The AJF Young Artist Award advances the careers of rising jewelry artists aged 35 and under by acknowledging promise, innovation, and individuality. The winner receives a prize of US$7,500, and each of four finalists will get US$1,000. The winner and finalists will also be featured in an exhibition during Schmuck, in March 2024. AJF will […]
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The world inside a cut-apart stone looks like a universe or a landscape, says Domingues. “You can lose yourself in this microworld” She creates lines, fractures, and cuts in both natural and artificial gemstones to craft jewelry that resembles landscapes The tension between intentional acts and uncontrolled accidents fascinates Domingues Patricia Domingues works with natural
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Art Jewelry Forum regularly hosts live chats online. These feature artist studio visits, talks with gallerists about shows they’re hosting, interviews with curators and authors, programming tied to various jewelry weeks from around the globe, and more. We record all these events and post them on our website.
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Rita Soto hails from Chile. For her Susan Beech Mid-Career Grant application, she proposed to produce an oral history of contemporary jewelry made by women in South America. She planned to travel around the continent and collect stories from women artists to create an archive and micro-documentaries accessible online. Soto was a LOEWE Craft Prize
Art Jewelry—Where Sensations and Reflections Converge Read More »
Also in this series: Indigenous &: Not Always Looking West (with Brian Fleetwood) Indigenous &: Placing Practice While Being Displaced (with Teresa Faris) Indigenous &: Having Roots to Grow in New Directions (with Elias Not Afraid) This is the fourth and final interview in the “Indigenous &” series. The first was with Brian Fleetwood, the
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Nelson Jewellery Week (NJW) aims to provide a platform that encourages collaborative long-term relationships between local and national jewelers, and future opportunities within both the Whakatū (Nelson) and national arts and design communities The event was first held in Nelson, Aotearoa New Zealand, in March/April 2021 It has no specific theme Vicki Mason: How did
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Art Jewelry Forum has expanded its efforts to connect more directly with the jewelry community by regularly hosting live chats online. These feature artist studio visits, talks with gallerists about shows they’re hosting, interviews with curators and authors, and other programming tied to various jewelry weeks from around the globe. We record these all and
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Catherine Blackburn was born in Patuanak, Saskatchewan, of Dene and European ancestry. She is a member of the English River First Nation. Blackburn is a multidisciplinary artist and jeweler whose common themes address Canada’s colonial past, often prompted by personal narratives. In her practice, Blackburn merges mixed media and fashion to create dialogue between historical
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Established by San Francisco-based jewelry collector Susan Beech, the $20,000 grant aims to recognize a mid-career artist who has made a substantial contribution to the field of art jewelry. The jury consisted of AJF founder Susan Cummins and the curators Beatriz Chadour-Samson and LaMar Gayles. Khanya Mthethwa, who is from South Africa, took time from
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Art Jewelry Forum has expanded its efforts to connect more directly with the jewelry community by regularly hosting live chats online. These feature artist studio visits, talks with gallerists about shows they’re hosting, interviews with curators and authors, and other programming tied to various jewelry weeks from around the globe. We record these all and
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After two decades in existence, Galerie Elsa Vanier held its final exhibition at the end of 2022 For 18 months prior, Vanier had run her gallery as a nomadic affair, showing four exhibitions in three different spaces around Paris. Vanier closed shop with the intention of curating independent jewelry exhibitions AJF checked in to learn
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On April 26, 2023, we presented AJF Live goes to Mexico, where we met with Lorena Lazard. She introduced us to her own work and that of three other important contemporary jewelry makers in Mexico: Cristina Celis, Martacarmela Sotelo, and Raquel Bessudo. We recorded the event and posted it on our website. You can watch
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