SNAG Board of Directors
Board and staff at SNAG office in Oregon, 2007
Nanz Aalund,
Secretary
Bellingham, WA
Jewelry designer
Recipient, two Platinum Guild International Awards
Recipient, two DeBeers Diamond's Today Awards
Former Associate Editor, Art Jewelry magazine
Former President, Seattle Metals Guild
Harlan Butt, President
Elect
Denton, TX
Regents Professor, University of North Texas, College of
Visual Arts +
Design
American Craft Council Fellow
Past-President, The Enamelist Society
Kristin Lora
Santa Fe, NM
Studio jeweler/metalsmith
Exhibiting artist, national juried craft shows
Niche Award winner 2006, Niche Magazine, The Rosen Group
American Crafts Council
Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Friends of Contemporary Art
Board of Directors, New Mexico Women in the Arts
Anne Mondro
Ann Arbor, MI
Assistant Professor, School of Art & Design, University of
Michigan
Visiting artist/lecturer, various schools
Recipient, Ann Arbor Commission on Art in Public Places
Golden
Paintbrush Award
College Art Association
Michigan Silversmith Guild
Kris Patzlaff,
President
Trinidad, CA
Studio metalsmith
Assistant Professor, Jewelry/Small Metals, Humboldt State
University
Visiting Artist, various schools
American Craft Council
Humboldt Arts Council
Ink People, Eureka, CA
John Rais
Shelburne, MA
Studio blacksmith
Member, Artist Blacksmith Association of North America
(ABANA)
Resident Artist/Instructor, Applied Design, Department of
Sculpture, Purchase College, State University of New York
(SUNY)
Tina Rath
Portland, ME
Assistant Professor, Maine College of Art, jewelry/metals
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, various schools
Maine Artist Access
Marlene
Richey
Boston, MA
Wholesale and retail jewelry industry, expert on marketing and
running a jewelry business
Former membership director, Manufacturing Jewelers and
Suppliers of America
“Profiting by Design,” published by MJSA summer
2008
Portland Arts and Cultural Alliance
Maine Craft Association
Jewelers of America – Maine
Jewelers Resource Bureau
Contemporary Design Group
Art Business Institute
Buyers Market of American Craft
Women's Jewelry Association
Stewart Thomson,
Treasurer
Alna, ME
Studio jeweler/metalsmith
Society of Arts and Crafts Advisory Board
James Thurman
University Park, PA
Associate to the Director, School of Visual Arts
Assistant Professor, School of Visual Arts
Teaching Fellow: Schreyer Institute for Teaching
Excellence
President/Owner, Thurman Unlimited
College Art Association
American Association of Woodturners
Sandra Zilker
Houston, TX
Custom and commissioned fine jewelry designer
Head of Jewelry Program, Glassell School of Art, Museum of
Fine Arts, Houston
Affiliate Artist, University of Houston, Design and
Metalsmithing
Visiting Artist/Lecturer, various schools
Houston Metal Arts Guild
