Tag: Michael Coan

  • Two Jewelry Design students win Cultured Pearl Association awards

    Two FIT second-year students, Victor Rouesné and Luna Gwak, have won the Cultured Pearl Association of America’s design competition, student division. This was the first year that student work was judged separately. Students had to sketch (by hand or with CAD) their designs, which could feature any color, shape, or variety of fine cultured pearls…

  • Variety in Designs and Materials Mark the Work of This Year’s Jewelry Design Grads

    Variety in Designs and Materials Mark the Work of This Year’s Jewelry Design Grads

    From a class that began during COVID lockdown with 18 students, eight are graduating this week, making it through the Jewelry Design program with “perseverance, dedication and a whole lot of talent,” says Prof. Michael Coan. The students will be entering a new world, with greater demands for more “personalized” jewelry, says Prof. Coan. That’s…

  • The semester’s first assignments

    How do you teach remotely a curriculum grounded in creativity? Creatively. The high level of teaching and student engagement within the School of Art and Design shows how quality instruction can take place under unusual circumstances. First assignments are often what set the pace. This semester, there’s no such thing as being too far away…

  • Jewelry Design Senior Exhibit: “Somehow we top the year before”

    “Every year we wonder if we can top the last year, and somehow we do,” says Jewelry Design Professor Michael Coan, referring to both the graduating student work currently on exhibit and designs singled out for Accessories Design Council awards. Of note this year, are the boldly sculptural designs that illustrate how digital tools and…

  • David Yurman is a Jewel for FIT

    Twenty-eight graduating seniors in Jewelry Design. Twenty-three boxes of gems. One generous and creative donor.  One department that knows how to make its students shine. What’s more is the department expects to have enough gems to go around for years to come. The creative donor is David Yurman, a great friend of the school and…