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Cast Your 2016 SNAG Ballot Online Now
VOTE NOW. All current SNAG members may vote. Need help? See our 1-page voting tutorial. Voting ends at 9:00 a.m. EST on May 21, 2016. Vote online now or look for the voting table at SNAGneXt in Asheville.
 Each week we are featuring a candidate in Riveting News. There are five candidates for three seats on the Board; one candidate for Board President; and two candidates for one seat on the Nominations & Elections Committee. Members will also be voting on changes to the Constitution and By-Laws. You can find all the elections information online.
Featured Nominations & Elections Committee Candidate: Rebecca Rose
 Rebecca Rose is an artist based in Davenport, FL. She has works in The Andy Warhol Museum, and has shown during Beijing and Shanghai Design Weeks and Art Basel Miami Beach. Her work was featured in Art Jewelry Magazine and she has received the Halstead Grant and SNAG Crafthaus scholarship.
Education
BFA: Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, 2001
Maitland School of Art
Experience
Resident Artist, Ox-Bow School of the Arts, 2015
Visiting Artist, The Craft America Center
Professional Development Seminar Committee Volunteer, SNAG
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Ken Bova and student
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Featured Organization Member: Brockway Center for Arts and Technology
SNAG would like to thank The Brockway Center for Arts and Technology (BCAT) for being an Organization level member. BCAT is home to the newest Metal Arts Studio in western Pennsylvania. It is the first and currently only center of its kind with a metalsmithing program. The metals studio officially opened in June 2015. Their state of the art facility was designed and run by current Teaching Artist Liz Steiner. The BCAT Metal Arts studio serves both youth and adults, with their main focus being students in grades 9-12. Read more>>>
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Is Your School Signed Up? 
Educational Institutions: Represent your program to SNAG's conference attendees! We have six spots left in the Education Resource Room at SNAGneXt. It connects students with representatives from universities, colleges, schools, art centers and other educational institutions. Make sure you have a table! Sign up ends May 13th. |
 SNAG Links Preview
As we prepare for our Auction of Masterful Links during SNAGneXt, here's a sneak peek at our final 2016 link:
Pendant by James Binnion Sterling, copper, iron James Binnion's designs reflect the two conflicting aspects of his personality: the engineer and the artist. He is consistently working to discover or define his limits as a mokume gane artist. James pioneered a technique for making electric kiln-fired mokume gane and in 1991 established James Binnion Metal Arts. The links will be auctioned during the Silent Auction and Trunk Show at SNAG neXt. Interested in purchasing a link before the conference? You can! Contact Gwynne Rukenbrod Smith.
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Support SNAG While You Shop 
Mother's Day is May 8th! Amazon.com customers can select a 501c3 organization to receive donations of .5% of the sale price of eligible purchases when shopping. Support SNAG while you shop!
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Get Your Raffle Tickets
SNAG's annual raffle supports the Educational Endowment Fund that awards scholarships each year to students and emerging and mid-career artists.
Raffle tickets available online through May 12th. You can also purchase them at SNAGneXt.
| Trunk Show Sale
We are almost at 70 artists! Join us at SNAG's annual Trunk Show Sale, May 21st, 3:00-6:00 during SNAGneXt.
| Halstead Challenge
The winners of the Halstead Design Challenge have been selected, but we aren't telling! Come to the exhibition opening at Blue Spiral 1 gallery in Asheville during SNAGneXt to find out and see all the brooches. Here's a sneak peak.
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Need some help with your website, taking photos of your work, or have legal questions around contracts? We can help: Book some time with one of our experts, like photographer Joshua White, while you are at SNAGneXt in Asheville. Proceeds benefit SNAG.
| SNAG Springboard
2016 Halstead Grant - emphasis on jewelry design excellence and business strategy acumen, deadline August 1 Jewelry & Objects 2016 - sponsored by Michigan Silversmiths Guild & Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center, deadline May 13.
| Exhibition in Motion
SNAG is pleased to produce this year's Exhibition in Motion: "Xchange: Fashioning Intersections." May 21st, 8:00-9:00 p.m., The Renaissance Hotel Grand Ballroom, Asheville, NC. Get your tickets now! |
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From the SNAG Maker Profiles
This week's featured artist is Priscilla Frake. Visit SNAG's Facebook page to see more and be sure to check out Priscilla's Maker Profile.
The Buddha Keeps the Cosmos in His Suitcase by Priscilla Frake
Enamel on copper, steel, found objects
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SNAG
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The Society of North American Goldsmiths advances jewelry and metalsmithing by inspiring creativity, encouraging education, and fostering community. SNAG envisions a diverse jewelry and metals community engaging in thoughtful conversation and critical discourse while preserving tradition and embracing innovation.
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