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Dana Singer
Executive Director
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Week of January 28, 2013
Greetings!
Today we have launched our weekly news blog, which takes the place of SNAG News. There are now three categories of news: From SNAG, From Members, and From the Field.
Today's news items are both From SNAG: the Letter from the President, Sue Amendolara, and our latest technical article, from Ana Lopez. The technical article is about how a non-enamelist came to design and build a large, torch-fired enameling kiln. You'll always find the new blog posts under News and towards the bottom of our homepage. You can also sign up for the RSS feed so they are automatically delivered to you every week.
I encourage you to use Springboard, our new hub of opportunities. If you are posting an opportunity, check out the Enhanced post option. The Enhanced listings get an image, an opening teaser, space for more details than the standard post, a highlighted background, a bold title, and it automatically appears as a Springboard post on our site's homepage. For all this, non-members pay $100 but for SNAG members it's only $25. Yet another benefit of being a SNAG member.
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Toby Pomeroy Presentation at AGTA 
Toby Pomeroy, a member of the Ethical Metalsmiths Advisory Council, will give a presentation at AGTA, Wednesday, February 6 from 1-2 PM in the Graham Room of the Tucson Convention Center.
Learn about Pomeroy's quest and current practices in ways that may also influence and encourage yours from his talk, "Minding the Planet when Mining the Planet."
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Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts New Home
785 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, CA 94103. This new space is just across Market Street from their current location, where they've been since 1979.
At this time they do not have a schedule for the next semester, because they're not sure how long it will take to be up and running again. They plan to hold a Fabrication 1 class in April followed by the Jewelry Technician Intensive. In June they plan to hold our annual Masters Symposium followed by an Open Session. Stay tuned for more information.
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Earrings Galore Call for Entries
This exhibition will show a broad range of rich and diverse examples
of earrings.
For more information go to Heidi Lowe Gallery. Deadline: March 15.
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KINETICA (movement in art)International competitive exhibit of works exploring or depicting movement, including kinetic/mechanical art, design, or engineering
Eligibility: Open to everyone. Entries must represent original works for art, design or engineering.
Media: Manifest will consider any work that can reasonably be understood to either: 1) incorporate literal movement as part of its form (moving parts, whether mechanical, automated, human-powered, etc.); or 2) depict or in some other way include movement as a subject or theme of otherwise non-moving and non-kinetic art. Exhibition Dates: April 19 to May 17. For more information visit the Manifest Gallery website. Deadline: March 11 
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Holly Hotchner Departs Museum of Arts & Design  On April 30, Holly Hotchner will step down from her post as Director of the Museum of Arts and Design, after 16 years. Holly is best known for broadening the museum's public appeal and overseeing its controversial move to 2 Columbus Circle in 2008. The board of trustees will be commencing a search for a new director in the coming month. In the meantime, the museum has appointed David Gordon, formerly director of the Milwaukee Art Museum and Secretary of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, to serve as acting director and take over the day-to-day management of the museum.
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Sweet Pea Freelance Goldsmith Opening 
Sweet Pea Fine Jewellery in North London seeks experienced freelance goldsmith to manage the production of bespoke pieces. The work is to be carried out from the candidate's own studio. Exclusive one-of-a- kind pieces.
Someone highly knowledgeable with ability to translate and execute our designs well. Work primarily in 18ct gold, fine delicate jewelry, using unusual cut gemstones. Contact Jo if you are interested.
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Binghamton University Call for PapersSubmissions are invited for the 21st interdisciplinary graduate student conference, "Dis/place: Crossing the Boundaries," April 26-27 2013. Looking for any historical or disciplinary approach that considers the subject of the placement and/or displacement (of knowledge, people, groups, and objects) with a global geographic and broad temporal reach. This year's conference aims to investigate shifts and transformations in global societies, while aspiring to position them in a historical perspective. It will consider how technologies, migration, archiving, and visibility are not only utilized by and incorporated into apparatuses of power, but also how they have been (re)presented, understood and conceptualized from pre-modern eras to the present day. Please review the Binghamton University website for more information, or contact buctb2013@gmail.com.
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Springfield Art Museum Call for Entries 
Large-scale Installation or Sculpture
The Springfield Art Museum invites artists to submit artwork for the Museum's entrance lobby. The Museum is seeking a large scale installation piece or sculpture which will be installed in the Museum's lobby.
Eligibility is open to professional, practicing artists who reside in the United States.Artworks must be made of durable materials suitable to a high traffic, indoor zone which receives minor temperature fluctuations and variable lighting.
Please visit the Museum's website for entry specifications and requirements. Deadline: March 1
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Springboard Recent Highlights
Studio space and metal arts studio memberships, Rhode Island
2013 World Championship Belt Buckle competition, Montana
Rolling mill for sale, Pennsylvania
These are only a few of the opportunities you'll find at Springboard. Sign up today for the RSS feed. And help SNAG spread the word. Forward this to everyone on your email list.
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Artfetch Call for Submissions  Artfetch is now accepting submissions from undergrad /post grad students, and recent art college alumni, representing the next generation of leading artists, from around the world. Artfetch gives selected emerging artists the opportunity to showcase their and sell their work online to a global audience. Send CV including date of birth and contact details,artist statement including a short bio, an overview of your practice as a whole and some detail on the works submitted, selection of jpeg images of available works, list of the submitted jpeg images including the medium, year made and dimensions. Submit to info@artfetch.com. Deadline: March 31
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Passports for Toronto Conference
 Do you have a passport that's valid through May 2013? Don't get stuck at the border without a valid passport.
Don't wait: Apply for a new passport or renew yours now (you can do it by mail). Go here for information and instructions.
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Call for Applications - 2013 National Craft Skills Award 
The Craft Skills Awards recognize and promote excellence in the teaching learning, development and promotion of craft skills in the UK.
Entry is open to companies, institutions, teachers, tutors, workshop leaders, masters and individuals. There are five categories, and the winners will be awarded £2,500 to spend on extending or passing on their knowledge of craft.
Underpinned by the belief that skills development is vital to ensuring the survival of the crafts sector, the Craft Skills Awards have been designed in consultation with a panel of industry experts, to reflect the diverse range of skills practiced, including both contemporary and heritage crafts.
The Awards celebrate outstanding work that is already being done in the sector, raise the public profile of craft, and encourage people to consider it as a career choice.
Apply online. Deadline: noon, February 15
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From Cloud Dome, this Week's Riveting News Sponsor
The Nimbus Cloud Dome is a new accessory designed to help photographers take professional-looking pictures of jewellery and other small products with their smartphone. As a smaller version of the original Cloud Dome, the new Nimbus is a portable and durable mini-studio that eliminates harsh shadows and strong specular highlights, helping to create evenly lit product shots of shiny objects - even with a smartphone camera. Learn more at www.clouddome.com.
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This Week
Toby Pomeroy Presentation at AGT Revere Academy's
New Home
Earrings Galore
Call for Entries
KINETICA
Recipient of 2013
SNAG/crafthaus scholarship
Holly Hotchner
Departs MAD
Sweet Pea Freelance Goldsmith Opening
Dis/Place
Call for Papers
Call for Entries
Large-scale Installation
or Sculpture
Springboard Highlights
ArtFetch
Call for Submissions
Passports
2013 National
Craft Skills Award
Call for Applications
Maker Profile
Laura Wood
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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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