Aliyah Gold

AJF is very pleased to bring you the first in a series of posts showcasing the work of graduate contemporary jewelry students from leading schools around the world. First up in the AJF honor roll for 2010 is SUNY New Paltz, located in the state of New York, United States.

The SUNY New Paltz Graduate Metal program is directed by Professor Jamie Bennett and Professor Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, and includes Arthur Hash and John Cogswell as prominent faculty. We believe a graduate program should be a place that inspires and challenges students to combine making and thinking toward dynamic outcomes. We encourage students to have a strong sense of responsibility, self-reliance and confidence. Graduate study is very different from undergraduate work or working independently; graduate students direct their own course of study, while they form a vital community of inquiry and action. Graduate students have the intellectual capability and motivation to move the field in new directions; we encourage a depth and breadth of investigations pertaining to the practice.

To view the complete set of images from SUNY New Paltz, click here.

Allyson Bone