Beyond the Gallery: "Master Metalsmith: Lisa Gralnick" - Jewelry
The Metal Museum’s 2018 Master Metalsmith is Lisa Gralnick, a jeweler, sculptor, and Professor of Art at the University of...
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Brooke Garcia
Sep 16, 20184 min read
Inside the Collection: Fred Fenster
(Fred Fenster talking about his work. Video courtesy of University of Wisconsin-Madison.) “There’s nothing sophisticated about the...
Brooke Garcia
Aug 23, 20182 min read
Inside the Collection: Sung-Ran Kim
This month we’re featuring Sung-Ran Kim, a Korean-born metalsmith and pioneer in the technique of electroforming. Kim was born in Seoul...
Nancy Cook
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Beyond the Gallery: "Tributaries: Venetia Dale"
The Metal Museum's Tributaries exhibition series began in 2008. The series features solo exhibitions from emerging and mid-career metal...
Brooke Garcia
Jul 19, 20183 min read
Inside the Collection: Elliott Pujol
"I know many wonderful artists, but I know very few 'craftsmen.' Elliott Pujol is a great Kansas artist and craftsman." -- M.D....
Brooke Garcia
May 29, 20185 min read
Inside the Collection: Cornstalk Fence Section
This month’s Inside the Collection post is a little different – instead of featuring an artist from our Permanent Collection, this month...
Brooke Garcia
Apr 19, 20187 min read
Inside the Collection: J. Fred Woell
“Today we make jewelry and wearable art from any material that we choose but it was Fred Woell who in the 1960s broke the rules and paved...
Brooke Garcia
Mar 23, 20183 min read
Inside the Collection: Brad Silberberg
“I used to think that my artwork was a way to explore materials, tools, and techniques while learning new ways to make decorative objects....
Metal Museum
Mar 15, 20181 min read
The Metal Museum is Hiring a Youth Initiative Coordinator!
The Youth Initiative Coordinator develops, implements, maintains, and helps market educational programming for ages 18 and under. This...
Brooke Garcia
Feb 20, 20182 min read
Inside the Collection: Robert Coogan
“I get fueled by making things. It still amazes me that I can take an old steel pipe and reshape it and add copper to it and it becomes...
Brooke Garcia
Jan 1, 20182 min read
Inside the Collection: Richard Mawdsley
Richard Mawdsley is a well-known metalsmith and jeweler. He specializes in fabricated work using metal tubing and gemstones, and his work...
Metal Museum
Dec 7, 20173 min read
David Secrest & Iron
The Metal Museum's annual "Master Metalsmith" series began in 1983 as a way to highlight the most influential metal artists working...
Brooke Garcia
Dec 6, 20173 min read
Inside the Collection: Harris Sorrelle
Harris McLean Sorrelle is known locally as a gifted sculptor and professor who inspired students at the University of Memphis for nearly...
Brooke Garcia
Nov 9, 20172 min read
Inside the Collection: June Schwarcz
June Schwarcz (1981-2015) was an innovative enamelist of the 20th century. With a career spanning 60 years, she continually broke ground...
Metal Museum
Oct 10, 20172 min read
Final Week for "With Love, From Brent"
In May of this year, Grace Stewart, the Museum's Director of Collections and Exhibitions, and I drove to Illinois for a visit with Diana...
Metal Museum
Aug 4, 20171 min read
Nature's Quiet Call
Christopher Gerber is engrossed with the many intricacies of nature; specifically the forest covered mountain ranges of Washington...
Metal Museum
Jun 23, 20171 min read
A Closer Look at Chess Set by Mariko Kusumoto
The exhibition Metal in Motion is on view at the Metal Museum until August 20, 2017. One of the most intricate works of art included in...
Metal Museum
Jun 16, 20171 min read
June in the Shop
Our Blacksmith Shop is currently working on a project that will resonate with those of us who live near the Mississippi- a 6 foot copper...
Metal Museum
May 27, 20172 min read
In the Studio with David Secrest
Montana is a quiet state. With a total population of just over 1 million it's easy to travel through the countryside without seeing a car...
Metal Museum
May 26, 20171 min read
Gaston Art Tiles Are Up!
After more than a year of planning, prepping, collaboration and casting the Metal Museum Foundry installed the final version of the...
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