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Conference Student Scholarships
| |  We are proud to announce that scholarships have been awarded to 27 recipients for the Seattle conference in May, covering their registration fees. These scholarships were made possible through the generous donations made by Todd Reed, Jewelers Mutual, Barbara Heinrich, Sam Shaw and many others. All donors will be thanked in SNAG News after the conference.
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| 2011 SNAG Election - Nominations and Elections Committee Candidate: Kristi Kloss | | |
Each week we are profiling a different candidate for the 2011 SNAG Election.
 A native Clevelander, Kristi Kloss received her BFA from Kent State in 1997 and her MFA from East Carolina in 2002. Kristi currently lives in Columbus, OH where she teaches metal arts at both Capital University and the Cultural Arts Center. Starting Spring 2009, she has been the sole jewelry professor at Capital and also manages the studio.
In addition to SNAG, Ms. Kloss is also a member of the Ohio Designer Craftsmen, the Cleveland Museum of Art, and Southern Ohio Forge & Anvil of Troy, OH where she recently became the annual conference gallery coordinator. Kristi also acts as the representative for the contract instructors on the Friends of the Cultural Arts Center Board and is a volunteer usher for events at The Ohio State University's Wexner Center for the Arts. Kristi has previously served SNAG as the first Volunteer Coordinator and regularly fills slots during the annual conferences.
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| The 2011 Exhibition in Print "FRESH" Artists | |  This year we received 433 entries to be considered for the Metalsmith Exhibition in Print. Jurors Lola Brooks and Cindi Strauss selected images by 30 artists. Consistent with the theme, this year's edition features the work of many artists who are new to Metalsmith. The essay will be an interview of the jurors by editor Suzanne Ramljak. The Exhibition in Print publishes August 12, and the list of selected artists is on our website.
Lola Brooks, jewelry designer and educator, has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design and the University of the Arts. She was recently the subject of a feature article in American Craft, and her work has previously been showcased in W, Vogue, Blackbook, and Metalsmith.
Cindi Strauss is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where she served as curator and catalogue author for Ornament as Art: Avant-Garde Jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt Collection. Recently, at SNAG's Houston conference, Strauss gave the popular presentation "At the Crossroads of Trends and Traditions: Emerging American Jewelry Artists Today." |
| Women's Jewelry Association Awards for Excellence |  SNAG's Dxecutive Director Dana Singer has been nominated for a WJA Award for Excellence in the category of Marketing/Communications. The Women's Jewelry Association honors a number of outstanding women each year who have excelled at their jobs in the jewelry and watch industry -- and by doing so have advanced the cause of women in general. A banquet at Chelsea Piers will be the venue for these awards, during the JA New York show in July. |
| Student Mixer at Seattle Conference | | |
 The Student Mixer this year will be held at May 26 at Belltown Billiards, walking distance from the Westin Hotel. Through a special arrangement with Belltown Billiards, this will be a private event, with free billiards at any of their 8 pool tables. All ages are welcome, under or over 21 and including high school students. You don't have to be a student to come to the Mixer.
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| Educator 15% Discounts at the Seattle Conference | |  Educators: You receive a 15% discount off your SNAG conference registration fee when you enlist at least five of your students to attend the conference. Send the list of the students' names to Meetings A La Carte (MALC). As soon as those five students have registered for the conference, MALC will email you a special discount code to use for your own registration.
This special offer is available to all educators, regardless of SNAG membership. Remember that SNAG members automatically pay $70 less to register than non-members, so be sure you're a member at the same time you register for the conference, for the maximum benefit. |
| SNAG Hires New Program Manager | |  Help us welcome our new program manager, Ellen Laing. Ellen comes to SNAG from being the Program Manager of the Conflict & Dispute Resolution master's program at the University of Oregon. Her responsibilities include conferences, exhibitions, member development, and pr/communications. Ellen replaces Evangelina Sundgrenz who left SNAG at the end of December. |
| Portfolio Reviewers are Up, Choose One and Pre-Register | | | Don't forget that sign up for Portfolio Reviews at the 2011 Seattle conference is open. All graduating students and emerging artists can sign up for a 20-minute portfolio review during the conference. Choose your reviewer from our list of fifteen professionals in the field. Read more. |
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