Weekly News from Society of North American Goldsmiths
Rebecca Hannon, one of the 2015 mid-career artist scholarship recipients
Apply Now for Educational Endowment Scholarships
 
SNAG annually awards three student scholarships with at least one award given to a student that is currently an undergraduate. These scholarships are for tuition towards the students' degree granting programs. One $2000 award, one $1500 award and one $1000 award; each includes a one-year SNAG membership.

SNAG also awards three scholarships for emerging and mid-career artists to use toward a workshop of their choice in North America. One $2000 award, one $1500 award and one $1000 award; each includes a one-year SNAG membership. Emerging and mid-career artists should have not been enrolled in a degree or certificate program in the past 3 years.

The jurors for 2016 are Merry Beck, Don Friedlich, and Lauren Markley.

Apply now. Deadline: March 17, 2016, midnight EST
Want to be in the Trunk Show at SNAGneXt?

The 2016 Trunk Show is filling up quickly! If you are interested in selling your work at this year's sale go to the SNAGneXt registration site and reserve your table now. There is a $100 fee, $65 of which will be returned to you after the event.

Student Exhibition & Digital Presentation 

Attention students and faculty: SNAG's 2016 Juried Student Exhibition and Digital Presentation of Student Work are taking entries. They will both be presented at SNAGneXt in May. Deadline for both: February 11, 2016.

How to Book Your Room for SNAGneXt
 
To reserve a room for the conference and receive the discounted rate,
you must book your room during registration. We have negotiated a special price for The Renaissance Hotel and The Doubletree Hotel in Asheville. 
One More Week for 2016 Exhibition in Print Submissions

"Shifting Sites" is SNAG's 2016 Juried Exhibition in Print produced by Metalsmith magazine. We are seeking examples that address fluid boundaries in the production, subject matter, and siting of current metalwork and that creatively engage with their environment. Deadline extended to February 8.
SNAG Springboard

Maker Moxie: The Impact of the Craft School Experience - call for entries, Peters Valley, deadline February 15

Metals Studio Summer Assistantship - Peters Valley, deadline April 1

Powder Coating Boot Camp - Haywood Community College, May 16-18 
 
These are just a few of the opportunities on Springboard. Find and post opportunities today!  
Metalsmith Vol 36 No 1
Don't miss the excerpt from the forthcoming film J. Fred Woell: An American Vision. It can be found on our Metalsmith EXTRA! page. The metalsmithing world lost a true treasure with the recent passing of Woell. Our current issue commemorates this humble yet fierce figure.  
From the SNAG Maker Profiles

This week's featured artist is Wendy Edsall-Kerwin.
Visit SNAG's Facebook page to see more and be sure to check out Wendy's Maker Profile.
 
Akimbo by Wendy Edsall-Kerwin. Bronze, nickel, brass.
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Registration is taking place for SNAGneXt, May 18-21. Go now! 
Make a donation today. Thank you for supporting YOUR SNAG! 
SNAG's new technical education program focuses on archiving the wealth of information within our jewelry and metalsmithing community. New technical articles will be a collaboration between established educators and other makers in the field.  Interested in participating? SNAG is offering a flat fee for articles. Email Victoria Lansford
Media Whore: the persistence of making -- A conversation with Galveston Arts Center curator Clint Willour and artist Edward Lane McCartney, February 6th at Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, TX.  RSVP 713-522-0718. 
AGTA GemFair Tucson is February 2-7. Don't miss the world's leading colored gemstone and cultured pearl tradeshow.
MJSA Expo, the show for professional jewelry makers! March 13-15, New York City.
Victoria Patti talks to blacksmiths around the world on BlacksmithHER Radio. Shows are presented by podcast once a week.