The guild holds all member artist metal art exhibitions + sales at local galleries every year with the occasional extra juried event
Connections Exhibit + Sale at ZFolio Gallery in Monterey, CA-22 artists have created 61 pieces for our upcoming Connections Exhibit + Sale at ZFolio Gallery in Monterey, California. Stay tuned for a preview of the wide range of artwork. All are welcome to view this free-to-view MBMAG show.
emergence at rrevv gallery exhibition + sale-Come see locally made artwork by members of the guild at the emergence show at rrevv gallery on Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz California. emergence exhibit + sale runs from July 1 - Sep 2, 2022
emergence at rrevv gallery exhibition + sale-Come see locally made artwork by members of the guild at the emergence show at rrevv gallery on Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz California. emergence exhibit + sale runs from July 1st - July 29th, 2022
“Looking Ahead” Exhibition + Sale-THE EXHIBIT WAS EXTENDED TO 1/10/22 AND IS NOW CLOSED The Call for Artists is now closed for our next all member exhibition which opens on Dec 3, 2021 at the ZFolio Gallery in Monterey California. 25 artists have registered. You must be logged in with your mbmag.org account to register for the exhibit + …
“Reflections” All Member Exhibition & Sale 2021 at Pajaro Valley Arts-Exhibit began Aug 25, 2021 and ended October 3, 2021Pajaro Valley Arts gallery in Watsonville CA 29 artist members of the Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guildshared their wonder and reflections of recent times inartisan jewelry and small sculpture Art in the exhibit covered a wide range of forms and metalsmith techniques and included everything from …
At ZFolio: Back to the Future-Reception Sunday, December 8, 2020 4-6 pm.Exhibit from December 6, 2019 – January 5, 2020 ZFolio750 Cannery Row, Suite 112Monterey, CA 93940 More than 25 members are exhibiting their work this year! ZFolio is located on Cannery Row and is a short walk to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Check it out, amazing work! Maybe we …
Water|Metal Exhibit at the Santa Cruz Art League-WATER | METAL All Member Exhibit at the Santa Cruz Art League July 19 – Sept 15, 2019 The Guild is co-exhibiting with the Santa Cruz Watercolor Society. Small sculpture and artisan jewelry are featured in up to three pieces from each artist are on exhibit and for sale. Each piece of handmade art showcases …
Small Metals Sculpture Show R. Blitzer Gallery-Small Metals Sculpture Show , Opening Reception Friday, Sept. 1, 2017 5-9 pmR. Blitzer Gallery 2801 Mission St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 September 1-30, 2017 Opening Reception, September 1, First Friday event Small Metal Sculpture and jewelry from Artists of the Monterey BayMetal Arts Guild:Nancy YeeAnnette NemesDawn NakanishiFereshteh FatemiTim RobinsonPat EvansSerene SilvaJerry BlanchardPenny WallerHelene DanielsBruce McKayJose …
HER: Honoring Mothers – May 1 to 31, 2017 – Haute Enchilada Gallery-Announcing our upcoming show:
HER: Honoring Mothers
at the Haute Enchilada Gallery in Moss Landing,
May 1 - 31, 2017
The Opening event will be Sunday, May 7th form 3-5pm. Please come and support your friends of the Guild, and maybe find a nice gift for the mother in your life... maybe for yourself!
The Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild offers free metal art events to members throughout the year. The events can be:
Featured Speakers Artists Receptions for New Guild Exhibits Design Challenges General Meetings All Member Parties Photography for Metal Arts Sessions Social Media for Metal Artists Sessions Tool Sales Stone Sales Studio Visits Toolmaker Visits and more….
Summer Party Sunday August 27, 2023-Join us at the summer party as we celebrate local metal arts educators! Bring your own picnic chair to Sierra Azul Nursery-Garden during their annual outdoor "Sculpture IS" show. Sunday August 27, 1 - 4pm. Join us at noon to participate in, or just watch, the guild's board meeting.
