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Lauren Kalman Talks About Dichotomies of Place and Object

Lauren Kalman is curator of Dichotomies of Place and Object, an exhibition of South African contemporary jewelry that is currently showing in the United States. AJF asked her some questions about the exhibition and the work featured in it. Nanette Nel, Verkeerdom Protea Brooch, 2007, silicone, silver Dichotomies of Place and Object: Contemporary South African Studio […]

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Questions and Answers

Interviews / Deganit Stern Schocken

Installation, No Problem(?), Gallery Loupe, 2010 Shirly Bar-Amotz, Zoo: Bunny 2 Brooch, teflon plated copper, 18 karat gold, silver, zircon, 35 x 60 x 20 mm

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The French Connection

Interviews / Damian Skinner

Benjamin Lignel is curator of Also Known As Jewellery*, an exhibition of French contemporary jewelry that has been traveling the world. AJF asked him some questions about the exhibition and the work featured in it. Damian Skinner: What is Also Known As Jewellery*? Frédéric Braham, Beauty Tool: Per Abbellire e Purificare Le Parole, 2006, metal lipstick (by Terry),

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Bruce Pepich in Conversation

Interviews / Rachel Carren

Bruce Pepich has been the director of the Racine Art Museum (RAM) for more than thirty years. In the course of his tenure there he has implemented many programs and raised the profile of the institution to one of a nationally recognized center for craft and the arts. His engaging personality and devotion to the

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Ulysses Dietz in Conversation

Interviews / Elise Winters

When you’re born with the name Ulysses Grant Dietz, you just might have come into this world with a penchant for leadership. Luckily for the art jewelry community, Ulysses turned his attention not to military or political affairs, but to a life’s mission of preserving, protecting and defending his nation’s artistic heritage. As senior curator

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Kelly L’Ecuyer in Conversation

Interviews / Susan Cummins

AJF is pleased to publish a discussion of gifts and loans with Kelly L’Ecuyer. Kelly is responsible for moving the gift of Daphne Farago’s jewelry collection into the care of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and holds the title of the Ellyn McColgan Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts and Sculpture, Art of the Americas.

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Cindi Strauss in Conversation

Interviews / Jane Shannon

Cindi Strauss recently completed the five-year project of creating the Ornament as Art exhibit and catalog, which showcases the avant-garde jewelry from the Helen Williams Drutt collection. She holds a bachelor’s degree in art history from Hamilton College and master’s degree in the history of decorative arts from Cooper-Hewitt/Parsons School of Design. She has been

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Allie Farlow in Conversation

Interviews / Susan Cummins

Susan Cummins interviewed Allie Farlowe in 2008. Farlowe was, at that time, assistant curator at the Mint Museum of Craft + Design in North Carolina, United States. Susan Cummins: Tell us something about your background and your role at the Mint Museum.

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Elisabeth Agro in Conversation

Interviews / Susan Cummins

Elisabeth Agro is the Nancy M. McNeil Associate Curator of American Modern and Contemporary Crafts and Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She talks to Susan Cummins, AJF chair, about her presentation at SOFA NY in 2009. Susan Cummins: AJF has asked you to be our featured speaker at SOFA NY. Can you

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Lauren Kalman Talks About Dichotomies of Place and Object

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The French Connection

Bruce Pepich in Conversation

Ulysses Dietz in Conversation

Kelly L’Ecuyer in Conversation

Cindi Strauss in Conversation

Allie Farlow in Conversation

Elisabeth Agro in Conversation

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