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From Grains to Gold
Minneapolis April 23 - 26
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! |
Reminder: We start early this year!
Wednesday has lots to offer...
4:00-5:00 p.m. First Timers Overview & Networking 4:30-5:00 p.m. Demo: Rio Grande - 'Fusing & Fabricating with Argentium Silver' 5:30-6:00 p.m. Demo: Tatyana Vyalkin - 'Stone Faceting' Official Conference Opening! 6:30 p.m. Co-chair welcome/Opening Remarks 6:45-8:15 p.m.  Sharon Church, Rachel Timmins & April Wood (Fresh, Marinated, Seasoned) 8:15-10:00 p.m. Pin Swap "Metamorphosis" 10:00 p.m. After Party |
Discounts for Conference Attendees
Some generous bars and restaurants in Minneapolis will be offering discounts to SNAG members with badges during the Gallery Crawl! Keep your badge with you to take advantage of these offers! Pat's Tap - Next to SooLOCAL - Happy Hour specials Indeed Brewing - will offer 10% off - located in between the Casket Arts Building and the Northrup King Building Gastrotruck - (Parked at Indeed Brewing) will offer 10% off
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Book Signing
Friday April 25 from 5-9 during the SNAG Studio Crawl
Meet Betty Helen Longhi and Cynthia Eid and talk to them about their book, Creative Metal Forming! Purchase a book directly from the authors or bring your own and have it personally inscribed & signed! Quench Jewelry Arts in the Casket Arts Building.
681 17th Ave NE Suite #100, Minneapolis, MN 55413 If you have any questions, email Sarah Sitarz |
There is Still Time 
If you haven't bought tickets for the Raffle, the VIP Trunk Show event or The Night of Glamour and Gold Interactive Red Carpet Exhibition, they will be available on site! Remember to bring your donations for the Silent Auction - Books, Used Tools, Jewelry and anything you think would interest fellow conference goers is welcome! |
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Professional Development Seminar: Lunch discussion with Keynote Speaker Dr. Tanya Harrod Will you join us? Yes, Everyone is invited to a lunch discussion with Dr. Tanya Harrod after her keynote lecture titled "Let's Print Out a Gun: Craft in the Age of Pervasive Computing." No preparation is needed. The idea is for conference attendees to just sit around in a circle of chairs, no hierarchy, no formality. It would be great to see where the conversation goes. Bring your lunch and your questions for Thursday's lunch discussion. Check your Conference schedule. Space is limited - arrive early. Lunch discussion is moderated by Matt Lambert and Harriete Estel Berman.
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 JA NEW YORK NEW DESIGNER GALLERY
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Deadline: May 1, 2014 The JA New York Show has announced that applications are now being accepted for the coveted New Designer Gallery at the upcoming Summer Show, which will take place July 27th through the 29th, 2014 at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC. "The JA New York show is committed to uncovering talent in the design community and providing our retailers with access to these rising stars," notes Drew Lawsky, Show Director for the JA New York Shows. "By underwriting the price of the exhibition space, as well as providing various promotional opportunities, The New Designer Gallery will support these emerging designers' entrée into our industry." Since its inception in 1977, when the jewelry designer movement was in its infancy, the New Designer Gallery has been lauded as the "birthplace of the American designer movement." The Gallery has launched hundreds of designers over the past 37 years, starting with David Yurman and including well-known talents like Alex Sepkus, Steven Kretchmer, Penny Preville, Paul Morelli, Steven Lagos, Stephen Dweck, Mark Schneider, K. Brunini, and Joseph Murray to name just a few. The New Designer Gallery is eligible to all designers who have not yet exhibited at a fine jewelry trade show. The ten chosen applicants, who will be selected from a wide pool of designers, will receive a turnkey space in the custom-designed gallery, which has recently undergone a dramatic redesign. During the show, one designer will be voted "New Designer of the Year" by an anonymous panel of editors, retailers and industry experts. The ten designers will be promoted to the media via the shows' public relations team and will be featured in all show promotional vehicles, on the show's website and on NationalJeweler.com. For more information please contact Cindy Edelstein, the New Designer Gallery Consultant. |
New Perks for Giving!
For a limited time, we will be offering some new interesting perks in return for your spring donations! We have posters, stickers, awesome tote bags and more to show our appreciation for your spring donation! We are also offering a new Monthly Giving Program, that allows you to give a smaller amount every month instead of one large sum. We believe that smaller amounts given regularly over the course of the year make this a more manageable commitment on your end and it offers SNAG a steadier stream of donations.  SNAG does not exist in a vacuum - please give so we can continue to bring you conferences, Metalsmith magazine and the other programming you value. Please utilize our new Monthly Giving Program and give at a level that makes sense for you. Every little bit helps and no gift is too small. We hope you enjoy the terrific perks we're offering and we hope to see you in Minneapolis next week! Donate to the Spring Giving Campaign |
Get out the Vote!
Online voting is open until April 25 at 3:30 Central Time. Vote here
This week, more information about our two presidential candidates, Nicole Jacquard and Tedd McDonah! We will feature both of them in coming weeks with their answers to our questions.
