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After graduating cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Metalsmithing and Jewelry from the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, Leanne Silva spent several years working extensively as a goldsmith, as well as a glass artist. Recently, she had the honor of studying with renowned glass artist and colorist, Sue Ellen Fowler at The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, in Corning, New York. In her experiences as a glass artist, she has worked out of a hot shop (furnace) and finally, moved to lampworking (torch) so the size of the glass could be combined into her jewelry. Her work has been sold internationally. She teaches part time at Diablo Glass School and has had several apprentices in both disciplines, metal and glass. She is a member of the American Craft Council and is a past member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths. She was a finalist for the 2009 Christy Wright Scholarship for Glass Art from the Penland School of Crafts. Her work has been featured in The Provincetown Banner, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Cape Cod Magazine, and Cape Cod Life. She is a recipient of the Cape Cod Life Magazine 2010 Gold Award for Best Jewelry Store on the Outer Cape. Leanne owned and operated the aforementioned gallery with a working glass and jewelry studio on the premises, Studio La Sil, the art of jewelry, located at the tip of Cape Cod. There, in the front window of the gallery, you could have observed her working glass on her torch as well as fabricating and designing jewelry from a rough form to a polished piece of wearable art, signed with her pseudonym, La Sil. Now she is in search for a new place to fuel her fire.