December 2025, Part 2 Right now, we all could use a treat. It feels good to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows this extensive network of international galleries to showcase […]
Project Bawra speaks with Aiza Mahmood, Mahvash Salim, and Dua Fatima Baig about their art jewelry practices since their graduation from the Gemstones and Jewellery program in Idar-Oberstein, Germany. Project Bawra: Tell us a bit about your background and the main issues addressed in your work. Aiza Mahmood: Since childhood, I have been fascinated by
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December 2025, 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
Throughout history, jewelry has played a clear role in communication. Necklaces, rings, and brooches helped show someone’s place in a group, their social class, or religion. Jewelry, in other words, has always helped express identity. Ethnographic museums have collected and shown jewelry as part of the material culture of different people. But there is another
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, Art Jewelry Forum has expanded its efforts to connect more directly with the jewelry community by regularly hosting live chats online. These feature artist studio visits, talks with gallerists about shows they’re hosting, interviews with curators and authors, and other programming tied to various jewelry weeks from around the
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Over the last year, The Body Collective has presented exhibitions and talks, underpinned by the body as a subject for interrogation. The jewelers Katja Prins, Chequita Nahar, and Anke Huyben make up the collective. For them, the body is rarely the central focus for jewelers, but “rather serves primarily as a ‘carrier’ of the jewelry.”
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Our day at NYCJW started by hosting a panel discussion, AJF in Conversation: Shaping Museum Jewelry Collections. After a members-only lunch, we led a tour to member events, mostly in Brooklyn. That included the launch of “The Resonance Residency Fundraiser” benefiting Brooklyn Metal Works. Follow along in our photo essay. Click on the photos to
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AJF’s annual panel took place at The Jewelry Library’s new venue, Maison 10. This year’s topic focused on shaping museum jewelry collections. The panelists for “AJF in Conversation: Shaping Museum Jewelry Collections” were Julia Hirsch, Joanne Hyppolite, AJF member John Stewart Gordon, and Ulysses Grant Dietz. AJF member Toni Greenbaum moderated. TJL is also a
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December 2025, Part 1 Right now, we all could use a treat. It feels good to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows this extensive network of international galleries to showcase
December 2025, 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
