Everett Hoffman is a cross-disciplinary artist who lives in Philadelphia with his partner and their dog Clementine. He received his MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University (2018) and his BFA from Boise State University (2013). He recently finished a three-year artist residency at Penland School of Craft (2020–23) and also completed a yearlong residency at Arrowmont School of Art and Craft (2018–19) and a three-month residency at the Baltimore Jewelry Center (2019). Everett’s work has been published in BmoreArt, Metalsmith and Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey, and he has written for the publications Metalsmith and Art Jewelry Forum. His work has been exhibited at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA; Contemporary Craft Museum, Pittsburgh, PA; Sienna Patti Gallery, Lenox, MA; Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; and the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece. His current body of work examines contemporary forms of protection and iconographic communication, illuminated through lights, sculptural forms and jewelry.