TORRIE

Work Experience

2018

  • Teachers Assistant, Argentium intensive series with Ronda Coryell
  • Shop & Sip Small Business Saturday 

2015

  • Artist Assistant, Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, The Original

  • Ann Arbor Art Hop

  • Metalsmithing Lab monitor at Eastern Michigan University

2014

  • Undergraduate Symposium, Eastern Michigan University

Education

2017

  • Argentium intensive series with Ronda Coryell 
    - Studied Argentium silver 

2015

  • Eastern Michigan University
    Bachelor of Fine Arts, magna cum laude, Metalsmithing
    - Studied Fusing of Metals. Argentium Silver and Gold with Steel

2014

  • University of Georgia - Cortona Italy Study Abroad program
    - Studied ancient Etruscan granulation techniques and Lost-wax casting

2013

  • Western Michigan University
    - Studied Enameling

Exhibitions

2015

  • Fresh, Eastern Michigan University Senior Capstone Exhibition, Ford Gallery, Ypsilanti, Michigan 
  • University of Georgia 45th annual Cortona reunion, Lamar Dodd School of Art Galleries, Athens Georgia

2014

  • Ispiriazione Etrusca, Museo dell'Accademia Etrusca di Cortona, Cortona, Italy
  • NASAD: work selected for student showcase
  • Mostra Estate, Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy

2013

  • Eastern Michigan University Annual Juried Student Show, Ford Gallery, Ypsilanti, Michigan

Grants

2015

  • Special Recognition, Liggit Family and Friends Teaching & Learning Partnership, Eastern Michigan University

Workshops Attended

2017

  • Marlene Richey
  • Jim Dailing 

2014

  • Chris Nelson

2013

  • Dale Wedig
  • Andy Cooperman
  • Laura Wood

Affiliations

2014

  • Michigan Silver Smiths Guild

2013

  • Society of North American Goldsmiths