March 2nd 2010
2010 CONFERENCE

Eighteenth Annual Conference
Sunday – April 11th, 2010
Newark Museum

Keynote Speaker:
Gretchen Goss

» Instant Gallery:
Please bring pieces of your work for sharing with the membership.

» Demonstrations
We will be taking breaks for short demonstrations by guild members.

» Silk Screens
Alan Kravitz will make Riso silk screens for enameling using the master-maker our guild contributed to the museum art workshop. 

» Bring and Buy
There will be an opportunity for you to sell any enameling related equipment or books.

Click HERE to download the brochure and registration form

Jan 1, 2010
Summer Employment Opportunity for College Students

Camp Med-O-Lark (medolark.com), an arts camp in Washington, ME, is looking for summer counselors with experience in fine metals, vitreous enameling, beading (including polymer work) and other visual art forms. Camp Med-O-Lark is a both a visual and performing arts camp with campers between 8-16 years old. Dates are from June 16 to August 19, 2010 (the 1st two weeks is Staff Training time). Starting salary is $1,750 for 1st year counselors who have completed at least one year of college. The job also includes living in a cabin with campers and having night activity responsibilities, along with a generous time off schedule. Room and board (including vegetarian, not vegan, choices) included. Only non-smokers need apply. This is a summer job that is loads of fun, gives you the opportunity to meet others from all over the world (both counselor and camper), and allows you to teach what you love to do - enameling, beading or making metal jewelry!
 
Current Studio Offerings where counselors are needed:

• Metals: we teach basic jewelry techniques with silver and copper. We have a joint program, one period a day, with the enameling studio. We even have a rolling mill for basse taille enameling and metal texturing. And offer pierced and soldered Champleve.
• Enameling: we teach Cloisonne on fine silver and copper enameling with both grain and liquid enamels in a variety of techniques including sgraffito, stenciling, etching for Champleve and Basse Taille, scrolling, raku and more.
• Beading: we teach stitching (off loom bead weaving), wire work, working with polymer, some stringing and some loom work. This program is geared towards working with seed beads, but we have extensive bead inventory of various types to augment designs. Last summer we started making French Beaded Flowers for hair ornaments.
• Other visual arts – Med-O-Lark is also looking for counselors who know candle making, painting, pottery, drawing and more. Please tell your friends to look on the camp’s website (medolark.com) for more info.