Are you interested in getting your BFA in jewelry and small metals? We have compiled a list of colleges across the country that offer jewelry or small metals as a major.
Getting a fine arts degree leads to different professions and opportunities than learning metal working at a vocational school. If you are interested in working professionally as a fine artist, teaching art at a college or university, attending graduate school to earn an MFA, or working in museums or galleries then pursuing a BA or BFA is the right choice for you.
When looking for a university program, there are colleges that offer small metals and jewelry as a major and others that offer a BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in metals/jewelry. Generally, the studio art programs are multidisciplinary and give more exposure to different art mediums. The curriculum for jewelry/small metals as a major usually has the majority, if not all, of the studio classes focused specifically on metals and jewelry design. BA programs are going to be less studio focused.
Every college has different studio facilities and a unique curriculum. All of these metals programs are directed by passionate and experienced faculty. Scroll down our alphabetized list of university programss in Small Metals or Jewelry Design to find the right school for you. Click the websites to learn more about the program and the facilities at each college.
BFA Jewelry/Metals
BFA & MFA Jewelry Enamels Metals
Onsite and online options available
Director: Charlene Modena
San Francisco, CA
BA/BFA in Art – Concentration in Metals and Jewelry Studio
Glenside, PA
BFA & MFA Visual Arts - Metals Concentration
Associate Professor: Jessica Calderwood
Muncie, IN
BFA Visual Arts - Art Metals
Professor: Anika Smulovitz
Boise, ID
Bowling Green State University
BA/BFA in Studio Art – Focus in Jewelry and Metals
MFA in Studio Art – Focus in Jewelry and Metals
Area Head: Tom Muir
Additional Faculty: Marissa Saneholtz
Bowling Green, OH
BFA in Art and Design – Concentration in Metals/Jewelry
Program Coordinator – Tara J. Nahabetian
Additional Faculty – Stephen F. Saracino
Buffalo, NY
California College of the Arts
BFA Jewelry & Metal Arts
Program Chair – Curtis Arima
Additional Faculty: David Cole, Marilyn Da Silva, Jo-Ann Donivan, and Deborah Lozier
Oakland, CA
California State University Long Beach
BFA Metal & Jewelry
Program Head: Susanna Ali
Long Beach, CA
BA/BFA in Studio Art – Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Faculty: Keith Lewis
Ellensburg, WA
BFA in Craft and Design – Concentration in Jewelry and Metals
Faculty: Kathy Buszkiewicz, Gretchen Goss, and Matthew Hollern
Cleveland, OH
BFA in Art – Concentration in Metal
Associate Professor: Haley Bates
Fort Collins, CO
BFA in Navajo Silversmithing
Tsaile, AZ
BA with Studio emphasis in Jewelry/Metals
Richmond, IN
BFA in Art – Metal Design Concentration
Faculty: Mi-Sook Hur and Tim Lazure
Greenville, NC
BFA Studio with 3D emphasis
Instructor of Metalsmithing: Erin M. Rice
Charleston, IL
BFA Jewelry and Metals
Professor: Felicia Szorad
Richmond, KY
BFA in Studio Art – 3D Media Concentration
MFA in Studio Art – 3D Media Concentration
Ypsilanti, MI
Fashion Institute of Technology
AAS in Jewelry Design
Faculty – Karen Bachmann, Richard Barth, Dana Buscaglia, Michael Coan, Frank Fraley, Akiyo Matsuoka, Kim Nelson, Steven Parker, Gary Roskin, Tomoyuki Teratani, Paul Weisbroat, and Wendy Yothers
New York City, NY
BFA 3D Studio Art Concentration
Professor: Christina Lemon
Statesboro, GA
BFA in Studio Art – Jewelry and Metalsmithing Emphasis
Faculty: Renee Zettle-Sterling and Laurel Fulton
Allendale, MI
BFA Jewelry & Small Metals
Faculty: Marilyn Koch and Tressa Thompson
Arcata, CA
Indiana University of Pennsylvania IUP
BFA Studio Art - Jewelry and Metals
Professor: Sharon Massey
Indiana, PA
BA/BFA in Studio Art – Concentration in Jewelry/Metals/Enameling
MA/MFA in Studio Art – Concentration in Jewelry/Metals/Enameling
Faculty: Andrew Kuebeck
Kent, OH
Maine College of Art and Design
BFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry
MFA in Metalsmithing and Jewelry
Department Chair: Sharon Portelance
Additional Faculty: Bryan Hansen and Kyle Patnaude
Portland, ME
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
BFA Jewelry & Metalsmithing
Faculty: Heather White, Venetia Dale, and Joseph Wood
Boston, MA
BFA in Studio Art – Metals and Jewelry Design Concentration
Faculty: Geoff Riggle
Oxford, OH
BFA 3D Studies
Assistant Professor: Jin A. Seo
Springfield, MO
BFA in Art - Jewelry Design and Metalsmithing
Area Coordinator: Leslie Boyd
Additional Faculty: John Sullivan
Denver, CO
