University Of Minnesota

Now (checked 2026)

Status
Merged / renamed

Now known as
Department of Art, University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)

What happened
The archived record's "Philip Morton 1948 to 1961" matches the documented history: Philip Morton joined the newly formed University of Minnesota Art Department in 1948 and established its contemporary jewelry and three-dimensional design programs (and one of the first university bronze-casting foundries). After the mid-century era (Morton, then Christian Schmidt teaching jewelry/design 1956–1963), the dedicated jewelry/metals studio concentration was eventually absorbed/dropped. By the time the Regis Center for Art opened (East completed 2005, finishing the Arts Quarter), the department had consolidated into broad interdisciplinary areas. Since ~2014 there is no evidence of an active, named jewelry/metalsmithing degree track at Twin Cities; metalwork continues only as part of the Sculpture & Ceramics area's foundry/fabrication facilities. No specific recent closure announcement or current metals-program chair was found.

Link
cla.umn.edu/art