Jewelry

Radical Jewelry Makeover is a traveling project that uses public donations of unwanted jewelry to create new, original jewelry pieces. It originally started in 2007 by a group called Ethical Metalsmiths as a way to raise awareness about the need for sustainable sourcing for metals and other art materials. Now in its Wisconsin circuit, area students and artists have taken Wisconsin donations and created new pieces of jewelry. The jewelry will be on display and available for purchase at the UW-Milwaukee Union Gallery starting Friday, April 13th and running through May 11th. We talk to the curatorial lead of the project for more information.