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    • North America’s Largest Blacksmithing Family

      The Artist-Blacksmith’s Association of North America (ABANA) is a community of blacksmiths, artisans, and enthusiasts dedicated to the preservation and advancement of blacksmithing as both a profession and a hobby. We strive to provide opportunities for individuals and local affiliate organizations to further their blacksmithing education, strengthen their skills, and hone their craft. Showcasing the rich and vibrant work of modern smiths, while providing historical context, is central to our mission as we work to increase awareness of the art and craft amongst design professionals, architects, and the public.

  • ABOUT
    • Overview

      The Artist-Blacksmith’s Association of North America is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting, and sharing technical skills and design excellence in the blacksmith community.

      We offer educational workshops, technical and art publications, grants, awards, conferences, and exhibitions honoring the metal arts.

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  • EDUCATION & FUNDING
    • National Curriculum

      ABANA has set a National Standard for Blacksmith Education: The National Curriculum teaches three skill levels of blacksmithing using traditional projects.

      Level I
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      Instructors

    • Blacksmithing Fundamentals

      ABANA provides you with a wealth of educational information through our Publications and here on our website.

      Getting Started: Blacksmithing 101

      Controlled Hand Forging Lessons

      Blacksmith’s Journal Articles

    • Grants

      ABANA offers educational Grants for individuals pursuing either individual classes or a blacksmith degree program.

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    • The Anvil’s Ring

      The Anvil’s Ring is ABANA’s primary publication, issued quarterly to members, filled with sixty pages of interesting articles, tips, historical notes, photos of members’ work, supplier ads, book reviews and event information.

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    • Hammer’s Blow

      Hammer’s Blow is issued to members quarterly. In it you will find twenty four pages of How-to Articles, From the Editor, Notices, and Classified Ads. This educational counterpart to The Anvil’s Ring gives you that extra instruction you need.

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      Looking to advertise with us? The Anvil’s Ring and The Hammer’s Blow, premier publications of the Artist-Blacksmith’s Association of North America, delivers your message quarterly to the blacksmith community, which is comprised of professionals, amateurs and artists.

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      Local affiliates are the life-blood of the blacksmithing community. There are approximately 90 ABANA affiliate groups around the globe and we encourage you to seek out one close to you and to join!

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    • Resources for Affiliates

      This section is aimed at the leadership of the various ABANA Affiliate Organizations. Our collection of information and resources are to help support your organization and keep communication flowing.

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Cookie Policy (CA)valerie2023-08-09T11:58:55-04:00

This page was last changed on February 12, 2024, last checked on February 12, 2024 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of Canada.

1. Introduction

Our website, https://abana.org (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

3. What are scripts?

A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

4. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

5. Third parties

We have made agreements about the use of cookies with other companies that place cookies. However, we cannot guarantee that these third parties handle your personal data in a reliable or secure manner. Parties such as Google are to be considered as independent data controllers. We recommend that you read the privacy statements of these companies.

6. Cookies

6.1 Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid.

6.2 Statistics cookies

We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website.

6.3 Advertising cookies

On this website we use advertising cookies, enabling us to gain insights into the campaign results. This happens based on a profile we create based on your behavior on https://abana.org. With these cookies you, as website visitor, are linked to a unique ID but these cookies will not profile your behavior and interests to serve personalized ads.

You can object to the tracking by these cookies by clicking the “Manage Consent” button.

6.4 Marketing/Tracking cookies

Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

6.5 Social media

On our website, we have included content from Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn. This content is embedded with code derived from Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.

Please read the privacy statement of these social networks (which can change regularly) to read what they do with your (personal) data which they process using these cookies. The data that is retrieved is anonymized as much as possible. Facebook, X (Formerly Twitter) and LinkedIn are located in the United States.

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Statistics, Marketing

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We use OptinMonster for mailing list subscriptions. Read more about OptinMonster

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This data is not shared with third parties.

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Statistics (anonymous)

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Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

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Functional

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We use WordPress for website development. Read more about WordPress

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

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Statistics

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Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Analytics Privacy Statement.

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IAB TCF

Functional

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We use IAB TCF for advertising. Read more about IAB TCF

Sharing data

For more information, please read the IAB TCF Privacy Statement.

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Marketing

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Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Adsense Privacy Statement.

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Facebook

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We use Facebook for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more about Facebook

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Facebook Privacy Statement.

Marketing

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Twitter

Functional, Marketing

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We use Twitter for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more about Twitter

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Twitter Privacy Statement.

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Marketing

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LinkedIn

Functional, Marketing, Statistics, Preferences

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We use LinkedIn for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons. Read more about LinkedIn

Sharing data

For more information, please read the LinkedIn Privacy Statement.

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Marketing

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90 days
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30 days
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Provide ad delivery or retargeting

Statistics

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30 days
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Store and track a visitor’s identity
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30 days
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Store and track visits across websites

Preferences

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1 year
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Store if a message has been shown
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1 year
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Store browser details
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lidc
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1 day
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Provide load balancing functionality
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1 year
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Store logged in users

Miscellaneous

Purpose pending investigation

Usage

Sharing data

Sharing of data is pending investigation

Purpose pending investigation

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8. Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Accept”, you consent to us using all cookies and plug-ins as described in the pop-up and this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.

8.1 Manage your consent settings

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You can also disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.

9. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser. Or you can indicate your preferences on the following page: youradchoices.ca

Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.

10. Your rights with respect to personal data

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

  • you may submit a request for access to the data we process about you;
  • you may object to the processing;
  • you may request an overview, in a commonly used format, of the data we process about you;
  • you may request correction or deletion of the data if it is incorrect or not or no longer relevant. Where appropriate, the amended information shall be transmitted to third parties having access to the information in question.
  • You have the right to withdraw consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. You will be informed of the implications of such withdrawal.
  • You have the right to address a challenge concerning non-compliance with PIPEDA to our organization and, if the issue is not resolved, to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.

11. Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:

Artist-Blacksmith’s Association of North America
47 Walnut Street, Suite 200
Johnstown, PA 15901
United States
Website: https://abana.org
Email: info@ex.comabana.org
Phone number: 18142544817

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