To mark the occasion of Brooklyn Metal Works’ 15th anniversary, In The Gallery presents Here, There, and Everywhere (June 13 - August 30), a juried exhibition of jewelry and objects by members of the Brooklyn Metal Works alumni network. 

Featuring 34 artists, Here, There, and Everywhere is a reunion, a yearbook, a map, and a moment in time. This past spring, Brooklyn Metal Works put out an open call among past and present studio members, faculty, staff, and exhibiting artists, for work made during or after the artists’ time at BKMW. Nearly a hundred artists submitted work for consideration, including textiles, painting, glass, and ceramics, alongside jewelry and metal works. Brooklyn Metal Works Co-Founders, Erin S. Daily and Brian Weissman, and guest juror Barbara Paris-Gifford, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Craft, and Design at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), selected 34 artists for display whose body of work exemplify innovative and interdisciplinary craftsmanship.

A cornerstone of New York City's jewelry community, Brooklyn Metal Works (BKMW) is the artistic hub of all things metal and jewelry. Founded in 2011 by Erin S. Daily and Brian Weissman, it began as a radical experiment driven by a shared love of the craft.  This year, it celebrates its fifteenth-year anniversary of cultivating the careers of countless makers, educators, curators, and students.  

 Here, There, and Everywhere recognizes this milestone. Part of the nationwide semi-quincentennial initiative, Handwork: Celebrating Craft 2026, organized by Craft in America, this juried exhibition consists of jewelry and objects made by members of the BKMW alumni network. It honors the many people who have passed through BKMW's doors and the impact the organization has had on their creative lives. Featured artists include some of the field's most respected voices, such as Sulo Bee, Lin Cheung, Lauren Kalman, and Myra Mimlitsch-Gray, alongside artist/instructors including Caroline Gore, Valerie James, Sergey Jivetin, and Ashley Khirea Wahba. All works on view were created during or after the artists' time at BKMW.

 What began as a single floor of workbenches, an educational studio, and an exhibition space has grown into a facility three times its original size, with expanded capabilities, additional benches, and a dedicated library. In 2019, BKMW further extended its support of BKMW artists with the opening of Specific Gravity, a retail gallery devoted to jewelry and objects.

 Contained within the walls of BKMW are the storytellers of our time—artists who embed jewelry and objects with narratives that connect maker, material, wearer, and our cultural context. BKMW is the place where they gather, discuss, debate, share, make, and exhibit their work, encouraging new ideas and deeper understandings. It takes a multitude of perspectives to move a community forward, and for the last decade and a half, BKMW has fostered the discourse that continues to expand the possibilities of the metal arts.