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September 2024, Half 1

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WATCH THE RECORDING OF “AJF LIVE WITH MARTA COSTA REIS, PATRICIA DOMINGUES AND MÒNICA GASPAR”
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EVENTS
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FEEL LIKE SEEING A JEWELRY SHOW?
Discover these listings and lots of, many extra on our devoted exhibition web page:

• Zu design & Jane Bowden, at JamFactory by means of September 15
• Bettina Speckner: American Diary, at Sienna Patti by means of September 29
• 2024 Graduate Exhibition, at BJC by means of October 6
• Critical Enjoyable, at Gravers Lane Gallery by means of October 15
• Bracelets, Bangles and Cuffs, on the Steel Museum by means of November 17
• Joyce J. Scott: Messages, on the Flint Institute of Arts by means of December 1

FINAL TWO WEEKS: A COLLECTOR’S JOURNEY: SUSAN GRANT LEWIN AND THE ART JEWELRY WORLD 
Susan Grant Lewin traces her ardour for artwork jewellery again to her work within the Nineteen Eighties and 90s as a journalist and communications govt. Though not the one exhibition to characteristic the preeminent collector’s spectacular holdings, that is the primary to survey her four-decade dedication to this phenomenon. On the Lowe Artwork Museum, Coral Gables, FL, by means of September 14, 2024. Information.

OUTPOURING OF REMEMBRANCES FOR SHARON BERMAN
Many shops have posted in regards to the passionate lover of jewellery and host of The Jewellery Journey podcast since her passing on August 16, 2024. See remembrances from the corporate she based, Berbay Advertising, right here. JCK’s remembrance is right here. SNAG’s is right here.

PAT FLYNN TRUNK SHOW: SEPTEMBER 13–14, 2024
For 2 days solely—10:30–6:30 on Friday and 10:30–6:00 on Saturday—the critically acclaimed artist Pat Flynn will likely be at Pistachios Modern Artwork Jewellery with an unique assortment of his work! Get perception on his strategies by chatting with the artist in-person. Come take pleasure in a glass of champagne and accumulate your subsequent future heirloom. Flynn is a goldsmith who lives and works in Excessive Falls, NY. His iconic nail bracelets mix blackened iron with 22- and 18-karat yellow gold, 18-karat palladium white gold, diamonds, and pearls. Every bit of jewellery is hand-forged, oftentimes incorporating fused 22-karat gold onto the iron. Flynn applies delicate texture by working the floor with various instruments and strategies. This consideration to element, technical management, and mixture of disparate supplies creates unparalleled class. His work has been featured in Metalsmith and included in The Penland Ebook of Jewellery. It’s within the collections of the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian Institute, the Artwork Institute of Chicago, the Museum of Arts and Design, the Museum of High-quality Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork. Extra.

KHANYA MTHETHWA HAS TWO SHOWS IN THE WORKS
The primary, a solo exhibition on the College of Johannesburg’s Artwork Gallery, will run February 13–Could 9, 2025, and showcase Mthethwa’s venture as winner of the 2023 Susan Beech Mid-Profession Grant. The works will draw inspiration from archived beaded items representing numerous South African ethnic teams, sourced from the WITS Arts Museum. The present will characteristic jewellery items, images, 3D-printed ceramic vases, style gadgets, and efficiency artwork. The College of the Witwatersrand may even be collaborating. The second exhibition, an extension of the UJ showcase, will likely be at Nirox Sculpture Park March 29–Could 5, 2025. It’ll characteristic eight to 10 designers collaborating with Mthethwa to spotlight how indigenous data influences modern design. Sustain with Mthethwa’s actions on IG, right here.

FROM THE GARDEN, FROM THE GRAVE, AT PISTACHIOS THROUGH NOVEMBER 10, 2024
Difficult the notion that demise can solely be melancholy, the work on this present consists of imagery of flora and animals in all phases. On one hand, now we have blossoming flowers, flying birds, and full of life bugs. On the opposite is the macabre, with imagery that confronts demise. Dying is multi-faceted. It may be poetic, lovely, even chic, and, on the identical time, bleak and miserable. Extra.

