Ellyse is a jeweler and enamelist who earned a BFA from Tyler School of Art and training through many years of working on Philadelphia's historic Jeweler's Row. Ellyse has taught at Peter’s Valley School of Crafts and is a regular faculty member at Fleisher Art Memorial. Ellyse is a co-owner of Night Shift Studio, a jeweler’s studio co-operative and curatorial project.

Maureen earned her BFA at Moore College of Art and MFA at SUNY New Paltz and is passionate about both teaching and making. Valuing the opportunity to impart

her technical expertise to others, she has taught at many craft schools and universities on the east coast while simultaneously maintaining a strong professional studio practice. Her work is inspired by the repetitive elements of the urban landscape and can be found at craft fairs and galleries in the Greater Philadelphia area.

Valerie James is a Philadelphia-based jewelry artist and educator with an MFA from RISD and a BFA from Tyler School of Art, where she currently teaches. She has taught at institutions across the Northeast, including RISD, Brooklyn Metal Works, Peter’s Valley, and Metalwerx. In her current practice, she uses intricate techniques such as engraving to translate the gesture of traversed spaces, and document them through objects and jewelry.

Kaitlin Kerr is an artist, educator, and small business owner based in Philadelphia. She holds a BFA in Crafts: Metals from the University of the Arts and has over 15 years of teaching experience in the field. She currently holds a teaching position at Tyler School of Art and Architecture. Through Echo Metals, she creates bold, colorful enamel jewelry, and as co-founder of Alloy Atelier, she merges her creative and teaching experience.

Sarah Montagnoli is a Philadelphia-based jeweler and metalsmith with a BFA from Moore College of Art & Design and an MFA and Teaching Certification from Tyler School of Art. She currently teaches jewelry at both Tyler and Rowan University. In her work, Montagnoli creates pillowed metal forms that act as vessels for encapsulating fragments of herself and her past, to be rewritten or observed from a removed perspective.

Wendy Tonsits is a jeweler and metalsmith with a degree from Philadelphia College of Art and gemology training from GIA, where she worked as a diamond specialist. She ran a community jewelry studio in Atlanta for 12 years and now works out of her studio at the Bok Building in Philadelphia, teaching at Alloy Atelier, Abington Art Center, Main Line Art Center, and Fleisher Art Memorial.