Nicole Jacquard is currently a Professor and Area Coordinator of the Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design Program at Indiana University. She received her BA from Indiana University in 1991 and her first MFA in 1994 from The University of Michigan. While on a Fulbright Fellowship in Australia she received her second MFA from The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in 1995. In 2001 she returned to
Read MoreJames Thurman is an Associate Professor at the University of North Texas’ College of Visual Arts & Design, where he is faculty and Program Coordinator of Metalsmithing/Jewelry. In 2012 and 2016, he was a Fulbright Specialist Scholar in Istanbul, Turkey. A highly active studio artist for over twenty years, he is well-known for Thurmanite, a recycled paper and bio-resin composite material that he developed and trademarked.
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