All-Member Exhibition

The Metal Arts Guild and Lireille – Gallery of Contemporary Jewelry and Art - are excited to present the 2010 All-Member Exhibition. Lireille is a museum-style gallery featuring contemporary art, jewelry and fine arts from emerging and nationally acclaimed artists. Lireille is dedicated to promoting art jewelry awareness and availability to the public and to expanding the creativity boundaries in art jewelry.

This is a great opportunity for all MAG members -- professionals, emerging artists and students -- to share work with the Bay Area community. Early submission offers a significant possibility that your work may be used in announcements and promotion of the exhibition.

October 29 – December 5

Fo more information: All-Member Exhibition 2010

Elhadji Koumama
He is back from Niger and will do a demonstration for MAG members, friends and the general public.

If you've never seen Elhadji in action - working on the ground, hammering, doing incredible engraving, folk-style lost wax casting, and hopefully ebony inlay - you are in for a treat! 
There will also be a big selection of work for sale by Elhadji and the members of his Tuareg cooperative.

When:
Saturday, June 26, 1-5pm. 

Where:
It will be at Adam Clark's Scintillant Studio
1258 Valencia
San Francisco (between 23rd and 24th St.)

MAG Summer Picnic
MAG's annual summer picnic will be held on:
When: August 29, from 1p.m. to 4p.m.

Where:
Adam Clark's new metal sculpture studio in San Francisco.
Demo on machine shop equipment and the cross over into the jewelry world.

Address is:
1555 Burke ave
San Francisco, CA.  94124

Please bring a DISH to share and your family/friends. We will be voting in the new mag board, cast your ballot. See you there!

Turquoise: Natural or Otherwise--MAG sponsored lecture

When: May 23, Sunday from 1p.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: River Of Words Gallery in the Sawtooth Building

Please join MAG for Turquoise: Natural or Otherwise, a lecture at River of Words Gallery in Berkeley on May 23, Sunday from 1p.m. to 3 p.m. Dayton’s lecture will give an overview of turquoise through history and focus on the fact that 95 percent of all currently available turquoise is not natural. Natural turquoise will be for sale so bring your checkbooks in order to take advantage of this opportunity.

Dayton Simmons has been involved with turquoise since he set his first piece at age 12 in 1975. Twenty years later he moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico and established Silver Day Trading Co. where he is a purveyor of gem grade natural turquoise stones and fine jewelry, a miner, an expert at repair of antique American Indian jewelry and an educator of turquoise.

May 23rd from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
River Of Words Gallery in the Sawtooth Building
2599 Eighth St. # 38 (between Dwight and Parker, closest to Parker)
Berkeley, CA 94710

Questions? Contact Suzanne Pugh: spugh@ccsf.edu

Metal Arts Guild Members Provide Hands-on Workshops and Demos
Maker Faire
San Mateo Expo Center May 22-23, 2010, 10AM-7PM

MAG is applying to be a participant in the annual Maker Faire this May and has an entire weekend of metals events lined up for the public to experience and enjoy. Some of the projects in the line-up include:

Copper Bracelets-family hands-on workshop by Aimee Golant and David Casella

Recycled Jewelry - hands-on cold connections with alternative materials by Christine Dhein and Taiko Roskothen
Game Board Brooches - hand-s on riveting with aluminum tubing by Harriete Estel Berman
Weavi Enameling copper Pendants --basic sgraffito enameling techniques by Isabelle Eyman
PLUS MUCH MORE!

Annual Student MAGrant
Deadline: April 30, 2010

MAG will award a $500 grant to a full-time, matriculated student showing excellence, potential, and talent in the metal arts. The winner will be given a feature article in an upcoming issue of the Guildletter. Winner will be notified in June.

ELIGIBILITY

• Applicant must be a full-time, matriculated student in metalsmithing program
• Must be a member of MAG or sign up for a student membership ($20)
• Can reside anywhere in the United States

JURORS

Christine Dhein, Assistant Director/Instructor at Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts
Curtis Arima, Metals instructor at California College of the Arts
Deborah Boskin, MAG Grant Coordinator

The APPLICATION is a PDF that is downloadable from the MAG website. Click here.
Contact: Deborah Boskin

TechShop Tour for MAG Members
THIS Saturday, March 6, 10am 
FREE FOR MAG MEMBERS

TechShop
120 Independence Dr
Menlo Park, CA  94025 
off of Hwy 101

Contact: Suzanne Pugh
RSVP by March 1; a few spots still available!

Join MAG on a free tour of this incredible facility!

Meet in the parking lot at 9:55, hope to see you there! 

TechShop offers training on every piece of equipment in the facility.  The wide range of classes lets you learn how to use the tools and equipment as you need them. Recent and upcoming classes include: Solidworks: an intro to 3D modeling in Solidworks; from art to part, Silk screen printing basics, Making glass beads, An introduction to Adobe Photoshop for the laser cutter, Electronics: microprocessors for makers, Carbon fiber basics, Beginning sewing, Aluminum sand casting, Sandblasting and powdercoating, Tig welding, and Plasma cutting.

TechShop facility features a 15,200 square foot floor plan including classroom and workshop space, a creative brainstorming lounge called "The Hub", a retail store offering convenience materials and consumables, and a large lighted parking lot with space for 75 cars. We are very excited to announce that a new 15,500 square-foot TechShop is opening at 926 Howard Street (near 5th and Howard) in downtown San Francisco in the Summer of 2010!

