The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Over three Saturdays in July, the Thomas Street Art Complex was filled with the sounds of jewelry drills and conversations as community members participated in the Mixed Media Jewelry workshop. Offered through the UGA Community Art School at the Lamar Dodd School of Art, this workshop took place over three sessions on July 11, 18 and 25. UGA Community Art School classes are open to adults in the Athens and surrounding area, with courses offered year-round. Throughout these sessions, participants learned how to turn found and natural objects into metal jewelry, according to a press release from the School of Art. This specific workshop was led by Larissa McPherson on Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. McPherson recently earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Georgia with a concentration in jewelry metalsmithing. McPherson has incorporated mixed media work into her art, focusing on how plastics in the environment impact the human body. McPherson took her first jewelry class as an undergraduate. After graduating, she realized she wasn’t ready to stop making jewelry and began taking classes with the Metal Arts Guild of Georgia. “I took two and a half years of workshops with them and monitoring for them when they had their studios,” McPherson said. “I really loved the community and the people that are a part of metalsmithing.” This…
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