Academic Metals Directory · program

Middle Tennessee State University

university art department · Closed

last checked 2026-05-29

As archived

Degrees
B.F.A

Now (checked 2026)

Status
Closed

What happened
The archived "Klaus Kallenberger 1966 to present" record was already stale when the directory went offline. Kallenberger — the program's metals/jewelry/silversmithing professor (MFA jewelry & silversmithing, Univ. of Kansas; he designed MTSU's ceremonial maces and chain of office) — taught roughly 1966 to 2002 and RETIRED in 2002 after 36 years. There is no evidence the metals/jewelry teaching area continued under a successor. By the present-day Department of Art and Design, the studio BFA emphases are ceramics, painting, printmaking, and sculpture only; no metals/jewelry concentration exists. So the program effectively ended with Kallenberger's 2002 retirement rather than surviving as a degree path; it was not renamed or merged into a continuing metals concentration.

Link
art.mtsu.edu/programs/

People

Faculty

Klaus Kallenberger · 1966 to present

Sources

https://tnartscommission.org/permanentcollection/klaus-kallenberger/https://art.mtsu.edu/programs/https://www.mtsu.edu/program/art-studio-concentration-b-f-a/https://art.mtsu.edu/about/

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

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