108|Contemporary is a nonprofit community arts organization known for vibrant exhibitions that not only showcase cutting-edge craft, but also give a platform to marginalized artists. In this article, I interview Susan Baley, executive director of 108|Contemporary, about how craft meets community at her organization. Baley previously served as the executive director of the Swope Art […]
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Learn more about Stuttgart’s Arnoldsche Art Publishers, one of the preeminent publishers in the field of jewelry, which specializes in spectacular books on the applied arts. The company’s managing director, Dirk Allgaier, describes how the firm came to exist, its criteria for deciding what book proposals to accept, and the steps that go into taking
Art Jewelry Forum’s Young Artist Award (YAA) is an opportunity for jewelers under the age of 35 to win recognition for their work and receive support from AJF’s community. Along with the unrestricted $7,500 prize, the winner’s work will be shown at the 2020 edition of Schmuck, and the other four finalists will have the
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Margherita Potenza and photographer Daniele de Carolis recently met with Beppe Kessler, one of the most authentic and enduring voices in contemporary jewelry. Sitting in her beautiful Amsterdam studio, hidden behind the sturdy door of a former primary school and facing the placid waters of the Wittenburgervaart canal, Kessler talked about her latest projects, her
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Yvonne Montoya, AJF’s executive director; AJF co-chair Raïssa Bump; AJF board member Bonnie Levine; MJ Tyson; and Mobilia Gallery all sent in photos from New York City Jewelry Week. What fun!
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I first saw Breana Ferrara’s work in the Pink Rat Collective’s pop-up exhibition at Adorned Spaces during the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) conference this year in Chicago. In a room packed full of some of the most cutting-edge contemporary jewelry in the country, this display immediately stood out. I let out a subconscious
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Sharon Massey, Lucky Charm, 2019, paint and gold leaf on steel, photo courtesy of the artist The YAA is an opportunity for jewelers under the age of 35 to win recognition for their work and receive support from AJF’s community. Along with the unrestricted $7,500 prize, the winner’s work will be shown at the 2020
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Applications for the 2020 Young Artist Award, with a prize of $7,500, are open to jewelry artists through January 12, 2020. Guidelines can be found here. The three distinguished jurors will be Jorunn Veiteberg, Barbara Paris Gifford, and the winner of the 2018 AJF Artist Award, Bifei Cao. (The award he won changed names this
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Besides books, some libraries lend framed reproductions of art for their patrons to hang in their homes. Subscription services loan designer clothing and purses, as well as scarves, sunglasses, and jewelry, for a monthly or per-item fee. Other companies specialize in renting out high-end jewelry and luxury timepieces. The Danish Arts Foundation, meanwhile, loans pieces
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After a lifetime of writing for academic medical journals, here I sit tasked with writing what’s supposed to be a simple report about the recent Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) trip to Portugal. Although I’m going to write about the activities of each day, and the wonderful jewelers and the work we saw, I don’t really
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Adore | Adorn: The Elsie Michie Contemporary Jewelry Collection Louisiana State University Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, LA, USA June 27–October 6, 2019 The Louisiana State University Museum of Art is exhibiting 100 works of contemporary art jewelry from the collection of LSU College of Humanities and Social Sciences Associate Dean Dr. Elsie Michie. The
In this interview, Olivia Shih talks with Grace Stewart and Nancy Cook about the Metal Museum’s 40th anniversary exhibition, 40 Under 40, a showcase of the next generation of innovative and brilliant metal artists. Stewart, formerly the director of collections and exhibitions at the Metal Museum, curated the exhibit. Prior to holding that position, she
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