Art Jewelry Forum took 17 travelers to Santa Fe, in the high desert of New Mexico, May 12–15, 2025. The temperatures were mild, the downtown area lush and green, with blooms everywhere. Garlands of dark red dried chiles festooned the buildings and lampposts. Our focus was on Native American jewelry. We saw so many beautiful […]
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For me, one of the standout shows at this year’s Munich Jewelry Week was Goodness, a collaboration between jewelers from Aotearoa New Zealand and students from the Deutsche Meisterschule für Mode, the city’s school for fashion design. Twenty-six pieces of jewelry were displayed on a collection of capes hand made from natural calico by a
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Like all AJF trips, this six-city tour was crammed with jewelry-focused studio visits, museum tours, pop-ups, exclusive peeks behind the scenes, gallery stops, and fabulous meals in terrific company. We deeply appreciate Bill Baker’s hard work pulling together this photo essay while enjoying the trip. Thank you as well to Linda Peshkin, Susan Cummins, and
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Jewelry students around the globe have pulled all-nighters to finish their coursework and install end-of-year exhibitions. Faculty from AJF member schools identified one outstanding grad or undergrad from their current class Congratulations to the students who were selected! You’ll see their best work in this photo essay Keep a close eye on the trajectories of
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Happy day-after-Bastille-Day! In honor of the holiday that commemorates a major event in the French Revolution—the storming of the Bastille prison, on July 14, 1789—today’s photo essay takes you to France. Espace Solidor – Musée du Bijou Contemporain is in the city of Cagnes-sur-Mer, on the Riviera, in the south of France. Olga Zobel Biró,
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During this trip, AJF travelers enjoyed a taste of French culture in a North American city that’s in love with festivals, the arts, good food, and enjoying life to the hilt. The multifaceted city represents the melding of Old World charm and New World energy, with 18th-century structures blending into a 21st-century skyline. June was
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Last year, Abigail Ellen Pontefract won an award from the casting company Weston Beamor. The prize included a mentorship that allowed her to design and produce one piece of jewelry at the company’s headquarters. Find out how she spent her two weeks there. Click on the photos to learn about what they show.
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With fantastical creatures presented in evocative displays, this must-see exhibition at Yun Gee Park Gallery features work by Ahmi Yu, Jong Seok Lim, Lin Stanionis, Märta Mattsson, and Masumi Kataoka, and paintings by Frank Gonzales. Of the Garden’s Earth & Air: Insects in Jewelry and Art December 2, 2023–February 17, 2024 Yun Gee Park Gallery,
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This collection showcases a diverse range of contemporary jewelry artists from South Africa, each with a unique perspective and creative approach to their work. From Carine Terreblanche’s reinterpretation of inherited jewelry symbols to Beverley Price’s fusion of indigenous culture with Western jewelry techniques, these artists explore themes of identity, cultural heritage, and societal norms through
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Like all of our trips, this five-city tour was crammed with studio visits, museum tours (sometimes before the institution opens to the public!), exclusive peeks behind the scenes, gallery stops, and great meals in great company. Special thanks to Christoph Zellweger and Monica Gaspar, who helped organize the Zurich part of the trip. We couldn’t
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AJF’s trip to the Berkshires and beyond offered singular experiences for 15 art jewelry lovers. They tried on Art Smith’s iconic cuff bracelets. They explored the home and gardens of renowned mid-century modern dealer Mark McDonald. They met legendary jewelers Daniel Jocz and Ted Noten. The four-day trip to Lenox, MA, and Hudson, NY, which
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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
