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Jewelry Schools, Classes, and Workshops  – Alphabetical

Note – 3/13/21: this is not a complete list.  I’m working on it!  So many ways and places to learn!  See schools by state, below, this alphabetical list, or use the page’s table of contents to access information quickly.  Have fun!  Nancy

Last updated: 8/8/22, 3/13/21, 3/11/21, 6/26/18, 2/15/18, 2/8/18

Nancy LT Hamilton

Virtual/Online Classes

  • Ashworth College –  Phone:  1-800-957-5412. 
  • BARN – Phone:  206-842-4475.  Address:  8890 Three Tree Lane NE
    Bainbridge Island, WA 98110.  Email:  Contact form: https://bainbridgebarn.org/about-barn/contact-barn/.
  • Be A Maker School – Learn a Western Trade.  Silversmithing & Engraving.   Email: Info@beamakerschool.com
  • Chimera Arts – a Makerspace  Phone:  (707) 827-3020.  Address:  6791 Sebastopol Ave. Suite #180, Sebastopol, CA 95472.  Email:  info@chimeraarts.org
  • Craftsy – Phone:  1-888-891-7203.  Email:  craftsy@program-director.net
  • CreativeLive –  Address: 228 Dexter Ave N., Seattle, WA 98109.  Email:  support@creativelive.com.  Interesting concept:  they offer free, online classes or you can purchase videos for a reasonable price.  Jewelry videos are here.
  • Emilie Shapiro Studio – Wax working and business classes.  Phone:  (718) 440-8640  Address:  NYC Email:  info@EmilieShapiro.com
  • GIA Distance Education – Contact Form.
  • Jewellers Academy – “everything you need to learn jewellery making and build and grow a successful business based on YOUR values.”
  • Jewelry Training Solutions – LOTS of online classes.
  • Little Metal Foxes, Interactive Virtual Classes.  info@littlemetalfoxes.com. Washington State.
  • Metalwerx, Virtual Classes – Phone: 781-891-3854 Address: 50 Guinan Street, Waltham, MA   Email:  infor@metalwerx.com

