San Antonio, Texas, US—Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to announce the jury and guidelines for the 2022 Young Artist Award (YAA). Applications will be accepted starting November 1, 2021. The biennial AJF Young Artist Award acknowledges promise, innovation, and individuality, and advances the careers of rising artists. Ambitious contemporary jewelry artists age 35 and…
Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to share the news that members of our community find noteworthy. Is something missing? The success of this compilation of compelling events, exhibitions, and items of interest to the jewelry community depends on your participation. If you’re a member of AJF, you can add news and ideas to the monthly…
Susan Cummins, Damian Skinner, and Cindi Strauss, In Flux: American Jewelry and the Counterculture. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2020 The cover of the book In Flux, image courtesy Arnoldsche Art Publishers In Flux: American Jewelry and the Counterculture traces the figures, aesthetics, and techniques that blur distinctions between cultural turmoil and studio jewelry. Authors…
Helen Britton is an eminent contemporary artist whose art transforms the profane into the precious. Elena Alvarez Lutz has now turned her philosophy into a film. This review is based on the documentary’s German premier at Dok.Fest Munich. Alvarez Lutz has submitted the documentary to film festivals around the globe, so you should have an opportunity to…
Established by San Francisco-based jewelry collector Susan Beech, the $20,000 Susan Beech Mid-Career Grant has as its objective to recognize a mid-career artist who has made a substantial contribution to the field of art jewelry. Ana Passos was one of two finalists. The jury consisted of grant founder and collector Susan Beech, internationally recognized maker…
Established by San Francisco-based jewelry collector Susan Beech, the $20,000 Susan Beech Mid-Career Grant has as its objective to recognize a mid-career artist who has made a substantial contribution to the field of art jewelry. Esther Doornbusch was one of two finalists. The jury consisted of grant founder and collector Susan Beech, internationally recognized maker…
There are so many reasons to purchase art jewelry: You got that hard-earned promotion—celebrate! You’re experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime occasion and want to honor it. You wrapped up that major accomplishment and it’s time to commemorate it, or you want to mark the beginning of a new relationship (or the end of one). Perhaps it’s an…
Ibram Lassaw, Pendant, circa 1990s, copper sheet with bronze, gold plated, 115 x 90 mm, photo: Denise Lassaw For close to 50 years, one of America’s first abstract sculptors playfully created unique bronze sculptures designed to wear as necklaces. Ibram Lassaw (1913–2003) was born in Egypt and arrived in New York as a child in…
Art Jewelry Forum’s extensive network of international gallery supporters is dedicated to celebrating and showing art jewelry. On Offer is a monthly series that allows AJF galleries to showcase a piece that they’ve personally selected to tempt and inspire you. Please contact the gallery directly for inquiries. Enjoy! MUSEUM WORTHY Andrea Wagner, Lodge On the…
Hybrid or multidisciplinary approaches to metalworking are inherent when considering the blend between technical and physical manifestations of wearable and functional metal art throughout history. In articles Melis Agabigum previously published on AJF,[1] she addressed the crossover between jewelry and installation art, jewelry and sculpture, and jewelry in dialogue with performance art. Therefore it was…
