Tracy Steepy has taught in RISD’s Jewelry + Metalsmithing department for 19 years. As an artist, her work focuses on the format and subject matter of jewelry. Her material research has focused primarily on the use of resin and its inherit color potential as a signifier of content. She received her BFA from Indiana University and her MFA from SUNY/New Paltz. Her work is represented in the states at the Sienna Gallery in Lenox, MA. Her most recent bodies of work were Topographies Never Traveled featured at Sienna Gallery and Diptych: Grey and Black featured at PLATINA in Stockholm, Sweden. She was instrumental in establishing RISD’s partnership with the world-renowned Marzee Gallery in Nijmegen, Netherlands to launch the first emerging graduate-run and -curated satellite gallery in Amsterdam. She is the founder of Arch Street Studios, a collaborative event space, based in Providence, RI.
An advanced studio course, students propose and develop individual research surrounding their interests in jewelry and metalsmithing. In support of the Degree Project year, conceptual development and critical thinking are highly emphasized, and students are encouraged to explore materials and processes that best serve their ideas. As the structure of this term allows for more individual freedom, it is necessary that students maintain a high level of self-initiative, curiosity, work ethic, and time management to be successful in their independent degree project.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Senior Jewelry + Metalsmithing Students.
Major Requirement | BFA Jewelry + Metalsmithing
JM 453G-01 - GRADUATE JEWELRY 1
LevelGraduate
UnitJewelry + Metalsmithing
Subject Jewelry + Metalsmithing
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatStudio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
JM 453G-01
GRADUATE JEWELRY 1
LevelGraduate
UnitJewelry + Metalsmithing
Subject Jewelry + Metalsmithing
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatStudio
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PMInstructor(s): Tracy SteepyLocation(s): Metcalf Building, Room 211Enrolled / Capacity: 6Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
In this studio, first-year graduates begin to recognize and develop personal areas of interest. Direction is given to bring structure to the exploration of various processes, materials, concepts, and formats. Weekly individual meetings focus on student's progress and response to assignments, as well as independent research.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Jewelry + Metalsmithing Students.
In this studio course, second-year students identify and pursue personally driven research. Weekly individual meetings and studio visits take place with the instructor, and also with scheduled first-year and second-year group critiques. Students are required to maintain a continuous record of their research and development through drawings, writings, samples, models, etc. Active participation in group discussions and critiques is mandatory.
Students are pre-registered for this course by the department; registration is not available in Workday. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Jewelry + Metalsmithing Students.
Graduate J+M Thesis is a 9-credit course that meets twice a week with two different instructors. Each instructor evaluates students focusing on both studio thesis work and the theoretical concerns of the Graduate Jewelry 2 seminar. Graduate students select two advisors, for their thesis committee with J+M faculty to provide additional insight and support into their thesis work, as well as to foster other professional contacts. The final thesis requirements are a written thesis document, curriculum vitae, artist statement, artist book and professional portfolio. The resulting body of thesis work is featured in the Graduate Thesis Exhibition at the Convention Center in May. It is expected the Graduate J+M Thesis investigates unexplored territory, reveals personal idiosyncrasies and demonstrates a high level of artistic authorship and sophistication.
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Jewelry + Metalsmithing Students.
In Graduate Jewelry 2, first-year graduates hone in on recognized personal areas of interest specific to jewelry from the Fall semester. Students are encouraged to embrace new studio habits in order for individualized working methodologies to become apparent. Faculty, work with students, to foster the strengths of their natural proclivities and problem-solve areas of personal sabotage. Critical to the success of this course, it is essential that first year students demonstrate a high level of self-direction, curiosity, and drive reflected through their bench work and independent research. Course content continues to focus around jewelry's power and potential as a platform and catalyst for dialogue.
Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Graduate Jewelry + Metalsmithing Students.
