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July 2025, Half 1
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WHAT ARE YOU READING THIS SUMMER?
AJF founder Susan Cummins wrote in to say, “I’m studying Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver, and loving it. It’s so humorous and tragic on the identical time. Being inside Demon’s head and listening to how he thinks and talks to himself could be very amusing. It isn’t jewelry-related, however then not all the things is!” Extra.
ARCHITECTURE = ART: THE SUSAN GRANT LEWIN COLLECTION EXHIBITION
This exhibition of roughly 50 architectural presentation drawings by celebrated architects and designers from world wide comes from the private assortment of Susan Grant Lewin, a longtime advocate for modern structure and design. Created as conceptual or presentation works, they replicate drawing as an important a part of the architect’s expressive course of—much less about documentation, extra about persuasion and creativeness. On the Paul Rudolph Institute, in New York Metropolis, via September 20, 2026. Extra.
SEE PREZIOSA YOUNG 2024 AT GALERIE DOOR
This famend prize, managed and arranged by Le Arti Orafe Up to date Jewelry Faculty, in Florence, is awarded to proficient younger worldwide jewellery artists underneath age 35. In Nijmegen, Netherlands, via July 20, 2025. Extra.
FRANK BAUER, AT SAMSTAG MUSEUM OF ART THROUGH SEPTEMBER 26, 2025
“This present is unbelievable,” says Zu design’s Jane Bowden. “Bauer was a lecturer of mine at Uni SA and he has impressed my very own jewellery apply. He started as an industrial designer, began structure, then did silversmithing within the UK and modern jewellery. His coaching and making combines in these Lichtbilder, a grid-like construction that carries low voltage to energy LED lights. The perforated anodized aluminum sections distort the sunshine, creating shadows throughout the piece and on the partitions and making a moiré impact in order that the lights captivate and appear to maneuver as you stroll previous them. They’re stunning with or with out the lights on, jewellery for buildings!” In Adelaide, SA, Australia. Extra.
EXIT EXTENDED
The masters college students within the jewellery design and goldsmithing studio of PXL/MAD and MASieraad exhibit their remaining works. Every challenge testifies to the continual interplay between training and analysis, and to the private, artistic, and creative improvement of the coed. At A number of, in Hasselt, Belgium, via July 12, 2025. Extra.
DOURIEAN FLETCHER: JEWELRY OF THE AFROFUTURE
The Museum of Arts and Design will discover the storytelling energy of Fletcher’s jewellery via 150+ works on view October 4, 2025–March 15, 2026. The artist’s apply spans impartial design, costume, and movie. It exemplifies the ethos of Afrofuturism, a cultural motion that reclaims Black identification and historical past whereas envisioning egalitarian futures. Impressed by the storytelling traditions of Zulu beadwork, the ornate fantastic thing about historical Egyptian adornment, and the innovation of African American jewelers, Fletcher explores using symbolism in religious apply—reimagining and creating new talismanic types that tackle private and collective transformation.
NYCJW IS IN THE WORKS!
The eighth version of NYC Jewellery Week returns November 17–23, 2025, with the theme Artwork Worn. It would have a good time the artistry behind every bit of knickknack, from effective and costume to artwork jewellery. Artwork Worn highlights how at this time’s most visionary creators mix treasured and surprising supplies, merge custom with know-how, and craft highly effective tales that resonate on each a private and international scale. Extra.
KOREA NOW NOW ON VIEW AT OMBRÉ
The touring group exhibition options modern jewellery by 52 artists. Curated by Charon Kransen, the present visually reinterprets Korean heritage via a contemporary perspective, emphasizing mastery of expertise, symbolism, and materials. Wooden, silver, resin, Velcro, paper, yarn, stone, and rice are however a couple of components that take middle stage. By August 31, 2025. Extra.
UTE DECKER WINS IAC’S 2025 AWARD FOR LEADERSHIP IN RESPONSIBLE PRACTICE IN JEWELRY
Initiatives in Artwork and Tradition gave the AJF member the prize “for her passionate advocacy for accountable jewellery making apply paired together with her spectacular artistic imaginative and prescient.” The award can be bestowed on the fifteenth Worldwide Gold + Diamond Convention NYC, adopted by a dialog with the artist. The convention brings collectively thought leaders, trade consultants, collectors, curators, and main jewelers to discover probably the most urgent points dealing with the jewellery, gemstone, and precious-metal sectors; to hunt widespread goal concerning accountable jewellery apply; and to have a good time the very best requirements in jewellery craft and design. At Bohemian Nationwide Corridor 321 E 73rd St New York, NY, July 14–16, 2025. Extra.
APPRECIATION, AT MUSEUM ARNHEM, NETHERLANDS
This exhibition explores varied societal themes and people offered via the work of Ted Noten. For 30+ years, he has created jewellery that examines worth, possession, and standing. What can we contemplate priceless? Why? A stunning exhibition full of knickknack, humor, and that means. By September 28, 2025. Extra.
