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SUMMARY:August 2025 Guild Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:TGoM membership and families will gather at the country home of Dan and LuAnn Pate\, 35730 Highway 56 Blvd\, Dennison MN 55018 on Wednesday\, August 13 at 6:00 p.m. for the annual corn feed and hog roast. Map here. \n\nHerb Fick (The Guild’s perennial hog roast organizer) has the hog ordered and will have his mobile hog roaster on site\, along with his dedicated prep crew\nWe need a corn cook. Corn cooking equipment will be provided by Dick Carlson.\nBring your show- n’- tell items and a dish to pass. Herb suggests salads and desserts.\nMyron Hanson will supply a forge for demonstrations.\nBrendan Stevens will demonstrate.\n\nAdditional help will be needed to make this a successful event: set-up crew the morning of the event and clean-up crew the day after the event. Details below. \nVolunteer Opportunities for Corn Feed & Hog Roast!\n\n Corn cook needed\n\n\nShow up early afternoon at Dan Pate’s home Wednesday\, August 13.\nClean and cook 10 dozen ears of sweet corn. Helpers available!\nDick Carlson provides the cooking equipment.\nEveryone loves the cook! Take over that task from Roger Degner\, last year’s cook.\n\n\n Set-up crew needed\n\n\nShow up at Dan Pate’s home at 8:00 am Wednesday\, August 13 to help get the homestead prepared for a fun-filled evening.\nMove items to make room for tables/chairs.\nMow and trim the lawn.\nPlease bring your chainsaw and hedge/lawn trimmers.\n\n\n Clean-up crew needed\n\n\nShow up at Dan Pate’s home at 8:00 am Thursday\, August 14 to help get the homestead back in order.\nMove items back that were moved yesterday for the event.\nHang out (work) with fellow members for another day!\n\nTo volunteer for one or all of these opportunities\, contact:\nKim Maas\ntgom.volunteer@gmail.com\n651-328-7219 \nMap to Dan Pate’s farm \nMap to Pate Farm \nSee you there! Demos all day. \n 
URL:https://www.metalsmith.org/event/august-2025-guild-membership-meeting/
LOCATION:Dan Pate’s Shop\, 35730 Hiway 56 Blvd\, Dennison\, MN\, 55018\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meeting,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:October 2025 Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our October Guild of Metalsmith’s meeting is on October 8\, 2025\nOn Wednesday\, October 8 our next meeting will be at Primitive Precision Metalcraft at 4430 North Lyndale Ave in Minneapolis. It’s located in an old factory building. Most of their production is on metal fabricating\, and they have three enormous and thick (to me) welding tables and Bridgeports\, etc. I even spotted a Fireball Tool hardtail vise while visiting there. \nParking is on the north side. Look at the picture below before coming. There is not a lot of signage. As usual\, the potluck starts at 6:30 and the business meeting and show-n-tell begin about 7 pm.\nContact me\, Richard Zielike\, with questions at richard@edinaclock.com \nPrecision Primitive Metalcraft
URL:https://www.metalsmith.org/event/october-2025-membership-meeting/
CATEGORIES:Meeting,Upcoming
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251207T120000
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DTSTAMP:20260404T071915
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SUMMARY:December Guild Meeting 2025
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, Dec. 7!\nTGoM’s annual holiday gathering is set for Sunday\, December 7 at the CSPS Hall in St. Paul\, MN. Join Guild of Metalsmiths families at 383 Michigan St.\, St. Paul\, MN 55102\, at the corner of West 7th and Western. Map below. \nThe hall will open at noon. We usually share hors d’oeuvres as people arrive\, so bring your favorites if you wish. The annual business meeting is first on the agenda\, including awards\, elections\, and the normal business stuff starting at 1:00 pm and going on for an hour or so. \nThat leads into show and tell\, and possibly an impromptu mini-auction. By then\, we’ll all have worked up an appetite to sit down to our always delightful holiday potluck. Please bring a dish to pass. \nIf you’re a first-timer to this event\, just go upstairs at the front of the building when you get there. An elevator entrance is also located on the side just off the parking lot. Bring your family! \nAny questions about this meeting can be answered by contacting meeting champion Mike Frattalone at icemanfratt@aol.com. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about the CSPS\, go to their website\nhttps://www.sokolmn.org
URL:https://www.metalsmith.org/event/december-guild-meeting-2025/
LOCATION:CSPS Hall\, 383 Michigan St\, Saint Paul\, MN\, 55102\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meeting,Upcoming
ORGANIZER;CN="Mike Frattalone":MAILTO:icemanfratt@aol.com
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SUMMARY:Guild of Metalsmiths Meeting February 2026
