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We are SNAG: Identity Call for Entry Opens Tomorrow July 1!
Juried Online Member Exhibition
As makers, designers, craftspeople, artists, students, teachers, independent studio practitioners, gallerists, and hobbyists, we are SNAG. From many backgrounds and points of view we are collectively what makes SNAG so incredibly rich, diverse, and relevant to a field which embraces our traditions while simultaneously forging our futures. WE ARE SNAG: Identity is the first in a series of juried online WE ARE SNAG member exhibitions celebrating the breadth of our field and membership. WE ARE SNAG: Identity seeks images of traditionally crafted, contemporary, and experimental new works from any current member of SNAG. This online juried exhibition intends to represent the incredibly diverse work and making practices of our membership and is open to jewelry work, metals work, metalsmithed objects, body ornamentation and the like. Exhibition Jurors: Tim McCreight, Jim Meyer, Stacey Lee Weber Conditions: Applications will be accepted through CaFE beginning on July 1, 2014 and must be received by midnight (11:59:59 pm) Mountain Time, July 31, 2014. The application fee of $25 is non-refundable. Eligibility: * Open to all SNAG members 18 years of age or older * Applicants need not reside in the United States. * All work must be original and produced within the last three years (2011 or later). * Objects made from commercial kits or commercially available plans are NOT ELIGIBLE. * Applicants are strongly encouraged, but not required, to apply with images that have not been widely circulated in Metalsmith or other publications. Find complete prospectus here
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Ethical Metalsmiths Announces Call for Entry to First Annual Student Exhibition!
So Fresh + So Clean
Fresh: Work that's happening now, challenging how we define the field of metalsmithing and jewelry.
Clean: Looking at how our studio practices impact the environment, and human health.
This exhibition will highlight various ways students are making ethical choices in their studio and creative lives. We encourage students to explore what wise studio practice means to you, and share it through the lens of this exhibition.
The work will be juried by the four members of the Ethical Metalsmiths Student Committee, Kelley Morrison, Lucy Derickson, Jane Barton and Brian Fleetwood. Work accepted will be highlighted in an online exhibition on the Ethical Metalsmiths website. Exhibitions will be archived on the site for future access, and a catalog will be created for the exhibition and will be available for purchase online.
Students who apply to the show are eligible for the Annual Emerging Artist Award. This award will be given to a student who embraces the greater mission of theEthicalMetalsmith organization through their work. This student will receive a monetary award and numerous accolades including a printed catalog of the Annual Student Exhibition, complimentary membership while you are a student, one year of professional membership upon graduation, an expose on theEthicalMetalsmiths website, and the opportunity for your work to be represented by EthicalMetalsmiths.
Submission Deadlines:
Entry deadline: July 15, 2014
Notification of acceptance: August 15
Exhibition released online: September 15
Entry Fee: $20.00
For a full prospectus visit here
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 Deadline Approaching Tomorrow at 5 pm Eastern! ACC & SNAG Partner for Invitational ProgramThe American Craft Council has invited SNAG to participate in their Artist Invitational Program for their 2015 Baltimore show. SNAG will require an application of interest along with submission of images of your work in order to be considered. Applications will be juried and the program is limited to 10 artists. This opportunity is open to any current SNAG member. Artists chosen will be expected to attend and sell work at the ACC Baltimore show. You may choose wholesale, retail, or both. Please note that chosen participants will still need to pay for their booth space (which you may share with another artist if so chosen) and all travel. You don't have to jury into the show with the general applicants nor pay an application fee.Chosen artists will be given access to online resources where they can have their questions answered and learn more about what it entails to set up and sell from a booth. Each accepted applicant can be partnered with an existing ACC artist, if desired, for help on any issues that may arise or questions you may have. Please fill out the form and submit five (5) digital images of your work, along with a price sheet listing both wholesale (if applicable) and retail prices for the submitted images. There is no application fee. ACC Baltimore is February 18-19, 2015 (wholesale) and February 20-22, 2015 (retail). Applications and questions go to Gwynne RukenbrodDeadline: July 1, 2014, 5 pmNotification of Acceptance: August 1, 2014
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Garth Clark Editor of CFile to lecture at CCCD!
The Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design is happy to host Garth Clark, the award-winning historian, writer, critic, and Editor-in-Chief of CFile, an online forum for ceramics in art, design, architecture, and technology, for his return to Asheville to present his new, fast-paced lecture, REBIRTH - Ceramics 14.0. This lecture examines the recent explosion of ceramic activity in the fine arts.
The event is free and open to the public. Seating limited. Registration required.
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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.
Listen here
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Springboard Highlights
Enameling Oddities with Keith Lewis July 12 & 13 Advanced Wax Carving with Sergey Jivetin July 12 & 13 Brooklyn Metalworks Making a Spectacle: A 3-day Workshop with Deb Stoner July 18-20 Metal Arts Guild Colorado Metalsmithing Association Annual Conference: Ebendorf, Cooperman, Heinrich, Ford / Forlano, Gall July 18-20th, SteamPlant in Salida, CO Studio Assistant Job in Seattle to begin in summer/early fall 2014 Micro Monoliths: Jewelry Woodcarving and Wire Inlay Dan DiCaprio at Arrowmont July 27-Aug 2 Cyanotype on Silk with Thea Clark Brooklyn Metalworks September 7 Three months in London UK.. Aug - November 2014 London apartment and studio available! City of Asheville Call for Artists for Public Art Asheville, NC Deadline: June 13 "Face Now" Workshop with Ruudt Peters July 28 - August 3, Ravenstein, The Netherlands New Necklaces: 500+ Designs from Around the World Deadline: July 20 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!
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Maker Profile Artist of the Week, emiko oye
Visit our Facebook page July 7 - 11 to see more!
If you don't use Facebook, check out emiko's Maker Profile Winter's Brush Neckpiece201115.5 in L x 15 in W x 3 in DPhoto: Aura O'Brien
SNAG has launched an advertising campaign around the Maker Profiles. 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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Happy July 4th !
We hope you all have a happy
and safe 4th of July.
The office will be closed on Friday July 4th and will re-open on Monday July 7th.
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