Alphabetical

  • 92nd Street Y – Phone:  (212) 415-5500.  Address: 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128
  • Academy of Art University (Also offers online AA, BFA, MA, MFA) – Phone:  (800) 544-2787. Address:  79 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA 94105.  Email:  On-site form.
  • Academy of Silversmithing and Art Metal – Phone:  303-517-1068. Address: Don Norris, PO Box 2433, Estes Park, CO 80517. CD Classes.
  • Accademia Riaci – Phone:  +39-055289831. Address:  Via de’ Conti 4, 50123 Firenze, ITALY.  Email:  accademiariaci@accademiariaci.info
  • Alaska Bead Company – Phone:  (907) 563-2323
    or 888-946-2323.   Address:  2217 E. Tudor Rd., Suite 7
    Anchorage, Alaska 99507.  Email: orders@alaskabead.com
  • Alaska Metal Arts Guild Facebook  Phone: (907) 250-0964 Address:  Anchorage, AK  Email: akmetal907@gmail.com
  • American School of Jewelry – Phone: (954) 741-4555 Address:  2240 N. University Drive, Sunrise, FL. 33322
  • Antiques, Beads and Crafty People – Phone:  (281) 997-3600.  Address:  2517 East Broadway, Pearland, Texas 77581.   Email:  abcraftypeople@aol.com
  • Anvil Metals Studio and Craft Habit – Phone:(919)539-6814  Address: Raleigh, North Carolina.  Email:  anvilmetalsstudio@gmail.com.  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/anvilmetalsstudio.
  • Arkansas Art Center – Phone:  501.372.4000.  Address:  9th & Commerce, MacArthur Park, P.O. Box 2137, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-2137.  Email: info@arkansasartscenter.org
  • Armory Art Center – Phone:  (561) 832-1776.  Address:  811 Park Place, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401.  Email:  On-site form.
  • Arrowhead Supply – Phone:  (405) 634-7128.  Address:  330 SW 28th St, Oklahoma City, OK, 73109.  Email:  arrowheadsupply@yahoo.com
  • Arrowmont: School of Arts and Crafts – Phone: 865-436-5860 Address: P.O. Box 567, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738.  Information: info@arrowmont.org
  • Art Center Manatee – Phone:  (941) 746-2862. Address:  209 9th Street West, Bradenton, FL 34205.  Email:  acm@artcentermanatee.org
  • The Art League – Phone: (703) 683-2323.  Address:  105 North Union Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314
  • The Artful Bead – Phone:   (817) 294-2903.  Address:  5304 Trail Lake Drive, Fort Worth, Texas  76133.  Email:  mary@artfulbead.com
  • Atlanta Art Worx Jewelry – Phone:  404-532-9679. Address:  Artisan Resource Center, 585 Cobb Parkway South, Studio, G-1, Marietta, GA 30060.  
  • Baltimore Jewelry Center – Phone:  (410)243-0479.  Address:  The Centre, 10 East North Avenue, Suite 130, Baltimore, Maryland
  • BARN – Phone:  206-842-4475.  Address:  8890 Three Tree Lane NE
    Bainbridge Island, WA 98110.  Email:  Contact form: https://bainbridgebarn.org/about-barn/contact-barn/.
  • Bathing Beauty Beads – Phone:  (406) 543.0018.  Address:  501 S Higgins Ave, On The Hip Strip, Missoula MT 59801.  Email:  katie@bathingbeautiesbeads.com
  • Bead Inspirations – Phone:  (510) 337-1203.  Address:  1544 Park Street, Alameda, CA 94501.  Email:  create@beadinspirations.com
  • Bead it!  Hawaii – Phone:  (808) 734-1182.  Address:  1152 Koko Head Ave, Honolulu, Hawaii.  Email:  beaditkaimuki@gmail.com
  • Beads & Brushstrokes – Phone:  (843) 884-8808.  Address:  Lansing Plaza,918-C Lansing Drive (off HWY 17 next to Trader Joe’s)
    Mount Pleasant, SC 29464. Email:  https://www.countrybumpkinarts.com/contact
  • Bellingham Metal Arts Guild – Phone:  (360) 671-1393.  Address:  2620 N. Harbor Loop Dr., Suite 6, Bellingham, WA 98225.   Email:   info@BellinghamMetalArtsGuild.org
  • Bemis School of Art at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center – Phone:(719) 475-2444.  Address:  818 Pelham Pl., Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Email: http://artschool.csfineartscenter.org
  • Benches on Division – Phone:  (312) 929-0422.  Address:  2017 W. Division St., Chicago, IL 60622.  Email: info@benchesondivision.com
  • Bianca Lopez Studio – Phone:  (917) 570-7959.  Address:  NY, NY. Email:   info@biancalopez.com. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BiancaLopezStudio/
  • Boulder Metalsmithing Association – Phone:  (720) 346-3233.  Address:  4919 Broadway, Unit 15, Boulder, Colorado.  Email: info@bouldermetalsmiths.com
  • Brian Clarke –  Phone:  0863432907.  Address:  The Old Schoolhouse, Ballinaclash, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.  Email:  sworkshops@eircom.net
  • Brookfield Craft Center –  Phone:  (203) 775-4526 Address: 286 Whisconier Road, P. O. Box 122, Brookfield, CT 06804-0122
  • Brooklyn Metal Works – Phone:  (347)762-4757.  Address:  640 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY 11238.  Email:  info@bkmetalworks.com
  • Bucks County Community College:  Phone:  (215) 968-8000.  Address: 275 Swamp Road, Newtown,  PA 18940
  • C. Bauer Studio – Phone: (212) 354-1656.  Address:  64 West 48 Street, Ste. 505, NY, NY, 10036
  • Cabrillo College – Phone:  (831) 479-6331.  Address:  6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003.  Email:  extension@cabrillo.edu
  • California College of the Arts – Phone: (800) 447-1ART. Address:  1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107 and 5212 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94618
  • California State University at Long Beach, College of the Arts – Phone:  (562) 985-4364.  Address:  1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, California 90840. Email:  cota@csulb.edu
  • Calstone University – Phone:  (213) 738-7700.  Address:  2975 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 103, Los Angeles, California 90010.  Email: admissions@calstoneuniversity.com
  • Cazenovia College (general) Studio Art Prospectus – Phone:  (315) 655-7994 & (800)-654-3210.  Address:  22 Sullivan St., Cazenovia, NY 13035.  Email: admissions@cazenovia.edu
  • Celie Fago – Metal clay, polymer clay, keum-boo.  Phone:  None given. Address:  Somewhere in Vermont. Email:  On-site form.
  • The Center for Enamel Arts – Phone: (None listed).  Address:  P.O. Box 254, El Cerrito, CA, 94530.  Email:  Contact form on website.
  • Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center – Phone:  (612) 294-0400.  Address:  3749 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55407.  Email: info@cafac.org
  • Chimera Arts – a Makerspace (this is where I teach) –  Phone:  (707) 827-3020.  Address:  6791 Sebastopol Ave. Suite #180, Sebastopol, CA 95472.  Email:  info@chimeraarts.org
  • Cindy Miller Design Studio – Phone:  (202) 329-4185.  Address:  Studio 326, Huntsville, Alabama, 35805.                                                 Email:  cmiller@cindymiller.com
  • City College of San Francisco  (CCSF Metal Arts):  Phone:   (415) 239-3000.  Address:  50 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112.  Email:  spugh@ccsf.edu
  • Clear Creek Academy of Jewelry & Metal Arts – Phone:   (303) 429-1401.  Address:  3648 Navajo Street | Denver, CO 80211
  • Cleveland Institute of Art – Phone: 800.223.4700. Address: 11610 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
  • College for Creative Studies – Phone: (313) 664-7400 & (800) 952-2787.  Address: 201 East Kirby, Detroit, MI, 48202
  • College of Marin – Phone: (415) 883-2211. Address:  835 College Ave., Kentfield, CA 94904 (Small metals program).
  • Colorado State University – Phone:  (970) 491-6774.  Address:  G100 Visual Art Building, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1770.
  • Conner Jewelers School – Phone: (812) 944-1798.  Address:  151 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150
  • Contra Costa College –  Phone:  (510) 215-3968 (dept. chair) & (510) 235-7800.  Address:  2600 Mission Bell Drive, San Pablo, CA. 94806.  Email:  None found.
  • Craft Alliance Center of Art and Design (Children and adult metals classes):  Phone: Delmar loop: 314.725.1177,  Grand Center: 314.534.7528.  Address:  (2 locations): Delmar Loop, 6640 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63130 and Grand Center, 501 N Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63103
  • Craft Guild – Phone:  (972) 490-0303.  Address:  Valley View Center, 13331 Preston Road, Dallas, TX 75240.  Email:  info@craftguildofdallas.com
  • Crafts Center – NC University – Phone:  (919)515-2457.  Address:  Thompson Hall, 210 Jensen Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606.  Email:  crafts-center@ncsu.edu
  • The Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi – Phone:  (601)  856-7546 (ask for Sheri).  Address:  950 Rice Road, Ridgeland, MS.  Email:  mscraftcenter@gmail.com
  • Cranbrook Academy of Art – Phone: (248) 645-3300.  Address: 39221 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 48304
  • Creative Side:  Jewelry Academy of Austin – Phone: (512)799-0731.  Address: 321 W. Ben White Blvd, Ste. 204, Austin, TX 78704
  • Cross Street Workshops – Phone:  07828 977189 & 07816 368991.  Address: 14b Cross Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 1AJ.   Email:  annatilson@yahoo.co.uk &  smithlaila@hotmail.com
  • Crown Trout Jewelers – Phone:  888-750-9294.  Address:  107 Parkway Ave. N. Lanesboro, MN  55949.  Email: On-site form.
  • The Crucible –  Phone:  (510)-444-0919.  Address:  1260 7th Street Oakland, CA 94607.  Email:  info@thecrucible.org
  • Danaca Design – Phone:  (206) 524-0916.  Address:  5619 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105.  Email:  dana@danacadesign.com
  • David Bigazzi Studio & Gallery – Phone:  (650) 323-1923.  Address:  75 Arbor Rd Suite K, Menlo Park, CA 94025
  • Deb Karash Jewelry – Phone:  (815) 979-9048.  Address:  PO 2456
    Asheville, NC 28802.  Email:  dkjewelry@msn.com
  • The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center – Phone:  301-698-0656, ext. 110.  Address:  40 South Carroll Street, Frederick, Maryland 21701.  Email:  info@delaplaine.org
  • Delaware Art Museum – Phone:  (302) 571-9590 & (866) 232-3714 (Toll free).  Address:  2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19806. Email: info@delart.org
  • Denver School of Metal Arts – Phone:  303-997-9846.  Address:  6810 North Broadway Unit L, Denver, CO 80221.  Email:  mail@metalartschool.com
  • The Devil’s Workshop:  Phone:  (416) 855-4321.  Address:  890 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M6J 1G3
  • Diamond Council of America – Gemology classes – Online.  Phone: (877) 283-5669. Address:  3212 West End Ave, Suite 400 – Nashville, TN 37203
  • Drouhard National Jewelers Academy – Phone:  (888) 663-9335 or
    419-756-5255.  Address:  2236 S. Main Street, Mansfield, Ohio 44907
  • Eastern Kentucky University, Department of Art & Design – Phone:  (859) 622-1629.  Address:  521 Lancaster Ave, Richmond, KY 40475.  Email:  http://art.eku.edu/contact-us
  • Eastern New Mexico University (2 locations:  Portales & Ruidoso):  Phone:  (800) 367-3668.  Address: 1500 S Ave K, Portales, NM 88130.  Email:  webmaster@enmu.edu
  • EatMetal, Inc. – Phone:  (201) 926-9620.  Address:  Monroe Arts Center, 720 Monroe Street Suite E511, Hoboken, NJ 07030.  Email:  eatmetal@mac.com
