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• Revolutionary: Maximizing the Online Revolution: Websites and Beyond

  metalcyberspace 6:23 am on January 4, 2009 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: Professional Development Seminar, SNAG (4), social networking, Society of North American Goldsmiths, websites

  The SNAG Professional Development Seminar will be offering four hours of information and discussion designed to offer students, emerging artists and established professionals’ in establishing and maintaining a career in the arts.

  Revolutionary: Maximizing the Online Revolution: Websites and Beyond

  Topics to be covered this year include:
  -Improving Website Performance & Design
  -Using Social Networking and Virtual Communities to Drive Business
  -The Evolving Role of the Gallery in a Virtual World of Commerce

  WHEN: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 TIME: 2-6 pm
  WHERE: The Loews Philadelphia Hotel Commonwealth Rooms C & D 1200 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA
  COST: $10 pre-registration for the entire afternoon; $15 at the door

  Pre-REGISTER online starting January 15:
  http://www.snagmetalsmith.org/image/homepage/signup/.docs/pg/10034
  Scroll down the page to the line that says:
  * Pre-Conference Professional Development Seminar
  To read about the entire program go here:
  http://www.harriete-estel-berman.info/profguidelines/PDS.html

   

• Bend, Mold, Cut, Join: Small Works in Metal - call for entries

  metalcyberspace 12:55 pm on November 14, 2008 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: Bend Mold Cut Join: Small Works in Metal, Contemporary metalsmithing, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, jewelry artists (12), jewelry design competition (9), jewelry design contest (8), jewelry exhibition (24), metal artists (7), metalsmiths (9), SNAG (4), Society of North American Goldsmiths

  Bend, Mold, Cut, Join: Small Works in Metal
  Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
  April 2-May 29, 2009

  DEADLINE: All entries must be postmarked by December 31, 2008
  FULL PROSPECTUS

  THE EXHIBITION:
  “Bend, Mold, Cut, Join: Small Works in Metal” is a national juried exhibition with a concentration on pioneering art jewelry and small scale functional metalwork, such as vessels and implements that combine traditional metalsmithing techniques with a vision representative of the field of contemporary metalsmithing.

  Hosted by the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts (DCCA) and juried by Ellen Lupton, “Bend, Mold, Cut, Join: Small Works in Metal” is shown in conjunction with the Society of North American Goldsmith’s (SNAG) annual conference Revolution in Philadelphia, PA, on May 20-23, 2009. Works should demonstrate the use of one or more traditional metalsmithing techniques and be wearable and/or functional. There are no restrictions on inspiration, format, or additional materials employed. Artists are encouraged to interpret this broad theme with original and innovative contemporary designs.

  This exhibition will be held in the main atrium of the DCCA and in the Alternatives Museum Shop, an elegant retail gallery featuring exquisite handmade wearable and functional crafts by artists from the Mid-Atlantic region and beyond. All metal objects accepted to “Bend, Mold, Cut, Join: Small Works in Metal” must be available for purchase.

   

• metalcyberspace 10:27 pm on December 8, 2007 | 0 Permalink
  Tags: art jewelry (11), Contemporary jewellery (14), Contemporary jewelry (30), fibula, jewelry artist (8), Metalcyberspace (10), metalsmith (8), metalsmiths (9), Phillip Fike, S.E. Sarantos (8), SNAG (4), Society of North American Goldsmiths, studio jewelry (6)

  

  Phillip Fike

  born July 17, 1927 – died Dec. 8, 1997

  Wow ! Has it really been ten years since my good friend Phillip Fike left this planet? I feel his presence around me all the time and it makes me think he’s still here.

  We met at my first SNAG conference in the 80’s. I remember being in a dark bar surrounded by a sea of people and being told these amazing stories of past escapades. I wish I had taped them because I can no longer remember the exact details but I will always remember them with a smile.

  For those too young to have met him, Phillip was a founding member of SNAG and the person who came up with the acronym SNAG (the Society of North American Goldsmiths).

  He would make fabulous fibulae which is an ancient form of a brooch. The types that the Romans and Greeks would use to fasten their garments. He was an expert with Niello. He was a professor at Wayne State University in Michigan from 1953-1997.

  When I told him that I was running for the SNAG Board, he grabbed my hand strongly, would not let go, then thanked me and told me that I understood and represented the spirit of the original Society of North American Goldsmiths. Michael Good told me the same at Tavern on the Green in NY at WJA. I was honored that they felt that way about me. I won the election and served on it from 1994-1998.

  It saddens me to know that a new generation of metalsmiths will never have the chance to experience firsthand the great man Phillip Fike.

  I do have a page in progress.  I need to add a few photos and more information. Just have not been able to scan them yet. If people have info and stories I would love to hear from them.

  Susan Sarantos