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 MSG LECTURE: CAROLINE GORE AT THE ALL MEMBERSHIP MEETING SEPTEMBER 13TH AT 2:45 |
 Click here to see more of Caroline\'s Work | | MSG is proud to announce that Caroline Gore will be this years guest lecture at our All Membership Meeting September 13th. Along with our lecture we will have a tool swap, snacks and an open all membership meeting to vote for officers board members and discuss the years activities. This event is free and open to the public.
Biography:
Caroline Gore received a Master of Fine Arts in 2001 from East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts, in 1998 from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. While maintaining an active studio practice, she also lectures internationally on her work and the metals/jewelry field. Some recent locations include: Sydney, Australia, Fiskars, Finland, Florence, Italy, London, England, and Dundee, Scotland. In 2008 her work was featured at SOFA Chicago with Ornamentum Gallery, and she also presented a lecture as part of the Salon SOFA Lecture series - "Emerging Artists 2008" sponsored by the Society of North American Goldsmiths. Her work was featured in Metalsmith Magazine's Exhibition in Print – Equilibrium: Body as Site, and the subsequent exhibition of the same title at the Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for Visual Arts at The University of Texas at El Paso, Texas. She was invited to work as an artist in residence at the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha, Nebraska in 2008, and also in Finland at The Artisans, Designers, and Artists Cooperative of Fiskars, in the village of Fiskars in 2007. Her work has been the included in numerous books, for example, 500 Pendants and Lockets: Contemporary Interpretations of Classic Adornments, and Like, An Experiment in Interpretation, by New Zealand jeweler and curator Stella Chrysostomou. In 2009, her work will be featured in Metalsmith Magazine in the Exhibition in Print Issue, Saturated: Metal and Color, and also at Craft Alliance in St Louis, Missouri in RE:ACTIONS, an exhibition curated by Gail Brown. Currently she is an Assistant Professor of Art and Area Coordinator for Metals/Jewelry at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her work is represented by Ornamentum Gallery in Hudson New York and Quirk Gallery in Richmond Virginia.
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As a culture we suffer when we do not see the beauty of what lies around us in the everyday, and the overload of information and technology pulls us further and further away from being able to see our surroundings clearly. By simply highlighting what often goes unnoticed in environments, my work offers a solution to the single-focused attention of our dramatically busy lives. A dialogue between art and the lives of everyday people is formed when the work is placed in the public space, often in the street and in urban environments. In my working practice, I use this concept in response to inattentional blindness – the forces and attitudes that so often prevent us from seeing our everyday habitat. The site-specific work becomes a gift to those who happen to notice it.
Since 2006 I have been translating chosen environments into site-specific interventions. These interventions consist in applying gold leaf to various spaces around cities, creating my own composition of what I find beautiful in the mundane and overlooked. After my travels, I return to the studio and make a souvenir of the intervention in jewelry. Not every space or place is right for this work, and it takes a long time to completely settle on the correct environment. There has to be a pull, and it must be right; this differentiates the intervention from simple graffiti.
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| Submitted: June 8, 2009 by Christine Bossler |
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| MSG: ALL MEMBERSHIP MEETING AND TOOL SWAP |
 Click here for Tool Swap | | While it may seem to be a long ways off, I assure you September is right around the corner. This years All Membership Meeting will take place Sunday, September 13th, 2009 at Eastern Michigan University.
Events will get underway at 12:30 pm with a silent auction of tools, materials, and finished crafts. I would encourage you all to put aside one day this summer to organize and clean the studio, workshop, dungeon, or however you call your place of work and set aside the things you no longer plan to use. Then remember to bring it down to EMU for others to purchase. Auction forms will go out with the next newsletter in early September and are available by clicking the image to the left.
Our Annual Meeting will start at 1:30 an overview of last years activities, projections of activates planned for the upcoming year and a vote for open board positions.
This years open positions include: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasure and five Board of Director positions. If you are interested in running for a position feel free to contact our Nominations Chair, which will be announced shortly on our website. (Current job vacancies include: website, newsletter, exhibition chair, and volunteer coordinator)
At 2:45pm Caroline Gore who currently teaches Western Michigan University and has just been elected to serve on the Board of SNAG will be providing a lecture about her work. Her bio and more information about her work is available on our website, please see the article below.
