The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths

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The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths and Hauser & Miller Company proudly announce the 50 selected jewelry images and the eight award winners for METAL Inclinations2 2010-2012 International Jewelry Design Competition.

To see exhibition go to: www.metalinclinations.org

Congratulations to the AWARD WINNERS! The artists listed below have one or more pieces selected, visit the exhibition web site to see who won the eight awards.

JILL BAKER GOWER, ALICIA JANE BOSWELL, KRISTINE BOURCIER, JUAN CARLOS CABALLERO-PEREZ, DAVID CHOI, CAPPY COUNARD (2 pieces), DARIA DE KONING, KEN DERENGOWSKI, MOLLY DOUGLASS, BENCE FORDOS, ALIYAH GOLD, THERESA HAUSER (2 pieces), BARBARA HEINRICH, NICOLE JACQUARD (2 pieces), UOSIS JUODVALKIS, JUDITH KAUFMAN, JUDITH KINGHORN (3 pieces), ELHADJI KOUMAMA, CHAO-HSIEN KUO, VICTORIA LANSFORD, LORENA LAZARD (2 pieces), SUNG-YEOUL LEE, PATRICIA LEMAIRE, JOSEPH LEROUX, AMY LYONS, CHRISTINE MACKELLAR, BROOKE MARKS-SWANSON (2 pieces), WENDY MCALLISTER (2 pieces), JENNIFER MOKREN, JINHEE PARK, VINCENT PONTILLO, GRETCHEN RABER, SUZAN REZAC (3 pieces), DAVINA ROMANSKY, AMY TAVERN, PATRICIA TELESCO, ASHLEY WARSAW (2 pieces), LIAUNG CHUNG YEN (2 pieces).

The METAL Inclinations2 exhibition will debut online at http://www.smm-metalinclinations.org October 31, 2010. The cash and gift certificate award winners will be announced at that time.

Before that date the 2008-09 METAL Inclinations1 exhibition will still be shown.

Hauser and Miller Company has provided financial support for METAL Inclinations2 2010-2012 and the second place award.

Hauser & Miller is the official sponsor of METAL Inclinations2.

The four jurors for the 2010-12 exhibition are: Jamie Bennett, Klaus Burgel, John Cogswell and Sydney Lynch.

$4,200 in cash and gift certificate awards will be awarded to the winning artists. Awards will be sponsored by the Society for Midwest Metalsmiths, Hauser & Miller, Pasternak Findings, Xuron Corp. and Rio Grande.

To visit (the previous) METAL Inclinations1 International Metalsmithing Exhibition for 2008-09
Go to: http://www.smm-metalinclinations.org

Hauser and Miller Company has been a major supporter of the Society for Midwest Metalsmith's, exhibitions and programs since 1999. Though the years they generously gave SMM funding for the 1999 SNAG Conference in St. Louis, the "Metal Departures" Exhibition in 2001, the "Stones" Exhibition in 2004, the "Hey, These Things Snap Right Off" Exhibition in 2006 and the METAL Inclinations International Exhibition in 2008-09.

Thanks to all the many supporters and volunteers of METAL Inclinations1 & 2!

The METAL Inclinations International Exhibition sponsored by SMM was successful because of the tremendous support by the world-wide metalsmithing community and the corporate sponsors who helped to provide financial support.

SMM would like to thank all those who helped to make the exhibition possible. Thanks to the many volunteer/members of SMM who gave their time and talents to make everything came together and thanks to the hundreds of metal artists who submitted their images to be juried by our four jurors Jamie Bennett, Klaus Burgel, John Cogswell and Sydney Lynch.

Finally we would like to thank the corporate sponsors of the exhibition, Hauser and Miller Company, Pasternak Findings, Rio Grande and Juried Art Services. Please use the links provided to visit these company's websites. We hope the past year was successful and creative for you.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS:
January 2011

In the 2010 business year of the Society for Midwest Metalsmiths, SMM has distributed or have earmarked over $5000 in student scholarships and gifting to local universities with metals programs. This year one student from Maryville University in St. Louis Missouri and one student from Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville Illinois will each receive a $1000 scholarship award honoring the memory of Heikki Seppa, a founding member of the organization, and a friend and mentor to many of the members.

$1,000 to Stacey Larson, Maryville University, St. Louis, MO
$1,000 to Tova Lund, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, IL
The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths is a not for profit organization. The Society's goals are to promote, develop, educate and encourage metalsmiths and jewelers.

SMM has also have provided scholarships to two teens selected from the under-served within our community to attend metal related workshops at Craft Alliance located in University City Missouri. Funds have been allocated to two additional teens to attend Craft Alliance workshops before the end of our fiscal year. Alexis Burton, age 13 and Jamilah Irby, age 11  though the Youth in Need program. These scholarships make it possible for kids to take metalsmithing classes at Craft Alliance in St. Louis, Missouri. The remainder of the above mentioned funds will be gifted to the Metals Programs of our two host Universities in the form of much needed tools and equipment for metals students in-house use.

In addition to the above mentioned funds, with every workshop SMM presents, scholarships are given to two students from the University that is allowing SMM the use of their facility to host the workshop, a minimum of 12 per year have the opportunity to attend our workshops at no cost other than a kit fee for the workshop attended.
Much of the funding for these gifts and scholarships are generated by members, members families and friends making their Amazon.com purchases by accessing the Amazon.com web site through the small ad at the bottom of www.midwest-metalsmiths.org. Amazon is very generous to not-for-profits by giving back a small percentage of each purchase to SMM at no additional cost to the purchaser. We wish to thank all of our membership and friends for their support and we at SMM plan to continue promoting the fine art of metalsmithing in every way possible in the coming years.

SMM Scholarship Program:
The SMM Scholarship Program is chaired by Gayle Eastman

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