Jolynn Santiago has been pursuing a career as a jeweler and educator for twelve years. she graduated Summa Cum Laude from Kent State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewelry/Metals/Enameling in 2013 and after some time of building her portfolio, enrolled in SUNY New Paltz where she received the State University of New York at New Paltz Master of Fine Arts Scholarship and graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Master of Fine Arts in Metal in 2019.
After graduating, Jolynn was an artist-in-residence at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts where she continued building her graduate work and exploring experimental casting techniques. In 2023, she moved to Vermont where she continues to experiment and create new work. She has plans to teach a growing variety of classes at her workshop, the Shelburne Craft School, and the Generator in Burlington, Vermont.
Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally. Recently, several of her rings were selected for Schmuck 2023 in Munich, Germany and Melting Point Valencia in Valencia, Spain. Jolynn’s work has been published in Metalsmith Magazine, On Offer and Autor Contemporary Jewelry Magazine, so don’t miss your chance to see these beautiful items in person during July’s Gallery Night.
Eric Cannizzaro grew up in Vermont where he developed a life-long interest in natural history. After high school he spent several years working odd-jobs and traveling in Central and South America. In 2010 he enrolled at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington to study natural history and ornithology. At Evergreen he found his way to the wood shop where he began to explore arched instrument making and furniture making. After years of going back and forth between field biology and woodwork he accepted a residency at the Arbutus Folk School in 2017, where he studied the techniques employed in Windsor chair making and adapted them to the tools and materials available to him. In 2019, Eric apprenticed with Curtis Buchanan, a Windsor chairmaker in Jonesborough, Tennessee, and accepted a residency at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. He currently lives in Charlotte, Vermont where he make chairs and teach chair making classes.