Creative Workshop Faculty

Loraine Cooley
Jewelry

Lori Cooley has taught jewelry at the Creative Workshop since 1987. Two of her distinctive, artistic jewelry pieces were on view at MAG in the 2009 Rochester-Finger Lakes Exhibition, Rochester’s oldest and most prestigious juried show.

Lori earned a BFA in jewelry and metalsmithing at RIT and certification in art education for grades K-12 at Nazareth College. She has also exhibited at RIT’s Dyer Gallery; Craft Art of Western NY, Buffalo; Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn; Etienne Gallery, Maine; and Downey Museum of Art, CA. Her jewelry was published in The Art and Craft of Making Jewelry (2006).

Lori’s work is available in the Gallery Store and through her website.

Above: Detail of River (Reversible Necklace) by Lori Cooley.