College of Visual & Performing Arts
Jewelry / Metals Resources
- Chelsea Bird ('06) - Participant in The Society of Crafts Mentorship Program in '07. Exhibited in
CraftsBoston national trade show, and is beginning to establish studio business.
- Shannon Boyd ('95) - High school art teacher in MA.
- Sarah Burgess ('00) - After receiving MFA from Cranbrook School of Art, she was Artist in Residence
@ Oregon College of Arts and Crafts in '03.
- Shawn Cambra ('05) - Works part-time as exhibit installer at The Fuller Craft Museum Brockton, MA.
- Brian Cherry ('04) - Formerly, Exhibition Installer at the Shelburne Museum of Art Shelburne, VT.
- Sarahanne Coggeshall ('98) - Part-time teacher at numerous art programs within New England:
Metalwerx Studio, The DeCordova Museum, Fuller Museum of Craft.
- Ed Colbeth ('98) - Has taught at Metalwerx Studio, and is a computer programming consultant.
- Lana Debettencourt ('98) - Works in an antique/jewelry store in Martha's Vinyard.
- Jim Dowd ('94) - Co-owner of Beehive Kitchenware Company in Fall River, MA producing utilitarian
objects for the kitchen sold through trade shows.
- Melissa Dudley ('98) - Very successful with high end jewelry sales ($10,000 pcs!) at Pageo in
Nantucket, and produces custom work.
- Katrina Eveslin ('02) - Works in Jewellery Department @ Sotheby's Auction House London, UK.
- Jessica Hicks (BFA candidate) - Runs a successful jewelry business in Nantucket and sells her
production lines through trade shows.
- Cara Impagliazzo ('95) - High school art teacher in Rhode Island.
- Melissa McNichol ('07) - Received $10,000 scholarship to attend Gemological Institute of America
Program in Santa Monica, CA
- Heather MacKenzie ('96) - Produces miniature gold baskets for a jewelry store in Nantucket.
- Elizabeth Montesi ('92) - Repair and custom work for a jewelry store in Boston.
- Erin Myles ('04) - Has held several fashion jewelry design positions in Providence toward teenage
accessory lines at FDI Zone and Arden Jewelry w/ some designs produced for Urban Outfitters.
- Jen Newman ('02) + Arianna Swink ('01) - They run a studio business, Tenacious Lily, and market
their work online and through home showings.
- Jennifer O'Day Ashworth ('93) - Previously, worked for many years at Aurafin Corp., large mfg. co.
in FL producing jewelry lines for ArtCarved and AuraGem.
- Kirsten Pounder ('97) - Executed "Tree of Life" metalwork commission ($50,000 budget) for
Wynnewood Hospital (MA) in '99. Presently, a designer/modelmaker in Providence.
- St. Amand ('02) - Won 1st Prize for necklace in Lapidary Journal magazine '02 competition.
Participant in Society of Crafts Mentorship Program in '06. Exhibited @ CraftsBoston trade show.
- Lisa Sorenti ('00) - Jewelry Instructor at The North Bennett Street School in Boston.