Conferences Prior to 2002
1970-2001
| 2001 | Richmond, VA | Material Considerations |
| 2000 | Cambridge, MA | The Status of the Hand |
| 1999 | St. Louis, MO | Reaching Out |
| 1998 | Seattle, WA | Settings |
| 1997 | Albuquerque, NM | Enchantment of Diversity |
| 1996 | Washington, DC | Capital Assets |
| 1995 | New Orleans, LA | Celebrations |
| 1994 | Portland, OR | Transformations—Personal Artistic Evolution |
| 1993 | Cincinatti, OH | Celebrating a New Metals Order |
| 1992 | Providence, RI | American Metalsmithing: A Diversity of Intent |
| 1991 | Atlanta, GA | Metalmorphosis |
| 1990 | San Francisco, CA | Bridges |
| 1989 | San Antonio, TX | Remembering the Alamo |
| 1988 | Saratoga Springs, NY | Twentieth Anniversary of SNAG |
| 1987 | Bloomfield Hills, MI | The American Sensibility |
| 1986 | Flagstaff, AZ | New Frontiers |
| 1985 | Toronto, Canada | An International Gathering |
| 1984 | New York, NY | Jewelry: Art and Industry |
| 1983 | Pacific Grove, CA | Professionalism for the Artist-Designer |
| 1982 | Chicago, IL | (Annual Meeting with lectures and events added on) |
| 1981 | Lawrence, KA | Research and Developments in Education, Business and Industry |
| 1980 | Tucson, AZ | Contemporary Copper |
| 1979 | Boston, MA | Historical, Traditional & Contemporary Ideas in Metal |
| 1978 | St. Louis, MO | From Concept to Consumer: The Business of Being a Goldsmith |
| 1977 | Seattle, WA | |
| 1976 | Cleveland, OH | Changing design concepts and technical innovation |
| 1975 | St. Louis, MO | Evaluation of SNAG’s future |
| 1974 | Washington, D.C. | |
| 1972 | New York, NY | Historical Research |
| 1970 | St. Paul, MN | First International Conference of Metalsmiths |