Live Auction at the SNAG Conference
Get ready for our live auction Saturday evening at 8:00 pm, auctioning off
just five select pieces donated by some of our distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award recipients: the 2012 recipient J. Fred Woell, Brent Kington, Mary Ann Scherr, Imogene "Tex" Gieling, and Arline Fisch.
All proceeds help underwrite the new Member Profile pages on SNAG's new website. You'll find out more about this at the conference and in next week's Riveting News. Stay tuned.
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2012 Windgate Fellows Announced
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Rachel Columb
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Each year, the Center for Craft, Creativity & Design awards graduating seniors each with $15,000 in the form of a Windgate Fellowship. This money gives these emerging artists the validation and financial resources to pursue their dreams.
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Patrick Aaron Decker
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A total of 10 Fellows were announced. Three of them were in Jewelry/Metals.
Rachel Columb, University of Georgia, BFA in Jewelry/Metals
Patrick Aaron Decker, Maine College of Art, BFA in Jewelry/Metals
Brian Fleetwood, Institute of American Indian Arts, BFA in Jewelry/Metals
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Brian Fleetwood
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The Center received 114 nominations from 66 universities - the highest number of nominations and the most schools that haveparticipated since the program began in 2006. Fora complete list of Fellows and other information, go to the Center's website.
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Forging on the River
This Saturday, May 25, is International Blacksmith Day. All day at The Metal Museum is free admission, an aluminum pour, and blacksmithing demos. Always a fun day.
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CERF+ Business Insurance Guidebook
From the Craft Emergency Relief Fund + Artists' Emergency Resources comes a useful new tool for artists. The Business Insurance Guidebook for Artists distills the key points of business property, liability, and disaster insurance into a pocket-sized booklet.
Not many people look forward to shopping for insurance. But this resource is designed to make it relatively painless by demystifying the process and putting the information you need to know at your fingertips.
The pocket-sized Business Insurance Guidebook for Artists is available for $3 at the CERF+ Store. A pdf version of the guidebook is available to download free at the Studio Protector website.
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 Booksigning at the Conference Four distinguished artists will sell and sign copies of their books. Special event Friday at 3:30.
Presenter Steve Midgett, "Mokume Gane: A Comprehensive Study," and "Mokume Gane In a Small Shop" book and DVD set
Charles Lewton-Brain, "Foldforming"
Harlan Butt, "The National Parks Project: Vessels"
Lisa Slovis Mandel, "Pewter Studio"
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New Browser Version for Digital Metalsmith 
In the next issue of Metalsmith, which mails out June 1, you'll see a new browser for the digital version. A new side navigation bar carrying frequently used tools, a new "Share" button for social networking sharing of pages, and other changes that include:
- Faster page presentation
- Improved search interface
- Bigger thumbnails
- Blacker text
- More vibrant images
Also newly added for a better user experience:
- Highlighted links
- Improved integration of website content into the digital
- magazines and apps
- Upgrade of proprietary email server software
- A new CDN company for even faster delivery
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 Registration Open
Forging Entrepreneurs: Tools and Skills for
Business Success
SNAG's new business symposium for independent jewelers and metalsmiths running small businesses.
One full day, Sunday August 26, Pittsburgh, PA, in collaboration with the Society for Contemporary Craft. Eight presentations, each given twice. Four presentations address technical ways to be more productive and improve your bottom line. The other four will advance your business acumen.
Cost is only $125, and attendance is capped at 100 people. Registration closes July 15. Find Out More Here.
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This Week
Live Auction at
SNAG conference
2012 Windgate Fellows
Forging on the River
Business Insurance
Guidebook from CERF+
Booksigning at
the conference
Digital Metalsmithnew browser
Forging Entrepreneurs
registration open
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About SNAG
The Society of North American Goldsmiths supports and advances the professional practice of artists, designers, jewelers and metalsmiths. SNAG provides access to a vibrant and passionate community, through education, innovation, and leadership. |
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