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Material Topics Symposium Schedule & Registration

Student Registration Opens: September 24th, 2025

                                                        Price $95.00

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Professional Registration Opens: October 1st, 2025

                                                                 Price $150.00

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Schedule of Events

FRIDAY, JAN 16TH

12:00 – 5:00 pm   Art Drop-off and Gallery Installations

Jenkins Main Entrance | Burroughs Gallery

12:00 – 7:00 pm   Check-in 

Jenkins Main Entrance

5:30pm – 7:00 pm   Welcome in Gray Gallery

Opening Receptions: Interwoven, New Kids on the Block, Bob Ebendorf

7:00pm - 8:30pm   Emerge Gallery

Opening Reception: Still Here

7:30pm - 8:30pm   Saw/File/Solder

Test your skills

SATURDAY, JAN 17th

8:00 – 10:30 am   Late Check-In

Jenkins Main Entrance

8:00 – 9:00 am   Light Breakfast

Bagels, Muffins, Yogurt, & Juice or Coffee

9:00 – 9:15 am   Opening Remarks

Room 1220

9:15 – 10:15 am   Key Note Lecture

Bella Neyman  |  Creating Community across Jewelry Genres  |  Room 1220

10:40 – 12:10 pm   Breakout Session 1

[Details to Follow]

        Steven KP  |  Room 129

    Mark-Making with Scrimshaw

        Margo CsipÅ‘  |  Room 221

    A Perfect Burnout: Casting with Organics

        Sara Brown  |  Room 1322

    Burnt Big Enamels

        Grant Turner  |  Room 1325

12:30 – 1:30 pm   Lunch

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2:00 – 3:30 pm   Breakout Session 2

    [Details to Follow]

        Steven KP  |  Room 129

    Mark-Making with Scrimshaw

        Margo CsipÅ‘  |  Room 221

    A Perfect Burnout: Casting with Organics

        Sara Brown  |  Room 1322

    Burnt Big Enamels

        Grant Turner  |  Room 1325

3:00 – 4:00 pm   Coffee Break

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4:15 – 5:15 pm   Afternoon Lecture

Melis Agabigum  |  Infinite Lines and the Spaces Between  |  Room 1220

7:00 pm – Close   Evening Social & Pin Swap

  Uptown  Brewery  |  418 Evans Street  |  Greenville, NC

SUNDAY, JAN 18th

8:00 – 9:00 am   Light Breakfast

Bagels, Muffins, Yogurt, & Juice or Coffee

9:15 – 10:15 am   Morning Lecture

 Rebecca Elliot  |  [Details to Follow]  |  Room 1220

10:40 – 12:10 pm   Breakout Session 3

    Brooching the Back

        Laurel Fulton |  Room 129

    Weaving/Connecting Idea + Material

        Brooke Marks-Swanson  |  Room 221 

    Volts + Vibes: Anodized Aluminum

        Lynn Batchelder  |  Room 1322 

    Soluble Structures & Enameled Surfaces

        Melis Agabigum  |  Room 1325

12:30 – 1:30 pm   Lunch

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2:00 – 1:30 pm   Breakout Session 4

    Brooching the Back

        Laurel Fulton  |  Room 129

    Weaving/Connecting Idea + Material

        Brooke Marks-Swanson  |  Room 221 

    Volts + Vibes: Anodized Aluminum

        Lynn Batchelder  |  Room 1322 

    Soluble Structures & Enameled Surfaces

        Melis Agabigum  |  Room 1325

3:30 – 4:00 pm   Coffee Break

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4:15 – 5:15 pm   Capstone Lecture

 Steven KP  |  [Details to Follow]  |  Room 1220 

5:15 – 5:45 pm   Closing Remarks

  Room 1220 

7:30 – 10:00 pm   Closing Reception

Starlight Cafe  |  104 West 5th Street  |  Greenville, NC

SILENT AUCTION

Donations Accepted Dec 1st – Jan 16th 

Individuals interested in donating, please email: ecusymposium@gmail.com

Saturday Hours

Open:  8:30 – 10:30  |  12:10 – 2:00 pm  |  3:30 – 6:00 pm

Sunday Hours

Open:  8:30 – 10:30  |  12:10 – 1:45 pm

Bidding closes

1:45 pm

Item Pick-up

5:45 – 6:30 pm

Venue

Jenkins Fine Art Center

610 Trustees Way

Greenville, NC 27858

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