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Artist Consultations with Rebecca Mercado
| |  Rebecca Mercado, jewelry manager for the Buyers Market of American Craft and NICHE: The Show, will be available at the SNAG conference for 20-minute consultations with artists seeking to launch a production line or enter the wholesale marketplace. Participants are encouraged to bring photos of their work. Stop by vendor room booth #105 or email info@rosengrp.com to reserve a time. |
Seattle Metals Guild Pre-Conference Workshop Tickets are Almost Gone
| |  There are only 18 tickets left for "Demo Days."
"Demo Days" is the delicious series of eight demonstrations, May 24-25. Each demonstration lasts 1.5 hours. For just $185, you get all eight demos--you'll attend four presentations on each of the two days. Catered lunch provided. Get your tickets now if you want to be sure of getting them at all. Register through Brown Paper Tickets.
 Tickets are also still available for the all-day workshop featuring Bruce Baker, "No Trivial Pursuit: The Business-side of Being an Artist," May 26 from 9:30-4:30. Just $50.
Baker will help artists identify and overcome barriers that keep their businesses from running at peak performance, and assist them in creating stronger, healthier businesses. Tickets for available through Brown Paper Tickets.
Read more about these and many other pre- and post-conference workshops that are being produced independently in the Seattle area.
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| Educational Endowment Raffle Grand Prize: Sedona Resort & Spa Gift Package |
|  Thanks to Claire Sanford and Charlie Crowley, we've added a $75 gift certificate for the Sedona Resort restaurants to our raffle Grand Prize, which also includes:
A two-night stay at Hilton Sedona Resort & Spa; a round of golf with cart for two at Sedona Golf Resort; 9 holes of golf with carts for four at Canyon Mesa Country Club; tickets for two adults to the Out of Africa Wildlife Park; Aura Photography with 15 minute psychic reading from Mystical Bazaar; complimentary tickets for two for the Sedona Trolley; and a 2011 Sedona SuperPass coupon voucher/booklet. Courtesy of Sedona Chamber of Commerce. Arranged by Kate Lichter, Meetings a la Carte.
· Only 500 raffle tickets will be sold
· Tickets are $20 each or six for $100
· Winners will be drawn at the final night party of the SNAG conference; winners need not be present to win
· Winner is responsible for any shipping costs
View all the prizes and buy your raffle tickets online today!
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| CraftBoston Exhibitors | | | Don't forget that all SNAG members exhibiting at CraftBoston automatically receive $35 off the price of their booth fee. Be sure your membership is current and identify yourself as a SNAG member when you are juried into the show.
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| Be Seen on SNAG's Website |  If you haven't noticed all the different members' images on SNAG's website, go look now. Let SNAG help promote your work, we are always looking for more! Open only to SNAG members, send your image to Dana Singer. Format should be jpg, 200 x 200 pixels, 72 dpi. |
2011 SNAG Election - Board Candidate: Karen Lorene
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Each week we are profiling a different candidate for the 2011 SNAG Election.
 Karen Lorene is owner of Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery; publisher of Signs of Life: a Literary Journal, Buying Antique Jewelry: Skipping the Mistakes, and Celebrating 70; appraiser for five years on Antiques Roadshow, 2008 juror for the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts Craft Show; past teacher at the University of Chicago Laboratory School; double degree from the University of Washington in Fine Arts (painting) and Education, and recently honored with the Life Time Achievement Award from the Seattle Metals Guild. Presently she serves on the board of Artist Trust and is a past board member of Pratt Arts Center in Seattle, WA.
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Choose a Portfolio Reviewer and Pre-Register by May 12
| | All graduating students and emerging artists can sign up for a 20-minute session to have their portfolio reviewed by one of our fifteen professional reviewers during the SNAG conference in Seattle. A great opportunity to receive professional advice and guidance!
Slots are filled on a first-come basis. Look at the list of reviewers then email coordinator Callie Shevlin with your name, email address, and your first and second choices for a specific reviewer. You must pre-register by May 12.
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| Education Resource Room at SNAG Conference | | We still have a few tables open in the Education Resource Room. Grab the opportunity to represent your program at the SNAG conference in Seattle, May 26 through 29, for only $100.
The Education Resource Room connects representatives from universities, colleges, schools, art centers and other programs across the United States with prospective students interested in your programs. The room is open to everyone attending the conference.
Pre-registration is open until May 12. You must pre-register for a table. The Room is open Friday, May 27 from 2:45 to 4:45. It is not scheduled against the Professional Development Seminar, the Education Dialogue or any other program that will impact attendance in the room.
Register with coordinator Calina Shevlin, 940-765-3667. |
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