We hope these opportunities for professional growth and creative development will be helpful to our SIBlings. Please check back regularly to see new offerings and deadlines. If you would like to submit something scroll to the bottom of the page! 

Hosted by the Seattle Metal Arts Guild. "We search the fields of metals and metal related pursuits for both the shining luminaries and the emerging gems who are just beginning to glow. Our goal is to charge your creative batteries and leave you with something new-something that you didn’t see coming. The Symposium is one full day of five speakers, a sale of rare and hard to find books and a silent auction where you just never know what you may walk away with."

SIBs governance committee member Lisa Geertsen will be attending this year. We hope to see you there!

Hey ladies, femmes, themes, and babes of all sorts! Do you have trouble finding work pants that fit your sweet bod (and are also cute)? Have you checked out Dovetail Workwear? We recently set up a collaboration with them to offer you all a little discount on their products. If you use the code INCLUSIVE_BLACKSMITHS at checkout you'll receive 10% off your order, and we will earn 5% on any product you purchase. Cool right?!? Head over to their website and take a little looksie!

Add your name and information to this form to enter into a drawing to win ONE Silver Pass
($243 value) for the Catskill Mountain Makers Camp in East Durham, NY Oct 6-9, 2023.

A Silver pass includes:
Entry into the event
All- Hands-On Classes
Tent Camping at Blackthorne Resort

https://catskillmountainmakerscamp.com

BIPOC SIBs members are organizing a committee to develop an in person event for BIPOC blacksmiths and metalsmiths in 2024. Several BIPOC SIBs members have volunteered to get things started, but we need your help! This survey is to gauge interest in attending the event, and an opportunity to get involved in making it happen. Click the link below to fill out the short survey if you would like to be involved in the organizing, or would be interested in attending the event.

Please reach out with any questions to SIBs via our email at inclusiveblacksmiths@gmail.com

The space is 20 x 30. Half of it is lofted, half is a two story roof. It's $1,200 (or $600 split in half) utilities included. In Seattle Washington, Ballard area. Contact Sarah Fetterman at srfetterman@gmail.com to enquire.

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.

A glossary of information collected by a group of blacksmiths.

Open to anyone who wants to participate! This is a friendly and supportive online community where you can share information, ask questions, make friends, show off your work, or whatever!