Masters degrees in Metal and Jewelry Arts: A program that prepares individuals creatively and technically to express emotions, ideas, or inner visions by fashioning art works from gems, other stones, and precious metals. Includes instruction in gemology; metalsmithing and finishing; stone cutting and polishing; metal and non-metal casting and molding; electroforming; metal coloring; enameling; photo etching; lapidary technique and art; design concepts; and personal style development.
Students desiring to enroll in this program must hold a baccalaureate degree
from an accredited institution and are generally expected to have the equivalent
of an undergraduate major in art. Prospective candidates with a major other
than art who possess exceptional talent in art may be accepted on the basis
of their original art work. Students enrolled in the final year of undergraduate
study may be admitted...
The study of metalsmithing offers students an education in using the hand as well as the computer to produce well-designed and crafted objects. Ball State's metals/jewelry area offers students the opportunity to tailor personal and professional goals so they graduate with technical, design, and communication skills.
Students selecting a fine art emphasis in metals make one-of-a-kind statements, often choosing to create small sculpture as the final...
The art metals emphasis is designed to encourage and assist students interested in pursuing a professional career as an artist working in jewelry, metalsmithing, and/or related fields. We are looking for students with a firm foundation in the basic skills of the media and an interest in pursuing innovative work that explores contemporary issues. Based in traditions of function and adornment, the field of art metals engages multiple social and cultural...
The starting point for the work within the department is a healthy mistrust of the idea that the creation of certain kinds of artistic objects requires the use of specific materials; and that the choice of materials is prescribed, or determined by tradition and artistic conventions. Of course, a thorough familiarity with established techniques, materials, and the traditions of making is a precondition for responsible artistic work within the field....
The Metals/Jewelry department offers a 60 credit hour MFA degree and a 30 credit hour MA degree. Admission into the MFA program guarantees a graduate assistantship. Students are given private or semi private workspaces and twenty-four hour access to the facilities. The metals studio is well equipped for nearly all metalsmithing techniques, from fine jewelry making to large sculptural work.
The main goal of the graduate metals program is to cultivate...
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