Leslie Boyd is an artist, educator and activist, born and raised in Philadelphia, PA. She studied Metalsmithing + Jewelry at Pratt Institute (BFA) and the Rhode Island School of Design (MFA). Leslie is relocating to Denver, Colorado this fall to serve as an Assistant Professor of Jewelry and Metalsmithing at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. She formerly headed up the metals program at Towson University in Maryland. Leslie is a founding member of the JV Collective and makes artwork about gender, stereotypes, political events,  and cultural appropriation.         

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