Salon SOFA Lectures Sponsored by SNAG
Since 2001, SNAG has sponsored lectures at the International Expositions of Sculpture Objects & Functional Art (SOFA). We bring some of the most interesting contemporary jewelers and metalsmiths into the public eye. All lectures are free to SOFA attendees. See www.sofaexpo.com for more information.
Upcoming Lectures
SOFA Chicago, November 2008:
SNAG is pleased to co-sponsor
a special panel presentation "The Philanthropy of Craft:
Innovative Ways to Make Your Charitable Contributions Count,"
1:00pm, Friday, November 7, 2008, room 309, Navy
Pier.
This panel will be the first in a series of discussions to
create a dialogue among donors who are passionate about
supporting and ensuring the future of craft.
Moderator
Jim Hackney, Managing Partner, Alexander Haas Martin, a firm
dedicated to helping clients create a donor-focused culture
through “best-practices” and objective, strategic
counsel.
Panelists
John E. Brown, III, Executive Director, Windgate Charitable
Foundation
Cindi Strauss, Curator, Modern & Contemporary Decorative
Arts and Design, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Dian Magie, Executive Director, Center for Craft, Creativity
and Design
Jean McLaughlin, Executive Director, Penland School of
Crafts
Imagine the possibilities of significantly increasing
financial support given to museums, schools and other
non-profit craft organizations thereby nourishing creativity
and advancing longevity in the craft field!
Co-sponsored by the American
Craft Council, the Craft Emergency Relief Fund, the Collectors
of Wood Art, the Furniture Society, the Society of North
American Goldsmiths, the Wood Turning Center and John and Robyn
Horn.
Additional SNAG-sponsored Salon Lectures at SOFA Chicago:
- Emerging artists Daniel Di Caprio, Caroline Gore, and Sharon Massey. Gore and Massey both received their MFAs from East Carolina University and Di Caprio will graduate from the same program this spring. Friday, November 7,2008, 9:00-10:00am, room 309.
- Renowned German master goldsmith Michael Zobel. Friday, November 7, 2008, 11:30am-12:30pm, room 305.
- Innovative Australian metalsmith and jeweler Simon Cottrell. Friday, November 7, 2008, 3:00-4:00pm, room 305.
Also of interest to SNAG members is Ursula Ilse Neuman, the jewelry curator from the Museum of Arts and Design speaking about MAD's permanent jewelry collection and the inaugural exhibition at their new location at Columbus Circle. Ursula's lecture will be followed by the Art Jewelry Forum's presentation of their annual Emerging Artist Award to Masumi Katoaka. Sponsored by the Art Jewelry Forum.
In addition, Lisa Gralnick, Professor at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison, will be speaking about her three part Gold
Standard project.
Recent Lectures
SOFA New York, May 2008:
- Karen Pontoppidan spoke on her jewelry and "Why I Do What I Do"
SOFA Chicago, November 2007:
- Anya Kivarkis, Suzie Ganch, and Sayumi Yokouchi talked about the development of their jewelry.
- Metalsmith editor Suzanne Ramljak explored the concept of framing as it relates to the structure, display and wearing of jewelry. In conjunction with the "Framing the Art of Jewelry" exhibition at SOFA Chicago which featured work from the 2007 Metalsmith Exhibition in Print issue, guest curated by Ellen Lupton.
- Marjorie Schick traced her exploration of large-scaled jewelry and sculpture to wear.
SOFA New York, June 2007:
- Kiff Slemmons, on her exhibition, "Re:Pair & Imperfection."
SOFA Chicago, November 2006:
- German jeweler Bettina Speckner discussed the development of her work employing photo-etched imagery
- Sue Amendolara spoke about the development of her and others' naturalistically inspired hollowware and jewelry
- Three fast-rising Emerging Artists: Brooke Marks Swanson, Natalya Pinchuck and Hye-young Suh
SOFA New York, June 2006:
- David Watkins, the aesthetic and technical developments in his jewelry
SOFA Chicago, October 2005:
- Rosanne Raab and a panel of three artists from the Exhibition in Print,“Flatware: Function + Fantasy”
- Dennis Nahabetian, his own work
- Three fast-rising Emerging Artists 2005: Anya Pinchuck, Sergey Yevitin and Melanie Belinker
SOFA New York, June 2005:
- Jung Sil Hong, on jjoum-ipsa, the traditional Korean damascene technique of inlaying metal in steel, as utilized in her work
