Dana Singer
Dana Singer
Executive Director 
Week of March 11, 2013 

Greetings!  

The first of today's weekly news blog posts is In Memorium to master goldsmith and 2005 SNAG Lifetime Achievement Award John Paul Miller, who died last weekend.  A memorial service was held yesterday at the Cleveland Institute of Art.  My gratitude to Eleanor Moty for sending me links to two videos: The first one was produced by Jeff Mancinetti of John Paul discussing his work and his career.  The other is a Cleveland Arts prize video about John Paul.

Second in today's news blog posts is the slate of the candidates who are running in SNAG's 2013 election, for two seats on the board of directors and one seat on the Nominations & Elections Committee.  Jim Bove, Becky McDonah, and Rachel Timmins are running for the board of directors.  Candidates for the NEC are Jeff McGee, Gina Westergard, and Laura Wood. I hope you'll spend time reading the board candidates' responses to five questions that were posed to them.

Last I would like to encourage SNAG student members to check out the Judy Cheteyan Scholarship Fund and consider a three-month internship at SNAG or another organization this summer. The Scholarship provides a college or graduate student with a paid three-month summer internship to gain professional experience within an internationally known contemporary craft organization. This provides the student with professional and career development and practical experience working with professional artists and arts management personnel.  Generously sponsored by Judy and Michael Cheteyan.  Deadline is March 15. 
Special SNAG Offer 50% Discount 3rd Gold Conference
Vision & Virtuosity
This April 11-13 conference addresses the heightened demand for gold, both for adornment and as a repository of value, and offers a wide-ranging look at gold from extraction to the production of finished goods.

Presenters include jewelers Henry Dunay, Rebecca Koven, George Sawyer. Namu Cho, Kent Raible, Stephanie Albertson, Annie Fensterstock, Elizabeth Garvin, and Patricia Madeja, Kara Ross, Irene Neuwirth, Waris, and Rebecca Koven.    

 

Other presenters include Alberto Milani, Buccellati, NA, Mark Emanuel, David Webb; William R. Williams, Barrick Gold Corporation; Nawal Ait-Hocine, Cartier; Christina Miller, Ethical Metalsmiths; Rob Bates, senior editor, JCK; Vanessa Friedman, fashion editor, Financial Times; and Tina Snyder, editor in chief, MJSA Journal.

 

 Purchase your tickets at the SNAG preferred rate of $175 no later than March 31 by entering the code SNAG. Tickets normally cost $350.

 
Material Witness Call for Entries
The Georgia chapter of the Women's Caucus for Art invites self-identified woman artists 18+, living in the U.S. to submit images of their work to this juried exhibition at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, GA.  All media welcome.

All the info you need to submit is on the Material Witness pages of the WCAGA website. The physical exhibit, in the Dalton Gallery, will be on display September 26 to November 15.  Work in the exhibit will also be online for a year from the opening, and included in an exhibition catalog.

Deadline: April 1 through CaFE 


Making it Real--International Exhibition of
Digitally Fabricated Objects

Making It Real is a juried exhibition of digitally fabricated objects organized by Ontario College of Art & Design faculty members Jesse Jackson and Greg Sims. The exhibition takes place May 14-28 as part of the Toronto International Jewellery Festival and coincides with the SNAG conference. 

 

Virtual objects will be submitted electronically from around the world and "made real" locally using a variety of 3-D printing technologies. Making It Real will showcase innovative designs for jewelry, products, fine art, and other small objects that take maximum advantage of direct digital manufacturing.  Students, professionals, and creative individuals working in all areas of small-scale digital design and fabrication are encouraged to participate. This is a terrific way to address the border issues for an exhibition.

  

Go to the Making it Real website for full details of the exhibition the call for entries, and application procedure. They will be announcing the jurors soon. Key deadlines:  Entry portal opens.  Entry deadline: April 5. 

