Promoting metal arts
The board welcomes Glenn Evans as Treasurer and thanks Fereshteh Fatemi for her time in the role. The board thanks Darci Shea Bogdan for the time she was able to give as a board member.
The 2024 build board continues to guide the guild as we almost reach our first full year as a 501(c)(3) non-profit! MBMAG qualified to transition from our 501(c)(4) non-profit status, retroactive to May 10, 2023. We remain a CA nonprofit public benefit corporation.
Everyone is welcome at the Opening Reception
June 2, 2024 from 2 – 4 pm
Exhibiting artists are invited to participate in the “Sell What You Wear” experience at the “Around and Round” exhibit opening reception
If you’d like to participate in SELL WHAT YOU WEAR, scroll down to the bottom of this page to fill out the form for the pieces you will wear and sell at the opening reception.
The form is due Sunday May 19, 2024 if you wish to participate
Bring a list of SELL WHAT YOU WEAR items to the artwork drop off. The gallery needs this list to prepare for possible sales of jewelry you plan to wear at the opening reception.
HOW TO “SELL WHAT YOU WEAR“
Each exhibiting artist may wear pieces to the opening reception that are for sale, IF you fill out the form below. Once PVA has the information you enter which includes, the sales price (WITH the commission for PVA included, media used, title, and description) those pieces will be considered part of that selling opportunity.
All exhibiting artists are encouraged to participate. If this is your first time exhibiting and you have questions, send us an email and we will answer your questions.
Artwork for Sale If a person at the opening reception is interested in buying a piece that you are wearing, take that person with you to the PVA office at the front of the gallery. PVA staff will assist you and will help the customer purchase your piece(s).
Membership in PVA is optional, but encouraged. See: pvarts.org to join
For items that sell in the “gift shop” area of the gallery, PVA will take a 30% commission on your artwork if you are a member of PVA. The commission rate is 45% if you are not a member of PVA. Work should be priced accordingly.
Please let Toni Danzig know via email (tonidan@comcast.net), if you are interested in helping. Your participation is requested and very much appreciated. Artists were asked to choose a volunteer activity when you submitted your exhibit artwork. If you would like to volunteer to help in more ways, please contact Toni.
Click the bar below to read the details and timing for each volunteer activity.
Exhibit installation: Help organize and place artwork in the gallery the weekend of May 11th
Gift shop organization: Organize and install artwork in the gallery gift shop area the weekend of May 11th
Photography Assistance: Help other artists take photographs of their artwork (via advice or in-person). Your contact information will be passed on to artists who request this type of help.
Form Assistance: Help other artists fill out the exhibit entry forms (via advice). Your contact information will be passed on to artists who request this type of help.
Case and Vitrine Moving TO Gallery: On May 11, 2024, 6 volunteers and 3 vans or trucks are needed to move the cases and vitrines from Santa Cruz to Watsonville and assemble them in the gallery
Make-a-Bracelet: On June 15, 2024, the guild needs at least 6 volunteers from 11-4pm to assist with our free-to-the-public Make-a-Bracelet event. We assist people at each step to create a cuff bracelet. We need assistance from 11-noon to setup, and 3-4pm to clean up.
Return Exhibit Artwork to Artists: On July 14, 2024 from 4-7pm, organize and assist return of pieces to artists from the exhibit (4 volunteers are needed)
Return Gift Shop Artwork to Artists: On July 14, 2024 from 4-7pm, organize and assist return of gift shop pieces to the artists (2 volunteers are needed)
Case and Vitrine Moving FROM Gallery: On July 15, 2024, 6 volunteers and 3 vans or trucks are needed to disassemble and move the cases and vitrines from the gallery in Watsonville to Santa Cruz
Public Relations: Write a public relations release and send it to news outlets
Post Card Distribution: Visit local organizations and hotels in the Monterey, Watsonville, and Santa Cruz area to provide packs of postcards to promote the exhibit
Social Media: Create and post photos and videos to social media to promote the exhibit
All current guild members
may now watch the video online in the Member Resources section. Login to your guild account then navigate to the Member Resources page.
