Following in the artistic and educational legacy of Chunghi Choo (1938-), who produced work and taught at Iowa for almost 50 years, Iowa's Jewelry and Metal Arts program encourages students to use contemporary and traditional tools and techniques in exploring the frontiers of their discipline.
Our faculty and students create not only jewelry, but also metal sculpture, mixed-media work, and functional objects ranging from bicycles and flatware to light fixtures furniture. Their work is displayed nationally and internationally—including in biennial faculty art exhibitions on the UI campus—and their products are widely commercially available.
Visiting artists in jewelry and metal arts
- 2023
Boris Bally
Marilyn & Jack DaSilva
Jessica Calderwood - 2022
Jillian Moore
Jessica Andersen
Dan Brown
Stephen Maxson
Patricia Madega - 2021
Joe Muench
- 2020
Robert Lugo
Julia Haft Candell - 2019
Yvonne Escalante, San Jose State University
Tom Stancliffe, University of Northern Iowa
Sun Kyoung Kim, Southern Illinois University - 2018
Wing-Ki Chan & Paul McClure, George Brown University
Demitra Thomloudis, The Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia - 2017
Thalen & Thalen, Designer, Belgium
Aimee M. Howard, Department of Art and Design, Southern Illinois University
Stephen Maxson, Max-Cast, Inc. - 2016
Harlan W. Butt, University of North Texas, School of Visual Arts
- 2015
Stephen Bottomley, Edinburgh College of Art, School of Design
Teresa Faris, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater - 2014
Nicole Jacquard, Indiana University
2012
Linda Threadgill, independent artist
- 2011
Donovan Widmer
Lynn Cool
Jon Havener - 2010
Robly Glover
- 2009
Jing-Yun Jeng
Thomas Muir
Soo-In Bae
Sook-Rye Park - 2008
Joe Muench
Jewelry and metal arts faculty
Lonna Huisingh (Keller)
