This essay was developed from the lecture ‘Holding Objects: What It Means to Wear Jewelry: The Psychoanalytic Mechanisms,’ presented at the Facets of Meaning symposium at Tacoma Art Museum, June 28, 2009. A version of the talk was also presented at SOFA NY in June 2010. Marcia Macdonald, If You Sit Still … You Can […]
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Susan Cummins, chair of the Art Jewelry Forum (AJF), and Susan Kempin, award program chair, are pleased to announce this year’s Emerging Artist Award winner, Agnes Larsson. Larsson was chosen from among 117 entries, from 38 countries.
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There was a lovely chill in the air as the AJF London trip got off to an appropriate start with a tea and scones event at the traditional Draycott Hotel. Most of the participants had not been to the COLLECT fair before, so we asked Liesbeth den Besten, a writer and curator from Amsterdam to
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This essay was first published in Signs of Change: Jewellery Designed to Make a Better World (Perth: Form, 2010). The accompanying exhibition was held at FORM Gallery in Perth, Australia, from April 9–May 30, 2010. On the Tiger’s Back Helen Britton and Justine McKnigh, Necklace Brooch T-shirts We can see the contemporary jewelry movement playing
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Erin Rose Gardner, Pink Things (brooch), 2009, silver, enamel paint and steel pin back, courtesy of the artist emiko oye, The Duchess 2 from ‘My First Royal Jewels Jewellery Collection 2008,’ 2008, repurposed LEGO®, rubber cord, sterling silver, courtesy of the artist Gemstones and the history of jewelry as a signifier of luxury (and decadence)
AJF is pleased to announce that the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts, is the recipient of the AJF 2010 jewelry exhibition award. Perry A Price, assistant curator of exhibitions and collections, submitted the winning proposal. The $1000 award will support the production of a catalog for the exhibition Atelier Janiyé and the Legacy of Miye
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Laura Prieto-Velasco, Phona-Form Brooch 2, iron wire, carpet tacks, paint, tape, silver Laura Prieto-Velasco, Phona-Form Brooch 3, iron wire, carpet tacks, paint, silver Seth Papac, Collected and Fabricated Parure, 22 karat gold, silver, brass, paint, found objects When attempting to locate contemporary metalwork within the discourse of contemporary art, an artist like Cornelia Parker often
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Contact: Gail Hufjay 914-282-9844info@artjewelryforum.org Mill Valley, CA, February 23, 2010—The Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is accepting applications for its 2010 Emerging Artist Award. The amount of this year’s award is $5,000. This is the 11th year that AJF has awarded a contemporary jewelry artist a cash award. The purpose of the award is to acknowledge promise,
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Individuals have as many reasons to buy and/or collect objects as there are objects available. Jewelry is one of the more personal passions in collecting due to its connection to our bodies. After all, most objects cannot be presented to the world on a daily basis in such an intimate manner as jewelry. We present
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NEWS RELEASE December 1, 2009 Contact: Susan Kempin 917-459-0866
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In 2009, Namita Wiggers gave a lecture at SOFA Chicago titled ‘Curatorial Conundrums: Exhibiting Contemporary Art Jewelry in a Museum.’ In her lecture, Wiggers spoke about different strategies for displaying contemporary jewelry in museum environments, as well as an exhibition she curated at the Museum of Contemporary Craft called Touching Warms the Art. This talk was
Ahna Adair,Vogue Pattern No. 1462, Souvenirs of an Unfinished Project, 2008, detail-postcard, 6 x 8.5 inches Ahna Adair, Vogue Pattern No. 1462, Souvenirs of an Unfinished Project, 2008, found fabric, archival photos, postcards Ahna Adair, Vogue Pattern No. 1462, Souvenirs of an Unfinished Project, 2008, detail-rings sewn of found fabric, 1 Ahna Adair, In Process
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