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I want to first express my gratitude for the first SIB Educational Grant that I received in March 2024. With these funds, I was able to...

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

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...

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

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

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....

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