Get to know the SNAG board of directors!
Patricia Madeja, President
Studio Artist, Educator
- Professor and Fine Arts Jewelry Program Coordinator – Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY
- Patricia Madeja Studio Jewelry
- American Craft Council
- Art Jewelry Forum
- Ethical Metalsmiths
- Crafthaus
- SNAG
April Wood, Secretary
Studio Artist, Educator
- Co-founder, Baltimore Jewelry Center
- Visiting artist/lecturer at various locations
- SNAG
Anne Havel, Treasurer
Studio Artist, Educator
- Treasurer, The Enamelist Society
- Treasurer, Pocosin Arts
- Treasurer, Enamel Guild North East
- Co-founder, Project Mesh
- Member: SNAG, Washington Guild of Goldsmiths, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Metal Arts Society of Southern California, American Craft Council, Vermont Hand Crafters
Kristin Beeler
Professor of Art, Jewelry + Metalwork and Applied Design, Long Beach City College
- Metal Arts Society of Southern California
- College Art Association
- Art Jewelry Forum
- klimt02
- SNAG
Dominique Bereiter
Studio Jewelry Artist
- Minnesota Jewelry Arts Guild
- SNAG
Michael Brehl
Teaching artist/metalsmith
- Practicing silversmith
- Portable teaching studio brought to many venues, including community centers, the Smithsonian, farmer’s markets, Washington Goldsmith’s Guild, schools, maker fairs
- SNAG
Ben Dory
Educator, studio artist
• Artist-in-Residence/Visiting Professor at University of Arkansas Little Rock
• SNAG
Elizabeth Shypertt
Curator
- Co-Founding owner of Velvet da Vinci Gallery
- Past Treasurer of Art Jewelry Forum
- Past Treasurer of Metal Arts Guild (San Francisco Bay Area)
- Co-Juror of 500 Pendants & Lockets (Lark Book Series)
- Member, American Craft Council
- SNAG
Demitra Thomloudis
Studio Artist, Educator
- Assistant Professor Jewelry and Metalwork, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia
- SNAG
Kee-ho Yuen
Studio Artist, Educator
- University of Iowa, Professor and Head of UI Jewelry and Metal Arts program
- SNAG