December 2010

In 2010, Cindi Strauss gave a lecture at the SNAG conference in Houston titled ‘At the Crossroads of Trends and Traditions: Emerging American Jewelry Artists Today.’ In her lecture, Strauss presented a series of findings about the state of contemporary jewelry practice in the United States, as well as the relationship that these makers have […]

In 2010, Rock Hushka gave a lecture at SOFA NY titled ‘Holding Objects: The Psychoanalytic Mechanisms of Wearing Jewelry.’ In his lecture, Hushka explained that he came to the subject of art jewelry seeking to understand the relationship between the artist and the wearer. He began by exploring the idea that jewelry appeals to many