Bob Rush demonstrated reverse intaglio carving into stone, custom tool making and the use of those tools.
If you registered for the free online seminar, check your email for the presentation which includes the tools and supply list, and links to 4 of Bob Rush’s Bench Tip articles for Rock & Gem magazine. The email you received on March 17, 2024 includes the video link.
NO kit fee for this workshop
The workshop is open to everyone.
Join the guild now or renew an expired membership now to take advantage of member pricing.
WORKSHOP DETAILS
Quickly form copper sheet metal into wonderful 3-D shapes and textures from sheets of metal without any soldering.
Learn many low-impact ways to fold metal in this 2 day workshop. You’ll leave with samples and ideas for further exploration. The workshop focuses on using foldforming methods in a smaller scale, aiming for jewelry making, concentrating on techniques that work for jewelry. You’ll learn the most appropriate foldforming approaches for textures, shapes and designs for small work. Bracelets, brooches and earrings are addressed.
Fold-forming uses sheet material, folds it, works it and then unfolds it. Fold forming is a quick, easily learned way of shaping sheet metal with hand tools. It emphasizes forming using the metal’s characteristics. Shaping is extremely efficient and rapid (many are 3-7 minutes working time). Tools are simple; fingers, hammers, anvil and mill. Complex relief forms are made from sheets of metal often on one annealing.
Register here for the wait list for the Small Scale Foldforming for Jewelry Workshop on April 27 & 28, 2024. If a spot opens up, we will contact people on the Wait List in the order in which they have added their name. If we do not hear from them within 24 hours, the next person will move to the top of the list. If we don’t hear from that person within 24 hours, it will be offered to the next person on the list.
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WE PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT
Safety goggles, but you may bring your own if you wish.
Creator Haven has kits with goldsmith hammers, rubber mallets, and other basic metal tools, and we have an few hammers to share.
Optional things to bring if you have them, but don’t worry if you don’t have them: chasing tools, especially lining/tracer tools, aviation snips, half round ring forming pliers. We have these to share, but you may want your own. Cheap aviation snips are available for purchase at Harbor Freight.
If you’d like to purchase a forging or raising hammer, please let Pat Evans know via the email address in your registration confirmation email. We will be placing an order for the forging hammers Charles recommends. Price TBD.
STUDENTS BRING THE FOLLOWING EQUIPMENT
LUNCH
Please bring your own lunch. We have a refrigerator, microwave and convection oven. We provide coffee and tea. The refrigerator has filtered water. If you don’t want to bring a lunch, there are fast food restaurants nearby.
ONLINE REGISTRATION
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COVID-19 GUIDELINES
Please review the Creator Haven COVID-19 guidelines for in-person students.
For the health and safety our staff and students, students are required to be fully vaccinated and boosted. All workshop participants are required to agree to and execute the COVID-19 and General Liability releases prior to beginning the workshop.
CANCELLATION POLICY
In the event we have to cancel a class, you will be notified prior to the start date and will be issued a full refund.
Cancellations more than two weeks prior to class are refundable less a 5% service fee. Cancellations two weeks or less prior to class are not refundable unless there is a wait list for the class AND the seat is filled.
By clicking on the “Buy Now” button and by paying the registration fee, you are agreeing to this cancellation policy.
Charles Lewton-Brain is a master goldsmith. He trained, studied and worked in Germany, Canada and the United States. Charles Lewton-Brain’s work is concerned with nature and structure. His jewelry and research into compositional systems for metalworking have been published internationally. He invented and disseminated foldforming, a system of working sheet metal new to the field.
Lewton-Brain has been recognized globally for his art work, and received Canada’s highest honor for Craft, The Saidye Bronfman Governor Generals Award. A distinguished Fellow of the Society of North American Goldsmiths, a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and a Fellow of the Gemological Association of Great Britain, he has lectured and taught in England, Germany, the United States, Canada and Australia. He is a consultant on the jewelry field, and has written expert witness reports regarding health and safety in US legal cases. He co-founded the Ganoksin Project with Dr. Hanuman Aspler in 1996, now the worlds largest educational website for jeweler’s information. Author of nine books and hundreds of articles, he has taught hundreds of workshops internationally.