BFA in Art Studio and Design – Metalwork, Jewelry Design, and Digital Fabrication
MFA in Art and Design – Metalwork, Jewelry Design, and Digital Fabrication
Program Coordinator & Associate Professor: Jamie Obermeier
DeKalb, IL
BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing
MFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Concentration Head: Suzanne Amendolara
Additional Faculty Professor: Cappy Counard
Edinboro, PA
BFA in Studio Art – Concentration in Jewelry
Radford, VA
BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing
MFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Department Head – Tracy Steepy
Additional Faculty: Brian Bergeron, Klaus Burgel, Rachael Colley, Moam Elyashiv, Lauren Fensterstock, Jonas Levi, Hannah Oatman, Seth Papac, Carolanne Patterson, Suzanne Pugh, Barbara Seidenath, MJ Tyson, Johan Van Aswegen, and Timothy Veske-McMahon
Providence, RI
Rochester Institute of Technology
BFA in Studio Arts – Metals and Jewelry Design
MFA in Studio Arts – Metals and Jewelry Design
Faculty: Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez and Hector Carmona-Miranda
Rochester, NY
BA in Applied Design – Jewelry and Metalsmithing emphasis
MA/MFA in Applied Design – Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Faculty: Sondra Sherman, Kerianne Quick, Leslie Shershow, and Jessica Andersen
San Diego, CA
Savannah College of Art and Design
BFA in Jewelry
MA/MFA in Jewelry
Department Chair: Jay H. Song
Additional Faculty: Adam Grinovich, Lanelle Keyes, Hongsock Lee, and Annika Pettersson
Savannah, GA
School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University
BFA in Metals
MFA in Metals
Faculty: Tanya Crane, Hannah Oatman, and Kendall Reiss
Boston, MA
BFA Studio Art - Metals
Department Chair & Professor: Jillian Sortore
Additional Faculty: Sarah Roberts, Alejandra Salinas Pérez and Laura Quiñone
San Antonio, TX
BFA in Metal
MFA in Metal
Faculty – Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, Lynn Batchelder, and Adam Mastropaolo
New Paltz, NY
BFA in Studio Art – Jewelry and Metalsmithing
MFA in Studio Art – Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Syracuse, NY
Temple University – Tyler School of Art
BFA Metals/Jewelry/CAD-CAM
Department Head – Doug Bucci
Additional Faculty: Mallory Weston, Barb Baur, and Domenic D’Andrea
Philadelphia, PA
BFA in Metals
Department Head: Daniel Randall
Cookeville, TN
BA/BFA in Art and Design – Concentration in Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Area Coordinator: Luci Jockel
Additional Faculty: Katja Toporski
Towson, MD
BFA in Studio Art - Metals
Professor: Beverly Penn
Additional Faculty: Nicole Deschamps-Benke and Laritza Garcia Janiga
San Marcos, TX
BFA Studio Art Jewelry Design & Metalsmithing
Faculty: Robly Glover and Nancy Slagle
Lubbock, TX
BA/BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Area Coordinator: Sherry Simms
Akron, OH
University of Arkansas Little Rock
BA/BFA in Art and Design – Emphasis in Metalsmithing and Jewelry
MA in Visual Art – Metalsmithing and Jewelry
Faculty: Lydia Martin
Little Rock, AR
BFA in Art (Interdisciplinary) – Jewelry
Faculty: Mallory Weston and Rod McCormick
Philadelphia, PA
BFA in Studio Art - Concentration in Jewelry/Metalwork
MFA in Studio Art - Jewelry
Department Chair: Demi Thomloudis
Additional Faculty: Mary Hallam Pearse, Jeremy Diamond, and Shaunia L. Grant
Athens, GA
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
BFA in Art and Design: Integrated Studio Arts – Jewelry/Metals
Dartmouth, MA
BA/BFA in Art – Concentration in Jewelry and Metalsmithing
MFA in Art – Concentration in Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Area Head: Anya Kivarkis
Additional Faculty: Claire Webb
Eugene, OR
University of Wisconsin Madison
BA/BFA in Studio Art – Art Metals and Jewelry
Faculty: Lisa Gralnick
Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
BA/BFA in Studio Art – Focus in Jewelry ad Metalsmithing
MA/MFA in Studio Art – Focus in Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Area Head: Yevgeniya Kaganovich
Additional Faculty: Erica Meier
Milwaukee, WI
BFA in Studio Art – Concentration in Metalsmithing and Jewelry
Faculty: Ana M. Lopez and Sarah Lock-Test
Denton, TX
University of Texas at El Paso UTEP
BFA Studio Art - Metals
Program Head & Assistant Professor: Jess Tolbert
El Paso, TX
Virginia Commonwealth University
BFA Craft Material Studies in Metal/Jewelry & MFA Jewelry/Metalworking
Metals Area Coordinator - Kathleen Kennedy
Additional Faculty: Susie Ganch and Sarah Parker
Richmond, VA
BFA – Emphasis in Metals/Jewelry
Faculty – Melis Agabigum
Kalamazoo, MI
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