“Solo Exhibition Award” Creator Linda Peshkin

At present, we speaking with Linda Peshkin, who just lately created a brand new grant for makers of artwork jewellery. AJF’s Solo Exhibition Award will supply US$20,000 for the creation of a solo exhibition by an artist of any age or nationality, to be accomplished inside two years. The winner of this primary version will probably be introduced in Munich, throughout Schmuck, in March 2025.

Purposes are at present being accepted. The decision for entry is open via January 12, 2025. Get the rules right here.

AJF: First, a little bit background. Please clarify the way you had been launched to up to date jewellery, and what you’re doing now in relation to it.
Linda Peshkin: A few years in the past, I started attending artwork and craft festivals and located myself drawn to the jewellery. At an American Craft Council present in Baltimore about 15 years in the past, I met an artist who had been the recipient of the AJF Rising Artist Award. I had by no means heard of Artwork Jewellery Discussion board and had no concept that a corporation existed that was solely targeted on artwork jewellery!

I instantly checked out the AJF web site and noticed that they had been planning their first worldwide journey to London (this was in 2010). I signed as much as go on the journey. The remaining is historical past. AJF opened my eyes to an entire new world of bijou and has given me the chance to fulfill some superb individuals and see superb creations. I attempt to go on a lot of the AJF journeys—I like the behind-the-scenes entry we get and the chance to work together with artists, gallerists, curators, and educators.

That is the primary time AJF is presenting this award, because of your generosity and love for artwork jewellery. You’ve got determined to profit solo exhibitions. What do you assume is vital for a solo present? How can it affect an artist’s profession?
Linda Peshkin: A solo present permits an artist to display their imaginative and prescient and craftsmanship in a cohesive means. Clearly, the publicity can result in extra recognition and entice collectors and others within the artwork jewellery world, which may finally result in extra alternative. It might probably go far in cementing an artist’s place within the jewellery world.

What made you resolve to create and fund this award?
Linda Peshkin: After I realized that the Susan Beech Mid-Profession Grant was ending, I wished to provide you with a grant to switch it, however with a barely completely different focus.

Typically, after artists end their schooling, they now not have entry to all of the instruments and assets they’d after they had been at school. As they begin out and transfer alongside of their careers, they usually want assist to develop and develop new our bodies of labor. After some brainstorming, we got here up with the thought of supporting a solo exhibition. Artists who aspire to have their very own present would possibly lack the means to make it occur. Hopefully, this award can jumpstart the profession of an rising artist or showcase the work of a longtime artist.

What’s the single most vital dialog for artists and professionals within the jewellery discipline to be having at the moment?
Linda Peshkin: Artwork jewellery doesn’t at all times get the popularity it deserves as a authentic tremendous artwork kind. I feel main strides have been made within the final decade, as extra museums are showcasing jewellery, extra books are being printed, and social media like Instagram is making artwork jewellery seen to a broader viewers. However the discipline nonetheless struggles with legitimization.

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