Do you know an aspiring jeweler? Would you like to learn the ancient
craft of working in metal? Here is a chance to get your feet wet and
build a good foundation in jewelry making skills. The Revere Academy
of Jewelry Arts is offering a scholarship for newcomers. Established
to provide an opportunity for people who have never attended the
school, the contest is open to anyone who has never taken a class
before.

The winner receives an all-expenses-paid scholarship from anywhere in
the US to San Francisco, including air, lodging, tuition and fees for
any regular 3-day class at the Revere Academy in San Francisco.

Applicants must reside in the US, submit three images of work their
work and two short essays. There is no entry fee. Application
deadline is October 1, 2014. Apply online at callforentry.org. (CAFE). Registration on CAFE is required.

Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts is located in downtown San Francisco’s Humbold Bank Building. Schedules, information and a free video tour are available upon request from the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, 785 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, Ca 94103. revereacademy.com
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Revere Academy Announces Alice Abrams Scholarship For 2014

Jewelry designers and jewelry artists of all persuasions are invited
to apply for the Alice Abrams Award at the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts. The winner receives a complete scholarship to attend the 2015 Masters Symposium class of his or her choice.

This award is sponsored by the Future of Design Jewelry Education Fund, a charitable fund founded and administered by Cindy Edelstein. The grant honors Colorado designer Alice Abrams and will be awarded to a jewelry artist who wishes to attend the Revere Academy.

The scholarship competition is open to jewelry makers who want to
add skills and take their work in new directions as inspired by this
educational opportunity. Each spring for the past 15 years, the
Revere Academy has held a series of specialized classes taught by
master craftsmen and craftswomen from around the world. Artists come
for a week and teach the area of his or her specialty to students at
all levels. Beginners are invited to most of the Masters classes.

Jurors look for an individual whose work displays original,
innovative, high quality jewelry design. The winner receives $1500
in tuition credit, which can be applied toward any classes at the
school for one year, including the Academy’s famed Masters
Symposium.

Applicants must submit three print-ready images (up to 9MB in size each) of their work and answer two short essay questions.

How to Apply: Online application at callforentry.org (CAFE). Registration on CAFE is required. Entry Fee: $25

Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts is located in downtown San Francisco’s Humbold Bank Building. Schedules, information and a free video tour are available upon request from the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, 785 Market Street, Suite 900, San Francisco, Ca 94103. revereacademy.com

Categories:

The competition challenges jewelry designers to push the boundaries of their imaginations as they envision and create original and innovative pieces in any of six categories:

NEW THIS YEAR! Alternative Metals/Materials: The predominant
material can be any non-traditional metal (not covered in another
category, including base metals and reactive metals) or material
(including resin, glass, wood, found objects and textiles).

Gold/Platinum: The predominant metal is gold or platinum group
metals including palladium or a combination. May be cast,
fabricated, forged, assembled or created with any combination of
techniques.

Silver/Argentium Silver: The predominant metal is silver or Argentium Silver or a combination of both. May be cast, fabricated, forged,assembled or created with any combination of techniques.

Hollowware/Art Objects: Includes vessels and non-wearable objects
made of precious metal constructed primarily from milled stock using one or more metal forming techniques. Decorative cast components may be incorporated. Metal Clay: The predominant material is metal clay (silver, gold, bronze, copper, etc.) and may include gemstones and other findings as desired.

Enamel: The predominant surface material must be glass-based enamels and may be fired on any type of metal.

Emerging Jewelry Artist: Reserved for young designers, 18 years of
age or younger, this category places no limitation on media used and requires only that the finished piece is wearable jewelry adornment and fabricated by the entrant.

For information about the 2015 Saul Bell Design Award competition,
designers are invited to call 800.952.6222. Initial concepts for entries to the 2015 competition are due by September 19, 2014.

Visit http://saulbellaward.com for general information about the Saul Bell Design Award competition.

How do you get yourself to get more done? I recently came across an article that had some suggestions for making it even more fun to cross things off your to-do list. (Could that even be possible? It’s already so fun!)

The article (wherever it was) suggested the free app Habit RPG. I was skeptical, but tried it anyway, could it get me to get those stubborn things done, those things that stay on my to-do list week after week?

The answer is yes!

It’s silly that it works, but it does. You give yourself to-dos in various categories, Habits, Dailies, To-Dos, and you give yourself Rewards to choose from.

I’ve been using it for a few days and have accumulated 71 virtual gold coins. Yay me! I can spend those on silly virtual things, like better clothes and a sword for my little avatar, or I can choose the rewards that I listed for myself.

It’s fun to see the progress bar move across the screen as I check off more tasks. And one of my Dailies is to promote my business on social media. Sure, I participate in social media every day, but do I always do posts that promote my products? No, not before Habit RPG.

I feel silly that it works, but lots of research shows that when we make things a game, we get more done. Anyway, thought I should share it with you, in case it helps you too.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/habitrpg

Also available for Android and web based use.

The next tool is a handy word counting website.

You may know about these already, but in case you don’t. Another tool I have is my local artist and craftsperson business support group and each month we state our goals that we’ll accomplish before the next meeting. At May’s meeting, I said that by the June meeting I’d apply for two grants and two residencies.

Today I submitted the first of those two grant applications and while I was working on the grant application, I used http://www.wordcounter.net to count the number of characters in my resume and statement.

