Spring Conference 2027 - save the date

The 2027 Spring conference will be held at the San Benito County fairgrounds. This is the same venue as the 2015 Western States conference. The actual registration listing will come later -- this is just a save-the-date notification. 

CBA Spring Conference will be held at San Benito Fairgrounds near Hollister. 

We are developing an exciting demonstrator lineup: Jodie Bliss from Bliss Studio Custom Metalwork in Colorado will be making a sculpture, and Mathew Christiano from Reno Forge will be showing some curved stair-making tricks he learned working with Pete Matilla in Tasmania. We’ll have Salem Straub doing a knife-making demonstration. Jon Sarriugarte of Form & Reform will be talking about and demoing building light fixtures. Our international guests will be Forja Viva Guille Morales from Spain and Yukio & Chikako Kanari from Japan.

There is a strong possibility of an enameling workshop.

Our incredible education team, led by Victoria Ritter and Becky Schimpf, will cover key aspects of the national curriculum. And of course, there will be lots of hands-on forging opportunities.  

This is a call for volunteers. As always, we need all the help we can get. There are many ways to help out, from planning to setting up to breaking down and loading out. Getting involved in the conferences is the best way to get to know the CBA community/family.Contact Cathy Weurtz our volunteer Coordinator to help out.