If no upcoming events are listed, check back later or join the email list using the field at the bottom of this page for early notification.
Metal Arts Tool Swap Meet 2023-Come to our Metal Arts Tool Swap Meet to buy, trade or giveaway tools and supplies. More than 15 artists have gone through their supplies and are offering things up for sale. Visit the FREE table for the ultimate bargain. Click for more info.
Metal Arts Tool Swap Meet-Come to our Metal Arts Tool Swap Meet to buy, trade or giveaway tools and supplies. More than 15 artists have gone through their supplies and are offering things up for sale. Visit the FREE table for the ultimate bargain. Click for more info.
Knew Concepts Factory Tour-KNEW CONCEPTS invited MBMAG members for a factory tour at their new location in Watsonville, California in May of 2023
Happy Makers at the Make a Bracelet Event-Thanks to all who came to see us at the Monterey Museum of Art Block Party on Saturday April 15th and let your inner metal artist shine!
Tag us on instagram @montereybaymetalarts and we'll share your creation!
Make a Bracelet Free-Would you like to make a thin cuff bracelet with a pattern of your own design? Come see us at the Monterey Museum of Art Block Party on Saturday April 15th and let your inner metal artist shine!
Free for people of all ages! We provide the copper, all the tools, and guide you through the process. You'll be able wear your one-of-a-kind custom made bracelet to the rest of the block party.
Watch Guest Speaker Susan Kingsley-If you missed guest speaker Susan Kingsley at the Jan '23 Winter Party, login to your account to watch her entertaining and informative talk.
Knew Concepts Factory Tour-KNEW CONCEPTS has invited MBMAG members for a factory tour at their new location in Watsonville, California. Register now for FREE to be one of the of 30 people!
FREE All Member Winter Party 2023-Save a space NOW for our FREE all member Winter Party on January 22, 2023.
Join us at the Haute Enchilada Social Club & Gallery in Moss Landing, California
2022 Winter Party and General Meeting-Please join us via Zoom See the flyer below for more information We will be announcing new workshops and sharing what we all have been doing since we last met. Enjoy the special presentation by guest artist Douglas Pryor! Watch your email for the zoom link Sunday January 23, 2022 Agenda: 12:30 pm Board meeting …
Summer Party Sunday August 21, 2022-Join us at the summer party! Bring your own lunch and picnic chair to Sierra Azul Nursery-Garden during their annual "Sculpture Is" outdoor sculpture show. Sunday August 21, 1 - 4pm. Join us at noon to participate in, or just watch, the guild's board meeting.
Visiting artists and our talented artist members teach local workshops in person and remotely. The one to five day workshops cover a wide variety of metal art techniques ranging from beginning metalsmithing to 3D sculptural techniques to advanced jewelry making. Many of the techniques taught cross the boundaries between sculpture and jewelry making and our artists innovate and adapt the techniques to their own unique styles and artwork.
Upcoming locally taught or online Monterey Bay Metal Arts Workshops are listed here first. We also list member taught workshops which are hosted at other sites. If no upcoming workshops are listed, check back later or join the email list using the field at the bottom of this page for early notification.
Members have first dibs at filling guild sponsored workshop seats and pay less than non-members for the workshops.
Free seminars for members are available to watch later via this website.
Previously held workshops taught with visiting artists and artist members of the Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild are listed below for your reference
Designs in Woven Metal: Workshop by Jeanie Pratt-Join the Waiting List for the "Designs in Metal Weaving” Workshop by Jeanie Pratt. April 21 -24, 2022 in person @ Creator Haven in Watsonville CA
The Art of the Chisel: Chasing Workshop-In this 3 day course we’ll be focusing on the fundamentals of chisel technique, hammer control, pitch management, and how to use design to compliment our medium. You will have the option of what your project will be after a short warm up project.
