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SPARC event recap

by andrew thornton SPARC, Smiths for the Promotion of Accessibility, Representation, and Community, (the BIPOC cohort of the Society of...

Katheryn Garrett describes her experience as a recipient of a SIBs scholarship

I am extremely grateful to have received an SIB scholarship, and am similarly grateful I was able to take the Blade 100 class. As a...

NY times article about blacksmithing

New York Times reporter Amelia Nierenberg interviewed Governance Committee members Elizabeth Belz and Joy Fire for an article about...

Scholarship experience at the Metal Museum

By Federica Ranelli To be in community with folks at the Metal Museum and Society of Inclusive Blacksmiths was to feel a sense of...

Congratulations Vi Cypress!

Vi is a recent recipient of our monthly Money to Burn mini grant drawing and was kind enough to share some thoughts and pictures with us....

Aidan Rhodes, money to burn grant recipient

I have been a part of SIBS for a little while now, and though I have not had the chance (until now) to do anything directly through them...

Mark-Blacksmith mentor

Mark is a mentor in the SIBs Mentorship Program that is currently in progress. We always ask mentors and mentees if they would like to...

Sterling Sam

Sterling was a recipient of one of our monthly Monty to Burn mini grant drawings. Many thanks for sharing more of your story with us...

Queer+Metals project updates

{Queer} + {Metals} is a curatorial project of SIBs friend Rebekah Frank. Check out these updates, and be sure to take a look at the...

Visionaries in Craft, SIBs feature in American craft magazine

We were honored to be included in the Visionaries in Craft section of the recent issue of the American Craft Societies' magazine. Scroll...