08/27/2026
Meet the three jurors selecting this year’s Seattle Metals Guild Project Grant recipient.
𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰, Curator and Exhibitions Director at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft.
𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘒𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘴, Department Head and Jewelry and Metalsmithing Coordinator at the University of Oregon School of Art and Design.
𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘻, studio jeweler based in New York City.
They will read every application independently, then convene to select our recipient. If you’re seeking feedback, let them know in your app.
Applications close at midnight Pacific on August 31. Link in bio to apply.
𝘉𝘪𝘣𝘢 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘵𝘻 is a studio jeweler based in New York City. Trained as a graphic designer and printmaker, she is a self-taught metalsmith known for combining unexpected materials with metal in her wearable work. Her pieces are held in the collections of the Racine Art Museum, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Rotasa Foundation. She received the American Craft Council Award of Excellence in 2008 and the Award of Excellence in Jewelry at the Smithsonian Craft Show in 2009
𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘩 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰 is a curator, writer, and visual anthropologist working at the intersection of contemporary art, craft, and design. She serves as Curator and Exhibitions Director at Houston Center for Contemporary Craft and is the founder of Green Room Gallery, a moveable kunsthalle. She was the 2022 Jentel Foundation Art Critic at the Archie Bray Foundation and the 2019 American Craft Council Emerging Voices Scholar Awardee. She holds an MA in visual, material, and museum anthropology from the University of Oxford and a BA from Barnard College of Columbia University.
𝘈𝘯𝘺𝘢 𝘒𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘴 is Department Head, Ann Swindells Chair, and Professor at the University of Oregon School of Art and Design, where she also coordinates the Jewelry and Metalsmithing program. She received a BFA in jewelry and metalsmithing from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and an MFA from the State University of New York at New Paltz. In 2007 she received the Sienna Gallery Emerging Artist Award. Her work is held in collect
