Member Benefits

Benefits to All

Social events

MAG organizes regular social events throughout the year including a Summer Picnic, a Metalsmithing Day and a winter Holiday Party, as well as occasional get-togethers and happy-hour mixers. All are welcome.

MAG issues a monthly e-newsletter filled with useful information, ideas, member highlights, and current events. Interested? Subscribe through our website.

Online Forums

MAG’s website and Facebook page are easily accessible and provide a wealth of ideas, networking opportunities, and current metalsmithing news and views in the Bay Area. Don’t forget to follow MAG on Facebook or Instagram – search for our handle metalartsguild_sf

Share your events with us, or tag us on either platform!

Member-only Benefits

Programming

MAG organizes and hosts relevant artists in the field, teachers, and speakers in a variety of formats including lectures, hands-on workshops, formal classes, online webinars, symposiums, and informal demonstrations. MAG members benefit from reduced-price or free admission. Recent workshops have included steel fabrication, jewelry marketing, digital photography, enameling, etching, gold granulation, business management, and many more.

Discounts for select Vendors, Services and Classes

The Metal Arts Guild partners with several vendors and services to offer special discounts to MAG members, including Otto Frei, JR Casting, The Crucible, and Silvera Jewelry School.

SNAG Membership: SNAG (Society of North American Goldsmiths) is a very active international organization. MAGSF members will receive 25% off their SNAG membership dues.

Click here to log in to your account and click on Discounts to see MAG Member discounts.

Online Exposure

MAG boasts a searchable member database. Members are encouraged to create an online profile and connect with likeminded artists. MAG’s website and Facebook page showcases member profiles and artwork, providing exposure to the general public.

Featured Monthly Member

A Featured Member is chosen each month from our active member profiles and interviewed. They are then highlighted on our homepage, and social media.

Submissions to our Guild Newsletter

Members can send important information about their upcoming events and successes for inclusion in our newsletter.

MAG Resource Center

MAG has a physical library of over 600 books and assorted media based in San Francisco. These resources can be browsed and booked online through the MAG website.

Grants and Opportunites

MAG Grants and Scholarships

MAG awards grants and scholarships that support the greater San Francisco Bay Area metal arts community.

Exhibition Opportunities

MAG provides members with opportunities to show their work in galleries and museums and through juried and all-member exhibitions. Past exhibition venues have included Velvet da Vinci, the Richmond Art center, ACCI, Craft and Culture Arts Gallery and the SNAG Conference.

Community Outreach

Through community-based events, members can be a vital part of a team of volunteers that actively engage and educate the general public by participating in discussions and live demonstrations centered around metalsmithing and craft. MAG frequently sponsors outreach through programming and student scholarships to students of bay area schools with jewelry and sculpture programs.