Alexandra Rose • Did You Eat?

The Artist: In July of 2025, Alexandra Rose began a two year foundry apprenticeship at The Metal Museum in Memphis, TN. From 2022-25, Rose worked as an Artist-in-Residence at Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, AL, where they taught four seasons of the summer youth apprenticeship program, participated in almost weekly iron pouring demonstrations, led cyanotype and pewter workshops, and assisted in blacksmithing, welding, and casting workshops. During their timewith Sloss Metal Arts, they exhibited their first solo show, I Was Here: A Personal Archive In Iron, and participated in multiple group shows, such as Scale, which they helped curate, and Confluence at Lowe Mill in Huntsville, AL. In 2023, they were the recipient of an education grant from the Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths and a scholarship for F.I.R.E. at the Metal Museum. From 2019 to 2021, they worked at Artworks Foundry as the Production Assistant, which included serving as mold librarian, wax chaser/pourer, a member of the bron