CANCELLED: Where’s the Clasp? online workshop with Alison Antelman Feb 26-28, 2021-Register Now! Signup deadline is Feb 17, 2021 Join MBMAG or Renew Your Membership. All are welcome; members may live anywhere in the world. MBMAG is offering a live online workshop by Alison Antelman. Click here to join MBMAG or renew your membership. If you are a current MBMAG member, click to “Register Now!” If …
CANCELLED: Albion Smith Overlay Cuff Bracelet Workshop-Class cancelled due to CoVID-19 virus. Noted silversmith Albion Smith will teach his elegant Silver Overlay technique. While making their own silver overlay cuff bracelets, students will learn engraving and stamping techniques to embellish the overlays, then learn Albion’s method of soldering the pierced pieces to the underlying metal. In the course of the two days, …
Members Only Workshop: Cloisonné Enamel with an Emphasis on Landscape Design.-Registration opens Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020 at 10 am. This class will focus on the ancient art of cloisonné executed in a landscape design. During this class students will learn how to capture the essence of a landscape through fluid wire bending and apply enamel to achieve atmospheric effects of foreground and background. Students will …
Curtis Arima Workshop: Design and Composition for Metalsmiths Registration Opens June 2, 2018 at 10 am-Award-winning metalsmith and jewelry/metals instructor Curtis Arima presents a one-day workshop on Design and Composition for Metalsmiths. This workshop is open only to members of MBMAG. To join or renew your membership, click here. Registration opens June 2 at 10am. Click here to register During the day, Curtis will guide the students through considerations of: Aesthetics:Identifying forms, …
THE EXHIBIT WAS EXTENDED TO 1/10/22 AND IS NOW CLOSED
The Call for Artists is now closed for our next all member exhibition which opens on Dec 3, 2021 at the ZFolio Gallery in Monterey California. 25 artists have registered.
You must be logged in with your mbmag.org account to register for the exhibit + sale or join the wait list. Once you are logged in, come back to this page and refresh it to see the registration fields and email address for the wait list.
The title and theme of the upcoming exhibition is “Looking Ahead” and we are encouraging artists to create up to 2 new art jewelry or small sculpture pieces (maximum 2.5″ height). Your submitted art must showcase metalwork in techniques of your choosing. The theme, “Looking Ahead” may be interpreted as you wish.
Artists may submit up to TWO pieces of work.
The materials preferred by the gallery are silver and gold with a minor amount of inclusions of gems, stones or other materials.
All pieces submitted to this show must be for sale and priced with commission to the gallery in mind. (ZFolio Gallery 50%, Artist 50%).
Artists will provide an inventory of their work (using the online Labels and Records form) and will also supply a printed Artist Statement and Artist Biography for the Artist’s Book which is on display at the gallery. The gallery staff uses this book to help inform potential customers about each piece and the associated artist. We are always impressed by how much the gallery staff knows about each piece and each artist. Turn in your printed Statement/Biography sheet(s) when you give your artist to the show organizers or gallery team.
All entrants will receive additional information via email.
ZFolio has an online presence www.zfolio.com and an instagram presence via @zfolio
Please do not contact the gallery directly unless you are dropping off or picking up your art.
We look forward to working with you, Toni Danzig and Annette Nemes Exhibit Coordinators
If this is your first time exhibiting and you have questions, send us an email and we will answer your questions. If you need to coordinate delivery and pickup of your artwork from outside Aptos and Monterey, contact us to discuss. Note that MBMAG does not pay for shipping of artwork to or from the artist.
Art in the exhibit covered a wide range of forms and metalsmith techniques and included everything from necklaces to hairpins to a sculpture with a motorcycle brake rotor and a pinion gear. Our artists handmade one-of-a-kind pieces for everyone to enjoy.