COLLECTION FOCUS: RON ISAACS
Most of Isaacs’s work—a mix of two-dimensional imagery and reduce and sawn wooden—operates in an in-between area as “trompe l’oeil painted constructions.” Says Isaacs, “I by no means truly made it to 3 dimensions; I appear to have stalled at two and a half.” The exhibition consists of early acrylic on canvas work, artwork jewellery, and 20+ painted wooden constructions. At Racine Artwork Museum via October 25, 2025. Extra.
CORRINA GOUTOS WILL PRESENT WORK AT OBSESSED
For the previous three months, the finalist for AJF’s 2024 Younger Artist Award has been the artist-in-residence on the Françoise van den Bosch Basis, in Amsterdam. She has used her time within the Netherlands to make connections and acquire inspiration to additional develop her work, which she’ll current on the Obsessed jewellery competition in November.
LORI TALCOTT GETS FULBRIGHT IN A F**KED-UP TURN OF EVENTS
Fulbright Scholarships have “at all times been primarily based on educational advantage,” Talcott wrote on Instagram, “till this yr, when the State Division launched a fourth step: all chosen initiatives had been ordered again and evaluated for ‘political content material’ or something believed to … battle with the President’s Govt Orders. Mine, a medieval artwork historical past challenge, was flagged and rejected—more than likely for my use of the phrases ‘identification’ and/or ‘gender.’” Luckily, the US-Norway Fulbright Basis and the Norwegian authorities have stepped in to help those that had been chosen after which de-selected. Extra.
KOKON/COCOON, AT GALERIE BIRO
The cocoon—a spot of stillness, transformation, and safety—symbolizes one among our most basic human wants: a way of security, retreat, and belonging. This present consists of jewellery by Martina Dempf and the visible works of artists Lea Grebe and Anita Oettershagen. By July 28, 2025. Data.
FROM WAVE TO SHINING WAVE: A CELEBRATION OF PHIL BALDWIN AND SHINING WAVE METALS
This exhibition is deeply rooted in mokume-gane, first developed in Japan to create dynamic, natural patterns. Baldwin considerably contributed to the approach’s development within the US. The present options work by 30+ members of the Seattle Metals Guild, every contributing items in Baldwin’s honor. At Danaca Design Gallery, in Seattle, WA, US, via July 20, 2025. Extra.
THE RING PROJECT, AT ALTA FORMA
This exhibition, via July 19, 2025, options greater than 30 artists, 100+ rings, and choose artworks celebrating this iconic jewellery archetype. It consists of cameo, class, cocktail, eternity, guard, key, temper, promise, signet, and lots of extra. In Melbourne, Australia. Extra.
KUMPANE/COMPANIONS
Animal heads and cartoon characters have change into Alexander Clean’s trademark. His Memento Juniori pendants, fabricated from hand-carved arduous foam, silver, and cotton, exhibit his love of being transported to fantasy worlds and his curiosity in regards to the unknown. At Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, July 25–October 5, 2025. Extra.
COMING SOON: NOON PASSAMA EXHIBITION AT MUSEUM ARNHEM
For this exhibition, the present Françoise van den Bosch Prize winner is growing a completely new sequence of labor impressed by the Chinese language constellations. The present opens November 2, 2025.
IAC’S GOLD + DIAMOND CONFERENCE RETURNS TO NYC
The fifteenth annual convention takes place in-person July 14–July 16, 2025. Its theme, “Eye on the Prize: In the direction of Persevering with Enchancment in Observe and Artistry,” serves as a continuation of IAC’s longstanding dedication to shaping accountable, inclusive, and visionary practices throughout the international treasured metals and diamond industries. Extra.
BEAUTIFUL TENSIONS, BY ANNE BRENNAN
Grey Road Workshop is one among Australia’s longest-running collectively run studios for artists making jewellery and objects. In celebration of its fortieth anniversary, JamFactory offered Stunning Tensions, a touring exhibition showcasing new work by the 4 present companions: Jess Dare, Lisa Furno, Sue Lorraine, and Catherine Truman. “[It’s] not all jewellery on this present,” Zu design’s Jane Bowden informed AJF. “There are set up items and sculptural works, however the makers’ practices cross the modern jewellery subject with items relating in a roundabout way to individuals and connection and the physique. (All of them make jewellery.)” Extra.
ABC JEWELRY, BY HUMBERT R. BLAKE
This alphabet e book engages children aged 3–5 with illustrations and a enjoyable method to studying letters. Every letter, from A to Z, represents a bit of knickknack or an merchandise associated to jewellery, equivalent to “A is for Anklet” or “B is for Bracelet.” Apropos, Brilliant, Clever! Extra.
NEW TECHNIQUES IN COLORED PENCIL ON METAL JEWELRY
Constructing on the success of her first e book, Roxan O’Brien returns with an expanded repertoire of revolutionary strategies for working with silver, brass, aluminum, and extra. This complete information unveils skilled secrets and techniques for creating vibrant, gallery-worthy items utilizing easy instruments and accessible supplies. Extra.
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