2013 Future of Design Business Six Semi-Finalists
This incubator contest promotes and nutures emerging design talent 
in the fine jewelry industry.   The 2013 Semi-Finalists are:
  • Lisa Crowder 
  • Vahe Ghazarian and Esin Guler of G & G Creations
  • Vikas Sodhani and Ila Draksharam of ila & i
  • Lisa Adkinson of Lisa Robin Jewelry
  • Naomi Blumenthal of Naomi Blumenthal Studio
  • Suneera Swarup of Suneera Jewelry Design

Three finalists chosen from this group will make a live presentation to a panel of judges in front of an audience tomorrow, March 12, at the MJSA Expo in New York City.  

 

The winner will be selected after giving presentations to the judging panel that includes Andrea Hill, Cindy Edelstein and this year's guest judges Hedda Schupak, Editor of the Centurion Newsletter, Ann Arnold of Lieberfarb, and Bruce Pucciarello of Novell Studio.  

Fast Approaching March 15 Deadline 
SNAG Educational Endowment Scholarships

In 2013, SNAG will award three scholarships, in the amounts of $2,000,  
$1,500, and $1,000.  And we will again administer the $3,000 Hoover & Strong Scholarship for production jewelry design by a graduate student.  At least one of the three Endowment scholarships will be awarded to an undergraduate student.

This year's jurors are Michael Gayk, Katie Macdonald, Sadie Wang, and Cari Stefani.

In addition to the monetary awards, the recipients of these four scholarships all receive a complimentary membership in SNAG, and their work is featured on a four-color postcard sent out to an extensive list.

Submissions for all four scholarships is done through the CaFE website Deadline: March 15.

2013 Meiss/Mellon Author's Book Awards  

CAA will provide awards to emerging scholars (those with PhDs earned during the past six years) who are under contract with a publisher for a manuscript on art history or visual studies to help defray the high costs of image licensing and reproduction for monographs in art history and visual studies. The grant is a temporary measure to provide financial relief to early-career scholars in art history and visual studies who are responsible for funding the image programs in their publications.  

 

Awards will be made twice each year in the spring and fall for print and digital publications. Awardees will be selected on the basis of the quality and demonstrated financial need of their project. CAA anticipates awarding between eight and ten Meiss/Mellon Author's Book Awards in 2013.

 

The jury comprises distinguished mid-career or senior scholars who are members of CAA and whose specializations cover a broad range of art scholarship. The jury has discretion over the number of awardees and the size of the grant to be awarded to each.  

 

Applications for the first round of the Meiss/Mellon Author's Book Award are now being accepted.  For further information, please review the  Application Guidelines and the  Application Process, Schedule, and Checklist.


Deadlines: Spring submission is March 15. Fall applications are due October 1.

Royal Treasures from the Louvre Extended 

The Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco announces their current special exhibition, Royal Treasures from the Louvre, has been extended through March 31.   

 

This exhibition highlights an unparalleled collection of decorative arts from the Musée du Louvre, Paris, including some of the most exquisite treasures of the French monarchy from the time of Louis XIV until the Revolution of 1789.

 

The showcased objects in the exhibition are dazzling:  the gemmes de la couronne, precious hardstone vases collected by Louis XIV; the présents du Roi, including diamond-and-gem snuffboxes made for the royal family to present as gifts; the Gobelins manufactory's masterwork mosaic tabletop of semiprecious stones; personal items made for Louis XV's private use or for use by his mistresses, Madame de Pompadour and Madame du Barry, including exquisite Sèvres porcelain and silver; and Marie-Antoinette's personal collection of precious vases made of agate and other hardstones.  

 

Many of the objects in the exhibition have never been shown in the United States and indeed, several have never left France. Visit the exhibition website for more information. 

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From Billanti Casting, This Week's Riveting News Sponsor  
Billanti Casting will be at the MJSA Expo New York on Sunday, March 10 and Monday, March 11 in Booth 208 at the Hilton on Sixth Avenue in New York City.  Rosemarie and Gina will be available all day to answer all your questions and discuss your projects one on one.  All other times, call us at 516-775-4800.  www.billanticasting.com.
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Don't wait: Apply for a new passport or renew yours now (you can do it by mail). Go to this  government website for information and instructions.
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Scholarships March 15 Deadline

Meiss/Mellon
Author's Book Awards

Royal Treasurers
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