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| Submitted: June 8, 2009 by Christine Bossler |
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| JEWELRY + OBJECTS: MICHIGAN SILVERSMITHS GUILD 2009 MEMBERSHIP EXHIBITION |
 Jewelry + Objects Exhibition will be on display May 15 through June 21st | | Each decade since its 20th year the Michigan Silversmiths Guild has marked the occasion with an exhibition of its members work. The 20th was a party at Northwood Inn with each member showing two pieces of their work. The 30th was held at the Detroit Bank and Trust displaying 107 pieces by 34 artists. Our 40th year was marked with the exhibition Spring Into Color at the Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association a juried exhibit of 140 pieces by 37 artists. This year is our 60th anniversary and is being celebrated by the Jewelry and Objects: Michigan Silversmiths Guild 2009 Membership Exhibition at the Ann Arbor Art Center a juried exhibit of 57 pieces by 39 artists and an additional 30 pieces by 26 high school students.
This years exhibition was juried by John Wittersheim Professor of Art at Siena Heights University Adrian, Michigan. It will be on display at the Ann Arbor Art Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan May 15th through June 21st. The opening reception will be held May 29th from 6 to 8 pm, refreshments and hors d'oeuvres will be served, awards will be announced, and the catalog will be released.
Jewelry + Objects: 2009 Membership Exhibition
Ann Arbor Art Center
117 W. Liberty, Ann Arbor, MI. 48104
734-994-8004
annarborartcenter.org
May 15 - June 21
opening reception: May 29th 6-8 pm
Free Demonstration: Creative Chain Links with the Northville High School Metalsmiths Guild: June 13th 1-4 PM
Jewelry + Objects: 2009 Select Membership Exhibition
Domaci Gallery
169 N. Third St., Rogers City, MI 49779
989-734-7584
domacigallery.com
July 18 - 29
opening reception: July 18th 6-10 pm
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| Submitted: April 15, 2009 by Christine Bossler |
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| HAVE YOU SEEN ME? LOOKING FOR HELP CREATING A BIO FOR TWO MICHIGAN BASED ARTISTS. |
 Images of Pagacz Work | | Hi There,
We could really use your help in finding out more information about two Michigan based artists.
The first one has a last name of Pagacz. The collection pictured of sterling silver, I have attached a link to the images provided by Tia. If you have any information about this artist please do share.
The second artist is Patrick Walsh, he owned two stores one in Detroit and the other in Port Huron in the 1850's. The family of Patrick is tring to collect more information about him and his stores. If you have information that could be shared you may do so in the membership discussion area located on the links to the left.
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| Submitted: June 8, 2009 by Christine Bossler |
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| BGSU ACQUIRES NEW WORK FOR DOROTHY MACKENZIE COLLECTION OF JEWELRY AND METALWORK |
 Click here to see more information about Leslie Leupp | | Bowling Green State University's Dorothy MacKenzie Collection of Jewelry and Metalwork has acquired a prestigious collection of work from internationally acclaimed metalsmith, Leslie Leupp. The collection, nearly 3/4 of the work produced during his three decade career, includes hand mirrors, jewelry and objects produced from the 1970's through the 1990's.
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| Submitted: June 8, 2009 by Christine Bossler |
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| CALL FOR PROJECT DESIGNERS: 30-MINUTE NECKLACES |
 For details and entry forms, visit: | | Are you a skilled and imaginative jewelry designer who is up for a challenge? Great! Your mission is to design a necklace or pendant that can be made…start to finish…in 30 minutes flat.
Can it be done? Absolutely. Jewelers exceeded expectations by submitting stunning collection of work for "30-Minute Earrings," the first book in this series. Now we ask you to join the fun.
"30-Minute Necklaces" will showcase more than 50 incredibly stylish step-by-step projects that can be created without investing too much of a valuable commodity...time! The selected designs will be modern and sophisticated and encompass many different styles and techniques. The common denominator will be fast projects that look terrific!
PS: In "30-Minute Necklaces," we won't be teaching fundamental jewelry making techniques. Designers can assume that their readers are already proficient (and quick!) at the basics.
Deadline is August 3, 2009
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| Submitted: June 7, 2009 by Christine Bossler |
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| MJSA EDUCATION FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP |
 Click here for more information | | Every year, talented students from across the United States who share one dream—to have a successful career in designing and making jewelry—look to MJSA to help them make that dream a reality. And thanks to the MJSA Education Foundation Scholarship Group, the association can help them to do just that.
