2009 AJF Grant Award Program Announced
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AJF Accepting Applications for 2009 Award to Emerging Jewelry Artist
ART JEWELRY FORUM NEWS RELEASE Contact: Gail Hufjay (914-282-9822) or email info@artjewelryforum.org Mill Valley, CA, February 5, 2009 —The Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is accepting applications for its 2009 Emerging Artist Award. The amount of this year’s award is $5,000. This is the 9th year that AJF has awarded a contemporary jewelry artist a cash
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2008 SOFA Speaker
In 2008, Kelly L’Ecuyer, Ellyn McColgan Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of the Americas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gave a lecture at SOFA NY about her exhibition Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The talk surveyed the Daphne Farago collection of studio jewelry, recently given
2008 SOFA Speaker
In 2008, Ursula Ilse-Neuman gave a lecture at SOFA NY titled Balancing Acts: Collecting for the Museum of Arts and Design. She spoke about collecting strategies in the real versus the ideal world, MAD’s permanent jewelry collection and the inaugural exhibition at its new home in Columbus Circle, New York City. This lecture was sponsored
2008: Masumi Kataoka
AJF is pleased to announce the 2008 Emerging Artist Award winner, Masumi Kataoka. Kataoka received a BFA in Metal/Jewelry at Northern Arizona University and completed a MFA in Metal Jewelry at the University of North Texas in 2003. She was chosen from among 79 entries, a record number, from the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Australia,
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AJF Trip 2008: New York
Our fabulous New York City trip in October 2008, was centered on the opening of the new building for the Museum of Arts and Design, which was great to see. It has been many years coming, but the results will be felt for a long time. We all agreed that the jewelry section of the
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AJF 2008 Jewelry Exhibition Award
AJF is pleased to announce that the 2008 exhibition grant award winner is Rowan University. Jill Baker Gower, assistant professor Metals/Jewelry Department, submitted the winning proposal from a field of seven semi-finalists. Rowan University will receive a $2000 cash award. The award will fully support creation of a color catalog documenting the exhibition Decorative Resurgence, an
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AJF Trip 2007: Houston
Whatever words you want to use to attempt to describe the 275 pieces of art jewelry from Helen Drutt’s collection on display at the Museum of Fine Art Houston, no words seem to live up to the reality. Even the professionals were at a loss. ‘We risk burying this exhibition in a heap of superlatives,’
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2007 SOFA Speaker
In 2007, Gerd Rothmann gave a lecture at SOFA Chicago called The Space Between Thumb and Forefinger, dealing with his jewelry, bowls and vessels of silver and his study of form. This lecture was sponsored by AJF.
AJF Trip 2007: Boston
An enthusiastic group of 23 AJF members gathered in Boston in June 2007 to enjoy three days of non-stop art jewelry activities. Like all AJF tours, the days were filled with gallery events, artist presentations, studio visits, stimulating lectures and museum openings. And, as has become the custom, busy days ended with convivial and delicious
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2007 SOFA Speaker
In 2007, Catherine Truman gave a lecture about her work at SOFA NY. This lecture was sponsored by AJF. For many years now I have been absorbed in the ways in which the human body has been depicted throughout medical history – particularly through illustration and three-dimensional models. I’ve pursued historical anatomical collections around the globe. Anatomy
2007: Andrea Janosik
AJF is delighted to announce this year’s Emerging Artist Award winner is Andrea Janosik. She will receive $2000 from AJF in recognition of this achievement. There were 21 entries from all over the United States and Canada. Andrea Janosik, Red spike bracelet, 2008, stacked leather and oxidized sterling silver, tied with leather cord, 3 x
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