[Jewelry making - Article 00143] - Re: [Orchid] Metalsmith's Exhibition in Print

[Charles Lewton-Brain]

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    What I find interesting is that people are so threatened by anothers
    behavior that they get angry at others who work (sincerely) in
    another way. The prejudices, by the way, also run from those
    operating in artist mode in a context of art jewelry and critical
    discussion towards those who work in a formal manner in the context
    of trade and industry, or of craft jewelry. See:

    http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/working.htm 

    The reality is the field is vast, there is a spectrum of practice
    that runs the gamut, and we share more than we dispute. 

    Anyone can offer to curate an EIP, which includes all trade folks.
    Your proposal may or may not get accepted, but it will get a fair
    discussion. If you want SNAG to be different then join the board,
    volunteer on an action committee, start a working group that brings
    up your issues or write a 300-500 word column every few months on
    what the debates are and get it in SNAGnews. and so on. If you are
    dissatisfied then take that energy, join in and work to change it
    towards what you think is a better state. 

    Believe me, many of the academics involved with SNAG are adjuncts,
    with no pensions, 30% less pay than their colleagues, fired every
    summer with no income for four months. This is not a life that lends
    itself to extra time (as some full time academics may in theory
    have). It is difficult for anyone, in any job, to find the time and
    energy to put into a project like SNAG, or Ganoksin for that matter. 

    Oone can support Bench magazine, AJM and others who give you what
    you want. Make suggestions to the editors of magazines about what you
    want to see, and they may respond well. best 

Charles
Charles Lewton-Brain/Brain Press
Box 1624, Ste M, Calgary, Alberta, T2P 2L7, Canada
Tel: 403-263-3955  Fax: 403-283-9053  Email: brainnet AT telus.net


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