  • Edinboro University – Phone:  (814)732-2000 & (888) 846-2676.  Address:  219 Meadville Street, Edinboro, Pennsylvania 16444.   Email:  On-site form.
  • Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh) – Phone:  +44 (0)131 651 5800.  Address:  74 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF, UK.  Email:  eca@ed.ac.uk
  • El Camino College – Phone: (866) 352-2646.  Address: 16007 Crenshaw Blvd. Torrance, CA 90506
  • Eureka Springs School of the Arts – Phone:  (479) 253-5384.  Address:  P.O. Box 657 Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632.  Email:  julie@essa-art.org
  • Fashion Institute of Technology – Phone:  (212) 217-7999.  Address:  Seventh Avenue at 27 Street, New York City 10001-5992
  • Firehouse Art Center – Phone:  (405) 329-4523.  Address:  444 South Flood Avenue, Norman, Oklahoma 73069-5513.  Email:  info@normanfirehouse.com
  • Fitzgerald Jewelry – Phone:  (718) 387-6200.  Address:  251 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211.  Email:   info@fitzgeraldjewelry.com
  • Flux Metal Arts – Phone:  (440) 205-1770.  Address:  8827 Mentor Ave., Ste. A, Mentor, Ohio, 44060.  Email:  info@fluxmetalarts.com
  • Fred de Vos Wax Workshops – Phone:   (212) 598-9364. Address:  P.O. Box 13
    New York, NY 10012.  Email:  freddevos@earthlink.net
  • Fritz and Friends – Phone:  248.762.4810.  Address:  32722 Franklin Road, Franklin, MI 48035.  Email:  On-site form.
  • Front Range Community College – Phone, Address & Email:  Multiple Campuses in Colorado.  Click on link for campus directory.
  • Gem City College – Phone: (217) 222-0391 Address:  700 State Street, Quincy, IL 62301
  • Gem Cutters Guild of Baltimore – Phone:  None listed. Address:  3600 Clipper Mill Road, suite 116, Baltimore, MD 21211.  Email:  On-site form.
  • Gemological Institute of America (GIA) – Phone:  (800) 421-7250 and (760) 603-4000.  Address:  The Robert Mouawad Campus, 5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008
  • Grand River Beads (limited classes) – Phone:  (440) 331-4950.  Address:  13000 Athens Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107.  Email:  grandriverbeads@sbcglobal.net
  • Guildford Arts Center – Phone: (203) 453-5947 Address: 411 Church Street, P.O. Box 589, Guilford, CT 06437
  • Hacienda Mosaico –  Phone:  in Mexico:(011-52-322)225-8296 & in the US:908-891-2057.  Address:  Puerta Vallarta, Mexico.  Email:  info@haciendamosaico.com
  • Hanover, League of N.H. Craftsmen – Phone:  (603) 643-5384.  Address:  13 Lebanon Street, Hanover, NH  03755.   Email:  craftstudies@craftstudies.org
  • Harmonic Jewel – Phone:  None listed.  Address:  South Carolina No street address listed.  Email:  becreative@harmonicjewel.com.  Contact:  https://harmonicjewel.com/contact.
  • Hattie Weselyk –  Phone:  (484) 343-4868.  Address:  113 Lutece Circle, Kennett Square, PA 19348
  • Haystack Mountain School of Crafts – Phone: (207) 348-2306  Address: PO Box 518, Deer Isle, Maine 04627
  • Haywood Community College – Phone:  (828)627-2821.  Address:  185 Freedlander Dr., Clyde, NC 28721.  Email:  enrollment@haywood.edu
  • Honolulu Museum of Art – Phone:  (808) 532-8741.  Address:  1111 Victoria St, Honolulu, HI 96814.   Email:  artschool@honolulumuseum.org
  • Hi No’eau Visual Arts Center – Phone: (808) 572-6560. Address:  2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao, Hawaii, 96768. Website:  huinoeau.com. Email:  Website contact form.
  • Idea Fab Labs – Chico (Makerspace) – Phone:  (530) 592-0609.  Address:  603 Orange St., Chico, CA 95928.  Email:  On-site contact form.
  • Idea Fab Labs – Santa Cruz (Makerspace) – Phone:   (831) 508-8550.  Address: 2879 Mission St. Extension, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.  Email:  On-site contact form.
  • Idyllwild Arts – Phone:  (951) 659-2171.  Address:  PO Box 38, 52500 Temecula Road, Idyllwild, CA 92549.  Email:   admission@idyllwildarts.org
  • Indianapolis Art Center – Phone:  (317) 255-2464.  Address:  Marilyn K. Glick School of Art, 820 East 67th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46220.  Email:  info@IndplsArtCenter.org
  • International Gemological Institute – Gemology.  Phone: Contact via web.  Address: World Wide:  Europe, Middle East, South Asia, East Asia. In North America:  New York, Los Angeles Toronto.
  • International School of Gemology – Phone:  (210) 695-5520.  Address:  14837 Old Bandera Road, Building D, Helotes, Texas. (Online classes too).
  • Irvine Fine Arts Center  (see adult classes, catalog, pg. 92 – limited classes) – Phone:  (949) 724-6880.  Address:  Irvine Fine Arts Center, 14321 Yale Avenue, Irvine, CA 92604
  • James Carter Studio – Phone:  (919) 240-5253.  Address:  200 N Greensboro St, Carrboro, NC 2751.  Email: info@jamescarterstudio.com
  • Jansen Art Center – Phone:  (360) 354-3600.   Address:  321 Front Street, Lynden, WA  Email:  info@jansenartcenter.org
  • Jewel Envy:  Phone:  (647) 436-6709 Address:  151 Marion St, Toronto, ON, Canada, M6R 1E6
  • Jewelers of America – Phone: (800) 223-0673.  Address: 120 Broadway, Suite 2820, New York, NY 10271
  • Jewelry Arts Inc. – Phone:  (212) 362-8633.  Address:  22 East 49th Street Fourth Floor NY NY 10017.  Email: info@jewelryarts.com
  • Jewelry Arts Institute – Phone:  (212) 362-8633.  Address:  22 East 49th Street Fourth Floor NY,  NY 10017
  • Jewelry Class DC:  Phone:  202-641-5896.  Address:  52 O Street, NW, Suite 105, Washington, DC 20001
  • Jewelry Creations Workshop – Phone:   (305) 610-6560.  Address:  1400 Northeast 131st Street, North Miami, FL, 33161 USA
  • Jewelry Toolery –  Phone:  (831) 566-6766.  Address:  1060 River St. #101 Santa Cruz California 95060.  Email:  angela@jewelrytoolery.com
  • John C. Campbell Folk School – Phone:  (800) 365-5724 & (828) 837-2775.  Address:  One Folk School Road, Brasstown, NC 28902.  Email: info@folkschool.org
  • John Fish Jewelry School – Phone:  (702) 731-3686. Address:  953 E Sahara #5
    Las Vegas NV 89104.  Email:   info@johnfishjewelryschool.com
  • Just Because Bead Boutique – Phone:  (254) 231-3442.  Address:  1704 West, Avenue M, Temple, TX 76504.  Email:  JustBecauseBeadBoutique@gmail.com
  • Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts – Phone:  (269) 349-7775.  Address:   314 S. Park St., Kalamazoo, MI 49007
  • Kay Seurat Studios – Phone:  (208) 336-3914.  Address:  1509 Latimer St, Boise, ID 83705.  Email:  k.seurat@gmail.com
  • Kimball Art Center – Phone:  (435) 649-8882.  Address:  1401 Kearns Boulevard, PO Box 1478, Park City, UT 84060.  Email: info@kimballartcenter.org
  • KP Studio – Phone:  (602) 320-7513.  Address:  2725 N. 24th Street #4, Phoenix, Arizona  85008.  Email: michelle@kpstudiophx.com
  • Kristin Diener Studios – Address:  Albuquerque, NM.  Email: info@kristindiener.com
  • Kulicke Jewelry School – Phone: (201) 230-2973.   Address: 130 Ryerson Ave., Suite 203, Wayne, NJ
  • Lillstreet Art Center – Phone:  (773) 769-4226.  Address:  4401 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60640.  Email:  lillstreet@lillstreet.com
  • Liloveve Gallery & Studio – Phone:  (718) 388-2190.  Address:   457 Grand St., Brooklyn, NY 11211
  • Little Metal Foxes, Interactive Virtual Classes.  info@littlemetalfoxes.com. Washington State.
  • Long Beach City College – Phone:  (562) 938-4318.  Address:  4901 East Carson Street, Long Beach, CA 90808 & 1302 East Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach, CA 90806. Email: kbeeler@lbcc.edu
  • Mainline Art Center – Phone:  (610) 525-0272 ext. 110  Address:  746 Panmure Rd., Haverford, PA 19041 (limited programs).
  • Maker Lab (& makerspace) – Phone:  630) 761-9977  Address:  160 S Water St, Batavia, Illinois.  Email:  info@waterstreetstudios.org
  • The Makery – Phone:  (830) 980-9089.  Address:  2355 Bulverde Road #4, Bulverde TX 78163.  Email:  info@makeryarts.com
  • Mark Arts – Phone: (316) 634-2787. Address:  9112 E. Central | Wichita, KS 67206
  • Marquis Jewelry Academy, Address:  65 Cutler St., Stonington, CT 06378.  Email:  contact page on the home page.
  • Maryland Institute College of Art – Phone:  (410) 669-9200.  Address:  1300 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore, MD 21217-4134.   Email:  cs@mica.edu. Also:  On-site form.
  • Massachusetts College of Art & Design – Phone:  617.879.7000. Address:  621 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115.  Email:  ?
  • Mendocino Art Center – Phone: (707)-937-5818 – (800) 653-3328  Address:  45200 Little Lake Street,  P.O. Box 765,  Mendocino, CA 95460
  • Metalledwith – Phone:  (717) 516-2166.  Address:  P.O. Box 182, Boiling Springs, PA 17007.  Email: sayhello@metalledwith.com
  • Metalwerx – Phone: (781)891-3854.  Address: 50 Guinan Street, Waltham, MA 02451
  • Metropolitan State University of Denver – Phone:  (303) 556-5740.  Address: 890 Auraria Parkway, Denver, Colorado 80204.  Email: socialmedia@msudenver.edu
  • Miami Jewelry Institute/School – Phone: (305) 668-0998.  Address:  – Phone: (305) 668-0998 Address:  4949 SW 74 CT,     Miami, Florida 33155
  • The Middle Tennessee Gem & Mineral Society – Two locations. Phone:  (615) 883-8375 for FiftyForward Donelson Station School & Coffee County Senior Citizens Center:  (931) 4552504.   Address:  FiftyForward Donelson Station School – 108 Donelson Pike Nashville, TN 37214-2902 & 410 North Collins Street – The classes are in the Lapidary Building behind the Center, Tullahoma, TN 37388-3231 Email: info@mtgms.org
  • Milan Village Art School – Phone:  (320) 734-4807.  Address:  PO Box 230
    Milan, MN 56262.  Email:  mvas@fedteldirect.net
  • Modesto Junior College – Phone:  (209) 575-6550.  Address:  435 College Avenue, Modesto CA 95350.  Email:  http://www.mjc.edu
  • Molly Sharp Jewelry – Phone:  (828) 698-8775.  Address:  2212 Green River Road, Zirconia, NC  28790
  • Montgomery College – Phone:  (240) 567- 5000.  Address:   20200 Observation Drive, Germantown, MD 20876 &  51 Mannakee Street, Rockville, MD 20850.  Email: response@montgomerycollege.edu
  • Monterey Peninsula College – Phone:  (831) 646-4000.  Address:  980 Fremont Street, Monterey, CA  93940-4799.  Email:  On-site form.
  • The Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry and Lapidary – Phone:  828-687-7830 .  Address:  197 Locust Court, Arden, NC 28704-2904.   Email:  ruthie@mmsjl.com
  • Multnomah Arts Center – Phone:  (503) 823-2787.  Address:  7688 SW Capitol Hwy • Portland, OR 97219.  Email:  On site form.
  • Murray State University – Phone:  (800) 272-4678.  Address:  102 Curris Center, Murray, Kentucky 42071
  • Nancy Jackson Jewelry Design – Phone:  Not available. Address:  Edmond, OK. Email:  On-site form.
  • New Approach School for Jewelers – Phone: (800) 529-4763.  Address:  107 SE Pkwy Ct, Franklin, TN 37064
  • Newberg Jewelry Studio and Supply – Phone:  (503) 554-0455.  Address:  2401 E Hancock St, Newberg, Oregon 97132.  Email:  On-site form.
  • New Hampshire Institute of Art – Phone:  (603) 623-0313.  Address:  148 Concord Street, Manchester, NH 03104.  Email:  admissions@nhia.edu
  • New York Institute of Art & Design – Phone:  1-800-583-1742. Address:  192 Lexington, Suite 701, New York, NY 10016 USA.  Email:  Contact page.
  • New York Jewelry Design Institute – Phone: (212) 951-1314 Address:  17 West 45th Street, Suite 904, New York, NY 10036
