Bruce Metcalf

He received his B.F.A. in Crafts/Metalsmithing in 1972 at Syracuse University. He also majored in Architecture at Syracuse from 1968-1970. From 1972-73 he attended Montana State University and from 1973-74 attended State University of New York at New Paltz. In 1977 he received his Master of Fine Arts in Metalsmithing and Jewelry at Tyler School of Art at Temple University.

• Co-author with Janet Koplos of "Makers: 20th Century American Studio Crafts", to be published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2009
• Senior Lecturer 2007, 1999, 1997, 1994–1995, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Advisory Committee, “Craft in America” television series
• Instructor 1992, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Associate Professor of Jewelry/Metals 1986 - 1991 Assistant Professor 1981-1986, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
• Contributing Editor, Metalsmith magazine, 1980–1992, 1995–2001
• Visiting Instructor, 1983, University of Houston Graduate School of Architecture, Houston, Texas
• Instructor of Metalsmithing 1979-1980, Department of Continuing Education Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
• Artist-in-Residence 1980, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
• Temporary Instructor of Metalsmithing 1977-1978, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Benchworker for "New England Weather," Leverett, Massachusetts, (production of silver jewelry) 1974-1975
• Benchworker for Kurt Matzdorf, New Paltz, New York 1974

• Artist’s Project Grant, Pew Fellowships in the Arts, 2002
• Society of North American Goldsmiths Metalsmith Writer’s Award, 1997
• Pew Fellowship in the Arts, 1996 [2]
• National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artists Fellowship 1992
• Fulbright Teaching & Research Fellowship in Seoul, Korea, 1990
• Kent State University Creative Activity Grants, 1983, 1989
• Ohio Arts Council Crafts Fellowships, 1983, 1984,1988
• Massachusetts Council on the Arts and Humanities Artists Foundation Fellowship, 1980
• Colorado State University Faculty Improvement Research Grant, 1977
• National Endowment for the Arts Craftsmen's Fellowship, 1977

• Philadelphia Museum of Art, PA, 2002
• Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, 2002
• Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY, 1998
• Cooper-Hewitt National Museum of Design, New York NY, 1997
• Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 1996
• Le Museé des Arts Décoratifs de Montréal, Canada, 1993
• Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst, S'Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, 1992

• Crafts: Second Class Citizens?, in Metalsmith magazine, 1980.
• Crafts New Borderland: A Grass Roots Movement of Handcraft is Taking Hold[3]
• The Meaning of Making, Catalogue essay for "Craft as Content: National Metals Invitational", Emily Davis Gallery, The University of Akron, Ohio 1987.
• On the Nature of Jewelry, in Jewelry Australia Now. Craft Australia Series Publication, 1989.
• Replacing the Myth of Modernism, in American Craft, February/March 1993, Volume 53, Number 1.

• U. Ilse Neumann, American Studio Jewelry Movement - Créateurs de bijoux américains du XXème siècle, in "Bijou, Objet, Corps. In-corporer", L'Harmattan, 2008, ISBN 978-2-296-07029-5

• Artist's website
• https://web.archive.org/web/20081113134435/http://www.charonkransenarts.com/artists/Metcalf_6_2005/artist_metcalf.html