Artwork Jewellery Discussion board Board Transitions Management
Lynchburg, VA, US—We’re happy to announce the transitions of a few of our current board members into positions of management: Marta Costa Reis as chair of the board, Invoice Baker as treasurer, and Barbara Paris Gifford as board secretary.
Bonnie Levine’s tenure as board chair for the final three years has ended. It’s exhausting to precise the quantity of gratitude Levine deserves for the eagerness and dedication with which she led Artwork Jewellery Discussion board. “Together with her infectious love for artwork jewellery,” states Stef Fedor, AJF’s government director, “she labored tirelessly to make sure AJF is healthier positioned to advance the sector and develop alternatives for this dynamic neighborhood. She has seen the group via some essential moments and we’re honored that she is going to proceed to be part of AJF’s management.” Levine will proceed to serve on AJF’s board in an advisory capability and can proceed because the chair of AJF’s Journeys Committee.
AJF founder Susan Cummins may also keep on AJF’s Govt Committee in an advisory position. AJF’s board of administrators consists of a world group of thinkers, creators, and appreciators of the sector of artwork jewellery. They information our organizational actions and preserve our mission to advocate for artwork jewellery on the middle of all that we do. To see the total roster of AJF’s board of administrators and their roles within the group, please go to this hyperlink.
Marta Costa Reis Transitions from Board Secretary to Board Chair
Marta Costa Reis initially educated as a lawyer and labored within the media and in nonprofit and publishing sectors. In 2004 she started her research of knickknack as a interest, whereas pursuing different skilled actions. Ten years later she made the choice to dedicate herself totally to jewelry-making. She attended programs at Lisbon’s Ar.Co and the Lisbon Faculty of Design, in addition to quite a lot of workshops with established artists comparable to Ruudt Peters, Iris Eichenberg, Ramon Puig Cuyàs, Lauren Kalman, and Eija Mustonen. Presently a trainer of knickknack historical past at Ar.Co, Costa Reis has helped curate and arrange a number of exhibitions, together with the Twentieth-anniversary program for Galeria Reverso in Lisbon throughout 2018, and the Lisbon Modern Jewelry Biennial. She was one of many inventive administrators of the first Lisbon Modern Jewelry Biennial, and common curator of the second version in 2024. She has been the president of PIN – the Portuguese Affiliation of Modern Jewelry since 2023. She additionally serves because the chair of AJF’s Award and Grant Committee.
“AJF has a central position in my jewellery life. I’ve used its sources on [countless] events, realized from the content material it affords, beneficial it to my college students, and in addition participated in meetups, conferences, visits, and different occasions. I’ve benefited a lot from AJF that I’m completely happy to have the ability to give a few of my time again to assist it proceed its position of selling, learning, and supporting artwork jewellery and its neighborhood.” —Marta Costa Reis
Invoice Baker Transitions from Board Member to Treasurer of the Board
“I’ve been a California lawyer since 1973 and retired in 2013. I used to be a sole practitioner with a deal with actual property and contract transactions and litigation. My spouse, Francine, and I reside in Claremont, the house of seven faculties, and positioned in jap Los Angeles County.
“I served on metropolis commissions, each the Planning Fee and Architectural Fee, and volunteer in Claremont’s after-school tutoring program.
Francine and I get pleasure from energetic touring whereas additionally visiting fascinating websites, museums, artwork festivals, artwork jewellery galleries, and good eating places. Through the years we’ve got collected glass, ceramics, and artwork jewellery. We’ve got attended many artwork festivals and conferences together with SOFA, SNAG, ACC, Smithsonian, and AJF journeys.”
“We’ve got been members of Artwork Jewellery Discussion board for over 10 years and have appreciated assembly different collectors and studying from artists concerning the supplies and method of constructing artwork jewellery.” —Invoice Baker
Barbara Paris Gifford Transitions from Board Member to Secretary of the Board
Barbara Paris Gifford is senior curator of latest artwork, craft, and design on the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) in New York Metropolis. She oversees MAD’s famend jewellery assortment and has helped arrange over 20 exhibitions, together with Counter Couture: Handmade Vogue in an American Counterculture, The World of Anna Sui, and Jewellery Tales: Highlights from the Assortment 1947–Now, for which she edited a complete catalog. Most lately she offered Out of the Jewellery Field, an exhibition and catalog exploring the intersection of queerness and modern jewellery. She is an professional in jewellery and trend and has written on these topics for quite a few publications. Gifford holds an MA in ornamental arts, design historical past, and materials tradition from the Bard Graduate Middle, NY.
“AJF is a useful useful resource for studying concerning the artists and different necessary figures within the modern artwork jewellery subject. It helped me rise up to hurry once I started as a curator and, 12 years later, it continues to be a go-to supply. It’s so gratifying to provide again with my time to help the group.” —Barbara Paris Gifford
About AJF
Artwork Jewellery Discussion board is a nonprofit group spreading consciousness and growing appreciation of artwork jewellery worldwide since 1997. AJF advocates for artwork jewellery via an bold agenda of schooling, dialog, and monetary help. It commissions important writing that units the usual for excellence within the subject and publishes artjewelryforum.org, a web based useful resource for authentic content material on artwork jewellery.
