In 2009, Elisabeth Agro gave a lecture at SOFA NY titled Incubation: Philadelphia’s Emergent Metalsmiths. This lecture was sponsored by AJF. Agro also took part in a special AJF breakfast event called Curator Discussion: Collecting Studio Jewelry. In her lecture, Agro took a risky position by naming six young jewelers who she thought showed potential – three […]
By Way of Introduction In 2008, I received a grant from Creative New Zealand, the government arts funding agency, to travel to Europe and give some lectures about New Zealand contemporary jewelry. I’m a trained art historian who started writing about jewelry a couple of years ago and quite quickly I became aware of my
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The Emerging Artist award was first given out in 2000 as part of the Art Jewelry Forum’s commitment to encouraging younger artists to pursue careers in this field. Since its inception, AJF is delighted to have been able to increase the financial award several times to its current $5000 level. In addition, starting in 2003,
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This essay was first delivered as a talk at the Society of North American Goldsmiths conference in Savannah, Georgia, in March 2008. About eighteen months ago, I attended the American Craft Council’s big conference in Houston. The agenda was heavily skewed towards a view that the future of craft lies in installation art that employs
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When the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) opens its doors in its new space on Columbus Circle in New York City in fall 2008, it will inaugurate the Tiffany & Co Foundation Jewelry Gallery. ‘The opening jewelry exhibition, Elegant Armor, draws from the museum’s entire jewelry collection, with works from the 1940s to the
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The AJF trip to Philadelphia in 2009, was our first in conjunction with the SNAG conference and a whole lot of fun. It was a very good group and everyone had a favorite moment. At the conference itself, I think most everyone would agree that Myra Mimlitsch Gray gave the most inspired talk. She got
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AJF is accepting applications for its 2009 Emerging Artist Award. The amount of this year’s award is $5000. This is the ninth year that AJF has awarded a contemporary jewelry artist a cash award.
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Lola Brooks, brooch, 18kt gold, stainless steel, vintage ivory, diamonds, 4.5×4.5×1.5 The recent work of contemporary art jewelers such as Brigitte Adolph, Melanie Bilenker, Lola Brooks, Gesine Hackenberg, Anna Lorich, Mary Pearse, Monika Strasser and Renee Zettle-Sterling underscores the link, inherited or not, between past and present and establishes a framework for investigating the role
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A chance meeting with Bob Ebendorf at Penland and my penchant for his work has led to an ongoing, pen-pal relationship. It has been amazing to me that such a casual relationship could grow into a satisfying friendship based on spirited discussions of the scope of contemporary jewelry. So it was with a mix of
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This essay first appeared in Metalsmith magazine, published by the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG). Bruno Martinazzi, E Se Rivolto Inver di Lei si Piega Quel Piegare E’Amore, neckpiece, 1999, 20kt yellow gold. Photo: Tony Cuhno ‘Follow your nose. Like it, wear it, lend it. Either you get it, or you don’t.’– Lois Boardman Boardman and Drutt have a
In 2009 Susan Beech attended SOFA NY wearing a necklace by Ruudt Peters called Lingam. A sexually provocative piece and a show-stopper, it drew many responses from those around her. And Susan loved every minute of it. ‘I did enjoy people’s expressions, not wanting to stare but unable to help themselves.’
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The three jurors for the Emerging Artist Award — Cindi Strauss, curator of Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts and Design at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Ron Porter, long-standing member of AJF and a collector of contemporary jewelry; and Andrea Janosik, jewelry artist and recipient of the AJF’s 2007 Award, reflect on the process
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