Queer Metalsmiths:
Honoring, centering and uplifting queer makers

Queer Metalsmiths is a community space where we honor, center and uplift 2SLGBTQIA+ jewelers, metalsmiths + makers.

Our mission is to be a safe space for queer artists to connect and support each other through visibility within the metalsmithing and craft fields.

Our community focuses on representing artists by exhibiting their work, providing educational resources, and functioning as a platform for growth and learning.

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[queerphoria] vol.5: flourish
NYCJW25

As we see the rise of fascism, ongoing dehumanization and cruelty, crumbling infrastructure, the loss of healthcare and reproductive rights, and severe climate disasters, [queerphoria] returns to NYC Jewelry Week 2025 to create a space where 2SLGBTQIA+ artists feel seen, heard and free to share their stories through jewelry and adornment.

Jewelry making and craft, historically gendered and deeply cultural, are now more than ever a powerful medium for queer truth-telling. [queerphoria] volume 5: flourish builds on the previous four volumes and explores what it means to grow, evolve, and thrive as a queer artist in today’s world. This exhibition is a defiant and joyful reclamation of space- uplifting artists, planting seeds of resistance, and flourishing.

[queerphoria] volume 5: flourish is an in-person and virtual exhibition showcasing international 2SLGBTQIA+ artists exploring themes of flourishing in adornment and sculpture. This year, [queerphoria] vol 5: flourish is being curated by Queer Metalsmiths’ co-founder Tracey Carswell along with co-founder Sol Diaz and Naomi Johnson as guest jurors. The exhibition will take place from November 17th-23rd, 2025 at Urban Glass.