MEMBERSHIP

DUES ARE PAYABLE JANUARY 1ST OF EACH YEAR

All Membership Dues are Payable January 1, each year to be included on the SMM newsletter mailing list and participate in workshops. Dues paid after September 1, are half price for the remander of that calendar year.

• Click here to join the Society for Midwest Metalsmiths or pay dues.

The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths
Society for Midwest Metalsmiths a not for profit organization established to promote, develop, educate and encourage individuals who are interested in metalsmithing and jewelry. The organization provides a newsletter, workshops, lectures, an online chat group, a free online members gallery, juried exhibitions and a friendly exchange of ideas for its members. Membership is open to all, without regard to race, religion, sex, or national origin.

• See a short video of SMM and it's members

SMM has membership meetings five times a year in the main Art and Design Building on the campus of Maryville University just outside St. Louis, Missouri in Town & County. Check the home page of this website for the exact dates.

• Down load a printable Membership Brochure to print out and give to potential members.

SMM SILVER HAMMER AWARDS

The Silver Hammer awards are not entirely new to SMM. But beginning this year, SMM is tweaking the structure for earning these awards. Awards are now tied to an established point system, and points correspond to hours spent volunteering for SMM. For example, if you volunteer 200 hours to the group, then you earn 200 points.

The purpose of these awards is to make sure that the organization recognizes and thanks those members who graciously donate their time and hard work in making SMM what it is today and what it will become in the future.

To earn an award, members record the number of hours they spend volunteering for SMM, and then at the end of each month e-mail those hours to Sherri Jaudes -who also made these beautiful pins- at srjaudes@hotmail.com (Wendy Walsh also sends out friendly reminder e-mails each month in case you forget.)

Volunteer Points needed to acquire pin

Still to come in the series are: round nose pliers, bench pin, anvil, ring mandrel, sinusiodal stake, mushroom stake, blowhorn stake, and many more. And bronze versions of the first six pins are also available to earn.