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May 8 - June 8

SNAG Raffle Fundraiser 

Throughout 2023 SNAG will host a variety of monthly raffles to support our infrastructure and operations. This is the perfect opportunity to show your support and enter to win incredible artwork, tools, gift certificates and more.

For the month of May we’ve partnered with Craft Optics, Otto Frei, Lion Punch Forge, Knew Concepts, Potter USA, Pepetools, Parawire, Gesswein, Myron Toback, Reactive Metals, Rio Grande, Halstead, Cool Tools, Contenti, JEC Products, Stuller, and Lindstrom to offer a raffle with six different tool bundles with a total value of over $5k! Raffle tickets available through June 8th.

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2023 Educational Endowment Scholarships

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…

In Remembrance: Jeffrey Herman

Jeff Herman was a preeminent silver conservator and wonderful human being. After being drawn to jewelry in high school, Jeff attended the Portland School of Art, now Maine College of Art. While at PSA, Jeff was influenced by two master…

Membership Meeting

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…

Career Topographies: Conversations in the Middle

How do I begin again? Through the enduring COVID-19 pandemic—as recurrent promises of an ending are broken—perhaps we’ve each asked ourselves this question several times. It is a question I began asking in the fall of 2019; I’d finished a…

2023 SNAG Election

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…

In Memoriam: Sharon Church (1948 – 2022)

JEWELRY ARTIST AND EDUCATOR SHARON CHURCH WAS A LONGTIME SNAG MEMBER, FORMER SNAG BOARD MEMBER, AND THE 2018 RECIPIENT OF THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. SHE SERVED ON METALSMITH’S EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE UNDER EDITOR EMERITA SUZANNE RAMLJAK. METALSMITH INVITED PERSONAL REMEMBRANCES…

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