[Jewelry making - Article 01074] - Re: [Orchid] SNAG's Metalsmith EIP, another disaster

[Sandra Zilker]

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    This is a welcome, lively and impassioned exchange. As a SNAG board
    member, my areas of activity include being the liaison to Metalsmith
    and its Editorial Advisory Committee. Hopefully, I can clarify some
    of the points about Metalsmith and the Exhibition in Print. 

    SNAG does publish Metalsmith but the SNAG Board does not specifically
    tell the editor what to put in the magazine. We do pay attention and
    evaluate and oversee the large picture and scope of the magazine, but
    we are not actually doing the editing. I provide the communication
    between the board and the editor. The editor always wants feedback
    and anyone can contact her directly. Suzanne Ramljak's e-mail is
    editor at snagmetalsmith dot org Mine is spzilker at sbcglobal dot
    net 

    EiP this is a curated issue. There is a 3-year cycle with the EiP
    issues. 

    Commissioned curator. The Editorial Advisory Committee invites a
    curator to present their point of view in the issue. Curated. The
    Editorial Advisory Committee selects from proposal submission. Anyone
    can submit a proposal. Submissions are widely solicited. Juried. The
    Editorial Advisory Committee invites the jurors. It is open to
    anyone. Non-SNAG members pay a higher entry fee. 

    This one is a Curated Issue. The curated issues are supposed to be
    an exhibition with a specific curatorial point of view. It is not
    meant to be reflective of the field as a whole or of the magazine as
    a whole. It is an extended vision, an exploration beyond the norm. 

    This issue's curators are Kate Bonansinga, Director of the Stanlee
    and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts at University of Texas
    at El Paso, and Rachelle Thiewes, Professor of Art, University of
    Texas at El Paso. 

    There have been a variety of curated EiP's highlighting different
    aspects of the field and including many materials, such as--flatware,
    hollowware, multiples, enamel. Jamie Bennett and Marilyn da Silva
    will jury the next one in 2009 with the theme of "Saturated Metal &
    Color". 

    Metalsmith has a range of departments that cover many dimensions of
    our complex world. A new one is "In Fashion" which will explore the
    intersection of the marketplace and the studio jeweler. The other
    ongoing departments are Books, Studio, Possessed, View, Features,
    and Reviews. 

    SNAG's name--I am also chair of the Name Change Committee, charged
    with researching any interest/attitudes/effect in changing the name.
    SNAG was an accurate description 40 years ago but does it still
    work? As Gabriel mentioned, some people feel that the tradition is
    important. I would love to hear any more thoughts on that subject. 

    SNAG Conference 2010 Houston. Diane Falkenhagen and I are
    co-chairing the annual event. Our theme is "Going to Extremes". We
    are planning to highlight all the different directions in the field
    by comparison and contrast. Check snagmetalsmith.org for more details
    of the theme. Send us any ideas for exhibitions or presentations or
    things you would like to see included. 

    Financial Metalsmith is supported by subscriptions, the subscription
    portion of member dues, advertisers, sales of back-issues, and
    newsstand sales. It is self-supporting. 

    The SNAG Board is listening/reading and enthusiastically wants your
    input. 

Sandie Zilker

 
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