Monday, June 7, 2010

ABANA Conference Survey

Whew! The 2010 ABANA Conference is history. And it was a great one.

Thanks go to our Affiliate Organization sponsors, our Vendor sponsors, the Metal Museum Staff and Directors, the unflappable ABANA Central Office staff, the River Bluff Forge Council, the talented demonstrators, the tireless setup crew, the gallery crew, many other volunteers, the ABANA Board members, the 2010 Conference committee, and the participants .

We learned a lot about what it takes to put on a successful conference. Some of what we did in Memphis succeeded brilliantly. Other things, well, not so much.

We will be posting photos an reviews up on the ABANA web site to document the conference but meanwhile we would like you to post your impressions and remarks here.

Thanks in advance for your responses.

Paul Boulay
ABANA President

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Video preview of a Conference Demonstration

Mark Aspery and Daryl Nelson will both be demonstrating at the conference. This link is to a YouTube video sample out of a Daryl Nelson DVD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NytRIqtKMqo&feature=digest

Come to Memphis and see Daryl do it live!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

New ABANA Conference Brochure

http://www.abana.org/downloads/conference/ABANA_con_info_pages_3-2-2010.pdf

The link above points to a very colorful 9 page brochure telling "all about the conference" in a 1.8MB .pdf .

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Notice: Call for 2010 Conference Gallery Submissions!

2010 ABANA Conference will host an open to the public Gallery
event in conjunction with the Memphis conference. This is your
call for Gallery submissions. The conference Gallery will host an opening reception, inviting the public to an evening event and the opportunity to meet the artists.
We invite you to consider donating your Gallery items for the
conference auction. Funds raised by the conference auction go to
support the mission of your association and are gratefully accepted.

Please be sure to indicate whether your Gallery item is for "Display
Only", "Auction Item", or "For Sale by Artist". Please Contact Steve
Williamson for Gallery Submissions

Not attending the 2010 Conference? Well there is still a way for you
to display your item(s) in the Gallery and/or donate an item for the
Auction. Contact Steve Williamson to find out how!
Gallery Submissions Coordinator

The ABANA 2010 conference will be held at the AgriCenter
International
in Memphis, Tennessee. Opening ceremonies
will be on Wednesday,
June 2, 2010. Thursday through
Saturday will be full days of forging
demo's and excitement
ABANA style.


Saturday will conclude with a pay as you go Memphis BBQ
banquet and
the conference auction.

The theme of the conference is to be "ABANA's Greatest Hits"
in keeping with Memphis' musical heritage. The ticket price will
turn the clock back at
least 8 years...

The site (click here) is within a few miles of thousands of
reasonably priced
hotel rooms. Camping and RV hook-ups and
hot showers will be available on site. Stay tuned for additional
announcements.


AgriCenter International is located at 7777 Walnut Grove Road,
from I-240,
on the east side of Memphis, take Exit 13 and drive
east on Walnut Grove
Road approximately 4.2 miles to Farm Road
and turn south, go .1 mile.

Monday, November 23, 2009


ABANA 2010 Conference
June 2-5, 2010
Memphis, TN

Demonstrations, Lectures, Vendors, Gallery, Memphis BBQ, Camping and The Auction all at the Agricenter International.
Up to date details on the ABANA web site:
http://www.abana.org/business/Conference_division.shtml

See you in Memphis!

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Shelley Thomas added to the Demonstrator list

Shelley Thomas -- who regularly demonstrates at the Kew Bridge Steam Museum, London, UK, will round out the international demonstrator list for the conference.

You can check out her work at her web site:

On hearing this news one of our members said:

"I visited Shelly a couple years ago at her shop and admire her work. Good choice! Her work is a bit of whimsy, a bit of fun and the craftsmanship to back it up. Exactly the infusion of energy we all need now. Bravo!"

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Small update to demonstrator list

MARK ASPERY (of CA) will do a demo on making tools.

GERALD BOGGS (of VA) will be busy at the teaching station.

PHIL COX (of MO) will do a session -- Power Hammers: Getting the most out of them -- including both mechanical and air hammers. He will also cover tips on checking used hammers and rebuilding them.

AMIT HAR-LEV and TSUR SADAN (of Israel) will demo as a team. Stay tuned for details.