IMPORTANT DATES
February 28, 2021
Registration start date. Registration is now closed
June 18, 2021
Registration end date. Registration is now closed
July 2, 2021
Photos of your artwork and “Labels and Records” forms for your artwork were due if photos were to be considered for inclusion on the exhibition postcard
July 12, 2021
“Labels and Records” forms are all now due
August 7, 2021
Deliver your artwork in at the Farm Bakery Cafe, Aptos, CA from 1 – 3pm
August 8, 2021
Deliver your artwork at Paris Bakery, Monterey, CA from 1 – 3pm
August 25, 2021
Exhibition opens
October 3, 2021
Exhibition closes. Artwork pickup date at PVArts Gallery from 5 – 7 pm
“Reflections” Exhibition and Sale at Pajaro Valley Arts in Watsonville California
Artist Bio and Artist Statement
Create an artist biography and an artist statement and print them (2 pages maximum). Deliver the printed page(s) with your artwork when you deliver it to the exhibit team.
“Reflections” . . . an unhurried consideration of something recalled to the mind.
The title and theme of the upcoming exhibition is “Reflections”. We encouraged artists to create up to 3 new narrative or story-telling works based on the theme of “Reflections”. All submitted art showcases metalwork in a variety of techniques and forms.
As part of the exhibition, the Pajaro Valley Arts center 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.
I’ve signed up, what’s next?
When you know what pieces of art you are entering into the exhibition, fill out both online forms to submit your pieces. Yes, online forms are new this year! The online forms save you work of having to fill out, print, scan, and email because the forms automatically email the exhibition team your submissions. Note that both forms are required.
Links to the form pages are below. The two pages include instructions, examples of the Labels and Records Form as a downloadable / viewable PDF, and a PDF version of the PVA Loan Agreement for you to view before you fill out that form online.
The forms are due by 7/2/21 if you wish your images to be considered for inclusion on the postcard. The final due date for all forms from all participating artists is 7/12/21
Click to access the tutorial videos for the Reflections exhibit forms
Volunteers Needed and Very Much Appreciated
Please let Toni Danzig, tonidan@comcast.net, know if you are interested in helping. Your participation is appreciated. Below are the current project team leaders for the exhibition:
Entry Form, Photo and IT Support – Pat Evans & Toni Danzig Education Displays – Pat Evans Exhibit Installation – Toni Danzig Recruitment of Sponsors – Project leader needed Gift Shop Area Organization – Marylou Forrest & Jim Turner Marketing & Music – Margie Moran and Ron Baldwin Moving of Cases and Vitrines – Courtney Scruggs
Allmembers were encouraged to participate. If this is your first time exhibiting and you have questions, send us an email and we will answer your questions. If you need to coordinate delivery and pickup of your artwork from outside Santa Cruz and Monterey, contact us to discuss. Note that MBMAG does not pay for shipping of artwork to or from the artist.
Artwork for Sale PVA staff will assist customers to the gallery using the information we supply during the artwork submission process. The gallery requires the following ratio of pieces that are For Sale and Not For Sale (NFS): If you enter 1 piece, it must be for sale. If you enter 2 pieces, at least one of those pieces must be for sale. If you enter 3 pieces, at least 2 pieces must be for sale and the third can be NFS.
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 30% if you are a member of PVA or 45% if you are a PVA non-member. Work should be priced accordingly.
Exhibition Plus Sale: The gift area was very successful the last time MBMAG had an exhibition and sale at Pajaro Valley Arts. Show participants may put up to 5 pieces total in the gallery gift shop area. Work must be priced at $200.00 or less. As items are sold you may replace them.
Angie Gleason and Lynn Guenther: Hammering Away – Art, Education, and Environment
Friday, Dec 11, 2019, 6:30-8:30 PM
Don’t miss this month’s MBMAG Speaker Series
We’ll be meeting at Cabrillo College Jewelry Room #3001
The event is free and open to the public
Young artist on the Rosebud Reservation
Presenters Angela Gleason and Lynn Guenther will talk about their work and how to make to make a meaningful life with creative practice.
