Building on the Body: Identity, Materials, Jewelry August 2–September 22, 2019 108|Contemporary, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Take a moment to close your eyes and imagine a construction site. You might see people wandering, people working, equipment, dirt, or dust kicked into the air. The site looks disorganized, but you might imagine there’s a reason for the […]
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Over four days in early July, a group of close to 100 artists, curators, collectors, and scholars came together to attend the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts 2019 Summer Conference. Called Craft & Legacy: Writing a History, Preserving a Field, the conference was presented by Haystack in collaboration with the Center for Craft[1] and “designed
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When thinking about Athens, the rich history, culture, and picturesque travel brochures come to mind first. However, among the ancient ruins scattered around the city, Athens has a plethora of hip, one-of-a-kind spots that cater to the unique lifestyle and culture of the Mediterranean. A quaint gallery-tattoo parlor, bars with designated gallery spaces for pop-ups,
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The Language of Things February 24–June 24, 2018 The Dowse Art Museum, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand How do you curate an exhibition that interests both jewelry artists and a general audience that knows nothing of the field? “With difficulty,” is probably your answer. Here’s how they did it recently in Aotearoa New Zealand. Exhibition
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Jen Townsend and Renée Zettle-Sterling, Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity’s Most Transformational Process. Atglen, PA: Schiffer, 2017. ISBN: 9780764353383 Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity’s Most Transformational Process, the book by Jen Townsend and Renée Zettle-Sterling, is an impressive achievement—not only through its sheer physical appearance, big and thick, with more than
Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon September 27, 2017–January 21, 2018 New Museum, New York, New York, USA Body adornment, and jewelry in particular, play a significant role in signifying one’s gender, status, sexuality, and even ethnicity. Yet it’s rarely discussed or seen in large-scale exhibitions outside regional craft-based museums. (There are of
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Jewellery: Made By, Worn By December 13, 2017–June 3, 2018 Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden, the Netherlands A Feast One of the most renowned Dutch museums of ethnology, the Volkenkunde, in Leiden, presents a feast for the eyes with its current big production. If you felt Médusa, in Paris, was a lot, that was just 400 pieces.
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Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to present a short series of critical essays, collectively called Crafted Words, as a result of our partnership with Radiant Pavilion. Supported by AJF, Creative Victoria, and the City of Melbourne, Crafted Words encourages craft writers from Victoria, Australia, to consider critical discourse around contemporary craft, and supports reflection and discussion on work shown
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Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to present a short series of critical essays, collectively called Crafted Words, as a result of our partnership with Radiant Pavilion. Supported by AJF, Creative Victoria, and the City of Melbourne, Crafted Words encourages craft writers from Victoria, Australia, to consider critical discourse around contemporary craft, and supports reflection and discussion
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Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to present a short series of critical essays, collectively called Crafted Words, as a result of our partnership with Radiant Pavilion. Supported by AJF, Creative Victoria, and the City of Melbourne, Crafted Words encourages craft writers from Victoria, Australia, to consider critical discourse around contemporary craft, and supports reflection and discussion on work shown
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Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to present a short series of critical essays, collectively called Crafted Words, as a result of our partnership with Radiant Pavilion. Supported by AJF, Creative Victoria, and the City of Melbourne, Crafted Words encourages craft writers from Victoria, Australia, to consider critical discourse around contemporary craft, and supports reflection and discussion on work shown
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Exhibition view, Tribute to Manfred Bischoff, 2017, drawings, Handwerkskammer München, photo: Wilfried Petzi Manfred Bischoff, Tribute to Manfred Bischoff March 9 – April 8, 2017 Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany The first impression of the Tribute to Manfred Bischoff exhibition is dominated by the large photographs on the walls of the Handwerkskammer exhibition space in Munich.
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