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Long Beach City College

community / technical college · Active
last checked 2026-05-29

Now (checked 2026)

Status
Active

What happened
Continuation with leadership change. The archived record listed Marcia Lewis (chasing/metalsmithing artist, faculty 1978–) as the program's long-time instructor. Since ~2014 the program has continued uninterrupted and modernized into a full Jewelry & Metalsmithing / Applied Design offering. Tanya Crane (MFA Metalsmithing+Jewelry, UW-Madison; BFA Metal, SUNY New Paltz) is now the lead full-time professor / program head, having succeeded Lewis as the senior metals faculty. The program was active and recruiting students as recently as 2022 (Viking News coverage) and the LBCC program pages remain live in 2025–2026. No closure, merger, or rename of the discipline — it remains within the Visual & Media Arts / Applied Design area.

Link
www.lbcc.edu/jewelry-metalsmithing

People

Faculty
Marcia Lewis · 1978 to present

Sources

https://www.lbcc.edu/jewelry-metalsmithinghttps://www.lbcc.edu/applied-designhttps://www.lbcc.edu/contact/tanya-crane-1https://americanart.si.edu/artist/marcia-lewis-5885https://lbccviking.com/2022/11/jewelry-and-metalwork-course-opens-doors-for-studentshttps://programmap.lbcc.edu/academics/interest-clusters/40e8babd-d8af-4a5e-91ee-2b5b24544be8/programs/90379a3c-fa60-182f-54dd-498ecf4c506d

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

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