Academic Metals Directory · entry

Imogene Gieling

Founder and longtime professor of the metal arts program at San Francisco State University; retired 1990. Also founded UC Berkeley's metal arts department.

last checked 2026-05-29

As archived (≈2014)

Born
1923, Corsicana, Texas

Now (checked 2026)

Goes by
Imogene Gieling

Current role
Founder and longtime professor of the metal arts program at San Francisco State University; retired 1990. Also founded UC Berkeley's metal arts department.

Status
Deceased

Link
snagmetalsmith.org/2025/02/in-remembrance-imogene-tex-gieling/

Training

Undergraduate	Texas State College for Women · 1940 to 1944 BS · instructor: Toni LaSalle
Undergraduate	Hoffman School · 1946 to 1947 none · instructor: Hans Hoffman
Graduate	University of Washingtonuniversity art department · 1955 to 1956 MA · instructor: Ruth Pennington
Graduate	College of Marin · 1953 none · instructor: Victor Reis

Lineage

Taught at

San Francisco State University · 1965 to 1993

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Sources

https://snagmetalsmith.org/2025/02/in-remembrance-imogene-tex-gieling/https://snagmetalsmith.org/2019/01/2004-laa-tex-gieling/https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-imogene-tex-gieling-15637 https://sfmcd.org/tex-gieling-sixty-years/https://sfstandard.com/2025/10/23/duboce-triangle-donated-house/

From the original Tyler “Academic Metals Directory” (≈2014), brought current in 2026.

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