AJF LIVE
AJF Live: Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture—Two Institutional Perspectives
March 12, 2026, 12 noon EST (New York City time)
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Join AJF for a conversation on Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture, the first major museum exhibition dedicated to the artist who designed the jewelry for Marvel Studios’ Black Panther film franchise. Organized by the Museum of Arts and Design (New York City), where it was co-curated by the Museum’s Barbara Paris Gifford and Sebastian Grant (independent curator and professor at Parsons School of Design, New York City), the exhibition presents Fletcher’s jewelry as powerful storytelling, exploring Black identity, spirituality, and Afrofuturist imagination.
The exhibition will travel to the Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Maryland) in April, where it will be on view until August. Gifford and Grant will be joined by Dr. Christine Sciacca and Chandi Kelley of the Walters to discuss the curatorial vision and what it means for Fletcher’s work to move across institutions. The artist herself will also be present.
We will hold AJF Live events every other month in 2026. As always, they’ll be free and open to all. Stay tuned for additional details.
TRAVEL IN 2026
Scotland: Our next trip will take us to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dundee May 27–June 2, 2026. Details to come soon.
Montreal: Geraldine Fenn won the inaugural 2025 AJF Solo Exhibition Award. With this short trip, we will celebrate the opening of her related exhibition at Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h in June.
Houston: This trip is planned for the fall, to time with the opening of the Bernhard Schobinger exhibition at the MFA, Houston.
Why You Should Travel with AJF
AJF’s highly curated trips provide an opportunity to travel with like-minded enthusiasts and have access to venues and activities you couldn’t do on your own. Meet new people, experience what’s new and cutting edge in the art jewelry world, and enjoy the cultural scene of the cities we visit. Let us do the planning so you don’t have to. We’re planning a year of exciting travel opportunities, so mark your calendar and start packing!!!
Have you ever wanted to go places and explore jewelry with AJF? Besides the longer trips listed below, we’re also planning shorter day trips, weekend trips, and member meet-ups around the US and overseas. If you’d like to learn more about where AJF will go in 2025 and beyond, let us know of your interest by filling out this form. We hope you’ll travel with AJF in the future!
Attendance is a benefit of membership at the Silver+ level. Become a member at the Gold level for priority invitation to AJF’s trips. Join here.
Captions
1 and 2. Two installation views of Douriean Fletcher: Jewelry of the Afrofuture at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York
3. Processional Cross, 15th century Ethiopian, collection of the Walters Art Museum
4. Ring Engraved with Hathor, 1546-1336 BCE (New Kingdom) Egyptian, collection of the Walters Art Museum
5. Photo from AJF’s trip to Amsterdam and Belgium. In this trip packed with exciting things, the travelers were welcomed into Liesbeth den Besten’s home to see pieces in her extensive collection of ❤️ art jewelry ❤️
