Thank you to all of the artists who participated in RJM-SF

Thank you to the following people for making RJM III (San Francisco, CA) a huge success. The last blog entry was a general thanks, but we wanted to put participants' names in lights! Thanks again!

THE CRUCIBLE:
Aimee Golant
David Casella
Mark Wilson
Katie Leong
Brenda Hayes
Rosemary Dudley
Lori Kohlstaedt
Rodney Kessler
Katherine Joksch
Ilana Caplan
Jay Bulkley
Denise T. Taylor
Angela Fortain
Stephen Stark

CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF THE ARTS:
Deb Lozier
Jenn Allender
Da Ye Kim
Soo Hye Park
Manon Bogerd-Wada
Helen Kim
Dean Schnelder
Dan Bortz
Justin Lum
Hanna Vogel
Zack Ewing
Tabatha Taraya
Brittney Zapor
Boin Kim
Kait Mooney
Anna Adair
Ariana Tordoff
Alexis Myre
Christine Meade
Cat Lyons
Aryanna Hirtler
Liz Meinert
Angela Jo
Susan Meier
Kim Bainum
Jenn Cornell
Taylor King
Jean Saung
Jlhee Moon
Kolle Kahle-Riggs
Katie Deierlein
Allison Beezer
Cory Lico Wolffs
Sarah Timmins
Reid Rodeen
Jae Hyun Kim
Kate Klingbeil
Crista Reid
Chloe Kim
Eva Chidester
Kristina Karageurova
Wonhee Lee
Jas Sung
Victoria Montgomery
Rachael Nyhus
Meghan Williams
Siewon Chung
Emily Choi
Annie Mc Night
Russell Larman
Erin Kang
Liqiao Wang

REVERE ACADEMY:
Alan Revere
Emiko Oye
Christine Dhein
Ronda Coryell
Vinit Koosolmanomai
Michelle Flynn
Christine Uemura
Greta Chiu
Jenny Reeves
Srikanth Rao
Elizabeth Wells Oppenheim
Nancy J. Wintrup

SCINTILLANT STUDIO:
Adam Clark
Sarah Breivis
Alexa Simpson
Diane Dewey
Thornton Throckmorton
Robin Lynn Weiss
Ann Lawson
Vanessa Gade
Alexa Simpson
Anna Andersson
Carolyn Tillie
Robin Lynn Weiss
Maria-Tina Karamanlakis

CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO:
Steven L. Smith
Suzanne Pugh
Hugo Laverde
Kalico Cameron
Magda E. Aguirre
Cindy Potter
Roxanne K.F. Quan
Keith Herman
Brian Triffet
Laurie Ransom
You Jian Huang
Margaret Wong
Chiha Moriyoshi
Donald Hayes
Cassia Soares Appel
Shizuka Abiru
Marta Lacerda
Kristina Martinez
Kaiya Rainbolt
Shane Case
Sarah Neiman
Melissa Rubin
Tracee Brugg
Ruoling Xiao
Kathleen Egan
Leanne Tomlin
Maria J. Morales
Gloria Kemp

RICHMOND ART CENTER:
Ed Lay
Antoinetta DiMeo
Cintra Harbach
Tess Pageau
Shabnam Bahmanian
Luana Coonen
Therese Key
Verena Tent
Ariel Phyliky-Lay
Reiko Miyagi
Mary Ellin D'Agostino
Mira Benoni
Diana Keevan
Michael Singer
Elaine Gerber
Shirley Rae Parini
Duane Fitzgerald
Gloria M. Sanchez
Wendy McDermott
Diana Shaio Keevan
Janice Macdonald Bolles

THE ACADEMY OF ART UNIVERSITY:
Charlene Modena
Patty Nelson
Kelly Nedderman
Melisande Inness-Brown
Pooi Boey
Kaori Chiba
Tania Kelvin
Kelsey Simmen
Myssi Christensen
Chrystal Powell
Kristi Frank
Emi Ando
Lauren Matsumoto
Lindsey K. Eisentraut
Tura Sugden
Genevieve Boisselle
Nimontra Sethi
Sydney Brown-Tarman
Elliot Gaskin
Heather Kenealy
Afra Lee
Jennifer Held
Brandon Rubin
Ching Lu
Bora Hwang
Shin-chi Chen
Gordon Silveria


INDEPENDENTS:
Raissa Bump & Jonathan Anzalone
Lynn Christiansen
Marilyn & Jack da Silva
Danielle Marie Henderson
Mike Holmes
Tom Hill

MILLERSVILLE UNIVERSITY:
Juleann Benkoski
Katie Zargiel
Heather Schlupp

VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY:
Meg Roberts
Olivia de Soria

(Please contact us at mail@ethicalmetalsmiths.org if you see any errors or omissions!)

THANK YOU!

It is a time of giving thanks and here at Ethical Metalsmiths we are very appreciative of the tremendous effort that went into making Radical Jewelry Makeover - San Francisco an incredibly successful event. 

The work was good, the opening so well attended it was difficult to move about the space and the proceeds, well record high in comparison to past RJM events. Your generosity along every step of the process is greatly appreciated.

We will be producing an online catalog showcasing the San Francisco edition of RJM. Hopefully by spring it will be available along with a new and improved Ethical Metalsmiths website. We look forward to continuing our on going collaboration with you in order to bring real change to the field. As jewelry donors, makers, supporters and advocates we can create the groundswell needed. 

