Dana Singer
Dana Singer
Executive Director 
Week of May 13, 2013 

Greetings!  

Today's news blog features are News from the Field, and sadly another In Memoriam, this time for Phil London.  Phil was not only the founder and longtime president of the Florida Society of Goldsmiths, he also founded the Pennsylvania Society of Goldsmiths and Disability Alternatives, a nonprofit whose mission is to teach jewelry arts to those with physical limitations.

I'm pleased to welcome Shana Kroiz to our Conference Programming Committee, and give thanks to departing CPC member Deb Karash.  As you may recall, SNAG is restructuring our conference format in a number of ways, beginning with the 2014 conference.  One piece of this transition was to create Program and Exhibitions Committees whose members continue from year to year, working with the co-chairs, rather than start over with a whole new group for every conference. 

The conference program book for the Toronto conference that opens Wednesday is now on our website.  Even if you can't be there, take a look at what's there, as you whet your appetite for Minneapolis in April 2014.  Whether you're in Toronto or not, take a look at the advertisers whospend money through SNAG to reach all of you.  Be sure to tell suppliers and others that you saw their ads in Metalsmith and the conference program book.  Let them know their advertising dollars are well invested. 
$25,000 John D. Mineck Furniture Fellowship
John D. Mineck was a past President of The Society of Arts and Crafts Board of Trustees and a beloved member of Boston's cultural community.

The Furniture Fellowship has been designed to help support a talented furniture artist who is: looking to transition to independence, make a significant transition in their career, fulfill an apprenticeship or further develop their skills.  

The John D. Mineck Furniture Fellowship is administered by The Society of Arts and Crafts.  Selection guidelines, criteria and application instructions will be available by May 12, 2013 at  www.societyofcrafts.org.
Deadline: July 1

Oregon College of Art and Craft Open Positions
OCAC is looking for a number of adjunct instructors:
Casting and Electroforming Fall 2013, Deadline: May 30

Design Foundations, Spring 2014,
Deadline: June 15  
Alternative Casting: Moldmaking and Resin, Spring 2014
Deadline: June 15

Hollowforms and mechanisms,Spring 2014,
Deadline: June 15

Visit the OCAC website for more information about each position. 
Spotlight on Men's Jewelry
Rio Grande invites designers to enter a design contest.  You're invited to submit a link to your Pinterest board of men's jewelry designs, to pinterest@ riogrande.com.  First prize is a CraftOptics telescope and a DreamBeam LED lamp accessory.

Visit Rio's men's jewelry page for more.  Deadline: June 5
May 31 Deadline The Countdown has Begun
Call for Entries Open: Contemporary Goldsmithing:  
Tradition & Excellence 
SNAG's second virtual exhibition, juried by master goldsmiths George Sawyer, Judith Kinghorn, and Tom Herman. Read the Call for Entries Prospectus and the Jurors' Statement on our website, and begin thinking about the pieces you will submit.  Open to anyone in the world whose work fits the jurors criteria.

The entry fee is $25 for SNAG members, $35 for non-members, all submissions must be made through the CaFE website.  All SNAG members should have already received the discount coupon code in broadcast emails sent to you from the office.  Contact us at info@snagmetalsmith.org if you haven't.  Use this discount code at the CaFE checkout to receive your $10 off.

Submission deadline: May 31.   

 

L to R: Tom Herman, Judith Kinghorn, George Sawyer
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The Art Commission Announces Launch of New Awards
The Art Commission, the online platform that connects artists who create commissioned artwork with design and art professionals, has announced the launch
of the CoD+A Awards: Collaboration of Design + Art.

The CoD+A Awards are open to all individuals involved in the collaborative process of creating spaces. Awards in eight categories will honor the designers, architects, artists, and art professionals whose collective imaginations create the public and private spaces that inspire us daily. The award categories are: commercial, healthcare, hospitality, institutional, landscape, liturgical, public spaces, and residential.

Full details are available at www.codaawards.com.  Deadline: May 31
From 92Y This Week's Riveting News Sponsor
Stone setting, wax carving, beading, silversmithing...whatever material or technique you're into, there's a class for you at the 92YJewelryCenter.

Firmly established as one of the leading programs in the country, 92Y offers more than 60 weekly classes, where our acclaimed faculty of jewelers, designers and visiting artists inspire you to greater levels of artistry. Register today! To learn more about classes, workshops and intensives, visit 92Y.org/Jewelry or call 212.415.5564.
Revere Academy's 2013 Master's Symposium
This year Linda Darty, author of The Art of Enameling, will come to teach Exploring Enameling and Enameling in Depth.  Curtis Arima, known for his organic forms in metal, will share his knowledge during Guided by Nature: Design and Make Catches as well as  Stone Setting: Outside the Box. 

Author and educator Alan Revere will offer students hundreds of time saving tricks in his class, Bench Tips. And back by popular demand, Suzanne Pugh will teach students how to create jewelry with a stunning combination of metals in her class, Gold and Steel.  Visit the Revere website for more information.
2013 SNAG Election - Nominations & Elections Committee
Each week we have profiled a different candidate for the 2013 SNAG election.  Today is about our last candidate, Laura Wood.

Laura Wood is a professional artist and educator living in San
Antonio, Texas. She received her BFA in Jewelry and Metals from the University of Georgia and her MFA in Metal Design from East Carolina University.

She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally, and is a contributing artist of the Gregg Museum of Art and Design Permanent collection in Raleigh, North Carolina. She has been a curator of both paper and jewelry exhibitions and was the founding voice in the East Carolina University Material Topics Symposium 2010.

 

Wood recently completed an artist in residence in the Paper and Metal areas at the Southwest School of Art and is currently the gallery manager and curator for Equinox Gallery in downtown San Antonio. She has been of member of SNAG since 2007 and helped organize the SNAG silent auction and raffle under the direction of Marlene True in 2011 and 2012.
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Furniture Fellowship
Call for Applications

Adjunct Teaching
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Spotlight on
Men's Jewelry
 
Call for Entries
Contemporary Goldsmithing

Springboard Highlights 

The Art Commission
Launches
New Awards

92Y
Riveting News Sponsor 

Revere Academy's
Masters Symposium
 
SNAG Election
Candidate Profile

Maker Profile
Lauren McAdams Selden

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Peter Antor, Comstock Park MI     
Eliane-Catrie Blouin-Achim, Montreal QC Canada 
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Nicole Bustamante-Buzhardt, Augusta GA     
Linda Chandler, Indianapolis IN     
Michelle Clements, San Marcos TX     
Thomas Cressman, Seal Beach CA     
Courtney Crews, Overland Park KS     
Tracy DiPiazza, Belleview MO     
Carol Ferguson, Colorado Springs CO     
Kesha Frank, Toronto ON Canada 
Joseph Ganci, Mullica Hill NJ     
Michael Gonnering, Mission Viejo CA     
Steven Hall, Greenville NC     
Lauren Hogarth, Toronto    ON Canada 
Zartavia Howard, Whitewater WI     
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Michele Kurpisz, Rochester NY     
Keith Lewis, Rifton NY     
Vickie Maung, Thornton CO     
Thomas Michaels, Camden    ME     
Ana Sofia Navarro, Urbana IL     
Monica O'Halloran-Schut, Rockwood ON Canada 
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Shilo Rapp, Toronto ON Canada 
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Marissa Ryan, Hiram OH     
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Barry Smith, Queensland    Australia 
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Meredith Swan, South Dartmouth MA     
Shawna Tabacznik, Toronto ON Canada 
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