  • North Bennett Street School – Phone:  (617) 227-0155.  Address:  150 North Street, Boston, MA 02109
  • North House Folk School – Phone:  (218) 387-9762 toll-free: (888) 387-9762.  Address:  PO Box 759, 500 Hwy 61 W, Grand Marais, MN 55604.  Email: info@northhouse.org
  • North Seattle College – Phone:  (206) 934-3600.  Address:  9600 College Way North, Seattle, Washington 98103.  Email: arrc@seattlecolleges.edu
  • Northeastern Illinois University – Phone:  (773) 583-4050.  Address:  5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625-4699.  Email:  p-goldman@neiu.edu
  • Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation – Phone:  (706) 769-4565.   Address:  34 School St, Watkinsville, GA 3067.  Email:  info@ocaf.com
  • Oglebay Institute – Phone:  (304) 242-7700.  Address:  1330 National Road, Wheeling, WV.
  • Old Pueblo Lapidary Club – Phone:  (520) 323-9154.  Address:   3118 North Dale Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85712.  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Pueblo-Lapidary-Club/
  • Oregon College of Art and Craft – Phone:  (503) 297-5544
    (800) 390-0632.  Address:  8245 SW Barnes Road, Portland, OR 97225
  • Ostudio Works – Phone:  Address:  The Brewery Art Colony, 2100 North Main Street Los Angeles, 90031.  Email:  On-site form.  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ostudioworks/
  • OQZO Metalsmith – Phone:  (919) 732-9702 Address: 1415 Davis Road, Hillsborough, NC, 27278. Email:  Online contact form.
  • Pasadena City College – Phone:  (626) 585-7123.  Address:  1570 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91106
  • Peninsula School of Art – Phone:  (920) 868-3455.  Address:  3900 County Road F, Fish Creek, WI 54212.  Email:  info@PeninsulaSchoolofArt.org
  • Penland School of Crafts – Phone:  (828) 765-2359.  Address:  Post Office Box 37, Penland NC 28765-0037.  Email:  info@penland.org
  • Peters Valley Crafts Center – Phone: (973) 948-5200 Address:  19 Kuhn Road
    Layton, NJ 07851
  • Pikes Peak Community College – Phone:  (719) 502-2000.  Address:  5675 S Academy Blvd, Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Email:  socialmedia@ppcc.edu
  • Pima Community College – Phone: (520) 206-4500
    Toll-free: 1-800-860-PIMA.  Address:  4905 E. Broadway Blvd.
    Tucson, AZ    85709-1010.  Email:  infocenter@pima.edu
  • Pocosin Arts – Phone:  (252) 796-2787.  Address:  201 Main Street | PO Box 690 | Columbia, NC 27925.  Email:   info@pocosinarts.org.
  • Portland Jewelry Academy – Phone:  (503) 444-5623.  Address: 4784 N Lombard St, Portland, OR 97203
  • Pratt Fine Art Center – Phone:  (206) 328-2200.  Address:  1902 South Main Street, Seattle, WA 98144.  Email: info@pratt.org
  • Pullen Arts Center – Phone:  (919) 996-3285.  Address:  222 W. Hargett St., Raleigh, NC 27601 (City of Raleigh).  Email:  prcontact@raleighnc.gov
  • OQZO Metalsmith:  A Jewelry Making Studio – Phone:  (919) 732-9702.  Address:  1415 Davis Road Hillsborough, NC 27278.  Email (sort of):  http://www.oqzo-metalsmith.com/contact/
  • Pat Daugherty – PDL Studio 52 – Phone:  None listed.  Address:  Charlestown, SC.  Email:  patricia@pdlstudio52.com.  Contact:  https://www.patdaughertyjewelrydesign.com/contact.
  • Quench Jewelry Arts – Phone:  (612) 968-3199. Address:  681 17th Ave. NE Studio 100, Minneapolis, MN 55413. Email:  create@quenchjewelryarts.com
  • Rachel Jeffrey Jewellry School – Phone:  01582 833800.  Address:  1 Mill Walk, Wheathampstead, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL4 8DT, UK.  Email: info@racheljeffrey.com
  • Reno Gem & Mineral Society – Phone:  (775) 356-8820.  Address:  480 S. Rock Blvd., Sparks, Nevada.  Email: None found.
  • Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) – Phone:  (401) 454-6100 & (800) 364-RISD.  Address: Two College Street, Providence, RI 02903-2784
  • Ria Smith Designs:  Phone:  (215)574-8900.  Address:  The Coleman Building
    142 Quick St    , Suite #140, Phoenixville, PA 19460
  • Richmond Art Center – Phone:  (510) 620-6772.  Address:  2540 Barrett Avenue
    Richmond, California 94804
  • Rio Grande – Phone:  (800) 545-6566.  Address: 7500 Bluewater Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87121
  • Rochester Institute of Technology – College of Imaging Arts & Sciences – Phone:  (585) 475-6631.  Address:  1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, New York
  • City of Salem – Phone:  (503) 588-6303.  Address:  2615 Portland RD NE
    Salem OR 97301.  Facebook:  Center 50plus Facebook
  • Sankühler Studio – Phone:  (415) 312-8050.  Address:  Tiburon, CA.  Email:  isandkuhler@yahoo.com
  • Santa Ana College – Phone: (714) 564-5600. Address:  F&P Arts Office: 1530 West 17th Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706, SAC A-109
  • Santa Fe Community College – Phone: General info:  (505) 428-1000,  (505) 428-1446.  Address:  6401 Richards Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87508.  Email:  diane.tintor@sfcc.edu
  • Sas by Design Studio – Phone:  None listed. Address:  Long Beach, MS   39560.  Email:  sasbydesign@aol.com
  • Savannah College of Art and Design:  Phone:  (800) 869-7223.  Address: 342 Bull St, Savannah, GA 31401
  • Sawtooth School for Visual Arts:  Phone:  (336) 723-7395.  Address:  251 N. Spruce St.,  Winston-Salem, NC 27101
  • Schack Art Center:  Phone:  425.259-5050.  Address:  2921 Hoyt Ave., Everett, WA.   Email:  artsinfo@schack.org.
  • The School of Jewellery Ireland –  Phone:  00 353 (0) 1838 0693  &  00 353 (0) 87 794 8025 Address:  The Garden Studio, 87 North Circular Road, Dublin 7.  Email:  studio@theschoolofjewellery.ie
  • Sertoma Arts Center – Phone:  (919) 996-3285. Address:  1400 West Millbrook Road, Raleigh, NC 27614 (Shelley Lake Park).  Email:  prcontact@raleighnc.gov
  • Shake Rag Alley – Phone:  (608) 987-3292.  Address:  18 Shake Rag Street, Mineral Point, WI 53565
  • Shakerag Workshops – Phone:  (931) 463-2123.  Address:  290 Quintard Road, Sewanee, TN 37375.  Email:  On-site form.
  • Silversmithing Retreat – Phone: 913-548-7361. Address: 70214 Lakewood Rd.
    North Bend. Oregon, 97459. Email: Dave@silversmithingclass.com. Offers various retreats.
  • Silver of Oz – Phone:  402-558-1307.  Address:  2610 North Main Street, Suite B
    Elkhorn, NE 68022.  Email:  silverofoz@silverofoz.com
  • Silver Waves Jewelry – Phone:  (414)-550-7015.  Address:  Box 1184, Bayfield, WI 54814.  Email:  info@silverwaves.net
  • Silvera Jewelry School – Phone: (510) 868 4908. Address: 1105 Virginia Street, Berkeley CA 94702
  • Society for Midwest Metalsmiths (SMM):  Email: midwestmetalsmiths@gmail.com.  Address:  P.O. Box 31314, St. Louis, MO 63131
  • Soulbuni Silversmith – Address:  Placerville, California.  Email:  On-site form.  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soulbuni/. No other information.
  • Southern Illinois University: School of Art and Design:  Phone:  (618) 453-4315.  Address:  Allyn Building, 1100 South Normal Avenue, Mail Code 4301, Carbondale, IL 62901
  • Southwest School of Art and Craft – Phone:  (210) 224-1848.  Address:  300 Augusta, San Antonio, TX 78205
  • Stewart’s International School for Jewelers – Phone: (888) 224-6684.  Address:  325 West Gains Street, Suite 1414, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
  • Stonybrook Fine Arts – Phone:  (617) 522-3331.  Address:  24 Porter Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.  Email: info@stonybrookfinearts.com
  • The Studio 26 – Phone:  (916) 350-0546.  Address:  4100 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682.  Email:  TheStudio26@gmail.com
  • Studio Flux: Thomas Mann –  Phone:  (504) 581-2111 or 800-875-2113.  Address:  1812 Magazine Street
    New Orleans, LA 70130.  Email:  market@thomasmann.com
  • Studio Jewelers LTD. – Phone:  (212) 686-1944. Address:  32 East 31st Street
    New York, NY 10016
  • Studio JSD – Phone:  (616) 607-2470.  Address:  219 N. Seventh Street, Suite 4, Grand Haven, MI 49417.  Jewelry, Makerspace and Gallery.
  • Sue Sachs – Phone:  (973) 992-5746.  Address:  Riker Hill Art Park
    Beaufort Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039.  Email: suesachs1@gmail.com
  • Sweetwater Center for the Arts – Phone:  (412) 741-4405.  Address:  200 Broad Street, Sewickley, PA 15143.  Email:  info@sweetwaterartcenter.org
  • Tacoma Metal Arts Center – Phone:  (253) 227-1694.  Address: 3833 6th Ave. Tacoma, WA 98406.  Email:  info@tacomametalarts.com
  • Temple University, Tyler School of Art:  Phone:  (215) 777-9000. Email: tyler@temple.edu. Address:  2001 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
  • Tennessee Tech Craft Center – Phone:  (931) 372-3101.  Address:  1 William L Jones Dr, Cookeville, TN 38505.
  • Texas Institute of Jewelry Technology: Paris Junior College – Phone:  (903)785-7661 Address:  Paris Junior College, 2400 Clarksville St., Paris, Texas 75460
  • Torched at Seattle Findings –  Email:  Contact form https://torchedasf.com/contact/ (all their classes are canceled due to Covid-19 as of this writing 3/13/21)
  • Touchstone Center for Crafts – Phone:  (724) 329-1370, (800) 721-0177.
    Address: 1049 Wharton Furnace Rd., Farmington, PA 15437
  • Tufts University: School of the Museum of Fine Arts: Phone:  (617) 628-5000.  Address:  230 The Fenway, Boston, MA 02115
  • University of Alaska Fairbanks Metalsmithing program – Phone: 1.907.474.7530  Address: Room 310, Art Wing, Fine Arts Complex
    1706 Tanana Loop UAF main campus  Email:  uaf-art@alaska.edu
  • The University of the Arts:  Phone:  (800) 616-ARTS & (215) 717-6030.  Address:  320 S. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19102
  • University of Colorado Denver, College of Arts & Media – Phone:  Address: Campus Box 162, P.O. Box 173364, Arts Building, Suite 177, Auraria Campus, Denver, Colorado 80217-3364, Click here for more contact information.
  • University of Kansas Jewelry Design & Metalsmithing Program:  Phone:  (785) 864-4042.  Address:  Department of Visual Art, Chalmers Hall, 1467 Jayhawk Boulevard, Room 300, Lawrence, KS 66045-3102
  • Urban Metal Studio – Phone:  none listed  Address: 33 S Sycamore, Ste 1
    Mesa, AZ 85202   Email:  info@urbanmetalstudio.com
  • Veberod Gem Gallery – Phone:  (952) 595-8338.  Address:  13019 Ridgedale Drive, Minnetonka, MN 55305.  Email:  bradanderson@vgems.net
  • Visual Arts Center of New Jersey – Phone:  (908) 273-9121.  Address:  68 Elm Street, Summit, NJ 07901.  Email:  info@artcenternj.org
  • The Visual Arts Center of Richmond – Phone: Phone: (804) 353-0094  Address:  1812 West Main Street, Richmond, VA 23220
  • Wayne Art Center:  Phone:  (610) 688-3553.  Address:  413 Maplewood Ave, Wayne, PA 19087
  • Wear Ever Jewelry – Phone:  (201) 841-2674. Address:  11 Rolling Hills Drive, Budd Lake, New Jersey, 07828
  • William Holland School of Lapidary Arts – Phone:  (706) 379-2126.  Address: 230 Lapidary Ln., Young Harris, GA 30582-0980
  • Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild – Phone:  (845) 679-2079.  Address:34 Tinker Street
    Woodstock, NY 12498.  Email: info@woodstockguild.org
  • Worcester Center for Crafts – Phone:  (508) 753-8183 Address:  35 B New Street, Worcester, MA 01605

