Meet the Maker: Lesley Aine McKeown
Thu, Apr 11
|Stevensville
Join us for a wine and cheese welcome reception and trunk show with Lesley Aine McKeown!
Time & Location
Apr 11, 2024, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Stevensville, 1200 Butterworth Ct Upstairs, Stevensville, MD 21666, USA
Guests
About the event
You're invited! Please join us for a wine and cheese welcoming reception for the very talented Lesley Aine McKeown from Prescott, Arizona. Get to know the artist, see her beautiful work and mingle with other students, shop her gorgeous jewelry and tour the studio. Non-students welcome! Wine and cheese reception provided.
“Creating is a process constantly in motion, one that keeps the maker searching for balance. I hope to create work that provokes thought. Bordering between sculpture and jewelry each is thoughtful in design and construction representing a meaning deeper than aesthetics.”
Using low-tech traditional metal smithing techniques and tools, each piece is created in Lesley’s studio in the tradition of the American Studio Art Jewelry movement of the 1940’s through the 60’s, which dictates that the work is created entirely in the artist’s studio. Her work is hand fabricated in precious metals, sterling, high carat gold, designer cabochons and gemstones.
Biography
Creating jewelry since 1984, Lesley is the daughter of two professional artists. An artistically rich environment that molded her vision and ethic. Lesley's jewelry reflects a dedication to excellence in craft and attention to narrative. Each piece is unique with the intent to evoke conversation and represent the wearers personal expression. Lesley is currently exploring deep sculptural constructions with a botanical narrative.
Lesley lives and works in the high desert mountains of northern Arizona.
Recent Exhibitions2024
Adorned Spaces Exhibition - SNAG Conference. June 5-8, Society of North American Goldsmiths
Bring on the Gems - Snag@Tucson Exhibition. Feb 1-3 Society of North American Goldsmiths
2023
WE ARE SNAG - Anthology Ed 3 , 2023, Society of North American Goldsmiths
Bring on the Gems - SNAG @ Tucson. Feb 1-4, 2023. Exhibition live and virtual , Society of North American Goldsmiths
Small Objects - Arizona Designer Art & Craft - April 1- July 31. Tucson, Arizona
Written in Stone - Natural History Institute, Prescott, Arizona. April 28- July 14.
Publications
Interweave - Jewelry - November 18, 2017
Advice on Being a Professional Jewelry Artist from Lesley McKeown
ShoutOut HTX - December 2020
Meet the Artist- Lesley Aine McKeown
Tucson Gem Show Guide - 2020