The Scholarship Group consists of six permanent endowment funds managed by the Rhode Island Community Foundation on behalf of MJSA and the Foundation. Money generated by these funds provides support to students enrolled in jewelry design, jewelry making, or other jewelry-related degree programs at colleges, universities, and technical schools throughout the United States. Several awards of $500 to $2,000 are given every year.
Deadline is June 12, 2009
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| Submitted: June 7, 2009 by Christine Bossler |
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| FAIRIE DOORS BRING WHIMSY TO DEXTER |
 Richard Locke\'s Fairie Door, Click here to read the entire article as originally written for the D | | There were 38 creative entries and 732 votes in the Fairie Doors of Dexter exhibit put on by local artists and exhibited at Artistica Art Gallery.
It's yet another new addition to a budding entertainment and arts focused effort to peg the area as a creative center in Washtenaw County, while drawing attention to downtown businesses.
And it also produced a remarkable story. The competition was open to everyone. School children and senior citizens, professional artists and novices, and everyone in between were welcome to join.
Artemis Eyster of Chelsea ended up in a tie with Elaine Owsley and her daughter Amy for first place. Eyster also won third place.
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| Submitted: June 7, 2009 by Christine Bossler |
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| WORKSHOP: SOLDER SEAMS THAT SUCK - RIGHT INTO PLACE! WITH TOM MUIR |
 Tom Muir Workshop | | Solder Seams that Suck - Right into Place!
June 19-23 (5 days) 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
This hands-on workshop will offer enlightening principles of soldering, applicable to a wide range of formats, from small-scale jewelry to large vessel making and sculptural objects. Special emphasis will be on valuable and creative fabrication and soldering strategies. Student should have at least some basic sawing, filing and soldering experience.
During the workshop, Tom will share a Powerpoint presentation, illustrating the entire process of making his 2007 "Twin Risers" teapot, seen here on Tom's website: www.tommuir.org
Topics covered in the workshop include:
-Precision soldering of large and small scale works and component parts that are dramatically different in size.
-Fitting and soldering pieces with compound curves.
-Direct and indirect heating strategies.
-Creative setups that will increase efficiency and accuracy, resulting in joints that require less cleanup.
-Troubleshooting difficult soldering operations (participants should bring in works they are having trouble with).
Level: Beginner to Advanced
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| Submitted: May 30, 2009 by Juanita Bitonti |
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| GRANT: HALSTEAD BEAD INC, JEWELRY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANT |
 Complete application details can be found at | | Halstead Bead, Inc. is calling for entries to its fourth annual Business Development Grant competition for new American jewelry designers entering the bridge jewelry trade. The grant will be awarded to a winning candidate in August. The winner of the 2009 Grant will receive $6,000 in cash and merchandise as well as other benefits. All finalists will be eligible for a mentorship program that matches new designers with established and successful jewelry entrepreneurs.
The Halstead Bead Business Development Grant differs from other jewelry industry competitions and awards because of its emphasis on business skills. Entrants must demonstrate not only extraordinary design, but also a strong business strategy. The application experience promotes the business planning required to make a jewelry brand commercially viable at the national level in today's competitive market.
Designers utilizing a wide variety of fabrication techniques including casting, lampworking, precious metal clay, beading, or metalsmithing are eligible to enter the competition. Candidates must be US citizens who began their businesses after January 1, 2006. Their design companies must focus on "bridge" jewelry which is the segment between costume jewelry and fine jewelry that includes accessories in sterling silver, semi-precious stones, crystal, freshwater pearls and other similar materials.
Deadline June 17, 2009
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| Submitted: May 27, 2009 by Christine Bossler |
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| TOM MUIR RECEIVES OHIO DESIGNER CRAFTSMEN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD RECIPIENT |
 Click here to read full article as writen in Ohio Designer Craftsmen Spring 2009 Newsletter | | For his tireless contribution to the metals field, Tom Muir, Bowling Green State University professor and artist, is the recipient of the 2009 ODC Outstanding Achievement Award. Muir graduated with a BFA from Georgia State University, then received an MFA from Indiana University in 1985. He was named assistant professor of jewelry and metalsmithing at Bowling Green in 1991 and now heads the department.
