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10/23/2024

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By Art Jewelry Forum

October 2024, 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 above, you can add news and ideas to this bi-monthly report by going here. If you aren’t a member, but would like to become one, join AJF here.
Listings gathered with assistance from Carrie Yodanis.

WATCH THE RECORDING OF AJF LIVE WITH HELEN DRUTT
We recorded last week’s talk and posted it to our website. You can see it here. AJF is a nonprofit. All our programming is supported by memberships and donations. If you enjoy our free events, such as this one, please consider supporting us by donating here.

$20,000 SOLO EXHIBITION AWARD
A new grant will support a solo exhibition for an art jewelry maker of any age or nationality, to be completed within two years. The Linda Peshkin Solo Exhibition Award will have its first call between November 11, 2024, and January 12, 2025. Detailed guidelines and more information to come soon. More.

AJF AT NEW YORK CITY JEWELRY WEEK: NOVEMBER 20, 2024
This event, at The Jewelry Library at 11:30 a.m., will spotlight trailblazers from the art jewelry scene who’ve shaken things up with inventive collaborations and/or daring ventures. Moderated by art jeweler, educator, and AJF board member Emily Cobb, with Funlola Coker, Melanie Georgacopoulos, Roxanne Simone, and Mallory Weston. Additional info.

FEEL LIKE SEEING A JEWELRY SHOW?
Find these listings and many, many more on our dedicated exhibition page:

2 + 2 + 2, at Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h through November 9
From the Garden, From the Grave, at Pistachios through November 10
Summerhouses, Sofas, and Smorgasbord, at Four Gallery October 25–November 15.
The Gemstone Apothecary: Sondra Sherman, at Platina through November 16
Bracelets, Bangles and Cuffs, at the Metal Museum through November 17
Nicole Acosta: Hoops, at Racine Art Museum through November 23

EVENTS
We have a dedicated page for them. Go here to see the list.

FROM OUR MEMBERS

MEET CAROLANNE PATTERSON AT JEWELERS’WERK GALERIE, OCTOBER 26, 2024, 12–4 P.M.
The artist will be present at the opening reception for Old Light, which presents her new work through November 30, 2024. Two years ago, she began photographing old flashlights and drawing over the photos with Sumi ink. The drawings of the anthropomorphized flashlights, their eyes watching, mix with interpretations of electrical diagrams. More.

GALLERY LOUPE TO SHOW ATTAI CHEN DURING NYCJW
The gallery will present a posthumous exhibition, book launch, panel discussion, and commentary by Glenn Adamson on Chen’s life and work. It kicks off on November 18, 2024. The exhibition continues until November 24. Info.

SUSAN GRANT LEWIN COLLECTION STARTS OFFICIAL IG ACCOUNT
It will serve to document the collector’s life and work within the field of art jewelry. Check it out here.

MARGIT HART AND FRITZ MAIERHOFER TO GIVE LECTURE
Called Schmuck im Gespräch, the talk will take place at the Ortwein School, in Graz, Austria. October 23, 2024, at 12:30 p.m. Info.

OPEN POSITION: ART DEPARTMENT CHAIR, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO
The successful candidate will start in Fall 2025 and serve as the administrative and educational leader of approximately 20 full-time, tenured, or tenure-track faculty members and a staff of three. Serving nearly 600 undergrad majors, the Department of Art offers BA programs for art education and art history, along with BA and BFA programs in studio art (metals, ceramics, drawing, graphic design, painting, printmaking, and sculpture), and a minor in museum studies. Info.

CHARLOTTE VANHOUBROECK INVESTIGATES THE LOST JEWELRY OF LOUISE-MARIE D’ORLÉANS
The first queen of Belgium’s jewelry pieces preserved memories. They thus once enclosed fragments of her intimate world. Based on (art) historical research and artistic reflection, Vanhoubroeck reactivated a selection of Louise’s sentimental jewelry from a contemporary point of view. Through word, image, and object, the jewelry artist and art historian constructed an alternative version of the almost forgotten queen. See more here, in Vanhoubroeck’s dissertation.

JEWELRY AUCTION: OCTOBER 23, 2024
Amid all the bling on the block at Rago Wright, you’ll find some art jewelry. Makers include AJF members Bill Harper and Mary Lee Hu, Joyce J. Scott, Lalaounis, Earl Pardon, Preston Monongye, Charles Loloma, Art Smith, Ibram Lassaw, Michael Zobel, Stanley Lechtzin, Atelier Munsteiner, Jean Després, Julie Mihalisin, and others. Info.

OTHER NEWS

TANYA CRANE SELECTED FOR 2024 USA FELLOWSHIP
Having adapted to life amongst family in both the white suburbs of rural Los Angeles and the predominantly black suburbs of South Central Los Angeles, Crane makes jewelry and sculpture framed within a dual existence of prejudice and privilege. Crane’s jewelry amplifies and elucidates the strata of human existence; these include history, race, class, and culture. The USA Fellowship is supports individual artists working across disciplines with one-time $50,000 awards. More.

JOYCE J. SCOTT: WALK A MILE IN MY DREAMS TRAVELS TO SEATTLE
The exhibition features 150+ works from the 1970s to the present, including sculpture, bead work, jewelry, textiles, artwear garments, performance compilations, mixed-media installations, and a new large-scale commission. This retrospective reveals the breadth of Scott’s unique artistic vision to challenge unequal social roles, confront traumatic histories, and agitate for freedom. Scott upends hierarchies of art and craft while exploring racism, sexism, environmentalism, and complex family dynamics. At the Seattle Art Museum through January 19, 2025. Info.

SHAUN LEANE RESIGNS FROM EPONYMOUS COMPANY
Known for his breakthrough collaborations with Alexander McQueen, the British jewelry designer and judge for All That Glitters launched his company in 1999. The company went into administration—a procedure under insolvency laws in the UK—earlier this year. It has been bought, but the buyer’s name hasn’t been revealed. More.

IS OWEN WILSON A FAN OF ART JEWELRY?!
The movie star purchased a piece from Chloe Valorso at Design Miami. More.

OPPORTUNITIES

OPEN POSITION: SENIOR LECTURER
HDK-Valand seeks a senior lecturer in craft specializing in jewelry art. Contact the head of the unit, Katarina Andersson. Application deadline: October 24, 2024.

OPEN CALL: SNAG
Mineral Minded will be a multi-faceted exhibition highlighting SNAG’s diverse membership. It will showcase pieces that include gems, pearls, minerals, or rocks of any and all types. Traditional, non-traditional, and avant-garde uses of these materials in adornment will be featured. Deadline: December 16, 2024. Info.

ISRAEL BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY SEEKS SUBMISSIONS
Theme: Echoes of the Untaken Path. The exhibition seeks to explore the quiet, often unnoticed spaces between choice and chance, the roads not traveled, and the alternative realities that linger in the shadows of our decisions. This second edition is currently in a digital format, but hopefully face-to-face in the near future. Deadline: December 1, 2024. Additional info.

PAGES

FOR THE LOVE OF DIAMONDS, BY RACHAEL TAYLOR
Marylin Monroe knew it well: “Diamonds are a girl’s best friend”—shiny, timeless, valuable, and therefore perhaps the most beautiful form of investment. This coffee table book includes designers and high-caliber stars in magnificent photos, with interesting anecdotes. Releases in January 2025. More.

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