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AJF Announces Sharon Massey Winner of 2009 Emerging Artist Award

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NEWS RELEASE July 23, 2009 Contact: Susan Kempin info@artjewelryforum.org or 917-459-0866 The Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to announce this year’s Emerging Artist Award winner, Sharon Massey. Ms Massey was chosen from among ninety-one entries, a record number, from the United States, Canada, China, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, The Netherlands, Italy and Israel.

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2009 SOFA Speaker

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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

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Heirlooms: Navigating the Personal in Contemporary Jewelry

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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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Possessed

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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

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