DESCRIPTION:February 2026 Membership Meeting to be held at Northrup King Building Art Space\, Minneapolis\, MN\, Feb. 7\, 2026\nFebruary’s Membership Meeting will be on SATURDAY\, February 7\, 2026 from noon to 4:00 pm. Location: Northrup King & Co. located at 1500 Jackson St NE\, Minneapolis\, MN. The meeting will be in the 3rd floor gallery\, followed by a potluck and show-n-tell. There is parking in front of the building. Click on map below to enlarge graphic. \nNorthrup King Building is the Art Organization. It includes artists from about 11 different buildings in Northeast Minneapolis. The building is open from noon to 4 on Saturdays. There are lots of studios that are open during that time frame.  Some are just galleries\, and some also include working studio. \nMary Schwartz will give a demonstration on lamp working. She uses a torch to create glass beads. \nHistory of Northrup King Building\nThe Northrup King Building is actually a complex of 10 buildings first constructed in 1917. Originally built for and occupied by the Northrup King & Co. seed company\, its location adjoining two sets of railroad tracks made it the ideal place to ship seeds across the United States. Northrup King & Co. occupied the building until the late 1980s\, when it was sold to Jim Stanton of Shamrock Properties. Through an ongoing process of renovation\, Stanton and his daughter Debbie Woodward (Property Manager from 2001 – 2018) turned the Northrup King Building into the creative center of over 350 artists and arts-related businesses that you know today. The building was sold to Artspace Projects\, Inc. upon Woodward’s retirement. \nIf you have questions about this meeting\, please contact Kim Maas\, Volunteer Coordinator\, at tgom.volunteer@gmail.com
URL:https://www.metalsmith.org/event/guild-of-metalsmiths-meeting-february-2026/
LOCATION:Northrup King Art Space\, 1500 Jackson St NE\, Minneapolis\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meeting,Upcoming
ORGANIZER;CN="Kim Maas":MAILTO:TGoM.volunteer@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:CMB 2026 Meeting Invitation
DESCRIPTION:Central Minnesota Blacksmiths (CMB) will be meeting at my shop (Wayne Olson) on Saturday March 7th. Guild members are welcome to join the central MN group’s meeting on Saturday March 7th.  Time 10 or 11 am to whenever. Potluck for lunch so bring something to share. Potluck followed by at least one demonstration. \nAddress 3810 State Hwy 70 Pine City MN. 55 minutes north of downtown St. Paul. Shop is heated and out of the weather with plenty of parking space. Bring a chair to sit on. Come enjoy the spring day! \nQuestions. Call me. 320-280-0100 \nWayne Olson
URL:https://www.metalsmith.org/event/cmb-2026-meeting-invitation/
LOCATION:Wayne Olson Shop\, 3810 State Hwy 70 Pine City MN\, Pine City\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meeting,Upcoming
ORGANIZER;CN="Wayne Olson":MAILTO:wayneolson10@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260411T113000
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SUMMARY:April Membership Meeting 2026
DESCRIPTION:Champion Richard Zielike has been busy planning The Guild of Metalsmiths’ April membership meeting. Details are still forthcoming\, but here are some… \nWe’re having yet another Saturday meeting. Our April meeting is at the Faribault Woolen Mill\, 1500 2nd Ave NW\, in Faribault MN. See map below. \nSo\, you’ll need to change our April meeting date to April 11\, with setup starting at 11:30\, and our potluck starting at 12:00. It might be a little awkward arriving earlier\, as there will be a tour before us. After our meal and meeting\, we will be breaking into several tour groups\, with the tours lasting approximately an hour.  You can plan on leaving by 4:00. \nFaribault Woolen Mill \n 
URL:https://www.metalsmith.org/event/april-membership-meeting-2026/
LOCATION:Faribault Woolen Mill\, 1500 2nd Ave NW\, Faribault\, MN\, 55021\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meeting,Upcoming
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SUMMARY:June 2026 Hammer-In and Membership Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Golden Celebration…\n…At the June Nowthen \nHammer-In and Membership Meeting\n2026 is 50 years since the beginning of The Guild of Metalsmiths. Come join us at the June 2026 Nowthen Hammer-In and Membership Meeting. This year\, we will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Guild of Metalsmiths.\nThe Nowthen Power Show grounds are located at 7415 Old Viking Blvd\, Nowthen\, MN 55303. \n\nFriday\, June 5: 4:30pm to 0dark:thirty.\nSaturday\, June 6: 0light:thirty to 0dark:thirty (all day.)\nTGoM Membership Meeting Saturday\, June 6\, at the Hammer-In. Potluck is the same as with other membership meetings.\n\nHot (and golden) stuff will be happening at the annual Hammer-In taking place at the Nowthen Threshing Show grounds Blacksmith Shop. The blind forging competition will return on Saturday afternoon. The goal will be a friendly forge off. \nBlind forging competition rules:\n\nAn object is placed inside a box\, and you must create (forge) the unknown object by what you can feel. No peeking!\nWe usually do a time limit with this as well.\nPrizes to be announced!\n\nWe will focus our efforts on the Fall Conference contest item\, A Towel Holder. Camping on-site is available Friday and Saturday night on primitive sites. Port-a-potties on site. Five forges are open for use. Coal will be provided. If you want to bring your own equipment\, please do! Bring any examples you want to share with others. Bring your own tools if you have them. Some limited steel stock is available\, but if you need specific sizes\, feel free to bring your own steel. Scrap pieces ok. \nThis event will hopefully give you some inspiration to help you to come up with your own design for the Fall Conference theme contest\, Towel Holder\, and help you learn how to make it. If you don’t know how to make something\, ask ahead of time\, and we will try very hard to accommodate. \n— Wayne Olson\, 320-280-0100 \n 
URL:https://www.metalsmith.org/event/june-2026-hammer-in-and-membership-meeting/2026-06-05/
LOCATION:Nowthen Historical Power Association Blacksmith Shop\, 7415 Old Viking Blvd\, Nowthen\, MN\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meeting,Upcoming
ORGANIZER;CN="Wayne Olson":MAILTO:wayneolson10@gmail.com
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