We encourage artists to create up to 3 new metal art pieces
(sculpture, jewelry, or a mix of both )
The theme Around and Round may be interpreted as you wish.
Up to 3 pieces of metal art can be submitted for the exhibit + sale
Prices must include gallery commission
All new and currrent members are encouraged to submit metal art ranging from sculpture to objects to jewelry.
At the artists’ at the opening reception Sun June 2, 2024 2-4 pm
light refreshments will be served and exhibiting artists can sell jewelry they are wearing in “Sell What You Wear”.
A third sales opportunity is the PVA Gift Shop where you can sell up to 5 pieces. If any of those pieces sell, PVA will contact you and ask if you’d like to replace the sold piece with another piece to sell.
The show is NOT juried
You may register now and wait to enter your details
Photos are not required
All communications between you and mbmag.org are secured via SSL.
Artist and artwork details plus photos (optional) are submitted via the online form.
Artwork must be complete before beginning the artwork details submission process.
CLICK EACH OF THE TOPICS BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION
We are excited to announce that Pajaro Valley Arts will be hosting the exhibition both in person and virtually. Visit the PVArts.org Virtual Tours page to see an example of a virtual show
As part of the exhibition, the Pajaro Valley Arts gallery will also sell member’s art in their gift shop area. In our previous gallery exhibit and sale, many members had successful gallery gift shop sales. Exhibiting artists are welcome to provide up to 5 pieces priced at less than $200 for the PVA Gift Shop area.
What’s the difference?? Art submitted for the EXHIBIT area must be one-of-a-kind and may be any price. Art submitted for the GIFT SHOP area must be priced at less than $200 and may be a design of which you create multiples for sale.
Exhibiting artists are also invited to participate in the “Sell What You Wear” experience at the “Around and Round” opening reception. Details will be sent out via email closer to the reception date along with a link to fill out a form for you to “Sell What You Wear”.
The Registration Confirmation email you receive will contain a link to this page. At the bottom of this page is the online artwork submission form.
Pajaro Valley Arts, in collaboration with MBMAG exhibit team members, will create printed and virtual postcards which will be provided at no extra cost to participating artists.
Photos are NOT required, but all artists are encouraged to submit photos so we may advertise your pieces
Volunteers and needed and very much appreciated
Volunteers and needed and very much appreciated for the following activities:
April 29, 2024 (Mon)
All artwork details are DUE by midnight. Photos are NOT required.
May 4, 2024 (Sat)
1 – 3 pm
Monterey Area Artists Artwork drop off at Paris Bakery, Monterey, CA
May 5, 2024 (Sun)
1 – 3 pm
Artwork drop off at The Farm Bakery Cafe, Aptos, CA
May 29, 2024 (Wed)
Exhibition opens
June 2, 2024 (Sun)
2 – 4 pm
Artists Opening Reception with “Sell What You Wear” opportunity for exhibiting artists
June 15, 2024 (Sat)
12 – 3 pm
Free to the public Make-a-Bracelet event with free snacks. Join us in the patio garden area behind the gallery and create a cuff bracelet with the assistance of guild members.
July 14, 2024 (Sun)
Exhibition Closes at 4 pm
July 14, 2024 (Sun)
5 – 7 pm
All artists pick up any unsold artwork in-person at the PVA Gallery
Online submission with up to THREE pieces of work that have not been previously exhibited at PVA. Submit artist and artwork details. Images are NOT required to exhibit artwork. We encourage artists to upload high-quality images as part of the submission process. The higher the quality of the photo, the higher the likelihood it will be used for the postcards and social media advertising. See PHOTOS above for tips and guidelines.
Dimensions, materials used, type of artwork, artist contact information and optional narrative statements are all provided using the online form.