Some online application systems count the words or characters for you and some don’t. Plus, I like to prepare my application off line and then go through the online process quickly, with everything ready to go.

Hope that helps!

What do you to to get your work done? Any gamification that works for you? Comments are open!

The annual Lewton-Brain Foldform Competition is a juried competition for metal work using foldforming techniques. Alan Revere, founder and director of the Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, will join Hazel Wheaton, Editor of Art Jewelry magazine, and Charles Lewton-Brain, pioneer of foldforming, to round out the 2014 jury panel.

Winners in 1st, 2nd, 3rd place and Honorable Mention receive gift
certificates from Rio Grande and coverage in a print issue of Art
Jewelry magazine.Notable entries recognized in a Jurors’ Choice
round are included in the annual event video and themagazine’s
special online gallery. Sponsored by The Center for Metal Arts
(host), Art Jewelry magazine, Rio Grande, and the Ganoksin Project.

Deadline to enter is June 16th. Results to be announced on August 1, 2014.

Complete details, images of past winning objects and videos are all at: http://www.centerformetalarts.com/foldform-competition.html

The Craft and Hobby Association is having a photo contest:

March is National Craft Month! What better time to discover the joy of crafting and all its many benefits? To celebrate, you could learn a new craft or use your skills to teach others a new craft. There are so many creative ways to take part and have some fun during National Craft Month.

The CHA Foundation is hosting a CRE8TIME contest where you could win up to $500! It’s easy to enter CRE8TIME’s National Craft Month Photo Contest. All you have to do is take a picture of how you’re celebrating National Craft Month. This can be a picture of yourself crafting or of your finished craft project. Submit it via the photo contest app on the CRE8TIME Facebook fan page: (https://www.facebook.com/Cre8time).

See their blog post here.

and, for Women’s History Month, I have my assemblage sculptures up at the West Englewood Branch of the Chicago Public Library!

Here’s a type of call you don’t see very often: one for brooches for men. (or any jewelry for men, for that matter.)

It’s only $10.00 to enter. Deadline is November 22, 2013 and the brooch has to be photographed on a male model, so allow extra time for that!

Jurors are Sharon Massey and Cortland DeWitt.

http://www.supbrooch.com

Anthology – Many hands . . . many stories

Metal clay as a medium is evolving as we as artists find new ways to tell our stories through our use of it. It is a malleable and impressionable medium which allows us to express ourselves in our own unque way. We all have an artistic voice, even if we are still in the process of discovering and expressing it.

Metal Clay Mojo seeks to celebrate our individual stories through a slide show of work from all metal clay artists of all levels. We invite you to submit high quality images of your work in jpeg format for possible inclusion in our slide show. All conference attendees are guaranteed to be included but the show is not limited to those who have registered for the conference.

Images can be emailed to Lisel33 (insert relavant symbol) sbcglobal.net with Anthology in the subject line. Please include in the body of the email, image title and the story behind the piece. A short artist statement can also be included. You may submit up to 5 images to be considered for inclusion.

Deadline: August 29th, 2013.

We plan to debut the slide show at the Metal Clay Mojo Conference, September 5, 2013 in Chester, CT. We also plan to show it on the Metal Clay Mojo website and may also create a print version for purchase after the conference. There is no jury fee.

Accepting Submissions for The Art and Design of Metal Clay Jewelry and More (the BOOK)
Deadline: June 1 – October, 2013
Release date: Late – January 2014

We are seeking images to feature in our book, The Art and Design of Metal Clay Jewelry and More. Necklaces, rings, bracelets, earrings, brooches, vessels, and art objects will be considered. Unique and diverse design styles and techniques are desired. Metal Clay should be the predominant material and all types and brands of Metal Clay will be considered, but other media – resin, gems, metals, enamel, and more may be incorporated into the design. High digital images will be accepted by mail or e-mail:
Holly Gage
c/o The Art and Design of Metal Clay Jewelry and More
P. O. Box 614, Bowmansville, PA 17507
E-mail: hgage1 at ptd.net

Artwork for inclusion will be selected based on:
- Design
- Innovation
- Craftsmanship
- High degree of excitement
- Unique use of metal clay and degree of challenge
Hint: The above is a great checklist for submissions. Artists retain copyright of their work and receive a free copy of the book if selected.

Visit Holly’s website for complete instructions:

http://www.hollygage.com/pages/theartanddesignofmetalclay

UncommonGoods, an online store that specializes in handmade, eco-friendly and uniquely designed gifts and accessories, has just launched their Jewelry Design Challenge, a call for unique, handmade jewelry including necklaces, bracelets, earrings and rings.

The winner will receive $500 and an UncommonGoods vendor contract.

Guest judges will provide all runners up with a consultation and critique of their work, as well as tips for marketing and growing your business. Additionally, the UncommonGoods buying team will be happy to review full portfolios in consideration for future work.

After the call for entries, the semifinalist designs chosen by the UncommonGoods buyers will appear on UncommonGoods.com where the online community will vote on their favorite pieces to move on to the final round of judging.

The top five voted designs will be judged by UncommonGoods Senior Manager of Etsy Wholesale Vanessa Bertozzi, jewelry maker Etta Kostick, and UncommonGoods Assistant Jewelry & Accessories Buyer Sharon Hitchcock. A winner will be chosen in mid-July.

Click over to their site for complete rules and entry form.

Deadline: June 30, 2013.

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