Join us for exhibitions, lectures, the pin swap, panel discussions, the Professional Development Seminar, portfolio reviews, the Education Resource Room, Red Carpet live exhibition, Casino Night, the studio crawl, the Vendor's Room, the Trunk Show and our ever-popular final night dance party!

This week's conference highlight is the exhibition ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS.  The Grand Hand Gallery is pleased to present the work of 4 contemporary jewelry artists, working in a wide range of materials, and each of them taking their chosen materials - paper, silver, natural stone, gold, wood, tin - to new heights of artistic expression. Artists: Judith Kinghorn, Myung Urso, Tova Lund, Gustav Reyes. Curator: Ann Pifer

Have you ever watched Antiques Roadshow? People bring in personal items to have them authenticated and authenticated. Examples of jewelry or metalwork are placed in front of the experts and what do they look for? A maker's mark - and a great story to go with the piece. The experts call that story 'the provenance'. Provenance is the history of the work, where and when it was purchased, who owned it and what paper trail can be provided to back it all up.

Our first two speakers of the upcoming Professional Development Seminar will be Andy Cooperman and Harriete Estel Berman, who will address the importance of the maker mark and inventory records in documenting the value of YOUR work now and in the future.

If you cannot attend the entire conference, but are interested in the Professional Development Seminar, Register for a Day Pass

This week, we're introducing Lauren McAdams Selden, who is running for a position on the Board of Directors.

Originally from Evansville, IN, Lauren McAdams Selden received her BFA from Murray State University & her MFA from Arizona State University. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Art Metal at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. After five years at SFASU, Lauren has received honors including the Teaching Excellence Award from the College of Fine Arts & was named the Bright Ideas Spotlight Exhibitor for outstanding research representing the College of Fine Arts. Her artwork has been published in Lark Books 500 Metal Vessels & 500 Wedding Rings. Exhibition highlights include a solo show at the Houston Center for Contemporary Craft & honorable mention in the juried exhibition Craft Forms. Last November, her outdoor sculptures were in a solo exhibition at the Greater Denton Arts Council in Texas & are currently on display in public parks. Selden was recently selected to take part in a SFASU-sponsored research project in Salvador, Bahia (Brazil) in the summer of 2014.

experience as a SNAG Board member? the organization?

 

For the past six years, I have been the head of the Art Metals program at Stephen F. Austin

State University. I have been lucky enough to be in charge of all the inner workings of a studio including: fiscal responsibility for the studio budget, generating a functioning inventory/store for consumable goods, maintenance of tools, equipment, and facilities, teaching a 3-3 load at undergraduate and graduate level, student advising, assessment, service at the school, college and university level, mentoring for graduate teaching assistants, inter-departmental collaborative projects, organizing service learning projects, advertising and recruitment, orchestrating multiple gallery exhibitions and preserving a continual research schedule. Facilitating a project between metals students and the regional archaeological community, connecting two universities for a collaborative art project, and organizing the national juried metals exhibition Refined, are just a few examples of the work that I do. I am passionate about joining skillsets between different fields of study and advocating the work of the artists in our field. With a history of administrative duties at the university level, I honestly feel like it is about time that I serve SNAG.

 

3. What projects, activities, and/or services do you think are important to the organization?  

 

 The annual SNAG conference is always an important component of SNAG. I especially appreciate the Lifetime Achievement Award and the commitment to keeping our craft family tree strong and contemporary. I would love to see sub-conferences hosted at locations- perhaps universities- that could be more affordable for students and emerging makers to attend and get their foot in the door. Finally, Metalsmith magazine and Tech Talk are important additions to our experiences as makers and I would want to continue the support of these publications. I would also like to see an even more prolific database of technical articles and photographs of work be established for continued education and growth of the field.   

 

President Elect Nicole Jacquard Tedd McDonah  Board of Directors      Sydney Brown     Dianne deBiexedon     Lauren McAdams Selden     Alison Pack  Nominations and Elections Committee      Daniel DiCaprio     Marissa Saneholtz

 

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Starting in March, SNAG's Road 2 Success Program will assemble a panel of experts each month for an online discussion on a specific business topic.  SPOT ON discussions are in-depth and aimed at giving you the information you need to succeed. Get ready for real answers to the questions, issues and challenges you face in developing your career and business.

This month's "SPOT ON" topic is Making a Living and Living your Dream.
Alison Antelman, Boris Bally, Harriet Estel Berman, and 2Roses hold a frank and revealing discussion about what it takes to survive as an artist and build your business without losing the creative spirit.

SPOT ON starts today, March 3rd on the Road 2 Success Forums.

If you didn't sign up in August for Road 2 Success, there are still a few spots left for the limited pilot program.  Sign up here.  It may take a couple days to process your request, but we'll get you in ASAP.

Anticlastic Raising with Michael Good Cogent Builders Studio, San Diego, CA October 8-14

These are only a few of the opportunities you'll find on Springboard. Discover calls for entry, teaching positions, workshops, scholarships, grants, studio space and more. You are welcome and encouraged to post opportunities you want to share. Bookmark Springboard today!

 
Take advantage of this member benefit and get more exposure for your work!  Make sure you have at least five high quality images so we can feature your work in Riveting News and on social media.