Grad School Was My Version Of YOLO: Adriane Dalton
In the 46th episode of Perceived Value, host Sarah Rachel Brown is recording on-site at the American Craft Council conference which took place in Philadelphia this past October. Sarah sits down with the editor of Metalsmith Magazine, Adriane Dalton, and the two women discuss the value in attending conferences, why Adriane decided to go to grad school, what experiences prepared her to be an editor, and how one finds themselves moving from New York City to a tiny town in Utah.
Adriane Dalton is an artist, writer, and educator based in Richmond, Virginia. She is the Editor of Metalsmith and Metalsmith Tech magazines, and the annual Jewelry and Metals Survey (JaMS) published by the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG). She received her MA in History of Decorative Arts and Design (now the History of Design and Curatorial Studies) from Parsons The New School for Design in partnership with the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and her BFA in Craft & Material Studies from The University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
She was formerly the Assistant Curator and Exhibitions Manager at the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (NEHMA) in Logan, Utah where she co-curated ARTsySTEM: The Changing Climate of the Arts and Sciences and taught History of American Studio Craft, among many other curatorial and educational projects. She is a past contributor to Art Jewelry Forum and the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Object of the Day blog.
Over the past fifteen years, her studio practice has evolved from traditional metalsmithing and enameling techniques to incorporate alternative and recycled materials. Lately, she is using disused and discarded materials to engage with intersections of labor, class, gender, and consumption. She brings her appreciation for creative reuse into her role as lead instructor for Teen Stylin’—a twelve-week wearable arts program at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. She also teaches recycled materials jewelry and enameling at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond, and is a past Program Leader at ART 180, a non-profit providing art-related programming for young people in Richmond.
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