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Thank you for supporting handmade and shopping small. I am so grateful to be able to do what I do for a living and know I could not do it without you. November 28 - December 1, 2025 save 15% off the total purchase price on both FELT and Metal Jewelry by entering Coupon Code HOLIDAZE15 at checkout.
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Michele A Friedman FELT and Metal Jewelry. Handmade in Chicago, IL USA
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Michele A Friedman Art Jeweler
Selected Juried Art & Craft Shows:
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival; New Orleans, LA 2008-09, 2011-16, 2019, 2022, 2023
Saint Louis Art Fair; St. Louis, MO 2000, 2007, 2010-17, 2022
Cherry Creek Art Festival; Denver CO 2007, 2009-2015, 2018-19
Lakefront Festival of Art; Milwaukee, WI 2001, 2013, 2019-20, 2022
Art In The Pearl: Portland, OR 2013, 2017, 2021-2023
Plaza Art Fair; Kansas City, MO 2000, 2007, 2009-13, 20015-17, 2019
Philadelphia Museum Of Art Craft Show; Philadelphia, PA 2006, 2014, 2021
Des Moines Arts Festival; Des Moines, IA 2011, 2012-15, 2017, 2019, 2023
Main Street Ft Worth Arts Festival; Ft Worth, TX 2007, 2009, 2011, 2016
Old Town Art Fair; Chicago, IL 2000-2019, 2022
American Craft Council Shows; Various cities 1998 - 2019
Awards:
"Honorable Mention" 57th Street Art Fair, Chicago, IL 2023
"Second Place 3D Mixed Media" Artisphere, Greenville, SC 2023
"First Place 3D Mixed Media" Artisphere, Greenville, SC 2022
“Second in Category” Fourth Street Arts & Crafts Festival, Bloomington, IN 2019
“Best of Show” Morning Glory Fine Craft Fair, Milwaukee, WI 2015
“Second Place” St Louis Art Fair, St Louis, MO 2014, 2015
“First in Category” Boston Mills Art Fest, Peninsula, OH, 2016
“Merit Award” Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, CO 2009
“Invitation Award”, Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO, 2008
“Top Prize” Plaza Art Fair, Kansas City, MO 2007
"Award of Achievement" American Craft Council Craft Show, Charlotte, NC, 2005
“James R Thompson Merit Award” Illinois Artisans Program; 2002, 2006
Selected Galleries:
Seasons on St Croix Gallery; Hudson, WI
Bezel & Kiln; Seattle, WA
Palette Contemporary; Albuquerque, NM
Invitational Exhibitions:
SOFA Chicago represented by Palette Contemporary; Albuquerque, NM 2018
“Gemless Show” Obsidian Gallery; Tucson, AZ 2009
“Blue- A Celebration of Political Ideas” Show of Hands; Denver, CO 2008
“From Minimal to Bling” Society of Arts & Crafts; Boston, MA 2007, 2009, 2011
Publications:
“SNAG Jams” Society of North American Goldsmiths Jewelry and Metalsmithing Survey 2018
“500 Felt Objects” Lark Crafts 2011
“Art Jewelry Today 3” Schiffer Publishing, 2011
“Art Jewelry Today 2” Schiffer Publishing, 2008
“Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist” Felt Tassel & Silver Bracelet 6/2007
“Made In Illinois-An Artisan Gallery” Illinois Department of Commerce & Community Affairs, 2001
Teaching Experience:
“Cold Connections” Lill Street Studios Workshop Series; Chicago, IL 1999
Paid Apprenticeship:
Goldsmith Christine Bartling: Studio Assistant; Chicago, IL
Responsibilities included finishing 14k gold castings, prepared wax models for casting, carving original designs in wax. (1991-1993)
Education:
Undergraduate Metals Major: Parsons School of Design; NY, NY