THE TECHNICOLOR WORLD OF RACHELLE THIEWES, AT MOBILIA THROUGH OCTOBER 1, 2024
The exhibition presents Thiewes’s work in all its gentle and colour whereas additionally exploring the development in her shimmering sculptural jewellery. “I exploit specialty auto paints primarily discovered on low-rider and present automobiles,” she states. “Few firms on the earth produce these extremely specialised and expensive paints. The paints fluctuate and may produce colour shifts, pearl results, and deep luminosity, all with thrilling prospects, significantly when on a transferring physique.” Extra.

LEGNICA JEWELLERY FESTIVAL SILVER ANNOUNCES 2025 THEME
The theme of the thirty third version of the worldwide jewellery competitors will likely be “WOW Impact!” The decision for entries opens October 1, 2024, and can final till January. The competitors, which can happen Could 9–10, 2025, would be the major occasion of the competition in Poland. Extra.

WEARING THE RED TRAVELS TO OMBRÉ GALLERY
The group exhibition, curated by Charon Kransen, options 60+ jewellery artists investigating the importance of the colour purple throughout completely different cultures. By means of October 20, 2024. Extra.

OPEN CALL: PISTACHIOS & PRECIOUS COLLECTIVE JURIED EXHIBITION
The exhibition will happen at Pistachios August 14–October 26, 2025, then journey to Munich Jewellery Week in March 2026. Idea: What’s a tangible manifestation for the issues unsaid? How can we lengthen the voice of materiality by means of acts of constructing? The place does the metaphysical affect the language of jewellery? The duality and texture of storytelling by means of and with jewellery is usually a transitional state that isn’t absolutely understood, nor must be in lots of circumstances. Deadline: September 15, 2024. Extra information.

ARLINE FISCH DIED ONE DAY BEFORE HER 93RD BIRTHDAY
The maker and educator was particularly recognized for bringing textile strategies into her metalwork. Fisch was one of many founders of SNAG. She began the jewellery and metalsmithing program at San Diego State College, and taught there from 1961 to 2000. Extra.

LES LEPERE DIED, HE WAS 78
In 1964, whereas learning at Washington State College, he met fellow artwork pupil Ken Cory. Adopting the moniker “Pencil Brothers,” they collaborated on champlevé enamel and pencil drawings, producing pins, belt buckles, and necklaces, amongst different gadgets. In addition they organized elaborate art-related capers. Lepere went on as an example posters, pamphlets, and e book covers, together with Nonetheless Life with Woodpecker, by Tom Robbins. Extra.

TANEL VEENRE CREATED JEWELRY FOR ESTONIA’S FIRST LADY
He used oak left over from his flooring and reconstructed turquoise to create a set of bangle and earrings for Sirje Karis. Extra.

ALEXANDER BLANK: KUMPANE—SEPTEMBER 15, 2024–FEBRUARY 27, 2025
His first overview exhibition since profitable the tenth Stadtgoldschmied (Metropolis Goldsmith) award of Hanau. On the Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus, in Hanau, Germany. Extra.

RECENTLY FOUND DIAMOND MAY BE SECOND LARGEST EVER DISCOVERED
A 2,492-carat gem-quality uncooked diamond was unearthed in Botswana’s Karowe diamond mine. The most important gem-quality diamond ever discovered, the Cullinan diamond, weighed 3,106 carats and was mined in South Africa in 1905. Extra.

ROCK THE JEWELS: NOVEMBER 21, 2024
A jubilant celebration of the Black In Jewellery Coalition’s accomplishments over the previous 4 years, offered in partnership with New York Metropolis Jewellery Week. Will characteristic business awards, jewellery displays and networking alternatives. At Elsie Rooftop, in NYC., 6–10 p.m. Information, tickets.

