Discover our Jewelry / Metal Arts Program, where traditional and contemporary art practices meld. We've offered metal arts courses for more than a century, encouraging you to fabricate a range of refined metal works -- from wearable art to experimental sculpture -- and develop your craft. Our notable alumni are creating truly meaningful pieces that expand the boundaries of the metal art form.

Our diverse Jewelry / Metal Arts curriculum emphasizes skilled craftsmanship, metal arts history, conceptual rigor, and craft theory. With nationally recognized faculty and acclaimed visiting artists as mentors and sources of inspiration, you’ll build a strong foundation of metalsmithing techniques. You’ll also develop your individual voice -- your sense of design and aesthetics -- as you reshape materials and push them in new directions.

Learning inside CCA's elite arts environment, which includes several fine arts programs nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report, you’ll have the resources you need to shape a promising future in jewelry or metal arts. From professional-practice courses to Bay Area internships to local gallery opportunities, you’ll earn an education that extends far beyond the classroom -- one that fully prepares you for a lifelong creative career in metal arts.