Art Jewelry Forum’s extensive network of international gallery supporters is dedicated to celebrating and showing art jewelry. On Offer is a monthly series that allows AJF galleries to showcase a piece that they’ve personally selected to tempt and inspire you. Please contact the gallery directly for inquiries. Enjoy! MUSEUM WORTHY Glenda Arentzen, Agate Pendant, 1970s, […]
This year, the 17th Erfurter Schmucksymposium took place August 5–19, 2019, in Erfurt, Germany. It had the motto—and how could it be any different on the centennial of the most important design school of the 20th century?—”100 years of Bauhaus.” And thus the title 17:100 does not stand for the final score of some unknown
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What will happen to your jewelry when you pass away? Who do you want it to go to? Is it a museum-worthy collection—how do you know if it is?—and how do you find someone to work with at an institution? How do you determine which museum is the right one for you and your
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Art Jewelry Forum’s extensive network of international gallery supporters is dedicated to celebrating and showing art jewelry. On Offer is a monthly series that allows AJF galleries to showcase a piece that they’ve personally selected to tempt and inspire you. Please contact the gallery directly for inquiries. Enjoy! MUSEUM WORTHY Agathe Saint Girons, Silence, 2019,
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, exhibitions, and items of interest to the jewelry community depends on YOUR participation. If you’re a member of AJF, you can add news and ideas to the monthly
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Click on the photos to learn about what they show. The 2019 Texas Metals Symposium took place October 12, 2019, at Texas Tech University, in Lubbock, TX, hosted by the university’s Metals department program and club. This annual, free symposium is in its twelfth year and brings together a diverse and tight-knit community of metalsmiths and
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Yvonne Montoya, AJF’s executive director; Raïssa Bump, jewelry artist and AJF board co-chair; AJF board member Bonnie Levine; MJ Tyson; and Mobilia Gallery all sent in photos from New York City Jewelry Week. Thanks so much! Click on the photos to learn about what they show.
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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, exhibitions, and items of interest to the jewelry community depends on YOUR participation. If you’re a member of AJF, you can add news and ideas to the monthly
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Art Jewelry Forum’s extensive network of international gallery supporters is dedicated to celebrating and showing art jewelry. On Offer is a monthly series that allows AJF galleries to showcase a piece that they’ve personally selected to tempt and inspire you. Please contact the gallery directly for inquiries. Enjoy! MUSEUM WORTHY Ramon Puig Cuyàs, Senyors i
This past June, Sienna Patti, the gallery in Lenox, MA, USA, quietly mounted a monumental exhibition. To mark the 20th anniversary of her eponymous gallery, founder and owner Sienna Patti invited 79 artists to each make two 25 x 25 mm charms. The results ranged from a stainless steel heart neatly tied in a bow
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I didn’t win this year’s World Championship Belt Buckle Competition. The winning buckles are fascinating, ranging from beautiful to funny to powerful. Some are unwearable in the general sense, or at least are too large, too loud, too inappropriate to actually wear as a buckle.[i] They’re art. But other buckles might be seen as appropriate
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Art Jewelry Forum’s extensive network of international gallery supporters is dedicated to celebrating and showing art jewelry. On Offer is a monthly series that allows AJF galleries to showcase a piece that they’ve personally selected to tempt and inspire you. Please contact the gallery directly for inquiries. Enjoy! MUSEUM WORTHY Earl Pardon, Enamel Ebony Brooch,