Since beginning his teaching career in the mid 1980s, Muir has actively supported his students in their pursuit of a career in metals. He helps them write résumés, put together portfolios, and find internships with professional artists, jewelry stores and galleries. Students participate in sales of their work several times throughout the year, and Muir has "always encouraged them to enter juried exhibitions, because professionals are going to be looking at their work. This ratchets up their standards and their professionalism."
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| Submitted: May 12, 2009 by Christine Bossler |
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| CALL FOR ENTRY: CHEONGJU INTERNATIONAL CRAFT BIENNALE 2009 |
 Click her for more information | | Entries for the 2009 Cheongju Craft Biennale exhibition, Outside the Box are currently being sort. The theme looks torward the self-awakening of Arts and Crafts in a period of decline, disruption, and isolation from other sectors of the new global arena of art.
Postmark deadline: June 22 2009
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| Submitted: April 9, 2009 by Christine Bossler |
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| CALL FOR ENTRY: THE ART OF FINE CRAFT 2009 |
 Click here for more information | | A National Juried Exhibition October 1 - November 8, 2009 Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln, Nebraska
This juried exhibition will showcase the best work in fine craft including ceramics, glass, textiles, fibers, metalwork, jewelry, woodwork and printmaking. The exhibition is held in conjunction with Art of Fine Craft conference, October 1-2, 2009, a biennial conference produced by Lux Center for the Arts and Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Entry fee is $30 for 3 entries. Work will be judged from digital images. The jurors are Jason Briggs, Victoria Goro-Rapoport, Jess Starkel and Sonya Clark. Awards will include a $500 best of show and three $150 juror's choice awards.
Postmark deadline: July 1, 2009
Prospectus is available at www.luxcenter.org. Please contact Regina O'Rear at rorear@nebrwesleyan.edu for more information.
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| Submitted: March 30, 2009 by Juanita Bitonti |
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| THE GOLD GALLERY IN SCIO TOWNSHIP ALSO FEATURES STERLING SILVER AND NIOBIUM JEWELRY |
 Click here to read full article as printed in the Ann Arbor News | | After working in the jewelry business together for a decade, Joanna Kokkales and Fred Monroe struck out on their own.
Together the duo are running the new The Gold Gallery in Scio Township. The store opened at the end of January in the plaza in front of Colton Bay Outfitters on Jackson Road.
Kokkales is the buyer and designer, and Monroe is the bench jeweler. The store buys gold and sells Monroe's custom line of sterling silver and niobium jewelry.
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| Submitted: March 7, 2009 by Christine Bossler |
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| CALL FOR ENTRY: ART JEWELRY FORUM 2009 EMERGING ARTIST AWARD |
 Click here for more information | | AJF is accepting applications for its 2009 Emerging Artist Award. The amount of this year's award is $5,000. This is the 9th year that AJF has awarded a contemporary jewelry artist a cash award.
The purpose of the award is to acknowledge promise, innovation, and individuality in the work of an emerging jewelry artist and to help to advance the artist's career. The competition is open to makers of wearable art jewelry who: have completed their academic/professional training, have been out of school for one year or more, and have not had a solo artist exhibition in a commercial gallery or museum. Submitted work must have been unsupervised if from an academic setting.
Jurors for the 2009 competition are: Ursula Neuman, jewelry curator at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York; Gail Hufjay, long-standing member of AJF and a collector of contemporary jewelry; and Masumi Kataoka, jewelry artist and recipient of the AJF's 2008 Award.
Deadline: June 14, 2009
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| Submitted: March 6, 2009 by Christine Bossler |
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| NEW MSG SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES |
 Click Here for More Information | | MSG is proud to announce a new Business Sponsorship program whereby businesses can select to be a "One-Year" Business Sponsor or a "Pay-As-You-Go" Business Sponsor.
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| Submitted: November 25, 2008 by Christine Bossler |
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| INFORMATION CALL: Artists Workshops | | Date: | August 1 - July 31, 2009 | | Details: | SNAG has initiated a project to create a comprehensive listing of artists who give workshops in the
jewelry and/or metals fields. The project outcome will result in a publicly available resource,
residing on SNAG's website; providing a central list to assist those interested in finding artists
to teach workshops. The initial resource will be developed by August 2008 with updates posted on a
quarterly basis.
