| Educational Endowment Scholarship Recipients |
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 SNAG's Educational Endowment Scholarships are its highest awards offered to college students. The Endowment now provides four scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $3,000, including the inaugural Hoover & Strong scholarship for a graduate student designing high quality production jewelry. At least one scholarship each year goes to an undergraduate student, with undergraduate work judged separately from the graduate work.
From a pool of 69 applications this year from trade school, undergraduate and graduate students, the committee selected one Hoover and Strong Scholarship and three SNAG scholarship recipients.
 The Hoover & Strong scholarship has been awarded to Heejin Hwang, graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. The three SNAG Endowment scholarships go to Bifei Cao, graduate student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, M. Anne Kilborn, graduate  student at Ball State University, and Emily Eversgerd, undergraduate student at East Tennessee State University. The jurors were metalsmith and digital sculptor Michael Gayk, jeweler Bradley Nichols and blacksmith John Rais.
above: Heejin Hwang, Bifei Cao, M. Anne Kilborn, Emily Eversgerd |
| Contemporary Judaica in Metalsmith | |
 The article, "Post-Ethnic: Judaica Today" in the current issue of Metalsmith has drawn a lot of attention from The Jewish Museum (NYC) and the American Guild of Judaica Artists, among others.
The article features the work of many artists including Nimrod Vardi, Fred Fenster, Anika Smulovitz, and Harriete Estel Berman.
right: Tamar De Vries Winter |
| "Geography" Exhibition Catalogs Are Still Available | |
As part of SNAG's 40th annual conference, recently held in Seattle, Art Jewelry Forum organized "Geography," an exhibition of contemporary jewelry. The 80 page exhibition catalog was very popular and sold out in Seattle but can still be purchased online at Blurb.com for $24.95.
The work by 53 artists featured in "Geography" reflects the global nature of the contemporary jewelry field and the different ways jewelers react to their environment.
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| Seattle Metals Guild Commemorative Conference T-shirts | |
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The Seattle Metals Guild is still buzzing from hosting FLUX, SNAG's 2011 conference. The energy of so many talented and inspiring artists converging on their city recharged their batteries. Hopefully it did the same for everyone!
Treasure the memory of this outstanding event in a comfortable SMG T-shirt commemorating FLUX 2011 (and support the Guild at the same time). They are available in women's and men's cuts. If you didn't get one at the conference, email SMG President Dana Cassara and she'll make sure you get one. The t-shirts are $20 ($15 for students) including shipping.
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SNAG News Deadline Reminder
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A reminder to keep sending in your announcements and images for the member "Kudos" section of SNAG News. And don't forget our column devoted to promoting what guilds are doing. The next submission deadline is July 1, for the issue that publishes August 1. Email SNAG News editor Tara Jecklin.
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