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11/04/2024

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By Art Jewelry Forum

November 2024, 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 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.

AJF AT NEW YORK CITY JEWELRY WEEK: NOVEMBER 20, 2024
We have three events, all at The Jewelry Library. (1) at 10 a.m., AJF Board member Marta Costa Reis will give a talk about the 2nd Lisbon Contemporary Jewelry Biennial, “Political Jewelry: Jewelry of Power.” (2) What It Takes, 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. (3) Our lunch and gallery crawl is sold out. Additional info.

$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. More.

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EVENTS
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FROM OUR MEMBERS

UTE DECKER TO SHOW IN SALON ART + DESIGN: NOVEMBER 7–11, 2024
Elisabetta Cipriani Gallery will present a selection of wearable art at the Salon Art + Design in NYC for the first time. Works by AJF member Ute Decker, Giampaolo Babetto, Girogio Vignia, and Michele Oka Doner will be on display at Park Avenue Armory 643 Park Avenue, New York, NY. More.

GLG HOSTS BARBARA HEINRICH TRUNK SHOW: NOVEMBER 13, 2024
This will be the artist’s tenth trunk show at Gravers Lane Gallery. The event takes place 2–7 p.m. Space is limited, so RSVP by emailing info@graverslanegallery.com or by calling 215-247-1603.

BRACELETS, BANGLES AND CUFFS CLOSES SOON—DON’T MISS IT!
Helen Drutt’s collection is featured in this exhibition at the Metal Museum, through November 17, 2024. More.

AARON FABER GALLERY HOSTS PHILIPP MUNSTEINER’S NEW YORK DEBUT
Philipp—fifth-generation gem sculptor and youngest member of the world-renowned family of gem artists—came up with the idea of cutting “dragon eggs” from the fantasy story Eragon. In the tale, the dragon egg chooses its rider itself and only hatches when it has found the right rider. When moved, Philipp’s cutting reveals the inside or the growing dragon. Teeth, claws and scales are revealed in all their primeval beauty in the light. Who will be their dragon rider? NYCJW24 reception November 18, 4:30 to 6:30, with Philipp and his mother, Jutta Munsteiner, present; exhibition November 19 and 20, 10 to 5:30, or by appointment. Gallery website.

TALK—THE JEWELRY OF MILLICENT ROGERS: NOVEMBER 20, 2024
This dialogue between Adam Hayes and AJF member Julie Simpson will trace Rogers’s evolution from collaborative client to independent jeweler. At Mahnaz Collection, 5–6 p.m. RSVP required.

UTE DECKER OPENS STUDIO TO PUBLIC: NOVEMBER 21–24, 2024
During Cockpit Open Studios you can meet Decker and 150 other leading contemporary makers, artists, designers, and craftspeople. See hand-crafted pieces by emerging makers and internationally exhibited artworks by artists represented in major museums. Over two weekends—first at the Bloomsbury Studios and the following weekend at the Deptford Studios—visitors will be welcomed into workshops to explore and discover the latest works by some of the UK’s most celebrated makers in a range of disciplines. With the studios not typically open to the public, this is a rare opportunity. Bloomsbury 21–24 Nov, Deptford 29 Nov–1 Dec, London Cockpit Bloomsbury, Cockpit Yard, Northington Street, London WC1N 2NP, Cockpit Deptford, 18-22 Creekside, London SE8 3DZ. More info.

RECEPTION AT PISTACHIOS: DECEMBER 4, 2024
The downtown Chicago gallery will celebrate the exhibition Wearing Red: Ignite the Fire. Curator Charon Kransen will host a curator talk while you enjoy drinks and charcuterie and marvel at the impressive work. This traveling exhibition features 60+ critically acclaimed international artists. It explores the various meanings associated with the bold color—passion, love, lust, anger, war, religion, or status, to name a few. 4–7 p.m. CST. Gallery website.

FOUR GALLERY TO OPEN A NEW SPACE
In 2025, Four will open a new space in Umeå. What will happen in the current location in Gothenburg has not yet been announced. Stay tuned.

BOOK—ATTAI CHEN: ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE
This monograph, published by Arnoldsche, gives insight into the oeuvre of the Israeli jewelry artist, in which the cycle of becoming and passing, among other things, plays a central role. Chen’s jewelry, worn directly on the body, touches on core issues of human existence. The objects are presented in photos that reflect their true dimensions. With texts by the art historian Glenn Adamson and the philosopher Sool Park. More.

BOOK—J 01 TEREZA SEABRA
Cristina Filipe’s book considers the correlations Seabra’s jewelry establishes with the cultures she experienced and the artefacts and jewelry she researched in India. The visual narrative is constructed on symbolic and formal affinities between the works and crosses different phases without pretending to be a retrospective. The book doesn’t follow a chronological order and is successively challenged by the visual and written documentation the artist gathered. The text is oriented by key pieces from her career and creates relationships of proximity and distance between them. In Portuguese and English. More.

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 (ceramics, drawing, graphic design, metals, painting, printmaking, and sculpture), and a minor in museum studies. Info.

HELP SDSU JEWELRY STUDENTS TRAVEL TO NYCJW24
San Diego State University Jewelry + Metalwork students are raising funds with a jewelry sale. Preview sale: Tuesday 11/12, 4–6:30 p.m. in Jewelry Studio Art North 404. Public sale: Wednesday 11/13 and Thursday 11/14, 11 a.m.–3p.m. in Art South Foyer. Info.

OTHER NEWS

WORKSHOP WITH RINSKE VAN DEN HEUVEL
In connection with the exhibition Fragile, CODA is showing Beads: connect to play, play to connect, by visual artist and designer van den Heuvel. The large, colorful beads challenge visitors to string them together and talk about fun and happiness. Adults can play with colors, shapes, and textures during this activity. Van den Heuvel will explain her work and provide tips on making a piece of jewelry. November 15, 2024, 2–4 p.m. Info.

PAGES

EVOLUTION OF A GOLDSMITH, BY NIGEL O’REILLY
In this autobiography, O’Reilly recounts his unlikely journey from dyslexic schoolboy to celebrated master goldsmith. His creations are sold at Sotheby’s, pictured in publications from Town & Country to the New York Times, and worn by celebrities such as Saoirse Ronan and Julianne Moore. Foreword by Shaun Leane. More.

CREATING STEEL JEWELRY
Bette Barnett’s comprehensive guide is designed for jewelers, metalsmiths, blacksmiths, and metal artists looking to explore and expand their techniques in working with steel. The book provides step-by-step instructions supported by over 300 high-quality photographs and illustrations, covering a variety of methods, including etching low-carbon steel, fusing gold and other metals, Keum Boo, enameling, and more. More.

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