Resident Artists

The Metal Museum has several full-time artists on staff, as well as artists-in-residence living and working on site. Artists complete large-scale commissions for the Museum, as well as private commissions and artwork for exhibition.

Kevin Burge

Originally from Springfield, Missouri, Kevin graduated from Missouri State University in 2006. In addition to making jewelry, silverware, and other fine metalwork, he currently heads our Conservation Lab.

Holly Fisher

Holly Fisher is Project Coordinator at the Metal Museum. Holly comes to us from Kalamazoo, Michigan where she founded a non profit metalworking school that was eventually consumed by the economic downturn. Hollly is here to perfect her blacksmithing skills as well as venture into new areas of fine metalwork.

Abraham Pardee

Growing up in Florida, Colorado, and Knoxville, Tennessee, Abe was exposed to blacksmithing during high school through a summer workshop at the Appalachian Center for Craft in Smithville, Tennessee. In 2010, he received a BFA in metals from the Appalachian Center for Craft under the tutelage of Robert Coogan. Since graduating, Abe has worked for blacksmith Caleb Kullman in western Colorado, received a student Niche Award, and started his residency at the Metal Museum in June 2011. In addition to crafting unique functional objects, Abe enjoys using blacksmithing to create original abstract sculptures.

Logan Hirsh

A native of Austin, Texas, Logan Hirsh began his Blacksmithing Apprenticeship in May 2010. He graduated from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and was the recipient of the Rickert-Ziebold Trust Art Award. His work blends the architectural and sculptural.

Jim Masterson

Jim Masterson received his Master of Fine Arts from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 1994. He began working at the Metal Museum in 2000, and is currently our Shop Foreman.

Stephanie Savic Polk

Stephanie received her MFA in sculpture from Washington University in St. Louis. She is currently best-known for her jewelry work. As an Artist-in-Residence at the Metal Museum, she is looking forward to growing the scale of her work as well as developing the content. Visit her website.

Jeannie Tomlinson Saltmarsh

Jeannie Tomlinson Saltmarsh is a Memphis native. As the daughter of an architect, her interest and love of the arts began at an early age. A University of Memphis graduate, she also attended the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, as well as courses in blacksmithing, welding and metal casting. She discovered the Metal Museum and like most desired to spend more time there. With hard work and determination, that desire is now a reality in the Artist in Residence Program. She has experience in both the smithy and the foundry and has plans to grow, create and play in both. Click here to see more of Jeannie's work.