SNAG’s high-caliber exhibitions feature some of the finest work in the field. They help to expose more people to the historical, artistic, and cultural impact of the work, and inspire other artists, jewelers, designers, and metalsmiths.
SNAG//SPACE
Be sure to visit SNAG//SPACE, our online exhibition platform.
Current Exhibitions
Future Exhibitions
As Good as Gold: We Are SNAG Membership Series
2020, viewable on SNAG//SPACE
Goldsmith '20
May 2020
Halstead Design Challenge 2020
May 2020 & viewable on SNAG//SPACE
Exhibition in Motion: Future Now
May 2020
Past Exhibitions
2019 Juried Student Exhibition
May 2019
Mastery in Jewelry and Metals: Irresistible Offerings!
May 21-June 23, 2019
Graduating Student Showcase
viewable on SNAG//SPACE
Halstead Design Challenge 2019
May 2019 & viewable on SNAG//SPACE
Triple Parade 2018
October 19, 2018-January 6, 2019
HERE TODAY: We Are SNAG Membership Series
2018, viewable on SNAG//SPACE
Halstead Design Challenge 2018
May 2018, viewable on SNAG//SPACE
2018 Juried Student Exhibition
May 2018
WE ARE SNAG: Appropriated Adornment
December 2017, viewable on SNAG//SPACE
Exhibition in Print at Contemporary Craft
September 8-November 25, 2017
Halstead Design Challenge 2017
May 2017, viewable on SNAG//SPACE
SNAG Links Project
2015-2017
WE ARE SNAG: (Up)Setting the Stone
December 2016, viewable on SNAG//SPACE
Halstead Design Challenge 2016
May 2016, viewable on SNAG//SPACE
WE ARE SNAG: Contemporary Smiths
November 2015, viewable on SNAG//SPACE
Exhibition in Print at CCCD
July 31-August 22, 2015
WE ARE SNAG: Identity
2014, viewable on SNAG//SPACE
Contemporary Goldsmithing: Tradition & Excellence
2013, viewable on SNAG website
Reflection: 100 Years of Jewelry/Metal Arts at California College of the Arts
January 23-February 14, 2013
Gothic: Sinister Pleasures (National Ornamental Metal Museum)
December 7, 2012 - March 10, 2013
Contemporary Gothic Jewelry: Sinister Pleasures (SOFA Chicago)
November 2 - 4, 2012
The Body Adorned
2012, viewable on SNAG website
Transformation 8: Contemporary Work in Small Metals
February 2, 2012 - June 30, 2012
Dichotomies in Objects
July 2010 - April 1, 2011
Realizing the Neo-Palatial
November 5, 2010 - January 16, 2011
Equilibrium
January 22, 2009 - March 11, 2009
Framing the Art of Jewelry
January 19, 2008 - May 11, 2008
And How! Celebrating Art and Soul in Contemporary Metalwork
November 12, 2007 - February 29, 2008
Flatware: Fantasy + Function
October 2005
The Art of Gold
January 2003 - January 2006
Contemporary Enamel
October 2003
Innovative Tools
2001
Exhibition in Print
October 2000
American Revelations
March 1996
Goldsmith '70
1970
SNAG Exhibitions Program
- Expands the depth and breadth of museum and gallery exhibitions
- Nurtures the development of the field
- Fosters a greater understanding in creating works of art relevant to contemporary culture
Three goals of the SNAG Exhibitions Program:
- host and coordinate traveling exhibitions
- partner with other organizations in select exhibitions
- produce a bi-annual physical exhibition of the Exhibition in Print
For more information contact Agnes Ma, Exhibitions Planning Committee Chair.