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Dana Singer, Executive Director
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Week of September 24, 2012
Greetings!
With gratitude to volunteer coordinator Kim Cridler, SNAG is hosting a panel
at the MidAmerica CAA conference, October 3-6 in Detroit. It's called
"What's Skill Got to Do with It?"
Description: With the primacy of conceptual content often articulated through the handmaiden of hired or borrowed skill, why or why not teach discipline-based craft skills to undergraduate students? With the dissolution of many discipline-based areas within academia, should our focus as educators target the cultivation of ideas with making deployed as a subsequent undertaking? Do contemporary redefinitions of the "artist's hand" through immaterial and collaborative skills dissolve the need for knowing materials? What are we teaching our students to be skillful at? For what end?
Panelists:
Kathleen Browne, Kent State University School of Art
Lauren Kalman, Wayne State University
Evan Larsen, Wayne State University
Phil Renato, Kendall College of Art and Design
Beverly Seley, Grand Valley State University
Session Chair: Kim Cridler, Bennie/Cridler Studio, MI
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MJSA 22nd Annual Vision
Awards Competition
Every year, MJSA celebrates outstanding talent in the field of jewelry design with their Vision Awards competition, with numerous award categories. The winning designers represent the future of the jewelry manufacturing industry. Some of the industry's finest designers, such as Todd Reed, Mark Schneider, Steve Midgett, Lisa Krikawa, have received Vision Awards. Click here for more information and the submission guidelines. Deadline: December 14.
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Director and Professor, School of Art & Design
SIU Carbondale
Qualifications: MFA, PhD, or equivalent terminal degree/professional equivalency in Art, Design, Art History, or Art Education required. Applicants must have academic qualifications consistent with appointment in the School of Art and Design at the rank of professor with tenure. Appointment date: August 1, 2013. For more information, go to the SIU Carbondale website. Deadline: January 16, 2013 or until filled. |
Alice Abrams Scholarship
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Jewelry designer
Alice Abrams
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The Future of Design Jewelry Education Fund announces its first scholarship competition this month.
This year's scholarship will be awarded to an
active jewelry designer to attend the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts in San Francisco. It's underwritten by Colorado jewelry designer Alice Abrams, an accomplished jewelry designer as
well as a longtime supporter of young talent in
the jewelry industry.
The competition is open to to all jewelry designers. Jurors will look for work that displays original, innovative, high-quality jewelry design. The winner will be awarded $2,500 in tuition credit, which can be applied toward any classes at the Revere Academy for one year, including their Master's Symposium that takes place each Spring.
Access the application and guidelines. Deadline: January 15, 2013. |
Houston Center for Contemporary Craft Resident Artists
The Center announces their new class of resident artists. Among them are Tarina Frank, metals and paper, Jaydan Moore, metalsmith, and Robert Thomas Mullen, metal and wood artist.
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L to R: Robert Thomas Mullen, Chanda Glendinning,
Jaydan Moore, Tarina Frank and Susan Fletcher King
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Exhibitions Planning Committee's 
Call for Partnership Proposals
SNAG seeks partners in co-producing and/or supporting exhibitions that advance our mission to educate audiences about the historical, artistic and cultural importance of jewelry, metalwork and design.
The Exhibition Partners program will award up to $2,500 to support one proposed exhibition in 2013. Deadline for proposals: October 15. Go here for more information.
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Seattle Metals Guild 
Northwest Jewelry and Metals
Symposium 2012
The Symposium is a concentrated day of presentations designed to educate and inspire. Held this year October 20 at
the Broadway Performance Hall on Capitol Hill.
The presenters this year are: Kevin Glenn Crane, Julia Harrison, Merrily Tompkins, and Phillp Baldwin who has stepped in to speak about Bernard Hosey and his lifetime of work. The event will also include a panel of four experts who will talk about the outsourcing services and opportunities that they provide locally.
Find out more here.
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This Week
MJSA Vision Awards
Competition
Position Open
SIU Carbondale
School of Art & Design
Alice Abrams Scholarship
Houston Center for Craft Resident Artists
Call for Exhibition
Partner Proposals
Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium
Maker Profile
Stefanis Alexandres
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Quick Links
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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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