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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.

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