Special Cartier Tour for MAG
Sunday, March 28, 9am 
Legion of Honor
Lincoln Park
34th Avenue & Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94121

Contact: Carolyn Tillie
RSVP by March 1; a few spots available!
Cost: $25 for MAG MEMBERS

This is a fabulous opportunity to see the Cartier exhibit early before the museum opens to the general public (not to mention better parking)! An amazing array of diamonds, mystery clocks, tiaras and more. Hurry and get your spot before they are all snatched up. Contact Carolyn Tillie  now!

2010 Annual MAG Metalsmithing Day

When: Sunday, JAN 17, 1-4pm
Where: River of Words Gallery
2547 8th Street #13B
Berkeley CA 94710

BART: Ashby or Downtown Berkeley

Don’t miss this year’s MAG Metalsmithing Day--your chance to meet and catch up with fellow metalsmiths, see what MAG has in store for the year ahead, and hear from world renowned artist, June Schwartz.

California Living Treasure & Enamelist JUNE SCHWARTZ will give a presentation on her iconic electroformed vessels and process from paper maquette to enamel finish. Her work is in the permanent collections of the De Young Museum, the Met, MAD NY, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and many others.

MEET THE BOARD - Information on upcoming events, opportunities and an open forum for members to become involved with future programs.

If you make jewelry-wear it! Refreshments will be served.

Contact: pugh.suzanne@gmail.com

Presentation by June Schwartz

Over the decades that June has been creating enamel pieces, her bowls and abstract vessels have come to be synonymous with the medium itself. Working from her Sausalito home studio, Schwarcz begins her process with a three dimensional maquette made out of paper. Next, she builds the vessel using thin copper sheets or metal mesh. She then has the form electroplated to render it sturdy enough to undergo the enameling process. Finally, she carefully applies enamel.

"I'm very drawn to subtle colorations and the quality of light, maybe because I live with a lot of fog -- or maybe I like light behind a little bit of obscurity. Lots of people wish I'd do brighter, stronger things, but by now I figure, 'I'm old and I can do what I want."
In January 2007, June Schwarcz, along with artists Bill Helwig and Bill Harper, was selected to exhibit at the Long Beach Museum in the first major retrospective of American enamel art held in the United States since 1959. Her work is held in the permanent collections of premier art institutions, including the de Young Museum, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and many others.  She is recognized as a California Living Treasure.  Text from KQED's SPARK blog. See the June 2007 broadcast of June on Spark

Reclamation & Rescue Workshop with Peter Ostwald

When:  January 23rd & 30th, 2010   11am-3pm
Where: Peter Ostwald’s Studio, 2443 Magnolia Street, Oakland

Course Description:  
Reclaim your beautiful stones from ugly settings! Rescue your precious metals from ugly stones!
Create a new piece of jewelry from recycled settings and stones in this two day workshop.  On Day 1, students free stones from settings, melt old settings, and produce a crisp, to-scale drawing of a new piece using Peter’s innovative drawing technique.  On Day 2, students fabricate the new piece based on the finished drawing.  This workshop focuses on the individual student’s project from conception to finished piece.  It is highly recommended that students discuss project with Peter prior to the workshop.

Contact: Peter Ostwald, 510-835-7717, Studio open Tuesday-Thursday, 11am-5pm.

Cost:                         
MAG MEMBERS - Register by December 31st: $ 135 Register after December 31st: $ 160
NON MEMBERS - Register by December 31st: $ 160 Register after December 31st: $ 185

Class size is limited so register early by sending your check along with your address, phone number and email address.  You will get a confirmation, then a reminder prior to the workshop.

Workshop Refund Policy:  MAG's policy is any cancellation prior to 14 days of the workshop is eligible for a full refund; prior to 7 days is eligible for a 75% refund; if less than 7 days MAG is unable to offer any refund.

Send Registration Checks made out to the Metal Arts Guild to:
Maureen Harvey, Reclamation  & Rescue Workshop, 2301 Larkin St. #303, San Francisco, CA, 94109

About Peter Ostwald:

Peter Ostwald was educated at Putney School in Vermont and at UC Berkeley. He was trained in jewelry, metal folding and hollowware sculpture by Robin Campbell, Mary Renk, Professor Victor Reese and most recently, Richard Kambuzuma in Zimbabwe. He has sold metal sculpture and jewelry through such stores as Saks Fifth Avenue, the Oakland Museum and Madison Avenue's Kreuger Gallery. Peter has taught metal arts for 35 years including Richmond Art Center and Sierra Nevada College. Peter was founder and director of the metal arts program at John McConnell Technical Institute in San Francisco and was metal arts instructor at the Piedmont Adult School for seven years. He has provided private instruction in metal arts and sculpture at Ostwald Workshops for the past 20 years.

Bring:  Old jewelry/stones to be reworked into a new piece.  Metals can include yellow gold, silver, copper, and brass. Tools and solder are provided but bring your favorite tools and solder if desired.

The Metal Arts Guild is focused on enhancing the creative and professional development of our community’s members and enlarging the market through public appreciation and education about the metal arts.  We are an all-volunteer non-profit organization serving our community through workshops, exhibitions, lectures, networking and social events since 1951.  For membership information please visit our web site at:  http://www.metalartsguildsf.org/membership/membership.htm