Harlan Butt

Harlan W. Butt is an artist with over 40 years of experience working in metal and enamel.

Harlan is Professor Emeritus at the University of North Texas where he taught from 1976 to 2017. He is past President of the Enamelist Society, past President of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, Fellow of the American Crafts Council and member of the Society of American Silversmiths. He spent a year in Kyoto, Japan studying metalsmithing and cloisonné enameling in 1984/85.

His work is represented in the collections of the Enamel Arts Foundation in Los Angeles, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute, the Museum of Art & Design in NYC , the Metal Museum in Memphis, the National Gallery of Australia, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and elsewhere.