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The AGTA GemFair is known for the quality of their Seminar Schedule every year! this year is no different with the addition of <\/span> Laura Cave, Director of The Knot Market Intelligence as she shares insights from the 2011 Engagement Jewelry Study from The Knot, the #1 wedding planning site online!<\/span>
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I have to say that this year it is more difficult than ever to choose the seminars I want to attend – almost every one of them sounds fabulous!<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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<\/a>From the <\/span>AGTA website<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/span>
Free Seminars<\/span>
AGTA GemFair\u2122 Tucson offers important educational seminars designed to help industry professionals looking for new and innovative strategies to create opportunities for profit and growth in their businesses. Choose from more than 30 seminars geared toward a wide range of interests and needs.<\/span>
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Our exciting lineup of FREE seminars offers education at every level \u2014 from basic to advanced. Seating in all free sessions is limited by room capacity and, in a few cases, by the availability of samples. Plan to arrive early to ensure seating. Speakers are subject to change without notice. Presentations last one hour unless otherwise noted.<\/span>
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With Topics ranging from Beginners Issues like \u201cKeys To Selling More Color\u201d from Adam Graham of the AGTA or \u201cPassport To Pearls\u201d with Kathy Grenier of the Cultured Pearl Association of America (CPAA). To more advanced sessions from John Koivula of the GIA (Recent Inclusion Discoveries) and Cathy Calhoun of Calhoun Jewelers with a talk on Procuring Estate Jewelry (\u201c<\/span>when to offer cash and when to offer credit, how to receive the best value back for your expenditure, whether turning to estate dealers, holding a piece in your own estate case, or when it makes sense to melt.\u201d).<\/span><\/p>\n
If gemology is more your thing and you like hands on demonstrations and learning to use the tools of the trade there is a three hour session with Antoinette Matlins on <\/span>Gem ID Made Easy: <\/span> But the AGTA doesn\u2019t have all the Seminars in town in fact there are some really good offerings from the Jewelers Ethics Association and the Tucson Gem & Mineral Society.<\/span>
A 2-Part Workshop that teaches the use of most Gemological tools and this year <\/span>Recognizing HPHT Diamonds with <\/span>Dusan Simic, Analytical Gemology and Jewelry.<\/span>
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For <\/span>a complete list of seminars<\/span><\/a> see the AGTA Website: <\/span>http:\/\/agta.org<\/span><\/a> <\/span>
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Monday Jan. 30<\/span>
* 6:30pm David Epstein of Precious Resources \u201cLuck Or Plan? Your Gemstone Sales Success\u201d<\/span>
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<\/span><\/b>Tuesday Jan. 31<\/span>
* 6:30pm Robyn Hawk @AFlyOnTheWall \u2013 \u201cBuilding Your Brand Through Social Media\u201d<\/span>
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Wednesday Feb. 1<\/span>
* 6:30pm Dan Cooper of Gemcuts International \u2013 \u201cNatural Sapphire: Availability & Demand\u201d<\/span>
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Thursday Feb. 2<\/span>
* 6:30pm Jim Rentfrow of The Green Gem Foundation \u2013 \u201cEthical Gemstones\u201d<\/span>
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…and also on Saturday February 11th there is a program for the 33rd Annual FM-TGMS-MSA Mineralogical Symposium built around the topic \u201cMinerals of Arizona\u201d<\/span>
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Thursday February 9th from 1 pm to 3 pm<\/span>
Mineral Photography Seminar with Jeff Scovil <\/span>
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Saturday, February 11th from 2 pm to 3 pm <\/span>
\u201cBisbee Mines and Minerals\u201d<\/span>
Richard (Dick) Graeme – a Bisbee native, and was born in 1941 into a pioneer family of miners that first arrived here in 1883. Like his grandfather and father before him, Dick went to work underground as a laborer, as soon as he was old enough. By time the mines closed in 1975, he had become the Resident Geologist at the Copper Queen Branch. N ow, more than 50 years after Dick began working in the mines, he continues to work in the copper industry as the head of a company in Peru.<\/span>
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Bisbee was a mining town; few were its residents that did not depend on the mines for their livelihood. Thus, the tempo of the whole community revolved around the operations schedule and the mine whistle, which signaled that it was time to drop into the dark world of the miner. Bisbee was a mining town; where miners toiled in the hills that surround it, going ever deeper to win an important resource for the growing American industry. <\/span><\/div>\n