
Arkansas Art Center
Numerous private collections
Memberships
Society of North American Goldsmiths
Art Jewelry Forum
MOCA, Cleveland
Cleveland Museum of Art
Sculpture Center, Cleveland
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