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Dana Singer
Dana Singer, Executive Director 
Week of July 9, 2012

Greetings!  

We have just added Glen Gardner of GSG Design and the ExOne Company to the list of presenters at our business symposium, "Forging Entrepreneurs: Business Tools and Skills for Success." 

As part of the Technical track, Glen will talk about how utilizing 3D printing can improve your productivity. His presentation dovetails nicely with Ron McNeish's Business Track presentation on how to launch a successful business combining new technology with Old World craftsmanship.

The symposium's registration deadline is coming up fast -- July 15. It's a strong lineup, and don't forget attendance is capped at 100, to keep all eight sessions on an intimate scale. Click here for more information and an easy, quick registration. 
Curatorial Fellowship Opening
Piero Fenci-Battlement 
 
The Houston Center for Contemporary Craft has an opening for a full-time three-year Curatorial Fellow. Grant-funded salary, housing allowance and benefits, Fall 2012 to Summer 2015.
 
Assist the Curator to develop, execute, and manage at least six feature exhibitions each year. Research, curate, and implement an additional six exhibitions each year in an alternative exhibit space focused on emerging and/or regional talent. Gain insight into marketing, fundraising, education and social media. Work with staff on public programs that advance the mission of HCCC. 

 

Click here for the full job description and application information. Deadline: August 15. 
PDS
Comparing Shipping Costs and
Insurance
This Slideshare presentation by artist Loring Taoka, from the 2012 Professional Development Seminar, is now available on SNAG's website.

Take time to also listen to "Packing One-of-a-kind Artwork for Shipping" by artist Harriete Estel Berman, and to "Horror Stories: Packing and Shipping Recommendations" from Leila Hamdan, former curator, The Metal Museum.

We'll continue to let you know each week as the other talks from this year's Professional Development Seminar are available. 
Register TODAY for SNAG's Business Symposium
For independent jewelers and metalsmiths running small businesses. Sample topics include
  • Tools to identify and build your customer base  
  • How to successfully transition from making one-of-a-kind pieces to production work  
  • Small-scale forging for jewelers
  • Technical choices that build a viable studio 

Presenters Wayne Werner, Todd Pownell, Michelle Pajak-Reynolds, Brigitte Martin, Adam Kenney, Ron McNeish, Glen Gardner, and Beverly Tadeu share valuable business advice and technical insights that are guaranteed to improve your productivity and bottom line.

Sunday August 26, all day, in partnership with the Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA.  Only $125 and attendance is capped at 100 attendees.

Deadline to register: July 15.  Read more or register here.

SNAG Corporate Member: Jewelers Mutual Insurance  

Jewelers MutualJewelers Mutual Insurance Company proudly continues to be a Corporate Member of SNAG. Their involvement in the community of goldsmiths and other metalworking artisans underscores their commitment to providing world-class insurance protection and loss-prevention services to a broad variety of businesses participating in the jewelry trade.

 

Jewelers Mutual has been in business for 99 years. Their skilled insurance agents are prepared to custom build a policy addressing your unique insurance needs: insurance protection for your inventory of raw materials and finished goods, your business property, the jewelry property of others that is in your possession, your shipping risks, and your exposure to liability.

Being a mutual company means their policyholders are also members of this successful 99-year-old organization, and this structure ensures that the policyholders' needs are always the company's chief concern. You can reach Jewelers Mutual at 800-558-6411 for a free quote.
Arts & Crafts Movement in Philadelphia 
This is the 14th Arts & Crafts conference from Initiatives in Art & Culture. 

This year's conference is September 20-23, hosted by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Site visits, speakers, walking tours, social events and more.

$400 early registration rate is available through July 16. Student rate and single day registrations available. 
 
For more information about the program or to register, http://artsandcrafts.eventbrite.com, or call 686-485-1952.  
Welcome New Members
Welcome to all the new SNAG members who joined in June:
Linda Azar, Waynesville NC    
Nancy Bell, Houston TX    
Robert & Sophie  Berzofsky, Newburyport MA    
Michael Burris & Katherine Goulandris, Abiquiu NM    
Douglas Canivet, Oceanside CA    
Evan Chambers, Evan Chambers Objects, Pasadena CA    
Bridget  Clark, Bridget Clark Design, Minneapolis MN    
Judy Clinton, Bend OR    
Stefani  Courtois, Santa Fe NM    
Karen Eide, Karen Eide Studios, Carrollton VA    
Kristi Frank, flying fox jewelry, Brooklyn NY    
Rebecca Freer, Azle TX    
Theresa Fromm, Houston TX    
Glen Gardner, GSG Design & Metalwork, Pittsburgh PA    
Jan Goodey, Wigton, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Ramsay Holmes, Burlington ON, Canada    
Diane Horning, Diane's Artisan Gallery, Lawrence KS
Melisande Inness-Brow, Oakland CA    
Susan Madacsi, madacsi metalwork, Ledyard CT    
Liz Moldenhauer, Omaha NE    
Shannon  Norton, Saint Louis MO    
Elizabeth Novak, St Louis Park MN    
Kevin O'Dwyer, Silver River Studios, Acontha, Ireland
Eduardo Ortega, Arte Bella, Minneapolis MN    
Scott Petrillo, Gesswein, Bridgeport CT    
Kenneth Rowe, Fort Myers FL    
Brandon Smith, DeKalb IL    
Christina Smith, Fullerton CA    
Emie Stewart, Fort Worth TX    
Cheri Tatum, Quirkyosity, Bibxt OK    
Carol Berger Taylor, Chandler AZ    
Ryan Taylor, Fair Trade Jewellery Co, Toronto ON, Canada
Ubaldo Vitali, Maplewood NJ    
Stoney White, Shukri's Goldsmiths, Washington DC    
Katie Wilton, Beeton ON, Canada
Emily Wiser, Cupertino CA    
Matthew Yegge, Des Moines IA
SNAG Deadline Reminders

"Forging Entrepreneurs" business symposium Registration - July 15
 
 
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Curatorial Fellowship

Comparing Shipping Costs
and Insurance

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Jewelers Mutual

Arts & Crafts Movement
conference

New Members
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