July 2023

2024 ART JEWELRY FORUM YOUNG ARTIST AWARD

San Antonio, Texas, US—Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to announce the 2024 Young Artist Award (YAA) competition, the 21st cycle of this prestigious prize.   The AJF Young Artist Award, held every two years, acknowledges promise, innovation, and individuality, and advances the careers of rising artists. Ambitious contemporary jewelry artists aged 35 and under are …

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Jackie Roffe, El Luchador 1

Atelier Lazard

We asked the maker Lorena Lazard to come on AJF Live in April 2023 because we wanted to learn more about the art jewelry scene taking place in Mexico. Lazard invited three other Mexican jewelry artists—two of whom attend her school—to join her. The program (which we recorded; you can watch here) fit into our …

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Rita Soto Ventura, Illa Manka I, from the Illa Manka series

Art Jewelry—Where Sensations and Reflections Converge

Rita Soto hails from Chile. For her Susan Beech Mid-Career Grant application, she proposed to produce an oral history of contemporary jewelry made by women in South America. She planned to travel around the continent and collect stories from women artists to create an archive and micro-documentaries accessible online. Soto was a LOEWE Craft Prize …

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Kat Cole, Earrings

On Offer

July 2023, Part 2 There are so many reasons to purchase art jewelry… Celebrate that hard-earned promotion Honor a once-in-a-lifetime occasion Pay tribute to a major accomplishment Commemorate the beginning of a new relationship or the end of one Pounce on the perfect piece to round out an aspect of your collection Or invest in …

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Have You Heard

July 2023, Part  2 Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to share the news that members of our community find noteworthy. Is something missing? The success of this compilation of compelling events, news, and items of interest to the jewelry community depends on YOUR participation. If you’re a member of AJF at the Silver level or …

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Willemien Bruwer, He Bit Me!

Meet the Outstanding Students of 2023

Summer is in full swing, and jewelry students around the globe are pulling all-nighters to finish their coursework and install end-of-year exhibitions—or taking a well-earned break after finishing the school year. Faculty from AJF member schools identified one outstanding grad or undergrad from their current class This photo essay presents their best work Keep your eyes …

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Have You Heard

July 2023, Part 1 Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to share the news that members of our community find noteworthy. Is something missing? The success of this compilation of compelling events, news, and items of interest to the jewelry community depends on YOUR participation. If you’re a member of AJF at the Silver level or …

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Linnéa Eriksson, Connect

On Offer

July 2023, Part 1 There are so many reasons to purchase art jewelry… Celebrate that hard-earned promotion Honor a once-in-a-lifetime occasion Pay tribute to a major accomplishment Commemorate the beginning of a new relationship or the end of one Pounce on the perfect piece to round out an aspect of your collection Or invest in …

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