Academic Metals Directory · entry

Bob Mitchell

Last known: retired Professor of Art (Ceramics and Metalsmithing), Arkansas State University, Jonesboro; later Business Manager of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG); also taught jewelry/metalsmithing at Milwaukee Area Technical College. Deceased 2025.

last checked 2026-05-29

As archived (≈2014)

Born
1942, Decatur, Illinois

Now (checked 2026)

Goes by
Bob Mitchell

Current role
Last known: retired Professor of Art (Ceramics and Metalsmithing), Arkansas State University, Jonesboro; later Business Manager of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG); also taught jewelry/metalsmithing at Milwaukee Area Technical College. Deceased 2025.

Status
Deceased

Link
www.bacasfuneralchapelslascruces.com/obituary/robert-mitchell

Training

Undergraduate	Illinois Wesleyan University · 1960 to 1966 BFA · instructor: Fred Brian
Graduate	Southern Illinois University - Carbondale · 1964 to 1966 MFA · instructor: Nickolas Vergette
Graduate	Kansas State Universityuniversity art department · 1972 to 1973 MFA · instructor: Carlyle Smith

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