Providing an Artist Bio and and Artist Statement helps the gallery team help you sell your art to potential customers. We strongly encourage you to create an artist biography and an artist statement and print them (2 pages maximum). Deliver the printed page(s) with your artwork to the exhibit coordinators.
Here are some resources our artists have found helpful for creating Artist Bio and Artist Statements.
If this is your first time exhibiting and you have questions after reading this web page and the online form, send us an email and we will answer your questions.
Before starting the submission form, verify that you are logged in to your account on the website. For the best results, log OUT and then LOGIN again BEFORE beginning the form. If you have been logged into the website for 48 hours, the website may automatically and without warning log you out. The website will continue to allow you to enter data, but none will be saved. To resolve this and other issues with form submissions, READ THIS GUIDE.
Reserve a space NOW for our free online seminar
Everyone may watch, you need not be a member to enjoy this free seminar.
1 – 2 PM SUNDAY March 17, 2024
Bob Rush will demonstrate reverse intaglio carving into
stone, custom tool making and the use of those tools.
Sign up below to receive an email link for the zoom session
AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL ANNOUNCES AWARDS
HONORING DISTINCTION IN THE CRAFT FIELD
2024 Awards include The College of Fellows, Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship, Award of Distinction, and Aileen Osborn Webb Award for Philanthropy
Minneapolis, MN (January 23, 2024) – The American Craft Council (ACC), a national nonprofit dedicated to advancing American craft, announced today the winners of its four major awards. This year marks the 54th year of the awards honoring individuals and organizations for exceptional artistic, scholarly and philanthropic contributions to the craft field.
First presented in 1970, and biennially since 2010, the ACC Awards include the College of Fellows, the Gold Medal for Consummate Craftsmanship, the Award of Distinction, and the Aileen Osborn Webb Award for Philanthropy. This year’s awards highlight 17 artists, curators and arts advocates and who continue to uplift traditions while advancing the boundaries and impact of contemporary craft.
ACC will celebrate this year’s honorees during a virtual ceremony in September of this year. Specific date, time, and details forthcoming.
Biennially, ACC accepts nominations for its awards, which typically come from the current Fellows and a guest list of nominators. Honorees are selected by an Awards Committee, comprised of past Fellows or Honorary Fellows, and are chosen based on professional accomplishments, achievements and support of the craft field.
“This cohort of honorees is an exceptional group of artists, educators and arts advocates who have dedicated themselves and their careers to not only their craft but the craft field as a whole,” said Andrea Specht, executive director, ACC. “Their impact on the arts community has and continues to shape the field and will continue to influence generations to come. We’re honored to recognize them for their contributions.”
“One of the most valuable aspects of the ACC Awards program is that it has a long history that deepens with every new award cycle,” shared Tom Loeser, ACC Fellow 2012, Awards Committee Chair and ACC Trustee. “This year the awardees are amazing, envelope-expanding, inspirational, and risk-taking creative forces. The American Craft Council is honored to celebrate this stellar group of awardees as they continue to create the evolving history of the craft field.”
ACC Awards programming is possible thanks to generous support from the Windgate Charitable Foundation.
Lynda Watson, of Santa Cruz, CA, is an artist specializing in jewelry who was awarded two individual National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships and was named Santa Cruz County Artist of the Year. In 2022, she was selected Master Metalsmith by the Metal Museum in Memphis, TN.
Her work has been shown nationally and internationally and is in the permanent collections of museums here and abroad. It has appeared in numerous books and periodicals and a catalog of her work was recently published by the Metal Museum.
