Awards

Damian Skinner

In 2011, Jeannine Falino gave a lecture at SOFA NY titled “For People Who Are Slightly Mad”: American Modernist Jewelry. In her lecture, Falino talked about her upcoming Museum of Arts and Design exhibition called Crafting Modernism, presenting the work of some of the modernist jewelers whose work is featured in the show. This lecture was sponsored

In 2010, Cindi Strauss gave a lecture at the SNAG conference in Houston titled ‘At the Crossroads of Trends and Traditions: Emerging American Jewelry Artists Today.’ In her lecture, Strauss presented a series of findings about the state of contemporary jewelry practice in the United States, as well as the relationship that these makers have

In 2010, Rock Hushka gave a lecture at SOFA NY titled ‘Holding Objects: The Psychoanalytic Mechanisms of Wearing Jewelry.’ In his lecture, Hushka explained that he came to the subject of art jewelry seeking to understand the relationship between the artist and the wearer. He began by exploring the idea that jewelry appeals to many

AJF is pleased to announce that the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts, is the recipient of the AJF 2010 jewelry exhibition award. Perry A Price, assistant curator of exhibitions and collections, submitted the winning proposal. The $1000 award will support the production of a catalog for the exhibition Atelier Janiyé and the Legacy of Miye

In 2009, Namita Wiggers gave a lecture at SOFA Chicago titled ‘Curatorial Conundrums: Exhibiting Contemporary Art Jewelry in a Museum.’ In her lecture, Wiggers spoke about different strategies for displaying contemporary jewelry in museum environments, as well as an exhibition she curated at the Museum of Contemporary Craft called Touching Warms the Art. This talk was