University of Texas at El Paso. Department of Art, Jewelry and Metals Program.
The metals program provides students with a solid conceptual and technical education. Students are exposed to current international trends in contemporary metalsmithing through an extensive series of visiting artists, exhibitions, and field trips. In conjunction with the metals area the Rubin Center hosts biennial exhibitions featuring the work of many prominent artists working in the disciplines of jewelry, hollowware and sculpture.
06/05/2021
Have you registered yet? We extended our registration deadline to June 20th! You still have plenty of time to make sure you get in this beautiful annual fine arr show. We missed you last year so we want to make sure this is one for the books!
Please help us spread the word. Encourage your favorite fine artist friends to register.
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05/19/2021
Some exciting news! UTEP Jewelry & Metals recent alumni, Alex Arrioja, has been selected as one of ten Windgate-Lamar Fellows for 2021! This fellowship comes with $15,000 to help advance awardees work. Fellows are selected based on their artistic work, as well as their potential to make significant contributions to the field of craft - and we know Alex will :) We are so proud of you Alex! Center for Craft UTEP College of Liberal Arts
Today i share one of my greatest accomplishments. This year i was chosen as one of the recipients for the very prestigious 2021 Windgate-Lamar Fellowship award imparted by the . I am very happy to have been one of the few chosen as i will now have the ability to continue and push the boundaries of my work.
You can see a little more about me and my fellow awardees ine the bio of .
I want to thank my mentor for always pushing me and motivating, and i want to also thank and its great metals program.
04/06/2021
UTEP Jewelry + Metals Senior student's group exhibition at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) Department of Art Glass Gallery this week. Check it out! Congrats Gaby, Roxy, Alicia, & Diane!!
11/03/2020
09/27/2020
Las Artistas is hosting an upcoming, FREE, webinar series about selling your artwork online! See details and register here!
09/16/2020
Intro to metals work on The Handmedal Project is featured in this weeks UTEP Arts Alive! Watch here:
07/08/2020
Way to go to our metalsmith Gaby! Jill & Ashley too! 🔨
UTEP Art Students Earn Templeton Honor The University of Texas at El Paso’s Department of Art recently announced that Jill Font, Ashley Urueta and Gabriela Alvarado were its recipients of the 2020-21 Arleigh B. and Maxie G. Templeton Endowment for Three Dimensional Fine Arts.
04/27/2020
Have you taken Intro to Metals? If so, join us in the Fall for the advanced class! We will explore moooovin' some metal!