Jewelry Workshops, Classes, and Schools by State (USA)

Alabama

  • Cindy Miller Design Studio – Phone:  (202) 329-4185.  Address:  Studio 326, Huntsville, Alabama, 35805.   Email:  cmiller@cindymiller.com

Alaska

Arizona

  • Alaska Metal Arts Guild Facebook  Phone: (907) 250-0964 Address:  Anchorage, AK  Email: akmetal907@gmail.com
  • KP Studio – Phone:  (602) 320-7513.  Address:  2725 N. 24th Street #4, Phoenix, Arizona  85008.  Email: michelle@kpstudiophx.com
  • Old Pueblo Lapidary Club – Phone:  (520) 323-9154.  Address:   3118 North Dale Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85712.  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Pueblo-Lapidary-Club/
  • Pima Community College – Phone: (520) 206-4500
    Toll-free: 1-800-860-PIMA.  Address:  4905 E. Broadway Blvd.
    Tucson, AZ    85709-1010.  Email:  infocenter@pima.edu
  • Urban Metal Studio – Phone:  none listed  Address: 33 S Sycamore, Ste 1
    Mesa, AZ 85202   Email:  info@urbanmetalstudio.com

Arkansas

  • Arkansas Art Center – Phone:  501.372.4000.  Address:  9th & Commerce, MacArthur Park, P.O. Box 2137, Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-2137.  Email: info@arkansasartscenter.org
  • Arkansas Craft School – Phone:  (870) 269-8397.  Address:  101 N Peabody Ave., Mountain View, AR 72560.  Email: arkcraftschool@gmail.com
  • Eureka Springs School of the Arts – Phone:  (479) 253-5384.  Address:  P.O. Box 657 Eureka Springs, Arkansas 72632.  Email:  julie@essa-art.org

California

  • Academy of Art University (Also offers online AA, BFA, MA, MFA) – Phone:  (800) 544-2787. Address:  79 New Montgomery St., San Francisco, CA 94105.  Email:  On-site form.
  • Bead Inspirations – Phone:  (510) 337-1203.  Address:  1544 Park Street, Alameda, CA 94501.  Email:  create@beadinspirations.com
  • Cabrillo College – Phone:  (831) 479-6331.  Address:  6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos, CA 95003.  Email:  extension@cabrillo.edu
  • California College of the Arts – Phone: (800) 447-1ART. Address:  1111 Eighth Street, San Francisco, CA, 94107 and 5212 Broadway, Oakland, CA, 94618
  • California State University at Long Beach, College of the Arts – Phone:  (562) 985-4364.  Address:  1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach, California 90840. Email:  cota@csulb.edu
  • Calstone University – Phone:  (213) 738-7700.  Address:  2975 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 103, Los Angeles, California 90010.  Email: admissions@calstoneuniversity.com
  • The Center for Enamel Arts – Phone: (None listed).  Address:  P.O. Box 254, El Cerrito, CA, 94530.  Email:  Contact form on website.
  • Chimera Arts – a Makerspace (this is where I teach) –  Phone:  (707) 827-3020.  Address:  6791 Sebastopol Ave. Suite #180, Sebastopol, CA 95472.  Email:  info@chimeraarts.org
  • City College of San Francisco  (CCSF Metal Arts):  Phone:   (415) 239-3000.  Address:  50 Phelan Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94112.  Email:  spugh@ccsf.edu
  • College of Marin – Phone: (415) 883-2211. Address:  835 College Ave., Kentfield, CA 94904.
  • Contra Costa College –  Phone:  (510) 215-3968 (dept. chair) & (510) 235-7800.  Address:  2600 Mission Bell Drive, San Pablo, CA. 94806.  Email:  None found.
  • The Crucible –  Phone:  (510)-444-0919.  Address:  1260 7th Street Oakland, CA 94607.  Email:  info@thecrucible.org
  • David Bigazzi Studio & Gallery – Phone:  (650) 323-1923.  Address:  75 Arbor Rd Suite K, Menlo Park, CA 94025
  • El Camino College – Phone: (866) 352-2646.  Address: 16007 Crenshaw Blvd. Torrance, CA 90506
  • Gemological Institute of America (GIA) – Phone:  (800) 421-7250 and (760) 603-4000.  Address:  The Robert Mouawad Campus, 5345 Armada Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008
  • Idea Fab Labs – Chico (Makerspace) – Phone:  (530) 592-0609.  Address:  603 Orange St., Chico, CA 95928.  Email:  On-site contact form.
  • Idea Fab Labs – Santa Cruz (Makerspace) – Phone:   (831) 508-8550.  Address: 2879 Mission St. Extension, Santa Cruz, CA 95060.  Email:  On-site contact form.
  • Idyllwild Arts – Phone:  (951) 659-2171.  Address:  PO Box 38, 52500 Temecula Road, Idyllwild, CA 92549.  Email:   admission@idyllwildarts.org
  • Irvine Fine Arts Center  (see adult classes, catalog, pg. 92 – limited classes) – Phone:  (949) 724-6880.  Address:  Irvine Fine Arts Center, 14321 Yale Avenue, Irvine, CA 92604
  • Jewelry Toolery –  Phone:  (831) 566-6766.  Address:  1060 River St. #101
    Santa Cruz California 95060.  Email:  angela@jewelrytoolery.com
  • Long Beach City College – Phone:  (562) 938-4318.  Address:  4901 East Carson Street, Long Beach, CA 90808 & 1302 East Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach, CA 90806. Email: kbeeler@lbcc.edu
  • Mendocino Art Center – Phone:  (707)-937-5818 – (800) 653-3328  Address:  45200 Little Lake Street,  P.O. Box 765,  Mendocino, CA 95460
  • Modesto Junior College – Phone:  (209) 575-6550.  Address:  435 College Avenue, Modesto CA 95350.  Email:  http://www.mjc.edu
  • Monterey Peninsula College – Phone:  (831) 646-4000.  Address:  980 Fremont Street, Monterey, CA  93940-4799.  Email:  On-site form.
  • Pasadena City College – Phone:  (626) 585-7123.  Address:  1570 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91106
  • CLOSED as of 1/18. Revere Academy – Phone:  (415) 391-4179.  Address:  785 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103.  Please see Chimera Arts for North Bay jewelry classes and workspaces.
  • Richmond Art Center – Phone:  (510) 620-6772.  Address:  2540 Barrett Avenue
    Richmond, California 94804
  • Ostudio Works – Phone:  Address:  The Brewery Art Colony, 2100 North Main Street Los Angeles, 90031.  Email:  On-site form.  Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/ostudioworks/
  • Sankühler Studio – Phone:  (415) 312-8050.  Address:  Tiburon, CA.  Email:  isandkuhler@yahoo.com
  • Santa Ana College – Phone: (714) 564-5600. Address:  F&P Arts Office:
    1530 West 17th Street, Santa Ana, CA 92706, SAC A-109
  • Silvera Jewelry School – Phone: (510) 868 4908. Address:  1105 Virginia Street, Berkeley CA 94702
  • Soulbuni Silversmith – Address:  Placerville, California.  Email:  On-site form.  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/soulbuni/. No other information.
  • The Studio 26 – Phone:  (916) 350-0546.  Address:  4100 Cameron Park Drive, Cameron Park, CA 95682.  Email:  TheStudio26@gmail.com
  • Studio One – Phone:  510-597-5027.  Address:  365 45th Street, Oakland CA.  Email:  studiooneartcenter@gmail.com