Lynda is a long time member of the Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild
2024 ACC AWARD HONOREES
Visit the ACC website at craftcouncil.org for more information about all the honorees
GOLD MEDAL FOR CONSUMMATE CRAFTSMANSHIP
Nick Cave (Chicago, IL)
Wendy Maruyama (San Diego, CA)
Anne Wilson (Evanston, IL)
COLLEGE OF FELLOWS
Syd Carpenter (Philadelphia, PA)
Michael A. Cummings (New York City, NY)
Einar and Jamex De La Torre (San Diego, CA)
Yuri Kobayashi (Camden, ME)
Mark Newport (Hamtramck, MI)
Michael Puryear (Shokan, NY)
Diego Romero (Santa Fe, NM)
Lynda Watson (Santa Cruz, CA)
HONORARY FELLOWS
Diana Baird N’Diaye, Ph.D. (Cheverly, MD), Cultural Specialist and Curator, Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Cindi Strauss (Houston, TX), Sara and Bill Morgan Curator of Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design, Museum of Fine Arts Houston
AWARD OF DISTINCTION
JoAnn Edwards (San Francisco, CA),Co-Founder and Executive Director, Museum of Craft and Design
Carol Sauvion (Beverly Hills, CA),Founder and Director, Craft in America
AILEEN OSBORN WEBB AWARD FOR PHILANTHROPY
Charles “Chuck” Duddingston (Minneapolis, MN)
American Craft Council (ACC) is a national nonprofit working to keep the craft community connected, inspired, and thriving. Founder Aileen Osborn Webb recognized the significant impact craft has on individuals and communities and established the nonprofit to preserve, cultivate, and celebrate this communal heritage. Eighty years later, the organization’s efforts span the nation. ACC shares stories and amplifies voices through American Craft magazine and other online content, creates marketplace events that support artists and connect people to craft, and celebrates craft’s legacy through longstanding awards and a unique research library. A range of other programs creates space for dialogue and action—because ACC believes craft can bring us together as people. Learn more at craftcouncil.org.
Entry Fee: $35
Click here to register by Feb 29, 2024
We encourage artists to create up to 3 new art jewelry pieces.
The theme Around and Round may be interpreted as you wish.
Up to 3 pieces of metal art can be submitted for the exhibit + sale
Prices must include gallery commission
Artwork can be anything you made in metal art ranging from sculpture to objects to jewelry.
At the artists’ at the opening reception Sun June 2, 2024 2-4 pm
light refreshments will be served and exhibiting artists can sell jewelry they are wearing in “Sell What You Wear”.
A third sales opportunity is the PVA Gift Shop where you can sell up to 5 pieces. If any of those pieces sell, PVA will contact you and ask if you’d like to replace the sold piece with another piece to sell.
The show is NOT juried
Photos are not required
The entry fee is non-refundable and is used to help cover the guild’s costs and provide events for our members
All communications between you and mbmag.org are secured via SSL.
Artist and artwork details plus photos (optional) are submitted via the online form.
Artwork must be complete before beginning the artwork details submission process.
CLICK EACH OF THE TOPICS BELOW FOR MORE INFORMATION
We are excited to announce that Pajaro Valley Arts will be hosting the exhibition both in person and virtually. Visit the PVArts.org Virtual Tours page to see an example of a virtual show
As part of the exhibition, the Pajaro Valley Arts gallery will also sell member’s art in their gift shop area. In our previous gallery exhibit and sale, many members had successful gallery gift shop sales. Exhibiting artists are welcome to provide up to 5 pieces priced at less than $200 for the PVA Gift Shop area.
What’s the difference?? Art submitted for the EXHIBIT area must be one-of-a-kind and may be any price. Art submitted for the GIFT SHOP area must be priced at less than $200 and may be a design of which you create multiples for sale.
Exhibiting artists are also invited to participate in the “Sell What You Wear” experience at the “Around and Round” opening reception. Details will be sent out via email closer to the reception date along with a link to fill out a form for you to “Sell What You Wear”.
The Registration Confirmation email you receive will contain a link to this page. At the bottom of this page is the online artwork submission form.
Pajaro Valley Arts, in collaboration with MBMAG exhibit team members, will create printed and virtual postcards which will be provided at no extra cost to participating artists.
Photos are NOT required, but all artists are encouraged to submit photos so we may advertise your pieces
Volunteers and needed and very much appreciated
Volunteers and needed and very much appreciated for the following activities:
NOW – Feb 29, 2024
Register to participate in Around and Round
Feb 29, 2024 (Thur)
Submit show entry details with photos online to have your photos considered for inclusion on the postcard. Photos must be submitted via the online submission form to be considered for inclusion on the postcard. (Photos are not required for entry into this exhibit).
