Get to know the SNAG board of directors!
Kat Cole, President
Studio Artist
- Co-Founder of Jewelry Edition
- Visiting artist/lecturer various location
- SNAG
- Art Jewelry Forum
April Wood, Secretary
Studio Artist, Educator
- Co-founder, Baltimore Jewelry Center
- Visiting artist/lecturer at various locations
- SNAG
Michael Brehl, Treasurer
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
Dominique Bereiter
Studio Jewelry Artist
- Minnesota Jewelry Arts Guild
- SNAG
- Co-chair SNAG conference 2014 Minneapolis
Dianne deBeixedon
Professor, Art Department Chair, Old Dominion University
- SNAG
- Michigan Silversmiths Guild
- Washington Guild of Goldsmiths
- Florida Guild of Goldsmiths
- Artist Blacksmith Association of North America
- Tidewater Blacksmiths Association
- Art Jewelry Forum
Ben Dory
Educator, studio artist
• Artist-in-Residence/Visiting Professor at University of Arkansas Little Rock
• SNAG
Anne Havel
Studio Artist, Educator
- Treasurer, The Enamelist Society
- Treasurer, Pocosin Arts
- Treasurer, Enamel Guild North East
- Past Treasurer, SNAG
- Co-founder, Project Mesh
- Educational Endowment Scholarship Committee Chair, SNAG
- Member, SNAG, Washington Guild of Goldsmiths, Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Metal Arts Society of Southern California, American Craft Council, Vermont Hand Crafters
Patricia Madeja
Professor and Fine Arts Jewelry Program Coordinator – Pratt Institute, Brooklyn NY
Patricia Madeja Studio Jewelry
- SNAG
- American Craft Council
- Art Jewelry Forum
- Ethical Metalsmiths
- Crafthaus
Elizabeth Shypertt
Curator
- 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
Kee-ho Yuen
Studio Artist, Educator
- University of Iowa, Professor and Head of UI Jewelry and Metal Arts program
- SNAG