The SNAG Educational Endowment Scholarships exist to further educational opportunities for students and professionals looking to broaden their education in the metalsmithing and jewelry field. For 2023 there was a total of $10,000 awarded. This year’s selection committee members were…
SNAG’s Annual Membership Meeting will be held virtually this year. Register through Zoom so that you can join us on Sunday, June 4th at 5:00 pm Eastern. This is a great opportunity to engage with the SNAG Board, staff and other members…
We rely on a volunteer board of people to help steer our organization and the 2023 Election is here! Voting takes place online May 12th-June 2nd. All SNAG members may vote. The candidates are: SNAG Co-Presidents: Kerianne Quick & Seth…
Artist and enamelist Jamie Bennett joined SNAG Managing Director Brienne Rosner on zoom for a casual conversation about his work, technique and the one of a kind brooch Bennett donated to our February Raffle Fundraiser.
In 2004, SNAG donated a slide archive to The Metal Museum. It contained the portfolios of over 330 metalsmiths of national and international significance. The Metal Museum then partnered with the American Craft Council Library to make the collection available…
This is a series of three instructional eBooks featuring tutorials by the 2015-2017 SNAG Links artists, edited by Victoria Lansford. Available in the iBooks Store on your iPad or Mac for $12.99 each. All proceeds from the books benefit SNAG….
This book includes articles from SNAG’s first 35 years of publishing technical information for its membership. As part of SNAG’s mission to advance professional practices through education, these articles have been of ongoing benefit to the membership as well as…
Dear SNAG Community, In June, SNAG x Providence “Hope & Creativity” brought fresh inspiration and renewed bonds of collaboration and friendship within our community. We are still feeling inspired by the incredible energy of those four days and hope you…
Congratulations to Sebastian Grant, one of the recipients of this year’s American Craft Council Lois Moran Award for the article “Explorations in Black Jewelry: Politics,” published in Metalsmith magazine Volume 42 Number 1. The jurors noted that the article “…makes…
Hope is Resiliency is a multi-faceted exhibition and sale that seeks to highlight SNAG’s diverse membership to several audiences. Submissions will be considered for three main components: an in-person exhibition at New York City Jewelry Week; inclusion in Metalsmith magazine,…
COMMUNICATIONS COORDINATOR Position Overview SNAG seeks a motivated, energetic individual to serve in the role of Communications Coordinator. This remote, part-time position reports to the Managing Director (MD), works closely with the Operations Manager (OM). While the Communications Coordinator will…
Virtual Passport Lecture Series presented by SNAG & Pocosin Arts Julie Blyfield Chasing a Life Passion: Jewelry and Objects from South Australia Virtual Lecture: November 4, 2022 6:30-8:00 pm Eastern Featuring Guest Speaker Kath Inglis Student: $5 SNAG Member: $15…
WE ARE SNAG: Anthology 2022 is online now! This virtual catalog of SNAG membership can be searched and used as a visual resource by fellow members, educators, retail shoppers, collectors, galleries, and museums. This online exhibition is not to be…
In Focus: LGBTQIA+/BIPOC Digital Exhibition was shown at the 2022 SNAG x Providence Conference and can now be viewed online. In Focus showcases BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ makers who create impactful sculpture and adornment. It highlights the diverse voices that make SNAG…
The 2022 Digital Student Slide Show was shown at the 2022 SNAG x Providence Conference and can now be viewed online. It features student work submitted by over 30 institutions.
Congratulations to these three students who took home honors from SNAG’s Annual Juried Student Exhibition. First Place: Naomi Chicoine, “Deer Bone” Second Place: Yuta Yang, “Defensive Communication” Third Place: Yihan Yuan, “Circle of Life” The exhibition was display recently during…
The SNAG Educational Endowment Scholarships exist to further educational opportunities for students and professionals looking to broaden their education in the metalsmithing and jewelry field. For 2022 there was a total of $6000 awarded to Student and Professional Artist recipients….
Online voting in the 2022 SNAG Election is now open to all current SNAG members. Members may cast one ballot. For candidate information click here. To vote, click here, login, and fill out a ballot. The SNAG membership elects leaders…
WE ARE SNAG: Anthology 2022 is a virtual catalog of SNAG membership, created as a visual resource for fellow members, educators, retail shoppers, collectors, galleries, and museums. It will include one image from each participant, presented in a searchable web…
The candidates have been announced for the SNAG 2022 election: Board: Motoko Furuhashi, Maru López, Seth Papac Board/Student: Shaunia Grant Nominations & Elections Committee: Kelly Jean Conroy Online voting opens May 12th. For more information please go here.
The SNAG Lifetime Achievement Award Committee has selected Jamie Bennett, Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York, New Paltz, as the recipient of the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. Johnathan Wahl, one of the many colleagues who nominated Bennett, wrote,…
SNAG and Ethical Metalsmiths are once again teaming up for a unique fundraiser and WE NEED YOUR HELP! SWEEP out your jewelers’ benches and SEND us your METAL SCRAPS! These can be turned into valuable dollars that will help keep…
Announcing the winner of SNAG’s competition for a new Lifetime Achievement Award design. Youjin Um has created this piece, “Memory of Object,” made of sterling silver, which will be used as the Award. Youjin Um is a SNAG member who lives in…
SNAG’s community has always felt like family to me. I am so thankful to be serving as the President of SNAG at a time when I needed connection and community the most.