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The Metal Museum is closed August 1st through September 4th. Grand Opening on September 5, 2026.
Strike! Pour! Create!: Works by Metal Museum Apprentices
September 5, 2026 - January 31, 2027
Nina Yao, Ode to Apocrita, 2026. Steel, copper, glass bottle, and wasp. On loan from the collection of Nina Yao L2026.16.1
Strike! Pour! Create! showcases the work of over twenty apprentices that have lived, worked, and learned at the Metal Museum since the program’s founding. It explores the role of teamwork in metalworking and ways apprentices have contributed to the Museum’s mission. It also traces the evolution of the program throughout time.
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Savannah Smith, I Hope Your Flowers Bloom, 2023. Bronze, gold leaf, and acrylic. Metal Museum Permanent Collection 2023.19.1
Presenting works by artists Elizabeth Belz, Lewis Bōdy, Jake Brown, Michael Chmielewski, James Cooper, Sarah Dorau, Mak Henrickson, Logan Hirsch, Sean Kingston, Ann Klicka, J.R. Lodico, John “Duff” Medwedeff, Sam Moss, MC Floyd Nicolay, Abraham Pardee, Reed Peck-Kriss, Gary Perk, Cassi Rebman, Alexandra Rose, Timothy Schaeffer, Ian Skinner, Savannah Smith, Jeff Wallin, Chris Winterstein, and Nina Yao.
EXHIBITION & PROGRAMMING SUPPORT
Hyde Family Foundation
Windgate Foundation
OPERATING SUPPORT
ARTSmemphis
Tennessee Arts Commission
Strike! Pour! Create!: Works by Metal Museum Apprentices is part of Handwork 2026, Craft in America’s nationwide semiquincentennial collaboration showcasing the importance of the handmade and celebrating the diversity of craft that defines America.
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