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The University Of Wisconsin -Milwaukee

university art department · Active
last checked 2026-05-29

As archived

Degrees
B.F.A, M.A, M.F.A

Now (checked 2026)

Status
Active

What happened
Continuation. The metals/jewelry program remains active and robust within UWM's Peck School of the Arts (Department of Art & Design). Leadership has been stable: Yevgeniya Kaganovich has headed the Jewelry & Metalsmithing area since 2002 and remains the current professor/area head. The archived faculty list (Croft, Lacktman, Pfleger, Wagle, spanning 1965-1994) reflects the program's earlier generations; the area has since transitioned to Kaganovich's long-running leadership. No closure, merger, or rename of the metals area; it is offered as a studio discipline within the school's BA/BFA/MFA degree structure. Facilities are extensive (casting, enameling, forming, hydraulic forming, anodizing, machining, plus a blacksmithing/welding studio at Kenilworth Square East).

Link
uwm.edu/arts/students/art-design-studios/jewelry-metalsmithing/

People

Faculty

Trained here


Sources

https://uwm.edu/arts/students/art-design-studios/jewelry-metalsmithing/https://uwm.edu/arts/directory/kaganovich-yevgeniya/https://uwm.edu/arts/directory/meier-erica/https://uwm.edu/arts/academics/art-mfa/https://uwm.edu/arts/academics/studio-art-bfa/

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

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