Seattle Metals Guild Symposium 2013

Paradigm Shift: Reinvention, Redefinition, and Fundamental Change.

The Seattle Metals Guild is a non-profit organization that works tirelessly to bring educational, exhibition and networking opportunities to the Northwest arts and metals community. Among the lectures, seminars, workshops, shows and social events that the SMG brings to life, one program really stands out: The Annual Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium.

The Symposium is a concentrated one-day affair: five speakers, a silent auction, an incredible book sale and over 200 attendees, from makers to gallerists, collectors and teachers.

This year’s presentations:

• Is it okay to wear a pair of forged steel pumps with your forged and fabricated steel tutu? Blacksmith, artist and teacher Elizabeth Brim will speak about making innovative work in a field once male dominated and tradition-bound.
•  Creative Entrepeneur and “Rebel Leader” at Creative Little Beasts, Danielle Maveal will throw open the door onto the mysteries of successful online marketing. She is also the former Education Coordinator at Etsy.com, the ecommerce site that changed–and is changing–how handmade objects are sold.
•  Metalsmith Greg Wilbur shares his experiences organizing and crowd funding the exhibition “East Meets West: The Hammered Metal Object”. Crowdfunding–raising money online through small contributions on sites like “Kickstarter”–is how many creative projects are now being made.
•  Co-curator of the exhibition “Light-Space-Structure: The Jewelry of Margaret De  Patta”, Ursula Ilse-Neuman will speak about the life and work of the iconic and seminal figure who helped to chart the course of American metals.
•  Artist and jeweler Kiff Slemmons will talk about her work in the studio and in the world and about how she integrates material, action, and idea throughout over 30 years work in metal and in paper.

So join us on October 19^th, 9- 4:30 at the Broadway Performance Hall   (1625 Broadway  Seattle, WA 98122) on Seattle’s Capitol Hill for the 18^th Annual Northwest Jewelry and Metals Symposium. To find out more about the SMG and Symposium 2013, visit www.seattlemetalsguild.org.