Colorado

Connecticut

  • Brookfield Craft Center – Phone:  (203) 775-4526 Address: 286 Whisconier Road, P. O. Box 122, Brookfield, CT 06804-0122
  • Guildford Arts Center – Phone: (203) 453.5947 Address: 411 Church Street, P.O. Box 589, Guilford, CT 06437

District of Columbia (DC)

  • Jewelry Class DC:  Phone:  202-641-5896.  Address:  52 O Street, NW, Suite 105, Washington, DC 20001

Delaware

  • Delaware Art Museum – Phone:  (302) 571-9590 & (866) 232-3714 (Toll free).  Address:  2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19806. Email: info@delart.org

Florida

  • American School of Jewelry – Phone: (954)741-4555 Address:  2240 N. University Drive, Sunrise, FL. 33322
  • Armory Art Center – Phone:  (561) 832-1776.  Address:  811 Park Place, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401.  Email:  On-site form.
  • Art Center Manatee – Phone:  (941) 746-2862. Address:  209 9th Street West, Bradenton, FL 34205.  Email:  acm@artcentermanatee.org
  • Jewelry Creations Workshop – Phone:   (305) 610-6560.  Address:  1400 Northeast 131st Street, North Miami, FL, 33161 USA
  • Miami Jewelry Institute – Phone: (305) 668-0998.  Address:  4949 SW 74 CT,     Miami, Florida 33155
  • Stewart’s International School for Jewelers – Phone: (888) 224-6684.  Address:  325 West Gains Street, Suite 1414, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400

Georgia

Hawai’i

  • Bead it!  Hawaii – Phone:  (808) 734-1182.  Address:  1152 Koko Head Ave, Honolulu, Hawaii.  Email:  beaditkaimuki@gmail.com
  • da Bead Shop – Phone: (808) 331-2161.  Address:  75-5626 Kuakini Hwy (King Kamehameha Mall), Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.  Email:  dabeadshop@gmail.com
  • Honolulu Museum of Art – Phone:  (808) 532-8741.  Address:  1111 Victoria St, Honolulu, HI 96814.   Email:  artschool@honolulumuseum.org
  • Hi No’eau Visual Arts Center – Phone: (808) 572-6560. Address:  2841 Baldwin Ave., Makawao, Hawaii, 96768. Website:  huinoeau.com. Email:  Website contact form.

Idaho

  • Kay Seurat Studios – Phone:  (208) 336-3914.  Address:  1509 Latimer St, Boise, ID 83705.  Email:  k.seurat@gmail.com

Illinois

  • Benches on Division – Phone:  (312) 929-0422.  Address:  2017 W. Division St., Chicago, IL 60622.  Email: info@benchesondivision.com
  • Gem City College – Phone: (217) 222-0391 Address:  700 State Street, Quincy, IL 62301
  • Lillstreet Art Center – Phone:  (773) 769-4226.  Address:  4401 N. Ravenswood Ave., Chicago, IL 60640.  Email:  lillstreet@lillstreet.com
  • Maker Lab (& makerspace) – Phone:  630) 761-9977  Address:  160 S Water St, Batavia, Illinois.  Email:  info@waterstreetstudios.org
  • Northeastern Illinois University – Phone:  (773) 583-4050.  Address:  5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60625-4699.  Email:  p-goldman@neiu.edu
  • Southern Illinois University: School of Art and Design:  Phone:  (618) 453-4315.  Address:  Allyn Building, 1100 South Normal Avenue, Mail Code 4301, Carbondale, IL 62901
  • Tyton Jewelry – Phone:  (872) 208-6416.  Address:  4825 N. Western Ave. Unit A
    Chicago IL 60625.  Email:  tytinjewelry@gmail.com

Indiana

  • Conner Jewelers School – Phone: (812) 944-1798.  Address:  151 East Main Street New Albany, IN 47150
  • Indianapolis Art Center – Phone:  (317) 255-2464.  Address:  Marilyn K. Glick School of Art, 820 East 67th Street , Indianapolis, Indiana 46220.  Email:  info@IndplsArtCenter.org

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

  • Studio Flux: Thomas Mann –  Phone:  (504) 581-2111 or 800-875-2113.  Address:  1812 Magazine Street
    New Orleans, LA 70130.  Email:  market@thomasmann.com

Maine

Maryland

  • Baltimore Jewelry Center – Phone:  (410)243-0479.  Address:  The Centre, 10 East North Avenue, Suite 130, Baltimore, Maryland
  • The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center – Phone:  301-698-0656, ext. 110.  Address:  40 South Carroll Street, Frederick, Maryland 21701.  Email:  info@delaplaine.org
  • Gem Cutters Guild of Baltimore – Phone:  None listed. Address:  3600 Clipper Mill Road, suite 116, Baltimore, MD 21211.  Email:  On-site form.
  • Maryland Institute College of Art – Phone:  (410) 669-9200.  Address:  1300 W. Mount Royal Ave., Baltimore, MD 21217-4134.   Email:  cs@mica.edu. Also:  On-site form.
  • Montgomery College – Phone:  (240) 567- 5000.  Address:   20200 Observation Drive, Germantown, MD 20876 &  51 Mannakee Street, Rockville, MD 20850.  Email: response@montgomerycollege.edu

Massachusetts

Michigan

  • College for Creative Studies – Phone: (313) 664-7400 & (800) 952-2787.  Address: 201 East Kirby, Detroit, MI, 48202
  • Cranbrook Academy of Art – Phone: (248) 645-3300.  Address: 39221 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 48304
  • Fritz and Friends – Phone:  248.762.4810.  Address:  32722 Franklin Road, Franklin, MI 48035.  Email:  On-site form.
  • Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts – Phone:  (269) 349-7775.  Address:  314 S. Park St., Kalamazoo, MI 49007
  • Studio JSD – Phone:  (616) 607-2470.  Address:  219 N. Seventh Street, Suite 4, Grand Haven, MI 49417

Minnesota

  • Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center – Phone:  (612) 294-0400.  Address:  3749 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55407.  Email: info@cafac.org
  • Crown Trout Jewelers – Phone:  888-750-9294.  Address:  107 Parkway Ave. N. Lanesboro, MN  55949.  Email: On-site form.
  • Milan Village Art School – Phone:  (320) 734-4807.  Address:  PO Box 230
    Milan, MN 56262.  Email:  mvas@fedteldirect.net
  • North House Folk School – Phone:  (218) 387-9762 toll-free: (888) 387-9762.  Address:  PO Box 759, 500 Hwy 61 W, Grand Marais, MN 55604.  Email: info@northhouse.org
  • Quench Jewelry Arts – Phone:  (612) 968-3199. Address:  681 17th Ave. NE Studio 100, Minneapolis, MN 55413. Email:  create@quenchjewelryarts.com
  • Veberod Gem Gallery – Phone:  (952) 595-8338.  Address:  13019 Ridgedale Drive , Minnetonka, MN 55305.  Email:  bradanderson@vgems.net

Mississippi

Missouri

  • Craft Alliance Center of Art and Design (Children and adult metals classes):  Phone: Delmar loop: 314.725.1177,  Grand Center: 314.534.7528.  Address:  (2 locations): Delmar Loop, 6640 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63130 and Grand Center, 501 N Grand Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63103
  • Society for Midwest Metalsmiths (SMM):  Email: midwestmetalsmiths@gmail.com.  Address:  P.O. Box 31314, St. Louis, MO 63131

Montana

  • Bathing Beauty Beads – Phone:  (406) 543.0018.  Address:  501 S Higgins Ave, On The Hip Strip, Missoula MT 59801.  Email:  katie@bathingbeautiesbeads.com

Nebraska

  • Silver of Oz – Phone:  402-558-1307.  Address:  2610 North Main Street, Suite B
    Elkhorn, NE 68022.  Email:  silverofoz@silverofoz.com

Nevada

  • John Fish Jewelry School – Phone:  (702) 731-3686. Address:  953 E Sahara #5
    Las Vegas NV 89104.  Email:   info@johnfishjewelryschool.com
  • Reno Gem & Mineral Society – Phone:  (775) 356-8820.  Address:  480 S. Rock Blvd., Sparks, Nevada.  Email: None found.

New Hampshire

  • Hanover, League of N.H. Craftsmen – Phone:  (603) 643-5384.  Address:  13 Lebanon Street, Hanover, NH  03755.   Email:  craftstudies@craftstudies.org
  • New Hampshire Institute of Art – Phone:  (603) 623-0313.  Address:  148 Concord Street, Manchester, NH 03104.  Email:  admissions@nhia.edu

New Jersey

  • EatMetal, Inc. – Phone:  (201) 926-9620.  Address:  Monroe Arts Center, 720 Monroe Street Suite E511, Hoboken, NJ 07030.  Email:  eatmetal@mac.com
  • Kulicke Jewelry School – Phone: (201) 230-2973.   Address: 130 Ryerson Ave., Suite 203, Wayne, NJ
  • Peters Valley Crafts Center – Phone: (973) 948-5200 Address:  19 Kuhn Road
    Layton, NJ 07851
  • Sue Sachs – Phone:  (973) 992-5746.  Address:  Riker Hill Art Park
    Beaufort Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039.  Email: suesachs1@gmail.com
  • Visual Arts Center of New Jersey – Phone:  (908) 273-9121.  Address:  68 Elm Street, Summit, NJ 07901.  Email:  info@artcenternj.org
  • Wear Ever Jewelry – Phone:  (201) 841-2674. Address:  11 Rolling Hills Drive , Budd Lake, New Jersey, 07828.

