Send 10 American Art Jewelers To SIERAAD

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Rachel Timmins, Jillian Moore, Katja Toporski, April Wood, Laura Wood, Elizabeth Steiner, Satomi Kawai, Katie Poterala, Rebekah Frank, Stephanie Voegele

Rachel Timmins (Baltimore, MD) and Jillian Moore (Iowa City, IA) are two makers who have curated a group of emerging American art jewelers who they believe collectively demonstrate the wide range of work that the US has to offer today in this field. This group will go to SIERAAD, an international art jewelry fair in Amsterdam. Rachel, Jillian and their curated group; Katja Toporski, April Wood, Laura Wood, Elizabeth Steiner, Satomi Kawai, Katie Poterala, Rebekah Frank and Stephanie Voegele have all earned their MFA degrees at various universities across the United States and have been active participants in the art jewelry community, exhibiting at venues both nationally and internationally. 

By exhibiting at SIERAAD, we hope to further connect the European jewelry community and its corresponding market with that of the United States. This promotion of community will help the individual makers in our group foster connections that will ripple out beyond the confines of this singular event. It will also give galleries and buyers overseas a fresh look at the diverse range of jewelry that is happening in America due to the nature of our carefully selected group. We want to be better connected: not just through the internet - but in real life, real space, and real time. Your donation can help our ten-person group to cover our costs, and also help to foster much needed growth in the international art jewelry community.

As a group, each of us has already individually signed a contract with SIERAAD, committing to do the show and to pay for the cost of our booth. In fact, SIERAAD has already started to promote this year's show with some of our images! Regardless of funding, WE ARE GOING!  Our SIERAAD booth costs about $7,500 USD once necessary additions are factored in due to the size of our group. Funding will mean that an enormous group such as ours, made entirely of emerging makers with limited resources, can afford to do this show properly.  All proceeds from this fundraising will go towards paying for our 21 square meter booth - the booth fee, and the accompanying booth furniture. 

In return for your donations, we are happy to offer a variety of rewards!
If we do not reach our entire goal, all the proceeds that we do make will still go to covering our booth costs. What is left over will need to be covered by the individuals in our group. Should we find ourselves fortunate enough to exceed our goal of $7500, all further funding will go toward travel, lodging, and other necessary expenses incurred by our group. We feel that going to SIERAAD is necessary for our individual careers as it will foster relationships with international gallerists and buyers but it is also necessary in helping to grow and connect the art jewelry community.  We really need this. Our community needs this.  

Please share this funding campaign with your friends: on your blogs, mailing lists, and social media sites. Your support is necessary for our community's growth.