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.

Support QM!

🐝Join our QM family for a Virtual Residency this October!

A new program called Pollinator is offering Queer Metalsmiths members the opportunity to participate in a virtual, 5-week residency!!

Pollinator.coop extends the residency experience by matching you with a cohort of aligned peers. Members of select programs (like our QM fam!) can use this opportunity to work on a project, vision statement, application, commission, new website, or other time-bound goal in good company.

Pollinator is a free virtual, 5-week residency of mutual support designed to help you move your project forward in community. You’ll be matched with a small group of international, aligned peer artists from around the world (members and alumni from 40+ organizations- like QM!).

Over 5 weeks, you’ll connect virtually to support each other through a project or time-bound goal. You’ll learn new goal-setting methods, explore peer coaching, and have the option to invite a friend to join you (or go solo!) The goal of Pollinator is to strengthen our shared cultural ecosystems through focused cross-pollination.

🐝Use this link to join Pollinator's Pilot Program, or enter code QUEERMETAL at Pollinator.coop.🐝

The last day to sign up for Pollinator is June 30, 2025! Pollinator's pilot program launches in October, and the residency will run from October 6 – November 7, 2025.

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[queerphoria] vol.4: connection
NYCJW24

In light of current world events, artists experiencing censorship, transphobic and homophobic legislation, and the climate crisis, [queerphoria] returned to NYC Jewelry Week 2024 at Urban Glass. to create a space where artists are free to express themselves through the art of jewelry making and craft.

[queerphoria] volume 4: connection is an in-person and virtual exhibition showcasing international 2SLGBTQIA+ artists exploring themes of connection in adornment and sculpture. Curated by Queer Metalsmiths’ co-founders and co-curators SULO BEE, Tracey Carswell, and Rebecca Lee.

[queerphoria] volume 4 builds on the previous three volumes, and is an immersive in-person and virtual exhibition exploring the concept of connection in its broadest form. Artists engaged in discussions that explore their diverse interpretations of this theme; encompassing connection to culture, land, identity, politics, surroundings, nature, family, etc.