What’s the difference between a deduction, a tax credit, and a business expense? Can I really write that off? How do I avoid a surprise tax bill as a self-employed person? Farrell Parker - owner of Artist Tax Prep - answers these questions and more in this upcoming income tax workshop.

The Furniture Society is offering a discount to all SIBlings - $10 off the non-member price with code NBTax10.

During this workshop, participants will spend three days working collaboratively under Pete Braspenninx’s guidance to forge and assemble an outdoor sculpture of many components. Techniques will focus on traditional joinery and clean, consistent forgings. This workshop is open to advanced participants: registrants should be familiar with blacksmithing equipment and processes.

The Blacksmiths Festival will take place in Melbourne Australia from May 14-18, 2025. During that time a a dynamic collaborative forging team will come together to create a functional sculpture, adding a new chapter to the festival's tradition of innovative blacksmithing. That team could include YOU! Expressions of interest to join the 2025 team are now open!

The open positions are:
Masterclass Team Member (9 positions)
Team Leaders (3 positions)
Artistic and Technical Lead (1 position)

Click the link for full information and to submit and Expression of Interest.

Equal Temperament highlights the inclusivity of modern metalworking in a juried art show, accompanied by a variety of interpretive programming to showcase metal’s links with other artistic and historical forms. The show invites artists to submit works inspired by or including metalworking or forging that safely fit within a USPS Flat Rate Shipping Box. The works will be juried by an independent panel and showcased at the Kentucky Museum during a 10-month exhibition from July 2025 to April 2026.

No entry fee for up to 3 submissions. Up to 50 works will be selected for the exhibition by a panel of independent jurors. Showcased works are eligible for 5 cash awards.

Workshopping With is a virtual programming series led by SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) members on a variety of topics. Learn more about an array of subjects ranging from technique-based skills to professional practices. Each workshop lasts approximately an hour, with an interactive Q&A session. Participants will receive a handout and access to a recording of the session.

Kay Stauffer | Porch Powder Coating
Kristi Zevenbergen | Ask An Accountant
Maru Lopez | Crafting Your Artist Statement
Michael Brehl | Make Yourself a Blowhorn Stake
Jessica Andersen | Setting Everything But Stones
Sarah Darro | Exhibition-Making
Jack da Silva | Pattern Development + Synclastic & Anticlastic Forming

Use code SIBS10 at checkout to save 10%!

Early Bird - $60/members, $85/non-members, $30/student members
Week of - $75/members, $100 non-members, $45 student members
Watch party - $85

Peters Valley School of Craft is excited to invite submissions for The Art of Craftsmanship exhibition to be displayed in their Sally D. Francisco Gallery. The theme for this exhibition is derived from the age old debate of art versus craft and encourages makers to use their fine tuned craftsmanship skills to create striking, artistically thought out pieces. All crafts media are welcome to apply.

$30 for up to 3 submissions. You may submit multiple times, and pay $30 for up to 3 additional submissions by submitting another form.

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CERF+’s emergency relief grants will focus on materials-based craft and folk/traditional artists that incurred significant medical expenses related to treatment and recovery from COVID-19 AND/OR experienced a recent, career threatening emergency, such as an illness, accident, fire or climate related disaster.

A monthly open forge event hosted by the Alexander Brothers. It is "a semi structured meeting of smiths. Someone teaches a technique and then everyone does it at home and returns the next month with their own practice piece “sketch”."

This database is being organized and hosted by Funlola Coker, an accomplished metalsmith herself. Her invitation is as follows. "Are you a black metalsmith or jeweler? Do you know one? I would like to build a database, aka page, on my website (with links to relevant pages) where folks can find us easily. If you're interested, please send your info to info@funlolacoker.com, and maybe spread the word?"

SSMC is a community of practice for academic shop professionals and associates and this is the venue for collegial, professional discussion of providing and managing resources for making in higher education.

Membership is open to managers and staff of student fabrication facilities and affiliates in educational institutions worldwide. Manufacturers and vendors of equipment, materials and software of interest to SSMC members are welcome to participate and inform, but this is not a venue for sales and solicitations are not welcome. Go to the link, scroll down, and hit the blue "Join this group" button to join.

The Kentucky Crafts Encyclopedia is a portal to information about Kentucky craft practices, craft history, craft institutions, craftsmakers, and places that exhibit or sell craft products. Besides providing a basic overview of the topic, the site links visitors to other websites or places that supply more extensive information. This site is under constant development by folklorist Thomas A. Adler, Ph.D., of Lexington, Kentucky.