July 2009 General Membership Meeting

Date            Sunday, July 12, 2009   Time:  1:00 to 3:00pm

Location    Cubberley Community Center, Room F-7, Jewelry Studio

                     4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA

Parking      Parking lots V & F at Cubberley Community Center

                            Click to download a PDF of the meeting flyer

Food           Your favorite snacks to share are welcome!

Have a good story a tool you love? Bought a tool you hate? Got a hot tip on an easier way to do something? Found a great source for hard-to-find tools or materials? Or a trick to share about how NOT to do it The Hard Way?

This general membership meeting is a great opportunity for all our members to share and learn from one another. We’ve all had the experience of learning a few things The Hard Way.

Don’t be bashful; all experience levels are encouraged to participate. Consider it a challenge to come up with at least 5 tips, tricks, or tools to share. This is an audience participation event and you can help make it a success.

Standard jewelry studio equipment and tools will be available if you need to use them in a demonstration.

Metal Arts Association of Silicon Valley (MAASV), a California non-profit organization, promotes the advancement of Silicon Valley metal arts through education, innovation, and community. For more information about MAASV and its activities and goals, visit www.maasv.org

Be our guest when you attend your first meeting. If you decide to join MAASV, the membership fee structure applies (see the membership application for details). Special meetings and workshops are not included in the "one free first meeting" offer.

Eighteen Members

One Hundred Pieces

Menlo Park Library

June 1 - 30, 2009

Eighteen MAASV members contributed over one hundred pieces of jewelry and metal art to MAASV's first showcase of metal techniques including forming, casting, filigree, metal clay, wire work and wire crochet. Located inside the front entrance of the Menlo Park library, the display also includes an extensive sampling of metal art books, tools and raw materials.

MAASV member artists generously loaned their work for the display: Nancy Banks, Sherry Cordova, Diana Dutton, Pat Evans, Adea Fong, Bill Golden, Leslie Gordon, Fran Grinels, Irina Guberman, Julie Jacobs, Oliver Juang, Dana Litmanovitz, Leanne Maru, Stephanie North, Cindy Scott, Edith Sommer, Lynne Todaro and Willy Jewelry.

The Menlo Park library is located at 800 Alma Street and is open seven days a week.

Stop by and visit and see the great variety of metal arts on display until June 30, 2009.

MAASV is looking for other no-cost venues available in the Silicon Valley for to produce another members' showcase for later this year or for 2010, contact MAASV with your suggestion(s).