April 29, 2024 (Mon)
All artwork details are DUE by midnight. Photos are NOT required.
May 4, 2024 (Sat)
1 – 3 pm
Monterey Area Artists Artwork drop off at Paris Bakery, Monterey, CA
May 5, 2024 (Sun)
1 – 3 pm
Artwork drop off at The Farm Bakery Cafe, Aptos, CA
May 29, 2024 (Wed)
Exhibition opens
June 2, 2024 (Sun)
2 – 4 pm
Artists Opening Reception with “Sell What You Wear” opportunity for exhibiting artists
June 15, 2024 (Sat)
12 – 3 pm
Free to the public Make-a-Bracelet event with free snacks. Join us in the patio garden area behind the gallery and create a cuff bracelet with the assistance of guild members.
July 17, 2024 (Sun)
Exhibition Closes at 4 pm
July 17, 2024 (Sun)
5 – 7 pm
All artists pick up any unsold artwork in-person at the PVA Gallery
Online submission with up to THREE pieces of work that have not been previously exhibited at PVA. Submit artist and artwork details. Images are NOT required to exhibit artwork. We encourage artists to upload high-quality images as part of the submission process. The higher the quality of the photo, the higher the likelihood it will be used for the postcards and social media advertising. See PHOTOS above for tips and guidelines.
Dimensions, materials used, type of artwork, artist contact information and optional narrative statements are all provided using the online form.
Providing an Artist Bio and and Artist Statement helps the gallery team help you sell your art to potential customers. We strongly encourage you to create an artist biography and an artist statement and print them (2 pages maximum). Deliver the printed page(s) with your artwork to the exhibit coordinators.
Here are some resources our artists have found helpful for creating Artist Bio and Artist Statements.
If this is your first time exhibiting and you have questions after reading this web page and the online form, send us an email and we will answer your questions.
Before starting the submission form, verify that you are logged in to your account on the website and that you have all the information for ALL the pieces you will be submitting. You may only submit this form ONE time. For the best results, log OUT and then LOGIN again BEFORE beginning the form. If you have been logged into the website for 48 hours, the website may automatically and without warning log you out. The website will continue to allow you to enter data, but none will be saved. To resolve this and other issues with form submissions, READ THIS GUIDE.
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Come meet other metal artists at our FREE annual Winter Gathering
and enjoy the presentation by
Artist/Educator Curtis Hidemasa Arima
Sunday January 28, 2024
scroll down for details
Save your spot by filling out this FREE registration form
Limit of 120 attendees
Sign up now for a FREE spot (current and new members). Join MBMAG now for all of 2024
When registering, enter the total # of people (up to 3), including yourself.
Bring a potluck dish to share with serving utensil(s)
You are welcome to attend without bringing a dish.
Please label your dish if you have made a special type (vegan, vegetarian, kosher, gluten-free, paleo, etc.) so others know they can partake. If a dish includes nuts or shellfish, please label the dish accordingly. You may use blue tape and a marker to label the dish.
The guild will provide water, eating utensils, paper plates, and napkins.
BYOB if you prefer something other than water
The Elks Lodge, Members Room, 121 Martinelli Street, Watsonville, CA 95076
The exhibit + sale was free to all, and all were welcome
Click the arrows or the slider bar above to view some of the 61 pieces from 22 artists!
ZFolio Gallery Monterey is located in the high foot traffic shopping area of Cannery Row steps away from the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Steps away from Monterey Bay, this is one of the guild’s favorite places to share our members art at our annual exhibit + sale. Missed the 2023-2024 Connections exhibit? Stay tuned for how to participate in or visit the 2024-2025 exhibit.
Jan 14, 2024 (Sun)
1 pm
Any unsold artwork returned to artists at The Farm Bakery Cafe, Aptos, CA