University Of Texas At Arlington

Now (checked 2026)

Status
Merged / renamed

Now known as
Department of Art and Art History (College of Liberal Arts)

What happened
David Keens introduced the Metals-Jewelry Program at UTA in 1973 and was its founding figure (the archived "1974 to present" entry corresponds to his career). Over time Keens's work and the program's emphasis shifted into glass; he built and coordinated UTA's nationally recognized Glass Program. Keens retired in 2013 after 39 years on the faculty. The original Metals-Jewelry Program did not survive as a distinct, named area: by the current era the department lists Glass and Sculpture (plus Clay, etc.) as its 3D concentrations, with metals referenced only as one medium within 3D/sculpture study. So since ~2014 the metals/jewelry identity has effectively been absorbed/superseded — primarily by the Glass program Keens founded out of it — rather than continued under its own name. Department leadership has since passed to Chair August Jordan Davis (2025).

Link
www.uta.edu/academics/schools-colleges/liberal-arts/departments/art/areas-of-study