Darcie Beeman-Black holds a Master of Fine Art in Metals from Memphis College of Art. Art jewelry construction is her specialty. She was the inaugural Youth Initiative Coordinator at the Metal Museum in Memphis before she was awarded a Graduate Internship from the Getty Foundation in 2019. She now lives in Los Angeles and works at The Getty Center in the Education department.
Darcie won the Juror’s Choice Award in the 2017 Charles Lewton-Brain International Foldforming Competition, the River Arts Fest Scholarship, the Hohenberg MFA Scholarship, and the SNAG Conference Scholarship last year. The Walter Anderson Museum of Art, the Palos Verdes Art Center, the University Museum at Southern Illinois State University, and University Galleries at University of Arkansas Little Rock and Henderson State University exhibited her work. Models have carried her work down runway shows in Los Angeles and New Orleans. She was selected as a Winter Artist Resident at the Penland School of Arts and Crafts in North Carolina in 2017 and 2018. Darcie is an active member of the College Art Association and Society of North American Goldsmiths.
Darcie won the Juror’s Choice Award in the 2017 Charles Lewton-Brain International Foldforming Competition, the River Arts Fest Scholarship, the Hohenberg MFA Scholarship, and the SNAG Conference Scholarship last year. The Walter Anderson Museum of Art, the Palos Verdes Art Center, the University Museum at Southern Illinois State University, and University Galleries at University of Arkansas Little Rock and Henderson State University exhibited her work. Models have carried her work down runway shows in Los Angeles and New Orleans. She was selected as a Winter Artist Resident at the Penland School of Arts and Crafts in North Carolina in 2017 and 2018. Darcie is an active member of the College Art Association and Society of North American Goldsmiths.