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 travelers went to Dallas November 6–8, 2025, for three days celebrating the opening of Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art. The art jewelry collector Deedie Rose was deeply instrumental in bringing Constellations into existence. The travelers had the opportunity to visit and dine in her home and to learn firsthand stories
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AJF’s travelers are currently touring Mexico City. They will visit the top destinations, naturally: the Frida Kahlo Museum-Casa Azul, Casa Gilardi, and the Anahuacalli Museum. They’ll also see Ballet Folklorico perform. But what about jewelry?! There will be studio visits, of course! And tomorrow, the group will enjoy a pop-up jewelry exhibition and sale curated
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![“It is my strong opinion that we need to treasure [lives] once lived and make the most of what we harvest,” states Hellman. “I strive to give my refined material the voice to convey that and let my hands provide wordless jewelry with a language.” | Caption: Marianne Hellman, Can You Hear Me?, necklace in the fat-tanned interior of moose ears, silver, thread, photo: Hanna Klintskär](https://artjewelryforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Can-you-hear-me-800x600-1.jpg)
The all-nighters are over! Students in the jewelry programs of AJF member schools have finished their coursework for the year and installed their exhibitions—hurrah! We asked faculty to identify one outstanding grad from their current class You’ll see their best work in this photo essay Congratulations to the students who were selected! These significant new
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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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