If you are interested in having your information listed, please contact SNAG volunteer, Lauren
Murray, at laurenmmurray@gmail.com with the following items:
Name
Contact information (including website and e-mail address)
Brief list of workshop topics
| | Contact: | SNAG Volunteer, Lauren Murray, at laurenmmurray@gmail.com | | Resource: | http://www.snagmetalsmith.org/ |
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| Jewelry + Objects: Michigan Silversmiths Guild 2009 Membership Exhibition | | Date: | May 15 - June 21, 2009 | | Details: | A competitive exhibition promoting excellence in the field of metalsmithing. This years exhibition
will feature 57 pieces by 39 artists and an additional 30 pieces by 26 high school students. It
will be on display at the Ann Arbor Art Center (AAAC) in Ann Arbor, MI. May 15th through June 21st
Opening Reception: May 29, 2009 from 6-8pm | | Location: | ANN ARBOR ART CENTER, 117 W. LIBERTY STREET, ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 | | Map Link: | Online Map | | Contact: | 734-994-8004 | | Resource: | http://annarborartcenter.org |
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| Workshop: Silver Clay, PMC, 3 week class | | Date: | May 24 - June 14, 2009 | | Details: | Silver Clay, 3 week class Work with precious metal in a clay form. The pieces when fired in a kiln
or torch are .999 silver. This class is suitable for all levels. Projects in this session will
include demos different than the last 3 week session. 1-3pm on 3 consecution Sunday afternoons. | | Location: | BRIGHTON BEADS AND MORE | | Map Link: | Online Map | | Contact: | 810-844-2067 Staff@brightonbeadsandmore.com | | Resource: | http://www.BrightonBeadsAndMore.com |
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| Workshop: Tube Set Soldered Earrings with Mary Kernahan | | Date: | June 10, 2009 | | Details: | Due to an overwhelming response to this class, we are repeating it, but sign up early as several
slots are already reserved. Tube setting is a great way to add faceted stones to your designs. In
this class, using sterling silver & cubic zirconium, you will become acquainted with several
techniques for tube setting, & will have fun while making yourself some classy earrings to
boot.rnOne session, 3 hours | | Location: | ARMSTRONG TOOLS AND SUPPLY | | Contact: | 1.800.446.4694 armstool@hotmail.com | | Resource: | http://www.armstrongtool.com |
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| SOFA WEST: SANTA FE | | Date: | June 11-14, 2009 | | Details: | Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair (SOFA) the premier gallery-presented art fair focusing on
3-dimensional, contemporary artworks. With a strong educational emphasis, SOFA fairs include an
acclaimed Lecture Series, free with paid admission. A VIP program includes exclusive events tailored
to high-profile gallery clients and collector/museum groups. Special Events include an evening of
food, wine, and music at the Santa Fe Opera with Venetian glass maestros Lino Tagliapietra and Lucio
Bubacco, Saturday, June 13, 6 pm. Highlights from the La Traviata and The Elixir of Love will be
performed by members of the Santa Fe Opera Company. | | Location: | SANTA FE CONVENTION CENTER IN SANTA FE, NM | | Contact: | call 800-563-SOFA (7632) or 773-506-8860 or email info@sofaexpo.com. | | Resource: | www.sofaexpo.com |
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| Workshop: Weekend Welding | | Date: | June 12-14, 2009 | | Details: | Designed specifically for our out-of-town and very busy friends who would like to learn more about
welding and artistic metalworking. Spend lots of quality work time in a spacious, well-equipped
metalworking studio with an experienced, enthusiastic, incredibly helpful instructor. | | Location: | SMARTSHOP, KALAMAZOO, MI | | Map Link: | Online Map | | Contact: | 269-345-7285 | | Resource: | http://www.smartshopkalamazoo.com |
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| MSG Sponsored Demonstration: Creative Chain Links with the Northville High School Metalsmiths Guild | | Date: | June 13, 2009 | | Details: | The Northville High School Metalsmiths Guild will be at the Ann Arbor Art Center June 13th 1-4 PM
demonstrating "Creative Chain Links". More information will be available soon. | | Location: | ANN ARBOR ART CENTER, 117 W. LIBERTY, ANN ARBOR, MI. 48104 | | Map Link: | Online Map | | Contact: | 734-994-8004 | | Resource: | annarborartcenter.org |
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| Workshop: Wire Rings with Sig Lawson | | Date: | June 17, 2009 | | Details: | These are not your typical wire wrapped rings. Join Sig & learn the art of making wire rings that
have the look of traditionally crafted jewelry. One session, 2 hours. | | Location: | ARMSTRONG TOOLS AND SUPPLY | | Contact: | 1.800.446.4694 armstool@hotmail.com | | Resource: | http://www.armstrongtool.com |
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| EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Two Openings in Metalsmithing Studio | | Date: | June 18 - August 17, 2009 | | Details: | BUCK'S ROCK PERFORMING AND CREATIVE ARTS CAMP in New Milford, CT seeks artists/instructors to work
with & relate to adolescents in our Metalsmithing Studio.
