Alydia Downs
Alydia Downs is originally from Marine on Saint Croix and is happy to be back teaching locally. She completed her bachelor’s degree from UW-La Crosse in Art and Archaeology and will be completing her MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in Blacksmithing and Metalsmithing after a semester in Sweden this coming fall. Alydia has shown her work nationwide, conducted research in archaeometallurgy, and taught classes at SIU.