Inside the Collection: Elsa Freund
"The innovative and creative jewelry [Freund] has made has greatly enriched our decorative arts history in the area of personal...
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Metal Museum
Oct 23, 20194 min read
Let's Talk Shop: New Design Lab
By Robert Fairchild, Arts Intern in Marketing The Metal Museum has added a brand-new design lab to its facilities! Thanks to a matching...
Brooke Garcia
Sep 16, 20193 min read
Inside the Collection: Manuel Guerra
In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we wanted to highlight the work of Manuel Guerra (d. 1997), an Ecuadorian locksmith. Known...
Metal Museum
Sep 10, 20193 min read
Let's Talk Shop: Statue Repair
By Robert Fairchild, Arts Intern in Marketing Kevin Burge, our Repair & Restoration Specialist, has worked at the Metal Museum for nearly...
Metal Museum
Aug 29, 20196 min read
Inside the Collection...as an Intern!
By Lindsey Roark, Arts Intern in Collections My name is Lindsey Roark, and I am a junior at the University of Memphis. I’m currently...
Metal Museum
Aug 24, 20193 min read
Let's Talk Shop: Public Art Projects
By Robert Fairchild, Arts Intern in Marketing Over the past 40 years, the Metal Museum has created a number of commissions for public and...
Metal Museum
Aug 12, 20195 min read
Inside the Collection: Kenneth Lynch Tool Collection
By Lindsey Roark, Arts Intern in Collections Kenneth Lynch & Sons, founded by Kenneth Lynch (1906-1989), is an ornamental metal company...
Brooke Garcia
Jul 24, 20193 min read
Inside the Collection: L. Brent Kington
"Metal has permanence. It is by its very nature hard, strong - to be able to work it like clay when it's hot is magic. Forging material...
Brooke Garcia
Jun 28, 20195 min read
Inside the Collection: Vivian Beer
"Vivian is arguably one of the most talented young designer-makers that I‘ve seen in a long time. Her creative use of industrial...
Brooke Garcia
May 28, 20194 min read
Inside the Collection: C. Carl Jennings
“Every blow from Carl Jennings’ hammer delivered something of his life force, forging a unique body of work that combined the ancient...
Metal Museum
May 24, 20191 min read
Let's welcome our next visiting artist!
The Metal Museum is pleased to announce that Russian blacksmith, Anton Yakushev, will be a visiting artist at the Museum through the...
Brooke Garcia
Apr 24, 20193 min read
Inside the Collection: Cozette Phillips
Cozette Phillips (b. 1976) is an interdisciplinary sculptor and metalsmith working out of Pasco, Washington. In 1998, she earned a BFA...
Brooke Garcia
Mar 28, 20195 min read
Inside the Collection: Elizabeth Brim and #5WomenArtists
Elizabeth Brim was born in 1951 and grew up in Columbus, Georgia. In 1974, she graduated from Columbus College (now Columbus State...
Nancy Cook
Mar 27, 20193 min read
Beyond the Gallery: "Tributaries: Tanya Crane"
In honor of Women's History Month, we are highlighting the work of our current Tributaries artist, Tanya Crane. As a biracial artist,...
Metal Museum
Feb 22, 201920 min read
Beyond the Gallery: Interview for "Crafting a Legacy" - James "Wally" Wallace
Interview for Crafting a Legacy – James Wallace Interviewed by: Grace Stewart 11/27/2018 {Text and transcription by: Grace Stewart}...
Metal Museum
Feb 20, 20191 min read
Learning the Art of Lost Wax Casting
We are offering a new class format for our Lost Wax Casting class this year. Instead of two full-day sessions, we are doing six short...
Brooke Garcia
Jan 10, 20192 min read
Inside the Collection: SNAG Slide Archive
This month’s collections post is a little different. Instead of highlighting one artist in our Permanent Collection, I wanted to bring...
Nancy Cook
Jan 7, 20194 min read
Beyond the Gallery: "Master Metalsmith: Lisa Gralnick" - "The Gold Standard"
In 2003 Lisa began a series of sculptures that explores several issues through the lens of one material: gold. The Gold Standard consists...
Brooke Garcia
Dec 21, 20184 min read
Inside the Collection: Jan Brooks
Jan Brooks was born in Quanah, Texas in 1950. She first fell in love with metalworking during a jewelry camp where she learned from...
Brooke Garcia
Nov 20, 20184 min read
Inside the Collection: Dorothy Sturm
“The ultimate is understanding the language of symbolism, (the universal language in diagram form). This is the symbolism by which we...
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