Melissa L. Crowell
Melissa (Missy) Crowell was born in 1954 and raised in Buffalo, New York. During the past 35 years she has been a freelance artist, director, and coordinator of two art galleries and a not-for-credit adult education program.
In 2005, she returned to school, was granted a Research and Creativity Fellowship and co-founded a student government organization in her major.
She graduated cum laude with a BFA in Metal/Jewelry Design in 2008.
Crowell currently designs a line of hand fabricated silver jewelry, which she actively exhibits, and is an adjunct for the Design Department.