Coming Into View: curators
Mary
Hallam Pearse is currently the
temporary assistant professor of Jewelry/Metalsmithing at the University of
Georgia Athens. In 2004 she was
the visiting artist lecturer in the Jewelry/Metalsmithing at the University of Wisconsin/Milwaukee. Mary Hallam Pearse received her BFA in
Crafts from Kent State University and her MFA in Metal at The State University
of New York, New Paltz. Her work has been exhibited both nationally and
internationally. Recent shows
include Sculptural Objects Functional Art (SOFA) Chicago 2005 with Sienna
Gallery, Massachusetts, The Emerging Jewelry Exhibition at Sienna Gallery in
Massachusetts and People donÕt like ideas, they just like
cool objects at vertexList
in Brooklyn, NY.
Sakurako Shimizu is a New York based artist and independent curator.
She received BFA in Design from Tokyo Zokei University in Tokyo, Japan and MFA
in Metals from the State University of New York at New Paltz. Her work is in
view at Julie Artisans' Gallery in NYC. She exhibited
her work nationally and internationally; including international juried
exhibition such as ÔItami International Craft ExhibitionÕ at The Museum
of Arts & Crafts ITAMI, Hyogo, Japan and ÔTalenteÕ at Munich International trades Fair in
Germany. Her work is in the permanent
collection of the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY.
Her work is introduced in the German craft magazine, ÔKUNSTHANDWERK
& DESIGNÕ and
in the article, ÔTrinket to Talisman: Contemporary CharmsÕ, by Vicki Halper, in Metalsmith, fall 2004. She is passionate about
introducing art jewelry to broader audiences. She curated an art jewelry
exhibition, ÔPeople DonÕt Like Ideas: They Just Like Cool ObjectsÕ at vertexList gallery in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 2005.