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Nicole Jacquard
Nicole is currently an Associate Professor at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. Her education includes a Bachelor of Arts from IU in 1991 & her first MFA from the University of Michigan. Nicole received her second MFA in 1995 while on a Fulbright Scholarship to Australia at RMIT University in Melbourne. In 2004 Nicole returned to RMIT and completed her Ph.D. in Fine Arts.
Nicole's residencies include: the International Ceramics Studio in Kecskemet Hungary, Grey Street Studio in Adelaide Australia, the Vermont Studio Center in Johnston Vermont, and in 08 she was a Visiting Artist & Scholar at the American Academy in Rome, Italy. Nicole has had 6 solo exhibitions and participated in over 100 invitational/juried exhibitions internationally.
Q&A
Do you want to promote a specific agenda or initiative if you are elected? If so, please describe this initiative and explain how you believe it would benefit the makers, patrons, and institutions of our membership.
Nicole: I hope to help SNAG members build from within and hopefully try and re-capture some of the intimacy that seems to have waned in recent years. I believe that assisting the staff; Board and volunteers, in addition to re-thinking the national conference and developing new strategies for interaction will make SNAG a stronger organization at the end of my term. However, this can only be achieved by getting members involved in the organization, providing them with the opportunity to offer ideas and suggestions for what they believe is relevant in regards to topics, as well as what they find to be new and interesting to the field today.
Tedd McDonah
Tedd currently lives in Millersville, PA where he works in and maintains his blacksmithing and non-ferrous metalsmithing studios. He is a part time studio artist, part time educator, part time tool-maker/repairman, and in the summer time, avid fisherman. His metalsmithing training came from the University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse and Arizona State University where he earned the degrees BS in Art, and an MFA, respectively. This semester he continues to teach at Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ, and for the first time at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC.
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Do you want to promote a specific agenda or initiative if you are elected? If so, please describe this initiative and explain how you believe it would benefit the makers, patrons, and institutions of our membership.
Tedd: In time, a collective agenda will develop as a result of creative interaction and planning with the Board of Directors. I feel an organization such as SNAG will remain dynamic and relevant through its leadership cadre while continuing to fulfill the needs of the membership and patrons.
2014 Candidates
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Nicole Jacquard
Tedd McDonah
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Sydney Brown
Dianne deBiexedon
Lauren McAdams Selden
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Daniel DiCaprio
Marissa Saneholtz
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Condolences
 We want to send our deepest condolences to our friend and past President Sam Shaw who lost his daughter Hannah in a tragic accident on April 4th. Hannah was a jeweler, a horticulturalist, a trumpet player and a swimmer. From all accounts she was a ray of sunshine. Memorial donations may be made in Hannah Shaw's memory to Hampshire College Advancement, 893 West Street, Amherst, MA 01002. The family also welcomes relatives and friends to plant a new tree or flower garden in Hannah's memory.
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SNAG News Blog: Exhibitions
"Changing Hues: Color Embraced by Metalsmiths Around the World" Ganoksin is pleased to announce its fourth annual International Online Jewelry Exhibition is now open for public view. The exhibition explores metal works whose primary theme is color. In total 303 artists contributed 814 show pieces for the permanent online exhibition.
Read about other exhibitions in this week's blog post
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Connect with SNAG through Social Media
Get the latest news and information as well as lots of fun, interesting and thought provoking articles and pictures by following SNAG through social media.
Our key hashtags are #snagmetalsmith , #grainstogold and #snagminneapolis
We will be live tweeting the conference and want to connect with you! Post on our pages, follow and share for greater engagement.
If you have questions or ideas about SNAG's social media, email Jen
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 SNAG members, you're invited to attend JCK Las Vegas 2014. From designers and retail jewelers to artists and metalsmiths, there is something for everyone at JCK. Explore an innovative showcase of products, technology, tools, and services; gain expert knowledge and advice through over 70 education sessions; and share ideas, connect, and learn during powerful networking events on and off the show floor. We look forward to welcoming you to Las Vegas ! Registration is complimentary, register today! |
Technical Article: "Embossing Photographs onto Leather" by Andrew Kuebeck
With just a little patience and a lot of pressure it is possible to get incredible results embossing etched imagery and text onto chamois leather for use in any project. Begin by selecting a sealed etched plate whose imagery or text you would like to have embossed onto a sheet of chamois leather. Read more
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Metalsmith Bench Talk
Jay Whaley interviews metalsmiths on his show Metalsmith Bench Talk! Shows are live Thursdays at 3 PM PST and are archived for your listening convenience. This Thursday, Jay will interview David Freda Listen here |
SNAG Sponsored Opportunities 
Conference Roommate Finder
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Maker Profile Artist of the Week, Nancy Meli Walker
Visit our Facebook page April 28- May 2 to see more!
If you don't use Facebook, check out Nancy's Maker Profile
Knuckle Helmet (for peace) 2010 Photo by Cindy Momchilov 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. |
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