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Renee Zettle-Sterling

Professor of Jewelry and Metalsmithing and Foundations, Department of Visual & Media Arts, Grand Valley State University; Director, Stuart B. and Barbara H. Padnos Student Art Gallery

last checked 2026-05-30

Now (checked 2026)

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Renee Zettle-Sterling

Current role
Professor of Jewelry and Metalsmithing and Foundations, Department of Visual & Media Arts, Grand Valley State University; Director, Stuart B. and Barbara H. Padnos Student Art Gallery

Status
Active

Link
www.gvsu.edu/vma/renee-zettle-sterling-55.htm

Training

Graduate	Edinboro University of Pennsylvaniauniversity art department · 1997 MFA, Sculpture and Installation
Graduate	Edinboro University of Pennsylvaniauniversity art department · 1998 MA, Jewelry and Metalsmithing
Undergraduate	Indiana University of Pennsylvaniauniversity art department · 1993 BFA, Papermaking and Fibers

Lineage

Taught at

Grand Valley State University

Taught (in this directory)

Robyn Kane Haberkorn

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Sources

https://www.gvsu.edu/vma/renee-zettle-sterling-55.htm http://www.zettle-sterling.com/about https://www.gvsu.edu/cms4/asset/581C3C8B-FAE0-ED2A-4C7A648F07872A65/zettle-sterling_cv_2021.pdf https://www.castartandobjects.com/about-us

Surfaced in the 2026 program review. Not in the original 2014 listing.

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