Marc Maiorana is a full time metalsmith and has taught workshops at the Haystack School of Crafts, Peters Valley School of Craft, Penland School of Craft, and Yestermorrow Design Build School. His work has been featured in Audi, American Craft, Dwell, Food and Wine, Gourmet, Metalsmith, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. A former Penland resident artist, Marc was awarded a Professional Fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and is in the permanent collection of The Peabody Essex Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Metal Museum, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.