Academic Metals Directory · program
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Active
What happened
Real, operating 501(c)(3) art school + artists' residency in Saugatuck MI, affiliated with SAIC. Has a dedicated open-air Padnos Metals Studio that hosts jewelry-making, metals, iron pours and blacksmithing courses; 2026 catalog confirms metals/fabrication courses (e.g., Natalie Murray's blacksmithing/sculptural metals). Faculty rotate seasonally so jewelry-specific instructors vary year to year; only one current metals instructor confirmed by name.
Added in the 2026 program review; not in the original 2014 directory.
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