New Mexico

  • Eastern New Mexico University (2 locations:  Portales & Ruidoso):  Phone:  (800) 367-3668.  Address: 1500 S Ave K, Portales, NM 88130.  Email:  webmaster@enmu.edu
  • Kristin Diener Studios – Address:  Albuquerque, NM.  Email: info@kristindiener.com
  • Rio Grande – Phone:  (800) 545-6566.  Address: 7500 Bluewater Rd NW , Albuquerque, NM 87121
  • Santa Fe Community College – Phone: General info:  (505) 428-1000,  (505) 428-1446.  Address:  6401 Richards Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87508.  Email:  diane.tintor@sfcc.edu

New York

  • 92nd Street Y – Phone:  (212) 415-5500.  Address: 1395 Lexington Avenue
    New York, NY 10128
  • Bianca Lopez Studio – Phone:  (917) 570-7959.  Address:  NY, NY. Email:   info@biancalopez.com. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BiancaLopezStudio/
  • Brooklyn Metal Works – Phone:  (347)762-4757.  Address:  640 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY 11238.  Email:  info@bkmetalworks.com
  • C. Bauer Studio – Phone: (212) 354-1656.  Address:  64 West 48 Street, Ste. 505, NY, NY, 10036
  • Cazenovia College (general) Studio Art Prospectus – Phone:  (315) 655-7994 & (800)-654-3210.  Address:  22 Sullivan St., Cazenovia, NY 13035.  Email: admissions@cazenovia.edu
  • Fashion Institute of Technology – Phone:  (212) 217-7999.  Address:  Seventh Avenue at 27 Street, New York City 10001-5992
  • Fitzgerald Jewelry – Phone:  (718) 387-6200.  Address:  251 Grand Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211.  Email:   info@fitzgeraldjewelry.com
  • Fred de Vos Wax Workshops – Phone:   (212) 598-9364. Address:  P.O. Box 13
    New York, NY 10012.  Email:  freddevos@earthlink.net
  • Jewelers of America – Phone: (800) 223-0673.  Address: 120 Broadway, Suite 2820, New York, NY 10271
  • Jewelry Arts Inc. – Phone:  (212) 362-8633.  Address:  22 East 49th Street Fourth Floor NY NY 10017.  Email: info@jewelryarts.com
  • Jewelry Arts Institute – Phone:  (212) 362-8633.  Address:  22 East 49th Street Fourth Floor NY NY 10017
  • Liloveve Gallery & Studio – Phone:  (718) 388-2190.  Address:   457 Grand St., Brooklyn, NY 11211
  • New York Jewelry Design Institute – Phone: (212) 951-1314 Address:  17 West 45th Street, Suite 904, New York, NY 10036.
  • New York Institute of Art & Design – Phone:  1-800-583-1742. Address:  192 Lexington, Suite 701, New York, NY 10016 USA.  Email:  Contact page.
  • Rochester Institute of Technology – College of Imaging Arts & Sciences – Phone:  (585) 475-6631.  Address:  1 Lomb Memorial Dr, Rochester, New York
  • Studio Jewelers LTD. – Phone:  (212) 686-1944. Address:  32 East 31st Street
    New York, NY 10016
  • Wear Ever Jewelry – Phone:  (201) 841-2674. Address:  11 Rolling Hills Drive , Budd Lake, New Jersey, 07828
  • Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild – Phone:  (845) 679-2079.  Address:34 Tinker Street
    Woodstock, NY 12498.  Email: info@woodstockguild.org

North Carolina

  • Anvil Metals Studio  and Craft Habit – Phone:  None available.  Address:Raleigh, North Carolina.  Email:  anvilmetalsstudio@gmail.com.  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crafthabitraleigh
  • Crafts Center – NC University – Phone:  (919)515-2457.  Address:  Thompson Hall, 210 Jensen Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606.  Email:  crafts-center@ncsu.edu
  • Deb Karash Jewelry – Phone:  (815) 979-9048.  Address:  PO 2456
    Asheville, NC 28802.  Email:  dkjewelry@msn.com
  • Haywood Community College – Phone:  (828)627-2821.  Address:  185 Freedlander Dr., Clyde, NC 28721.  Email:  enrollment@haywood.edu
  • James Carter Studio – Phone:  (919) 240-5253.  Address:  200 N Greensboro St, Carrboro, NC 2751.  Email: info@jamescarterstudio.com
  • John C. Campbell Folk School – Phone:  (800) 365-5724 & (828) 837-2775.  Address:  One Folk School Road, Brasstown, NC 28902.  Email: info@folkschool.org
  • Molly Sharp Jewelry – Phone:  (828) 698-8775.  Address:  2212 Green River Road, Zirconia, NC  28790.
  • The Mountain Metalsmiths School of Jewelry and Lapidary – Phone:  828-687-7830 .  Address:  197 Locust Court, Arden, NC 28704-2904.   Email:  ruthie@mmsjl.com
  • OQZO Metalsmith:  A Jewelry Making Studio – Phone:  (919) 732-9702.  Address:  1415 Davis Road Hillsborough, NC 27278.  Email: Online Contact Form.
  • Penland School of Crafts – Phone:  (828) 765-2359.  Address:  Post Office Box 37, Penland NC 28765-0037.  Email:  info@penland.org
  • Pocosin Arts – Phone:  (252) 796-2787.  Address:  201 Main Street | PO Box 690 | Columbia, NC 27925.  Email:   info@pocosinarts.org.
  • Sawtooth School for Visual Arts:  Phone:  (336) 723-7395.  Address:  251 N. Spruce St.,  Winston-Salem, NC 27101
  • Sertoma Arts Center – Phone:  (919) 996-3285. Address:  1400 West Millbrook Road, Raleigh, NC 27614 (Shelley Lake Park).  Email:  prcontact@raleighnc.gov

North Dakota

Ohio

  • Cleveland Institute of Art – Phone: 800.223.4700. Address: 11610 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106 USA
  • Drouhard National Jeweler’s Academy – Phone:  (888) 663-9335 or
    419-756-5255.  Address:  2236 S. Main Street, Mansfield, Ohio 44907
  • Flux Metal Arts – Phone:  Address:  8827 Mentor Ave., Ste. A, Mentor, Ohio, 44060.  Email:  info@fluxmetalarts.com
  • Grand River Beads (limited classes) – Phone:  (440) 331-4950.  Address:  13000 Athens Ave., Lakewood, OH 44107.  Email:  grandriverbeads@sbcglobal.net

Oklahoma

  • Arrowhead Supply – Phone:  (405) 634-7128.  Address:  330 SW 28th St, Oklahoma City, OK, 73109.  Email:  arrowheadsupply@yahoo.com
  • Firehouse Art Center – Phone:  (405) 329-4523.  Address:  444 South Flood Avenue, Norman, Oklahoma 73069-5513.  Email:  info@normanfirehouse.com
  • Nancy Jackson Jewelry Design – Phone:  Not available. Address:  Edmond, OK. Email:  On-site form.

Oregon

  • Multnomah Arts Center – Phone:  (503) 823-2787.  Address:  7688 SW Capitol Hwy • Portland, OR 97219.  Email:  On-site form.
  • Oregon College of Art and Craft – Phone:  (503) 297-5544
    (800) 390-0632.  Address:  8245 SW Barnes Road, Portland, OR 97225
  • Portland Jewelry Academy – Phone:  (503) 444-5623.  Address: 4784 N Lombard St, Portland, OR 97203
  • City of Salem – Phone:  (503) 588-6303.  Address:  2615 Portland RD NE
    Salem OR 97301.  Facebook:  Center 50plus Facebook
  • Silversmithing Retreat – Phone: 913-548-7361. Address: 70214 Lakewood Rd.
    North Bend. Oregon, 97459. Email: Dave@silversmithingclass.com. Offers various retreats.

Pennsylvania

  • Bucks County Community College:  Phone:  (215) 968-8000.  Address: 275 Swamp Road, Newtown,  PA 18940
  • Edinboro University – Phone:  (814)732-2000 & (888) 846-2676.  Address:  219 Meadville Street, Edinboro, Pennsylvania 16444.   Email:  On-site form.
  • Hattie Weselyk –  Phone:  (484) 343-4868.  Address:  113 Lutece Circle, Kennett Square, PA 19348
  • Mainline Art Center – Phone:  (610) 525-0272 ext. 110  Address:  746 Panmure Rd., Haverford, PA 19041
  • Metalledwith – Phone:  (717) 516-2166.  Address:  P.O. Box 182, Boiling Springs, PA 17007.  Email: sayhello@metalledwith.com
  • Sweetwater Center for the Arts – Phone:  (412) 741-4405.  Address:  200 Broad Street, Sewickley, PA 15143.  Email:  info@sweetwaterartcenter.org
  • Temple University, Tyler School of Art:  Phone:  (215) 777-9000. Email: tyler@temple.edu. Address:  2001 North 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122
  • Touchstone Center for Crafts – Phone:  (724) 329-1370, (800) 721-0177.  Address: 1049 Wharton Furnace Rd., Farmington, PA 15437
  • Wayne Art Center:  Phone:  (610) 688-3553.  Address:  413 Maplewood Ave, Wayne, PA 19087

Rhode Island

South Carolina

  • Beads & Brushstrokes – Phone:  (843) 884-8808.  Address:  Lansing Plaza,918-C Lansing Drive (off HWY 17 next to Trader Joe’s)
    Mount Pleasant, SC 29464. Email:  https://www.countrybumpkinarts.com/contact.
  • Harmonic Jewel – Phone:  None listed.  Address:  South Carolina No street address listed.  Email:  becreative@harmonicjewel.com.  Contact:  https://harmonicjewel.com/contact.
  • Pat Daugherty – PDL Studio 52 – Phone:  None listed.  Address:  Charlestown, SC.  Email:  patricia@pdlstudio52.com.  Contact:  https://www.patdaughertyjewelrydesign.com/contact.

