I will be teaching a two-week workshop entitled Unexpected Beauty: Material Transformed at Penland School of Crafts in Ashville, North Carolina. In this workshop we will explore possibilities for combining metal with unexpected materials to create jewelry and/or small objects. Each day we will discuss different conceptual and technical approaches and look at the work of artists who are finding inspiration and beauty in unexpected places. Materials will include metal, wood, plastics, paper, fabric, and found objects. Techniques will include soldering, cold connections, bezel and tube settings, hydraulic forming, and color applications. All levels, but basic metalworking skills will be helpful.
|http://penland.org/classes/summer/summer|

Curator Suzanne Ramljak, Editor of Metalsmith magazine, included my artwork in her exhibition Body Language: Contemporary Art Jewelry at the Wayne Art Center in Wayne, PA.
Curator’s Statement:
"While all jewelry is intended for our bodies, it can also be created about and of the body. The exhibition, “Body Language: Contemporary Art Jewelry,” explores the intimate link between object and wearer, and the ways that jewelry modifies and speaks of the body as subject, site, and matter. Among the works on view are pieces depicting anatomical parts; jewelry dealing with physiological processes and interior structures; full figures and silhouettes; and works made from bodily substances like hair or bone.
The selected works by twenty-seven contemporary jewelry artists in “Body Language” reveal the potent and telling interplay between the human physique and the objects we choose to attach to ourselves. Through such physical involvement, these jewelers provide insights into the human condition and the eloquence of our corporeal selves."
|http://craftforms.org/body2012.htm|
A catalogue of the exhibition is available.

My Judaica will be exhibited in the upcoming exhibition Idaho Commission on the Arts, Idaho Artists: Investing in Creativity. The artwork is on display at the Idaho Capitol building in Boise, Idaho. A catalogue of the exhibition will also be available.

My work was included in the exhibition Embodiment, at the Jean Paul Slusser Gallery, Michigan School of Art & Design, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. The exhibition was curated by Katie MacDonald and Anne Mondro.
http://art-design.umich.edu/exhibitions/

I received a Fellowship from Boise State University's Arts and Humanities Institute which will allow me to focus on research and create new contemporary Judaica for the fall semester. I am honored and excited for this opportunity.*
|http://research.boisestate.edu/ahi/|

My work has been chosen as a Finalist for the Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA.
The work of the Finalists and the Prize winner will be displayed at Transformation 8: Contemporary Works in Small Metals, the Elizabeth R. Raphael Founder's Prize at the Society for Contemporary Craft in Pittsburgh, PA. A catalogue will accompany the exhibit, and the exhibit will travel.
33 Finalists were selected out of 137 entrants by jurors: Bruce Pepich, Executive Director of the Racine Art Museum, WI; Natalya Pinchuk, jeweler; Catherine Raphael, metalsmith and storyteller; Margaret Raphael, filmmaker; Alexandra Raphael, enamelist; Kate Lydon, Director of Exhibitions SCC.
http://www.contemporarycraft.org/The_Sto

I was nominated and the runner-up for the Boise State University College of Arts and Sciences Award in Research (Arts and Humanities).
While I did not receive the award, it was an honor to be nominated and an honor to be mentioned at the College of Arts and Sciences spring meeting. Thank you to all of my colleagues in the college for this recognition of my creative research.

The Idaho Commission on the Arts awarded me an Honorable Mention Fellowship.
"Fellowships reward artists for their artistic and professional achievements and contributions to the field, recognizing, in sum, their exceptional talent. Out-of-state panelists applied evaluation criteria: 85% for artistic excellence (work shows originality, distinguished consistency, and preeminent quality) and 15% for past achievements. Panelists John Spiak, curator, Arizona State University Art Museum; Karen Kitchel, artist, Altadena, California; and Greg Kucera, gallerist, Kucera Gallery, Seattle, served as judges."
http://www.arts.idaho.gov/index.aspx

Light in the Darkness (Hanukah menorah) was purchased by The Jewish Museum NYC for their permanent collection.
http://www.thejewishmuseum.org

My work was nominated for the Contemporary Northwest Art Awards, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR.
While I did not receive an award, it was an honor to be nominated and to have Bonnie Laing-Malcolmson, curator of northwest art, visit my studio.
http://portlandartmuseum.org/about/news/

I just joined Crafthaus.
Check out my profile page and say "hello" at http://crafthaus.ning.com/profile/AnikaS

Three works from my Key series are part of the exhibit Realizing the Neo-Palatial at the Metal Museum in Memphis, TN.
Realizing the Neo-Palatial brings Metalsmith magazine's annual Exhibition in Print to life at the Metal Museum. The printed exhibition was curated by celebrated author Garth Clark, who offered a guided tour of the palatial mode in contemporary metalsmithing and art. The Museum's exhibition is drawn from the pages of the magazine, featuring opulent and lavish objects that share the splendor of the past but with timely twists and new materials.
http://www.metalmuseum.org

Three necklaces from the body in motion series to be exhibited in The Plastic Show at Velvet da Vinci Gallery, San Francisco, California.
body in motion: study 3 - 5 will be exhibited at the Velvet da Vinci Gallery in San Francisco, California, as part of The Plastic Show. The Plastic Show celebrated the recent publication of 500 Plastic Jewelry Designs: A Groundbreaking Survey of a Modern Material by Lark Books. http://www.velvetdavinci.com/index.php

