ART AND CRAFT of jewelry making is shown by Adeline Tabicus, a solderer.
North Attleboro High School’s Studio Art students recently got a hands-on lesson in ring making at the new jewelry manufacturing training facility at the Rhode Island College Art Center. With an oxy-propane torch in one hand and stick solder in the other, students stepped up to a jewelers bench as participants in the Jewelry Clubs Initiative, a Manufacturing Jewelers and Suppliers of America (MJSA) school-to-career pilot program.
MJSA launched the Jewelry Clubs Initiative as a problem solving exercise for high school students using jewelry manufacturing as a medium.
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Through the program, students manufacture an item of their own design while confronting problems in physics, math and chemistry.
”The Jewelry Clubs Initiative bridges the gap between education and the jewelry industry,” said David Doll, MJSA’s director of education. “Introducing students to jewelry manufacturing is perfect, because they are able to relate to the jewelry they design.”
The initiative has attracted 100 students at five schools in Southern New England: North Attleboro High School, Coehlo Middle School in Attleboro, Central Falls High School, Mount Pleasant High School and Central High School.
Vannderbeck-Stern Leach, BCS Casting, The Jewelry Outlet, Krohn Industries and industry consultant Greg Thompson generously contributed equipment and services to the program.
With the help of MJSA, New York, California and several other states are beginning programs based on this prototype.
MJSA, founded in 1903, is the only trade association representing American jewelry manufacturers and their suppliers.
The association seeks to protect and enhance the American jewelry industry through education, government affairs, trade shows, and cost saving programs.
For more information about MJSA and the Jewelry Clubs Initiative, call David Doll at (800) 444-MJSA, ext. 3041.