Angela will talk about her work and her opening SCRAP exhibit. Lynn will show a short video about her teaching trip to Rosebud Reservation and talk a bit about other educational programs that she is involved in.
Lynn is collecting tools and donations to complete the “tool kit” she left for the students to use at the school on Rosebud Reservation. Below is what they are missing. You can bring any donations to the meeting.
Student hammering away at the Rosebud Reservation School
Angela Gleason (front) and her helper working on the SCRAP Project
Lynn says, “Fortunately some artists were very generous with materials last year, but the kids are using them and they could always use more if people want to donate any extra stuff they have. 20 or 18 gauge copper would be helpful, too, for bracelets.”
Supplies Needed
15-20 design stamps (expensive, $8 each!)
alphabet stamps
number stamps
3 ball pein hammers
rawhide or Delrin hammer
drill
drill bits
3 more saws
3 bench pins
saw blades
bracelet mandrel
cutting shears
gloves
patina
pliers
wire cutters
files
Sheet metal: Copper, brass, nickel
Stones and beads
Cash donations towards tools and materials are also welcome
December 6, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Reception: December 8, 2019 Registration Opens September 1 through October 25, 2019
Monterey Bay Metal Arts Guild is pleased to present a gallery exhibition opportunity this fall. ZFolio is one of MBMAG’s favorite places to exhibit – beautiful setting, knowledgeable and helpful staff.
Schedule:
Call for Entry: Opens Sept. 1st, and closes Oct. 25th.
Oct. 25th: Delivery of work to Zfolio for those who want their work considered for the postcard – Zfolio will photograph and select work for postcard.
Sunday, Nov. 17th: Records and Labels due.
Saturday, Nov. 30th: collect work in Santa Cruz area. Sunday Dec. 1st collect work in Monterey area.
Artists may submit up to three pieces of work. The materials preferred are silver and gold with a minor amount of inclusions of gems, stones or other materials. Artists will provide an inventory of their work, photos and bios for an Artist’s Book.
All pieces submitted to this show must be for sale and priced with commission to the gallery in mind. (ZFolio Gallery 50%, Artist 50%). Please do not contact the gallery directly. The theme, “Back to the Future” may be interpreted as you wish. All entrants will receive additional information.
The entry fee is $25.00. Entry fees are non-refundable and you must be a current MBMAG member. Membership sign up on or after Oct. 15th gives you membership through 12/31/2020.
WATER | METAL At the Santa Cruz Art League from July 19th to Sept 15, 2019 Registration open through June 15, 2019
This is a CALL FOR ARTISTS to participate in an exhibit from July 19 – Sept 15, 2019.
The Guild is co-exhibiting with the Santa Cruz Watercolor Society.
Up to three pieces will be accepted. Art must showcase metalwork. Techniques can range from casting, enamel, fabrication, chase and repousse, chain, etc. Small sculpture is encouraged.
Fee: $40.00 You must be a member of MBMAG to register. The Santa Cruz Art League will require 40% of sales, 35% if artist is also a Santa Cruz Art League member.
Please sign up now in order to secure a place in the exhibit. Entry will close on June 15th. Records and labels will be due July 1st –> forms will be sent out to you via email.
If you have photos of work that you would like to have considered for inclusion in advertising, please submit before June 15th to Toni Danzig/=.
Sign up now – this will be fun summer exhibit. Exhibit coordinators: Annette Nemes and Toni Danzig
Important Dates:
Sunday, July 7th – Records and Labels due. Send to Toni Danzig.
Saturday July 13th – 1:00 – 4:00 collect artwork at The Farm Bakery and Cafe, Aptos, CA
Monday, July 15th and Tuesday, July 16th – set up exhibit. We need help with this, please see below.
Friday, July 19th – exhibit opens
Friday, August 2nd – First Friday reception
Friday, Sept. 6th – First Friday reception
Sunday, Sept. 15th – Exhibit closes.
Monday, Sept. 16th take down exhibit. We need help with this, please see below.