South Dakota

Tennessee

  • Arrowmont: School of Arts and Crafts – Phone: 865-436-5860 Address: P.O. Box 567, 556 Parkway, Gatlinburg, TN 37738.  Information: info@arrowmont.org
  • Diamond Council of America – Gemology classes – Online.  Phone: (877) 283-5669. Address:  3212 West End Ave, Suite 400 – Nashville, TN 37203
  • The Middle Tennessee Gem & Mineral Society – Two locations. Phone:  (615) 883-8375 for FiftyForward Donelson Station School & Coffee County Senior Citizens Center:  (931) 4552504.   Address:  FiftyForward Donelson Station School – 108 Donelson Pike Nashville, TN 37214-2902 & 410 North Collins Street – The classes are in the Lapidary Building behind the Center, Tullahoma, TN 37388-3231 Email: info@mtgms.org
  • New Approach School for Jewelers – Phone: (800) 529-4763.  Address:  107 SE Pkwy Ct, Franklin, TN 37064
  • Shakerag Workshops – Phone:  (931) 463-2123.  Address:  290 Quintard Road, Sewanee, TN 37375.  Email:  On-site form.
  • Tennessee Tech Craft Center – Phone:  (931) 372-3101.  Address:  1 William L Jones Dr, Cookeville, TN 38505

Texas

Utah

  • Kimball Art Center – Phone:  (435) 649-8882.  Address:  1401 Kearns Boulevard, PO Box 1478, Park City, UT 84060.  Email: info@kimballartcenter.org

Vermont

  • Celie Fago – Metal clay, polymer clay, keum-boo.  Phone:  None given. Address:  Somewhere in Vermont. Email:  On-site form.

Virginia

Washington

  • BARN – Phone:  206-842-4475.  Address:  8890 Three Tree Lane NE
    Bainbridge Island, WA 98110.  Email:  Contact form: https://bainbridgebarn.org/about-barn/contact-barn/.
  • Bellingham Metal Arts Guild – Phone:  (360) 671-1393.  Address:  2620 N. Harbor Loop Dr., Suite 6, Bellingham, WA 98225.   Email:   info@BellinghamMetalArtsGuild.org
  • Danaca Design – Phone:  (206) 524-0916.  Address:  5619 University Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105.  Email:  dana@danacadesign.com
  • Jansen Art Center – Phone:  (360) 354-3600.   Address:  321 Front Street, Lynden, WA  Email:  info@jansenartcenter.org
  • North Seattle College – Phone:  (206) 934-3600.  Address:  9600 College Way North, Seattle, Washington 98103.  Email: arrc@seattlecolleges.edu
  • Pratt Fine Art Center – Phone:  (206) 328-2200.  Address:  1902 South Main Street, Seattle, WA 98144.  Email: info@pratt.org
  • Tacoma Metal Arts Center – Phone:  (253) 227-1694.  Address: 3833 6th Ave. Tacoma, WA 98406.  Email:  info@tacomametalarts.com
  • Schack Art Center:  Phone:  425.259-5050.  Address:  2921 Hoyt Ave., Everett, WA.   Email:  artsinfo@schack.org.
  • Torched at Seattle Findings –  Email:  Contact form https://torchedasf.com/contact/ (all their classes are canceled due to Covid-19 as of this writing 3/13/21)

West Virginia

  • Oglebay Institute – Phone:  (304) 242-7700.  Address:  1330 National Road, Wheeling, WV.

Wisconsin

  • Peninsula School of Art – Phone:  (920) 868-3455.  Address:  3900 County Road F, Fish Creek, WI 54212.  Email:  info@PeninsulaSchoolofArt.org
  • Shake Rag Alley – Phone:  (608) 987-3292.  Address:  Shake Rag Alley™ School of Arts and Crafts, 18 Shake Rag Street, Mineral Point, WI 53565
  • Silver Waves Jewelry – Phone:  (414)-550-7015.  Address:  Box 1184, Bayfield, WI 54814.  Email:  info@silverwaves.net

Wyoming

Online and Digital Classes

Many schools offer this option – just ask!  Some, are specifically online.

Jewelry Workshops, Classes and Schools outside the USA

Asia

  • International Gemological Institute – Gemology.  Phone: Contact via web.  Address: World Wide:  Europe, Middle East, South Asia, East Asia. In North America:  New York, Los Angeles Toronto.

Canada

Europe

Ireland

  • Brian Clarke –  Phone:  0863432907.  Address:  The Old Schoolhouse, Ballinaclash, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.  Email:  sworkshops@eircom.net
  • The School of Jewellery Ireland –  Phone:  00 353 (0) 1838 0693  &  00 353 (0) 87 794 8025 Address:  The Garden Studio, 87 North Circular Road, Dublin 7.  Email:  studio@theschoolofjewellery.ie

Italy

  • Accademia Riaci – Phone:  +39-055289831. Address:  Via de’ Conti 4, 50123 Firenze, ITALY.  Email:  accademiariaci@accademiariaci.info

United Kingdom

  • Cross Street Workshops – Phone:  07828 977189 & 07816 368991.  Address: 14b Cross Street, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 1AJ.   Email:  annatilson@yahoo.co.uk &  smithlaila@hotmail.com
  • Edinburgh College of Art (University of Edinburgh) – Phone:  +44 (0)131 651 5800.  Address:  74 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF, UK.  Email:  eca@ed.ac.uk
  • Rachel Jeffrey Jewellry School – Phone:  01582 833800.  Address:  1 Mill Walk, Wheathampstead, St Albans, Hertfordshire AL4 8DT, UK.  Email: info@racheljeffrey.com

Mexico

  • Hacienda Mosaico –  Phone:  in Mexico:(011-52-322)225-8296 & in the US:908-891-2057.  Address:  Puerta Vallarta, Mexico.  Email:  info@haciendamosaico.com

South America

Jewelry Instruction and Information Sites

  • Kavitha Balakrishnan has a new blog. She discusses Indian (East Indian) jewelry and it’s significance in Indian culture.  Kavitha has also published a book called:  How Terracotta (natural clay) jewellery is made in India.
  • Bench Jewelers Network – A membership based subscription ($24.00 a month) with access to information, videos and a community of other artisans.  Subjects are many and varied:  stone-setting, jewelry repair, casting, shop management, fabrication and all things jewelry. Included in the subscription are all back issue of Bench Magazine – which was a great magazine.  I still miss it.
  • Create & Thrive – About turning your hobby into a business.
  • Fire Mountain Gems – Store, instructions, techniques, projects, videos, etc.
  • Ganoksin – Tons of information on every facet of jewelry making and metal working. Their archives are full of answers to all of your questions so, now you don’t need to reinvent the wheel!
  • Handmadeology – Great resource for all crafts.  Articles on selling on Etsy, Home Studios, Photographing small scale objects.
  • Instructables.com – Instructions on many things.  They have a jewelry area too!
  • Jewelers of America – Career guides, directories, etc.
  • Jewelry Making Daily – Jewelry instruction, projects, resources, galleries, videos, etc.
  • The Jewelry Making Journal – Galleries, tutorials, business of, videos, jewelry making, store.
  • JVC – Jewelers Vigilance Committee – Their site notes: Ethics, Integrity, Compliance.  Need to know about hallmarking, fair trade materials?
  • Metal Clay Academy – You want to know about metal clay – go here!
  • Metal Cyberspace – Lots of links:  organizations, books and magazines, artists, etc.
  • Metalsmiths Unite! (The Blog) –Prepare to lose yourself for hours.  I warned you!  How about a post on: Soldering Clamps – Tips from Master Goldsmith James Miller, FIPG.  BTW, the FIPG (after his name) stands for: Fellow of the Institute of Professional Goldsmiths.  James has written a book:  The Work of a Master Goldsmith: A Unique Collection. Lots of Artist interviews! 
  • Nancy LT Hamilton – Please see my YouTube site (YouTube – Nancy LT Hamilton.  There is some problem with my website and that link.  I’ve spent hours trying to fix it and still can’t get it to work!), Pinterest, join me on Facebook too!  Gotta put myself in here.  I don’t actually have a blog but, I do have a constantly growing website with a ton of jewelry making information from tool creation, links and individual skills.  Check out my question and answer pages for my responses to viewers.
  • Pat Pruitt’s blog is such a manly thing!  He’s got great designs on how to build your own pro-jeweler’s desk, how to “hotrod” the Wolf Belt Sander, In fact, it looks like he tears a lot of stuff apart and puts it back together in a unique and interesting way.  He’s got product reviews and much more.
  • SNAG – Society of North American Goldsmiths – Resources, opportunities, magazine.
  • The Studio – Rio Grande’s Blog – Learn how that tool works, videos, inspirations, instruction, contests, etc.

Gemstone Research

One must ask oneself why this is here?  Probably need to put it under gemstones.  Silly woman!  Tomorrow…

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