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| Society of North American Goldsmiths | |
|---|---|
| Name | Society of North American Goldsmiths |
| Formation | 1970 |
| Type | Nonprofit professional organization |
| Headquarters | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Region served | North America |
| Focus | Metalwork, Jewelry, Metalsmithing, Metal arts |
Society of North American Goldsmiths
The Society of North American Goldsmiths is a North American professional organization for jewelers, metalsmiths, silversmiths, educators, curators, and artisans associated with Smithsonian Institution, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Cooper Hewitt, Victoria and Albert Museum, and university programs such as Rhode Island School of Design, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and California College of the Arts. Founded amid exchanges among figures linked to Renwick Gallery, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Craft, Cranbrook Academy of Art, and regional craft councils, the organization has influenced exhibitions at institutions like Museum of Arts and Design, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Art Institute of Chicago.
The organization emerged in 1970 during dialogues involving leaders from Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Craft, Fisk University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, SUNY Purchase, Carnegie Mellon University, Indiana University Bloomington, and artists who exhibited at New York World's Fair-era venues and galleries such as Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Marlborough Gallery, and Saatchi Gallery. Early patrons and advisors included curators from Smithsonian American Art Museum and faculty from California College of the Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, and Cranbrook Academy of Art. The group organized juried exhibitions and symposia paralleling activities at Renaissance Society, Walker Art Center, Baltimore Museum of Art, and Victoria and Albert Museum, and later established programs interacting with the National Endowment for the Arts, Canada Council for the Arts, and university collections at University of Texas at Austin and University of Washington.
The organization's mission centers on advocacy for makers and educators across networks including National Ornamental Metal Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Denver Art Museum, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, and Seattle Art Museum, supporting practice-based research tied to residencies at Yale University, Columbia University, Pratt Institute, and University of California, Los Angeles. Activities encompass professional development with partnerships echoing programs at Smithsonian Institution, editorial connections to periodicals like Artforum, Art in America, Craft Horizons, and collaborations with festivals such as Spoleto Festival USA and Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Membership spans practicing artists linked to studios influenced by Warren Mackenzie, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder, and educators from Tyler School of Art, SUNY New Paltz, and Kansas City Art Institute. Governance is conducted by a board with representatives from institutions such as Rhode Island School of Design, Pratt Institute, University of Georgia, Columbia College Chicago, Ohio State University, and regional chapters tied to museums like Milwaukee Art Museum and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The bylaws reflect nonprofit frameworks seen in organizations like Americans for the Arts and College Art Association.
Educational initiatives include certificate programs, fellowship models similar to Guggenheim Fellowship procedures, and residencies akin to MacDowell Colony and Yaddo; they partner with craft schools such as Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Craft, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, and university studios at RISD, Carnegie Mellon University, and Concordia University. Workshops and mentorships draw faculty who have taught at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, New York University, Pratt Institute, and guest artists affiliated with galleries such as Pace Gallery, Gagosian Gallery, and Marian Goodman Gallery.
Annual conferences rotate among host cities that have included programs at Minneapolis Institute of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Seattle Art Museum, Toronto institutions, and university venues at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and University of Texas at Austin. Exhibitions have been curated in collaboration with curators from Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cooper Hewitt, and regional galleries like Fitchburg Art Museum and Gallery 16. Publications and catalogs mirror editorial standards of Artforum, Aperture Foundation, and Crafts Council releases, and they feature contributors from Smithsonian American Art Museum curatorial staffs and scholars at Courtauld Institute of Art.
The organization administers awards and grants supporting makers in ways comparable to National Endowment for the Arts grants, Canada Council for the Arts fellowships, and prizes akin to those from Guggenheim Foundation and Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Recipients often include artists affiliated with Penland School of Craft, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, university programs such as RISD and Cranbrook Academy of Art, and alumni of residencies at MacDowell and Yaddo. Grant rounds and juried prizes have been adjudicated by jurors from Museum of Arts and Design, Victoria and Albert Museum, Cooper Hewitt, and leading university art departments.
Archival materials, catalogs, and recorded oral histories are held in partnerships with repositories such as Smithsonian Institution Archives, Cooper Hewitt Library, Denver Art Museum archives, and university special collections at Rhode Island School of Design, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Ohio State University, and University of Washington. Collaborations extend to digital archives modeled after initiatives at Getty Research Institute, Archive of American Arts, and institutional collections at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Victoria and Albert Museum.
Category:Arts organizations based in the United States Category:Jewellery organizations Category:Non-profit organizations based in Minnesota