Thank you again for all of your support. Hopefully you will enjoy the website and catalog when they are available.

What's next for RJM - San Francisco?
THE EXHIBITION!

Please join us for the Radical Jewelry Makeover - San Francisco exhibition! The exhibition opens at Velvet da Vinci gallery on Wednesday Oct. 22 with a reception on Friday Oct. 24. The exhibition of "madeover" jewelry continues through Nov. 9, 2008. You are invited to support San Francisco's talented makers as well Ethical Metalsmiths' ongoing efforts to bring precious metal mining issues and reform into the consciousness of jewelry makers and wearers. Walk out of the gallery wearing your values!

200 artists, both novice and professional, transformed old unwanted jewelry over the past month and finished pieces are streaming into Velvet da Vinci gallery as we prepare the exhibition. If you were participating in RJM-SF please post your comments about the experience!

Generous Donations and Creative Makers!

On September 18 and 19 a dedicated group of volunteer RJM jewelry sorters took over the Richmond Art Center's (Richmond, CA) jewelry studio and documented donations, sorted them by material type and prepared "kits" for each of the eight programs participating in RJM-San Francisco. Ethical Metalsmiths would like to thank these volunteers for their great work.

Christina Miller and Susie Ganch, RJM designers, kicked off the project on Sunday Sept. 21 and over 75 participants attended. They then visited 6 of the 8 participating programs including the Richmond Art Center, Revere Academy, California College of Art, Academy of Art University, City College and Velvet da Vinci gallery. It was a pleasure to meet so many of the makers that are participating in the project!

The San Francisco edition of RJM is now well underway as several of the programs are transforming donations into new work as you read this blog entry.

If you missed the call to donate old unwanted jewelry, but are still interested in supporting Ethical Metalsmiths please join us at the Radical Jewelry Makeover opening reception on Friday, Oct. 24th at Velvet da Vinci! All of the "madeover" work will be for sale and sales benefit Ethical Metalsmiths.

If you are participating in the project, please add your comments! We would like to read about your perspective of the project.

Let the sorting begin!

This week a small group of dedicated and knowledgeable volunteers will be sorting through all of the generous donations that were given to Ethical Metalsmiths for Radical Jewelry Makeover - San Francisco!

Thank you to everyone that dug through their jewelry boxes for missing earrings and tangled chains. Do you really still wear those 1980's bangles?

Mark your calendars, the RJM-SF exhibition opens on Oct. 22 at Velvet da Vinci gallery with a reception on Friday Oct. 24th. The show runs through Nov. 9, 2008.

Radical Jewelry Makeover is taking shape in San Francisco

Several of the programs participating in the upcoming RJM are sharing this news with the public. To learn more check out the following links to see how.

California College of Art
The Crucible
The Richmond Art Center
(scroll down)
Academy of Art University

ACCEPTING DONATIONS NOW!

We are accepting donations for the San Francisco edition of Radical Jewelry Makeover RIGHT NOW through September 11th. There are several drop off sites throughout the Bay Area as well as one mail in site (please see details below).

This is your chance to dig through those old, tangled chains, gifts from old flings, and unmatched earrings and donate them to Radical Jewelry Makeover, a project of Ethical Metalsmiths. During September and October, jewelry artists from the Bay Area will transform your generous donations into new jewelry. Donors receive a discount coupon available and redeemable at the final exhibition for a new piece of "madeover" jewelry.

The exhibition of finished work will take place at Velvet da Vinici gallery from Oct. 22 - Nov. 9.

Please donate! No other jewelry can be tracked to its origin as transparently as items from your own collection. Help us create a responsible jewelry movement.

Here are the donation details.
• Academy of Art University
410 Bush St. San Francisco, CA 94108
Contact: Charlene Modena - 415-618-3631
• California College of Art, Oakland campus
5212 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94618-1426
Contact: Curtis Arima - 510-205-5694
• City College
Drop off: Art Office in the Visual Arts Building at City College of San Francisco, in between Batmale Hall and the Creative Arts Building on the loop.
Contact: Art Department, Box V-28, 50 Phelan
Avenue, San Francisco CA 94112
Contact: Suzanne Pugh - 415-452-5782
• The Crucible
1260 7th St. Oakland, CA 94607
Contacts: Aimee Golant and Rob Nehring - 510-444-0919
• Revere Academy
760 Market St. Suite 900 San Francisco, CA 94102
Contact: Christine Dhein - 415-391-4179
• Richmond Art Center
Address: 2540 Barrett Avenue, Richmond, CA 94804
Ph: 510.620.6772 email: admin@therac.org www.therac.org
Contacts: Alison Antleman - 510-704-1905
Kato Jaworski - 510-620-6773
Ed Lay – 510-367-3406
• Scintillant Studio
1258 Valencia St. 2nd Fl. San Francisco, CA 94110
Contact: Adam Clark - 415-505-1623
Scintillant Studio Phone: 415-206-1359
• Metal Arts Guild
Contact: Alison Antleman - 510-704-1905
http://www.metalartsguildsf.org/
• Velvet da Vinci Gallery
2015 Polk Street, San Francisco CA 94109
Contact: Mike Holmes and Elizabeth Shypertt - 415-441-0109