21 years+ and strong communications skills and sensitivity to the needs of young artists; teaching
experience preferred, but not essential; MFA a plus.
Dates: June 18, 2009 - August 17, 2009; $1700 plus room/board/studio time/extras.
Please complete an application at www.bucksrockcamp.com
or for more info contact us at: bucksrock@bucksrockcamp.com / Tel: 800-636-5219
Buck's Rock Performing and Creative Arts Camp
Mickey & Laura Morris, Directors
59 Buck's Rock Road, New Milford, Ct. 06776
Tel. 860-354-5030
Fax 860-354-1355
Email: bucksrock@bucksrockcamp.com
Website: http://www.bucksrockcamp.com | | Location: | BUCK'S ROCK PERFORMING AND CREATIVE ARTS CAMP | | Contact: | bucksrock@bucksrockcamp.com / Tel: 800-636-5219 | | Resource: | www.bucksrockcamp.com |
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| Workshop: Persian Cross & Heart Pendant with Mary Kernahan | | Date: | June 20, 2009 | | Details: | If you love the Full Persian Weave (also known as Foxtail) but would like to do more with it, then
this may be the class for you. Students will make both cross & heart shaped pendants. Experience
with the Full Persian Weave is helpful, but not essential. One session, 2 hours. | | Location: | ARMSTRONG TOOLS AND SUPPLY | | Contact: | 1.800.446.4694 armstool@hotmail.com | | Resource: | http://www.armstrongtool.com |
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| MSG at the Ann Arbor South University Art Fair | | Date: | July 15-18, 2009 | | Details: | The Michigan Silversmiths Guild and the Ann Arbor South University Art Fair Association will be
collaborating for our fourth year at the Ann Arbor South University Art Fair. A full list of
participating artists and demonstrations will be available this spring. | | Location: | BOOTH # 157/158 EAST UNIVERSITY AND WILLARD, ANN ARBOR, MI |
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| Jewelry + Objects: Michigan Silversmiths Guild 2009 Membership Exhibition Select | | Date: | July 18-29, 2009 | | Details: | As part of our 60th Anniversary celebration we are taking part of our "show on the road". A portion
of the original "Jewelry + Objects: Michigan Silversmiths Guild 2009 Membership Exhibition" will
travel to the Domaci Gallery in Roger City, Michigan. The Domaci Gallery will also have additional
work made by our guild members for sale through the exhibition.
Opening Reception: July 18, 2009 from 6-10pm | | Location: | DOMACI GALLERY, 169 N. THIRD ST., ROGERS CITY, MI 49779 | | Map Link: | Online Map | | Contact: | 989-734-7584 | | Resource: | http://www.domacigallery.com |
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| Workshop: Copper Camp | | Date: | July 21-23, 2009 | | Details: | Become a coppersmith this summer at SmartShop's Copper Camp. This three-day camp with teach young
artists, scientists, historians, and adventurers all about copper through field trips, visiting
artists, hands-on metal projects, games, themed lunches and demonstrations. Campers will make a
copper bowl, a bookmark and a super-cool enameled manga character. | | Location: | SMARTSHOP, KALAMAZOO, MI | | Map Link: | Online Map | | Contact: | (269) 345-7285 | | Resource: | smartshopkalamazoo.com |
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| Workshop: Elemental Jewelry | | Date: | July 24-26, 2009 | | Details: | Use repeated elements to form completed pieces of jewelry.
Instructor: Kristine Bolhuis, professional jewelry maker.
Cranbrook Academy of Art offers professional development workshops for elementary and secondary
school teachers during the summer in a range of artistic disciplines. Each workshop is designed to
reconnect teachers with the art making process under the guidance of a practicing artist. Workshops
take place in the studios of Cranbrook Academy of Art – one of the country's leading graduate
schools for fine art, design and architecture – located on the historic campus of the Cranbrook
Educational Community.
