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Dana Singer
Executive Director
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Week of April 1, 2013
Greetings!
The SNAG news blog today contains two posts: First is publication of our next technical article, "Trabson Kazazlik Jewelry," by Umut Emirguc Thurman. We are also publishing Part 2 of the Ethical Metalsmiths' three-part guest column, "A Call to Jewelers, Artists and Artisans: Makers of Things Great and Small."
If you are going to the Toronto conference, you'll want to spend time on our Travel Tips Bulletin Board. Read good tips such as "call your credit card company and tell them where you will be traveling so they don't mistakenly think your card has been stolen and unknowingly cut off access to your account." We welcome everyone to post tips of your own. There is free wifi throughout the conference hotel so long as you are a member of the Fairmont President's Club, which is a FREE loyalty program. Join the President's Club EARLY to get free wifi when you check in for the SNAG conference.
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New Emerging Artist Fellowship
The Harpo Foundation announces a one-month Emerging Artist Fellowship for an emerging visual artist 25 or older at the Santa Fe Art Institute. Time and space to explore ideas and start new projects.
One Fellowship will be awarded annually to artists who demonstrate strong artistic ability and promise, and an evolving practice that is at a pivotal moment in its development.
Contact Residency Director Katie Avery at the Santa Fe Art Institute. Deadline: July 5
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Confluence
Confluence, SNAG's 2013 annual juried student exhibition, was extremely competitive this year. From 519 entries, jurors Cheryl Fraser, owner of Zilberschmuck, and artist Robert Longyear chose 23 pieces for the show. This year the pieces will be exhibited as photographs, at the Toronto conference. There will also be an exhibition catalog of the selected work.
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LAST CHANCE 50% Discount 3rd Gold Conference
Vision & Virtuosity special offer to SNAG members 
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.
Purchase your tickets at the SNAG preferred rate of $175 no later than April 5 by entering the code SNAG. |
Juried Student Exhibition "Making Our Mark" 
For the first time in Peninsula School of Art's 48-year history, they are hosting a juried student exhibition. It's open to everyone who has participated in a PSA workshop since January 1, 2008. Submit up to two digital entries of work you made in or out of class. The work submitted must NOT have been exhibited previously in Door County.
The jurors are Peninsula School of Art instructors Bonnie Paruch, Dan Anderson and Bren Sibilsky. Accepted artists will be notified by email on or by June 15. For more information, download the prospectus from the PSA website.
The exhibition will be open August 24-October 5. Deadline: May 1.
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Forging a Flanged Celtic Torc 
In the days leading up to the SNAG conference in Toronto, silversmith Brian Clarke, of the Brian Clarke School of Silversmithing in Ireland,
will lead a five-day workshop teaching how to make a Silver Flanged Torc Bangle.
Participants will practice the control necessary starting first on copper and then proceeding to a successful piece in fine silver. $800 for all five days, tools and equipment are supplied, materials are extra.
The workshop will be held Thursday May 9 through Monday May 13 at the David Ivens Studio, located on the Pine River in the Mulmur Hills hamlet of Kilgorie, 1 hour north of Toronto on the Bruce Trail. Local B&B accommodations are available close by. Contact David Ivens for more information and to sign up.
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Springboard Recent Highlights
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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2013 Winner of the Future of Design Education Fund 
Elizabeth Novak has won the Alice Abrams Scholarship to the Revere Academy. Jurors Cindy Edelstein, Alice Abrams, and Alan Revere selected Novak's work for its original, innovative, and high-quality jewelry design.
Novak receives $2,500 in tuition credit.
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Revere Academy Classes Begin in New Space
The Revere Academy now occupies Suite 900 in the historic Humboldt Bank Building, 785 Market Street, right across the street from their old location.
Registration for classes in the new location is now open, and classes begin April 10. They welcome visitors too after April 10. This year's Master's Symposium will be June 22-30, with classes from Linda Darty, Curtis Arima, Suzanne Pugh and Alan Revere..
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This Week
New Emerging Artist Fellowship Confluence
Last Chance
Vision & Virtuosity
Gold Conference
"Making our Mark"
Call for Entries
Brian Clarke Workshop
Alice Abrams Scholarship
Revere Opens in
New Space
Springboard Highlights
Maker Profile
Ellen Wieske
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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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MAKER PROFILE: Ellen Wieske
Art jewelry, utilitarian objects, wall pieces sculpture, Assistant Director,
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
 
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