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In this presentation you will see how recent societal changes in educational policy and industry corporate structures have created skills and compensation gaps for individuals entering the workforce.  Nanz Aalund and Prof. Charles Lewton-Brain are two dedicated educators from the jewelry field that have gathered information from multiple research surveys to illustrate the current education to employment challenge faced by youth and industry alike. 

In this talk, Nanz Aalund and Prof. Charles Lewton-Brain will present their findings from the research and survey they conducted in 2018.

Insights are incorporated from instructors in the field of arts education, trade organization out-reach programs, and business consultants. To complete the educational picture, they will address the recent history of high school shop classes, community college and university fine arts programs to identify challenges blocking entry into creative careers utilizing craft education. To highlight new pathways to job training, they will show the importance of community supported craft centers. 

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 Nanz Aalund served as a fine jewelry designer for Nordstrom, Rudolf Erdel, and Tiffany & Co., as a marketing consultant for Neiman Marcus, and as the associate editor for Art Jewelry Magazine. She taught jewelry and metals classes at the University of Washington under Mary Lee Hu, where she received her MFA.  Aalund continued her education at Western Washington University receiving an M.Ed in College and Technical Teaching Curriculum (CTTC). Nanz is the author of multiple jewelry articles published since 1993 and the two books: “Masters Gold” from Lark Books in 2009, and the AM&P Excel Award - Silver Honors recipient, “A Jeweler’s Guide to Apprenticeships” from MJSA published 2017.

Master goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain trained, studied and worked in Germany, Canada and the United States. A distinguished Fellow of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and a Fellow of the Gemological Association of Great Britain he has lectured and taught in England, Germany, the United States, Canada and Australia. He is a consultant in the international jewelry field, his writings on his technical research have been published internationally, and he has been called upon as an expert regarding health and safety for the U.S. jewelry industry.