Professional Credits: Cranbrook Art for Educators (cafe) is accredited by the Michigan State Board
of Education to offer credit toward teacher certification renewal. Each weekend workshop offers two
SB-CEUs. | | Location: | CRANBROOK, BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI | | Contact: | 248-207-8562 cschneider@cranbrook.edu | | Resource: | http://misilversmith.org/documents/cafeflier_four_page.pdf |
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| EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY: Sabbatical Replacement, Boise State University | | Date: | August 1 - December 31, 2009 | | Details: | Jewelry/Metalsmithing Boise State University Adjunct Lecturer.
Starts August 2009. MFA required with teaching experience beyond the GA level or equivalent
professional experience preferred. Desired qualifications include: Ability to teach a broad range of
basic traditional metals techniques such as cold-connection, soldering, fabrication, die forming,
and box-construction. Demonstrated investigation of contemporary issues and theory surrounding 3-D
expression and object making. Responsibilities include 2 sections of ART 221 Art Metals:
Introduction to Metalsmithing, and 1 section of ART 307 Contemporary Ideas in Art Metals taught
concurrently with 1 section of ART 419 Studio in Art Metals for fall semester 2009. Salary $8,199.
Boise State University is an EOE/AA Employer. Vets Preferences. Please send CV, Artist Statement,
20 slides of your work (or CD with jpegs), 20 slides of student work (or CD with jpegs), slide ID
sheets to:
Carol Reagle Administrative Assistant Art Department – 1510 Boise State University, 1910 University
Drive, Boise, ID 83712,(208)426-4070,(208)426-1243 fax, or creagle@boisestate.edu | | Location: | BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY | | Contact: | Carol Reagle (208)426-4070 creagle@boisestate.edu | | Resource: | http://www.boisestate.edu |
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| Enamelist Society Conference | | Date: | August 7-9, 2009 | | Details: | This years conference will be held in Oakland, California. August 7-9, 2009.
This years lectures to include:
The keynote address by Linda Darty
Jeannine Falino, curator of Edge of the Sublime: Enamels by Jamie Bennett, which opened at the
Fuller Craft Museum in Boston and is now touring the U.S.
Pat Johnson, British Society of Enamellers newsletter editor, enamelist, and enamel instructor at
West Dean College, UK
Harriete Estel Berman, Professional Guidelines, Chairperson, Ad Hoc Committee, SNAG
June Schwarcz - master enamelist, American Craft Council Fellow, recipient of numerous awards and
grants, whose work is in the public collections of dozens of museums worldwide
The Enamelist Conference will have wonderful workshops for learning new and interesting techniques.
Please visit the website at enamelistsociety.org
Jennifer Friedman will be in charge of the Silent Auction. A great place to pick up wonderful
supplies, kilns, tools, enamels, books, etc.
Additionally there will be a Live Auction with wonderful enamel artwork pieces for sale. | | Location: | OAKLAND MARRIOT CITY CENTER, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA. | | Map Link: | Online Map | | Contact: | http://enamelistsociety.org/Activities/Conf2009/ConfRegistration2009.html | | Resource: | http://enamelistsociety.org/index.html |
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| Trunk Show: The TRACIAK Collection | | Date: | August 21, 2009 | | Details: | THE TRACIAK COLLECTION by Steve Tracy
Trunk Show
Friday, August 21, 6:00-9:00PM
In the Winter semester of 2002, Steve started his formal art education with Doug Eggleston and John
Wittershiem at Siena Heights University. Steve started with fabrication, casting, raising and
spinning. He gradually gained the knowledge and skills he needed to create his works of art. Steve
is self-taught in the art of Enameling and is still learning this craft. By the end of 2004 Steve
was creating complete Faberge style eggs.
In late 2006, Steve created a name for his objects of art THE TRACIAK COLLECTION (pronounced
Thray-chek).
To date THE TRACIAK COLLECTION consists of (22) Twenty-two different theme eggs.