CALL FOR ENTRIES: IX CONTEMPORARY GOLDSMITHING EXHIBITION
Objective: the worldwide diffusion and promotion of latest goldsmithing and jewellery design. This present, offered by AdOC, will happen on the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas of Madrid throughout the Madrid Design Competition, concurrently with the Semana del Arte-ARCO. Deadline: October 2, 2024. Information.

OPEN CALL: ALLIAGES ART JEWELRY
Theme: “Shining despair.” All of us undergo. We attempt to rid ourselves of it, with restricted success. However jewellery artists have a novel alternative to remodel the struggling by creating luminous objects—giving delivery to shining jewellery items, with all their magnificence and style, silent witnesses to our despair. Exhibition to be held in 2025 at Schmuck, Munich. Deadline: October 27, 2024. Extra.

SNAG NOW ACCEPTING IMPACT AWARDS NOMINATIONS
The awards rejoice working towards artists making significant contributions to jewellery and metalsmithing. They’re offered to 2 practitioners whose work demonstrates vital affect within the areas of socially accountable follow, sustainability, technical innovation, and/or inventive innovation. Win $3,000 and different goodies. Deadline: October 31, 2024. Information.

OPEN CALL FROM ILIAS LALAOUNIS JEWELRY MUSEUM
Theme: “Gates of Transition.” This worldwide exhibition of latest brooches and microsculptures produced from sustainable supplies is open to all artists and craftspeople working in studio jewellery, and ornamental and visible arts. Deadline: November 15, 2024. Information.

OPEN CALL: SNAG EXHIBITION
Theme: “Delicious: Jewellery as Nourishment.” Jewellery satiates a primal starvation, providing a stunning deal with for our eyes and a recipe for luxurious self-expression. The exhibition will play on our longing for magnificence, indulgence, and sustenance. It’ll characteristic jewellery that entices the viewer and seduces the wearer by means of a feast of decadent supplies, scrumptious surfaces, and luscious, juicy colours. Submissions will likely be thought of for 3 exhibition platforms: in-person at New York Metropolis Jewellery Week; in Metalsmith Vol 44 No 3; and on-line. Deadline: September 16, 2024. Information.

CENTER FOR CRAFT 2025 CRAFT RESEARCH FUND
Gives grants as much as $15,000 to assist new and interdisciplinary analysis about craft within the US. Deadline: October 4, 2024. Extra.

ATTAI CHEN: ALL THE WORLD’S A STAGE
Edited by Carina Shoshtary, this e book offers perception into the oeuvre of the Israeli artist Attai Chen (1979–2023). 4 jewellery sequence take a poetic have a look at the perpetual changing into and passing of life and of issues, reflecting the complexity of those existential themes—at instances with humor, at others with foreboding. “I used to be all the time fascinated by the countless cyclical stream of issues,” stated the artist in 2022, “be they in nature or within the man-made world; the motion of development aimed on the fleeting second of its realization, the consummation of this second, adopted by decay and eventually a brand new starting.” This e book, with contributions from Glenn Adamson and Gallery Loupe, will launch in November. It’s one in every of AJF’s Fiscal Sponsorship tasks. Extra.

PRECIOUS: THE HISTORY AND MYSTERY OF GEMS ACROSS TIME
The famend jewellery knowledgeable Helen Molesworth recounts her profession working with nature’s most extraordinary treasures—gems—and traces these uncommon jewels from historical Egyptian information by means of the high-stakes auctions of at this time. Extra.

SWEET TALKER MAKE ME BELIEVE
A visible collage, by Leonor Hipolito, its 28 pages assemble images and illustration. In parallel with the publication, and following the identical concept—the identical gesture—the maker created 4 necklaces and a pin. Extra.

PHARMAKOS
Vivi Touloumidi investigates adornment as an lively agent to deal with social discomfort, repression, and marginalization within the public realm. Her venture appropriates and subverts indicators of stigmatization employed throughout WWII, and, by means of in-depth analysis, proposes new assertion items that talk of resilience, emancipation, and self-determination of the social physique. Extra.

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