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I’m Evelyn Kline, a metalsmith and enamelist from the mountains of North Carolina. I graduated from Appalachian State University with my BFA and I am currently an Artist In Residence at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts. I love being outside and collecting cute tiny objects.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2018 Workshops in Painting and Drawing, Metalsmithing, Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program  

2019 Workshops in Flameworking, Metalsmithing, Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program
2023 Telling Stories in Cloisonne Enamel with Aurelié Guillaume, Penland School of Craft

2024  BFA  in Studio Art with a concentration in Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design, Appalachian State University

Awards and Residencies

2022 Toe River Arts Scholarship for the Arts

2024 Winter Pentaculum, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

2025-2026 Artist-In-Residence, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts

Exhibitions

2022 Appalachian State University Art Expo

2023 Appalachian State University Art Expo
     Emergence: A Survey of Southeastern Studio Programs, The Bascom
     Memento Mori, Nightshift Studio

2024 Cabinet of Curiosities, 3rd Place 

     SNAG Juried Student Exhibition

2025 Resilience: Artists Respond to Hurricane Helene,  Mica - Fine Contemporary Craft

     Under Fire 5 - Enamel Guild Northeast 

Related Work Experience
2022-2023 Metals Studio Monitor, Appalachian State University  
2022-2023 Sculpture Studio Monitor, Appalachian State University

2024  Internship,  Laura Wood Studios

Art Instructor, Upward Bound at Appalachian State University
2023-2025 Jeweler, Foggy Mountain Gem Mine

Service
2020-2023 Bridge Art Club at App State (serving as President, 2021-2023)

2023 Penland Community Open House, Metals Studio Volunteer

2024 Penland Community Open House, Metals Studio Volunteer

2025 Penland Community Open House, Metals Studio Volunteer

Publications and Press
2024 The Laurel of Asheville