To find out more visit: http://www.traciakeggs.com/ | | Location: | THE BIDDLE GALLERY | | Contact: | Karen Thomas, (734) 281-4779 | | Resource: | http://www.biddlegallery.com/ |
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| Workshop: Copper Camp | | Date: | August 25-27, 2009 | | Details: | Become a coppersmith this summer at SmartShop's Copper Camp. This three-day camp with teach young
artists, scientists, historians, and adventurers all about copper through field trips, visiting
artists, hands-on metal projects, games, themed lunches and demonstrations. Campers will make a
copper bowl, a bookmark and a super-cool enameled manga character. | | Location: | SMARTSHOP, KALAMAZOO, MI | | Map Link: | Online Map | | Contact: | (269) 345-7285 | | Resource: | http://smartshopkalamazoo.com |
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| Workshop: Forging with Bruce Woodward | | Date: | September 5-6, 2009 | | Details: | Bruce will bring his passion and infatuation with blacksmithing to SmartShop for an inspiring
workshop, "Forging with Bruce Woodward." For one weekend, students will heat, strike and bend steel
channel, a 100-year staple of architectural design and the backbone of bridges and buildings, into
beautiful stylized flowers. A weekend with Bruce will galvanize any level artist for years. | | Location: | SMARTSHOP, KALAMAZOO, MI | | Map Link: | Online Map | | Contact: | 269-345-7285 | | Resource: | http://www.smartshopkalamazoo.com |
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| MSG All Membership Meeting and Tool Swap | | Date: | September 13, 2009 | | Details: | Events will get underway at 12:30 pm with a silent auction of tools, materials, and finished crafts.
Auction forms will go out with the next newsletter in early September and are now available on our
website (please see the news section).
Our Annual Meeting will start at 1:30 an overview of last years activities, projections of
activates planned for the upcoming year and a vote for open board positions.
This years open positions include: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasure and five Board of
Director positions. If you are interested in running for a position feel free to contact our
Nominations Chair, which will be announced shortly on our website. (Current job vacancies include:
website, newsletter, exhibition chair, and volunteer coordinator)
At 2:45pm Caroline Gore who is currently teaching at Western Michigan University and has just been
elected to serve on the Board of SNAG will be providing a lecture about her work. Her bio and more
information about her work is available on our website in the news section. | | Location: | EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, 114 FORD HALL, YPSILANTI, MI | | Map Link: | Online Map |
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| Exhibition and Lecture: The TRACIAK Collection | | Date: | October 1-29, 2009 | | Details: | The TRACIAK Collection Exhibition and Lecture
In the Winter semester of 2002, Steve started his formal art education with Doug Eggleston and John
Wittershiem at Siena Heights University. Steve started with fabrication, casting, raising and
spinning. He gradually gained the knowledge and skills he needed to create his works of art. Steve
is self-taught in the art of Enameling and is still learning this craft. By the end of 2004 Steve
was creating complete Faberge style eggs.
In late 2006, Steve created a name for his objects of art THE TRACIAK COLLECTION (pronounced
Thray-chek).
To date THE TRACIAK COLLECTION consists of (22) Twenty-two different theme eggs.
At the Tecumseh Public Library
October 1st - 29th
with a lecture at the Tecumseh Public Library October 29th at 7pm
Tecumseh Public Library
215 N. Ottawa St.
Tecumseh, MI 49286
To find out more visit: http://www.traciakeggs.com/ | | Location: | TECUMSEH PUBLIC LIBRARY, TECUMSEH, MI | | Map Link: | Online Map | | Resource: | http://www.tecumseh.lib.mi.us/ |
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| American Craft Council Conference | | Date: | October 15-17, 2009 | | Details: | Theme, "Creating a New Craft Culture,"
The speaker lineup is eclectic and engaging, bringing together many folks you don't normally see on
one program. For just a sampler, they've got Rob Walker, author of "Buying In: The Secret Dialogue
Between What We Buy and Who We Are" (2008), Sonya Clark, chair of craft and materials studies at
Virginia Commonwealth University, Claudia Crisan, whose work ranges from small-scale gold chasings
to large sculptural body pieces and elaborate jewelry for private parties, Adam Lerner, former
founder and executive director of The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar, Faythe Levine, artist,
curator, author and indie filmmaker of the documentary, "Handmade Nation", and Richard Sennett,
sociologist and author of "The Craftsman." rnrn | | Location: | RADISSON PLAZA HOTEL MINNEAPOLIS, 35 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402 | | Resource: | http://www.craftcouncil.org/conference09/ |
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