Jewelry Instructor
MFA, Metal Design - University of Oklahoma.
BFA, Painting - University of Oklahoma.
Born in Oklahoma City and based in Norman, Elyse Bogart earned a B.F.A. in Painting from the University of Oklahoma in 1974 and an M.F.A. in Metal Design in 1978. A member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, Elyse has taught jewelrymaking techniques, lost-wax casting, and enameling at the Firehouse Art Center since 1982. She also taught as an adjunct at the University of Oklahoma School of Art, the College of Liberal Studies, and the School of Human Development. Additionally, she taught at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in fall of 2008.
Elyse has exhibited her work in numerous regional and national exhibitions, including Craftforms 2013 at the Wayne Art Center in Wayne, Pennsylvania; Oklahoma Centerfold at the Leslie Powell Foundation Gallery in Lawton, Oklahoma; Function and Design and Dinner in the Deuce at Untitled Art(space) in Oklahoma City; Bedecked and Bedazzled at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art in Shawnee, Oklahoma; Elements at the Galena Art Center in Galena, Illinois; Refined III: Small Forms in Precious Metals at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas; All That Blooms and Grows at the Phoenix Center for the Arts; The Topeka Competition 21; the National Invitational Valentine Show at the Sheila Nussbaum Gallery in New Jersey; the Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition’sVisionMakers; Glorious Adornment at the Dahl Fine Arts Center in South Dakota; the Arkansas Regional Craft Biennial; the Richmond Designer Craftsmen Exhibition in California; and exhibitions at the Arts and Crafts Center of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was also featured in Artist to Artist to Artist in the June 2000 issue of Norman Living Magazine.
