The Harlan W. Butt Metalsmithing and Jewelry Studies Scholarship
Harlan W. Butt is a Regents Professor of Art at the University of North Texas where he has taught since 1976. He has exhibited both nationally and internationally for over thirty years and spent a year studying enameling and metalsmithing in Kyoto, Japan. Harlan is past President of the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG), is past president of the Enamelist Society, a Fellow of the American Crafts Council and has his work in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London; the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, the Shippo Art Museum in Ama-City, Japan; the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC; the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; the Mint Museum of Art & Craft in Charlotte, NC; the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis, TN among others. Harlan lives with his wife Robin in Denton, Texas. He also maintains a studio in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, where he spends the summer months.
In celebration of Regents Professor Harlan Butt’s 40th year of teaching at UNT and his upcoming retirement, we are striving to raise at least $20,000 in order to permanently endow a student scholarship that was first established in his name in 2006. It is our sincere hope that this scholarship will be a lasting tribute to Harlan’s immense contributions to the fields of metalsmithing and enameling as well as his legacy as a tremendous teacher and mentor. We appreciate all contributions of any amount, and gifts of $100 or more recieved by December 1, 2016 will receive an activity book inspired by Harlan's work.