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Sunday, August 7, 2011   10am - 6pm
LOCATION:  Aimee’s home/studio in San Francisco
     6 students maximum  $195 

 Converse with metal artist Aimee Golant as she shares what she has learned over the last 13 years on how to be in the art jewelry business you love and stay in it.  Bring a laptop with excel (if you have one), a pad of paper and a pen, samples of any marketing collateral you have, 3-6 samples of your work to show to the group for an afternoon critique and your lunch.  Be prepared to talk about any inspiration you have.  Topics covered will include, a pricing formula, costing, one method of tracking inventory, banking, prepping for wholesale and retail shows, closing the sale, customer relations, contracts and forms, design focus and branding, selling online and more.  Brief individual assistance and group questions will be encouraged.

Aimee Golant is a sixth generation metalsmith originally from Los Angeles, California. She exhibits and sells her unique metal art internationally.  The National Museum of American Jewish History awarded Aimee the competitive commission to create the mezuzah for the front door of the museum, her Life Source Menorah was considered for the White House Hanukkah Party in 2010, the Jewish Museum of New York's acquisition of her evocative Judaica for its permanent collection, her Barbed Wire Mezuzah traveling into space on the Columbia Space Shuttle and on the Space Shuttle Atlantis, a NICHE Award for her Bars and Windows Menorah, the Golden Hammer Award for her outstanding community service through the San Francisco Bay Area Metal Arts Guild. She has created the crown for the Women's Torah Project, one of the first documented Torahs scribed by women. The crown has been on display at The Jewish Museum on Melbourne, Australia.

She has created mezuzot and jewelry benefiting American Jewish World Service, Whitwell Middle School in Whitwell Tennessee, Sharsharet, Jewish Family and Children's Services, and Hadassah. Aimee had shown her art and done jewelry making demonstrations at The Legion of Honor, one of San Francisco's premier museums. She founded the Metal Art program at the San Francisco Waldorf High School where she teaches classical metalsmithing, and has taught Jewish studies in the Humanities department. She teaches the craft at The Crucible in Oakland CA, and at Scintillant Studio San Francisco. Aimee lives in San Francisco with her husband and son.

To enroll:  Fill out the workshop registration form and mail check made out to Scintillant Studio c/o Aimee Golant 945 Taraval Street, #164, San Francisco, CA 94116  Please include your name, phone number and email with your check.  

Questions about enrollment?  Please contact Aimee Golant at info@aimeegolant.com