The Boise Weekly reviewed my Contemporary Judaica exhibition.
Looking at it in a New Way: Anika Smulovitz brings contemporary Judaica to Boise State by Amy Atkins.
http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/contemp

Forward.com Blogged About my Contemporary Judaica Exhibition
Forward.com, The Arty Semite, A Silversmith's Judaica Shines in Idaho by Tara Morgan.
http://blogs.forward.com/the-arty-semite

Two pieces from my Key series and two necklaces from my White Collar series were curated by Garth Clark into Metalsmith Magazine's Exhibition in Print 2010: Neo-Palatial
Garth Clark is the guest curator of Metalsmith's special annual Exhibition in Print this year. The theme of this issue, chosen by Clark, is Neo-Palatial: Objects of Virtue and Vice. The issue will showcase contemporary objects de virtue, extravagant works that challenge the limitations of technique, scale, and sometimes good taste. Designed to take center stage, this work is brash, exaggerated and virtuosic in their use of metals.
Neo-Palatial will feature work by twenty-one contemporary artists. Featured artists include Tim Horn, Jeff Koons, Michele Oka Doner, Shana Astrachan, emiko oye, Tomek Ogrodowski, Marie Pendaries, Anika Smulovitz, and Amelia Toekle.
Garth Clark is a renowned curator, critic, dealer and historian. One of craft's most influential intellectuals, Clark has edited and contributed to more than fifty books, and is author of numerous essays and articles. He has also curated many significant exhibitions at museums around the world.
Work featured in the Exhibition in Print will be exhibited at The Metal Museum, Memphis, TN, in November and December 2010. Clark will speak about the work as one of SNAG's three lectures in the Salon Series at SOFA Chicago, and his essay from the Exhibition in Print will be reprinted in the SOFA catalogue. http://www.snagmetalsmith.org/Publicatio

Solo Show of Contemporary Judaica in the Visual Arts Center at Boise State University.
Special Lecture by Daniel Belasco, Associate Curator for The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, on Thursday, October 7, 2010.
Contemporary Judaica: Anika Smulovitz, an exhibition made possible by a Cultural Initiative Grant from the Boise City Department of Arts & History and a grant from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, will include many of my Jewish ritual objects on display in the Liberal Arts Gallery of Boise State University's Visual Arts Center, Boise, Idaho. Reception Thursday, October 7, 2010 from 4:30 - 6:30 pm.
In conjunction with the exhibition, Daniel Belasco, Associate Curator for The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, will give a lecture entitled Action into Form: Process in Contemporary Judaica. The lecture will be held on Thursday, October 7, 2010, at 7 pm in the Student Union Building at Boise State University. The lecture is made possible by a Cultural Initiative Grant from the Boise City Department of Arts & History. http://artdept.boisestate.edu/VAC/

The Peter S. Reed Foundation, Inc. awarded me a generous grant for the purpose of supporting my endeavors in the field of jewelry design.
Thank you!

I received a QuickFund$ Grant from the Idaho Commission on the Arts and a Cultural Initiative Grant from the Boise City Department of Arts and History, to create more Judaica, have a solo exhibition of this new work, and bring in Dr. Daniel Belasco, curator of The Jewish Museum, New York, to give a lecture.
Thank you for your support.
http://www.arts.idaho.gov/
http://www.boiseartsandhistory.org/

Nine Rings to be exhibited in True Individuality - Adornment for the Hand.
Three Hinged Rings (part of the body in motion series), three Herbarium Specimen Rings, and three Nub Rings will be exhibited at the True Individuality - Adornment for the Hand exhibition at the Foster Gallery, Haas Fine Arts Center at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire. The exhibition was curated by Jolee Mickesh. http://www.uwec.edu/Art/foster/index.htm

First Place at Refined VI: Back to Basics exhibition.
body in motion: study 1 - 5 and body in motion: gravity 1 - 5 are on exhibit at the national juried exhibition Refined VI: Back to Basics at The Art Center at The Old Opera House in Nacogdoches, Texas. The body in motion: study series was awarded First Place by juror Lisa Gralnick. The exhibition was sponsored by the Stephen F. Austin State University. http://www.art.sfasu.edu/

Octogenarian and Compass torah pointers on exhibit at The Jewish Museum in New York, New York, and the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, California.
The torah pointers Octogenarian and Compass (both part of the permanent collection of The Jewish Museum, NY) are on exhibit at The Jewish Museum as part of an international exhibition entitled Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life. This exhibit will travel to the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, California April 22 - September 28, 2010. The exhibition is accompanied by the book, Reinventing Ritual: Contemporary Art and Design for Jewish Life by Daniel Belasco, Yale University Press. http://www.thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitio http://www.thecjm.org/

Welcome to my new website.
I hope you enjoy the work. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have about the work or the website.

Coming Soon: new work in the body in motion series: tracers and breathe, as well as new Judaica (sponsored by a grant from the Idaho Commission on the Arts, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts).