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January 2026, Half 2

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EVENTS
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CURATOR ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT WUNDERKAMMER: THE COLLECTION OF SUSAN BEECH
In a collection of movies posted to IG, Natasha Kleit, of the Museum of Craft and Design, shares about Beech’s assortment, explains how the exhibition’s title happened, talks a few piece produced from surprising supplies, and extra. See episode 1 right here; episode 2 right here; episode 3 right here, and episode 4 right here. Beech is a member of AJF, and launched the Susan Beech Mid-Profession Grant. The exhibition of her assortment is on view on the Museum of Craft and Design via February 8, 2026. Data.

THE RESONANCE RESIDENCY FUNDRAISER FOR BROOKLN METAL WORKS
Brooklyn Steel Works is fundraising to launch the Resonance Residency, its first residency for jewellery artists. The Resonance Residency will supply artists at each degree of their profession a chance to develop their work and studio apply whereas having fun with the distinctive benefits of being in NYC and its modern jewellery scene. As a part of its efforts, BKMW is fundraising via bundled choices of specialty publications—a beneficiant donation from the private library of Helen Drutt English, famend artwork historian, educator, and founding father of Helen Drutt Gallery. Assist BKMW attain its first-tier aim of $20,000 to assist an preliminary cohort of three jewellery artists! Get extra information, take a look at the guide bundles, and buy one right here. Make open donations right here. This venture is fiscally sponsored by Artwork Jewellery Discussion board.

EARRINGS GALORE, ON VIEW AT MUNICH’S JEWELRY WEEK
The annual juried exhibition of a wealthy and various array of earrings made by rising and established studio jewelers is meant to create extra entry for the general public to interact with artwork jewellery, domesticate connections with the neighborhood, and supply alternatives for individuals so as to add to their jewellery assortment. The gathering can be on view in FRAME, March 4–8, 2026. Data.

CONSTELLATIONS TO TRAVEL TO NORFOLK, VA, US
The exhibition will open on the Chrysler Museum of Artwork on July 10, 2026. Constellations: Modern Jewellery on the Dallas Museum of Artwork showcases greater than 350 wearable artworks, a lot of which have by no means been on view earlier than. The exhibition surveys almost a century of creativity and celebrates the ingenuity of jewellery artists from throughout the globe. It’s on the Dallas Museum of Artwork via Could 3, 2026. Data. DMA curator Sarah Schleuning is a member of AJF, and collector Deedie Rose, who was extremely instrumental in bringing collectively this present, is a really particular supporter of AJF. Data in regards to the exhibition.

MARZEE, THE BOOK, COMING IN MARCH
The title Marzee refers to intertwined identities. There may be Marie-José van den Hout (referred to as Marzee), the supplier whose drive and fervour makes every thing doable. There may be Galerie Marzee, the establishment with a wealthy backstory, a wonderful constructing, and enviable applications. And there may be the Marzee Assortment, greater than 2,500 objects that monitor the historical past of Marzee the person and Marzee the gallery. This guide, with a foreword by Petra Hölscher, chapters by Susan Cummins, Flos Wildschut, and Lizzie Atkins, and pictures by Michiel Heffels, tells the story of the supplier, the gallery, and the gathering. In 1978 Marie-José opened the primary Galerie Marzee in an outdated butcher’s store in Nijmegen, the Netherlands; at the moment the gallery occupies an impressively renovated grain warehouse on the river Waal. Imbued with the highly effective minimalism of the constructing, MARZEE the guide presents over 300 items from the Marzee Assortment which were chosen and organized by Marie-José van den Hout herself. Extra.

JOYCE J. SCOTT AND FRIENDS
This group exhibition, at Mobilia Gallery, February 7–March 21, 2026, will characteristic the work of famend bead artist Joyce J. Scott and 12 artists she mentored and influenced. Be a part of Mobilia throughout Black Historical past Month (February) with work that embodies Scott’s mission to deal with, educate, encourage, and uplift, reflecting the artist’s narrative of what it means to be Black in America. Scott wields her sharp wit and humor to masterfully create daring, sculptural objects, bringing to gentle and driving house troublesome subjects corresponding to racism, sexism, patriarchal buildings, and the African diaspora. Collaborating artists: Tracy Beale, Annet Couwenberg, Linda De Palma, Oletha Devane, Espi Frazier, Grayce Johnson, Pam Li, Randi Reiss McCormack, Karen “Sam” Norgard, William Rhodes, and Teresa Sullivan. Opening reception: February 14, 2026, 12–3 pm. Data.

DOURIEAN FLETCHER: JEWELRY OF THE AFROFUTURE TO TRAVEL
The Walters Artwork Museum, in Baltimore, MD, US, will current an adaptation of the exhibition initially held on the Museum of Arts and Design. The Walters’s present runs April 18–August 9, 2026. Data. The exhibition explores Fletcher’s jewellery as a strong narrative instrument in artwork, Black id, and visible storytelling via 100+ works that span the artist’s life and profession, from her early life to the current day, together with a dozen from the Walters Artwork Museum’s assortment, hand-picked by the artist. MAD curator Barabra Paris Gifford is a member of AJF.

BUILT FOR THE BODY: THE INTERSECTION OF ARCHITECTURE & JEWELRY
Exhibition at Pistachios Modern Jewellery, in Chicago, January 22–March 29, 2026. Biba Schutz, Emilie Pritchard, Joanne Grimonprez, and Sandra Salaices every discover the purpose at which structure and jewellery converge. As we navigate via area, our our bodies are always surrounded by the language of structure. However how does jewellery enter this dialog? This exhibition exemplifies how our our bodies can turn out to be the area that holds this architectural language. Data.

WAM! SELECTED FOR PARIS FASHION WEEK
The Wearable Artwork Museum will function the jewellery curator/fashion advisor for Paris Vogue Week on the Grande Palais in Paris for March 3, 2026, for featured designers: Max Alexander, the world’s youngest designer (serves as ambassador to the UN for Sustainability and WAM Advisory Board) and designer Niki Khojandi from Iran. Lisa M. Berman, founding director is collaborating with choose worldwide artists to create one in every of a form, bespoke jewellery and equipment created from sustainable supplies and practices for this iconic stage. Donations and Sponsorships are wanted by Jan. 31, 2026 to cowl participation charges, artist supplies, journey, resort, visa’s, manufacturing payment, and many others. Assist WAM be a part of this as soon as in a lifetime alternative!  Please contact Director@wearableartmuseum.org.

THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE METAL MUSEUM HAS PASSED AWAY
In 1979, James “Wally” Wallace remodeled three ramshackle buildings into what grew to become the Steel Museum. For almost 30 years, he led with ardour, ingenuity, and an unwavering perception in artists and neighborhood. Wallace can be remembered as a visionary chief, devoted maker, and the guts of this neighborhood. His legacy lives on within the museum’s studios, displays, and applications. He handed away after a battle with most cancers, on November 30, 2025, at house in Seattle along with his accomplice, Mary Lee Hu, by his facet.

AHEAD OF THEIR TIME
This guide, by AJF member Elizabeth Parks, recounts the story of her household’s 5 generations as jewelers, as informed by a clock. Not simply any clock, however a timepiece that had adopted the household’s departure from Glasgow, Scotland, in 1871. After making a watch commissioned by Queen Victoria for her eldest son, household patriarch Daniel Buchanan was awarded a coveted Royal Warrant that made him official watchmaker to the queen. Searching for challenges and alternatives for his 12 youngsters, Daniel offered his enterprise and arrived along with his household in NYC. Shortly thereafter, he settled in and opened his first retailer in Petersburg, VA. The story follows 175 years of the household’s enlargement, success, and occasional setbacks. Extra.

OPEN CALL: SPARKLE/ECLAT
Exhibition theme: Sparkle/Eclat. Every artist might submit their very own imaginative and prescient of this multifaceted topic. Usually related to brilliance, glamour, or the gleam of treasured stones, sparkle can be refined, conceptual, emotional, or metaphorical. Artists are inspired to push past the plain and examine each doable resonance of the phrase, seen or invisible, literal or symbolic. The exhibition will open throughout Vacation spot Bijou Cagnes jewellery week (June 4–7, 2026) and proceed until September 20, 2026. Every artist might apply with solely a single piece. Data.

ORNAMENTA AUCTION
The Baltimore Jewellery Heart’s annual Ornamenta public sale will go stay on January 27, 2026, and shut on February 7, 2026. Public sale bidding begins on January 27 at 5:00 pm EST and ends on February 7 at 10:30 pm EST. This 12 months’s public sale will characteristic over 30 artworks by over 25 artists, in addition to an unbelievable collection of non-artwork objects. Proceeds will assist the BJC’s work as an academic nonprofit constructing a vibrant inventive neighborhood for the examine and apply of metalsmithing and artwork jewellery. Extra information.

OBJECTS BEAUTIFUL AT COLLECT 2026, FEBRUARY 26–MARCH 1, SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON, ROOM S-12
The gallery, led by Yael Reisner, campaigns for magnificence and goals to champion the profound and enigmatic work of their represented artists. The artworks, imbued with which means and pushed by concepts, are exquisitely crafted by each established and rising worldwide artists. In 2025, within the 2nd 12 months of Objects Stunning, three works exhibited at Acquire had been acquired by the Auckland Museum, NZ. This 12 months, Objects Stunning continues to exhibit art-to-wear, specializing in modern collectibles, particularly art-jewellery and art-textiles.The theme for this 12 months’s exhibition is Japanese Waves, which is able to showcase art-jewellery 9 artists: 4 South-Koreans, two Japanese and three Taiwanese, alongside Japanese immersed art-textiles by a Tel Avivian artist. Collaborating artists: Mei Fang Chiang (art- jewelry), Chun Tai Chen (art-jewellery), Nurit David (art-textile), Mari Ishikawa (art- jewelry), Heejoo Kim (art- jewelry), Seonyong Lee (art- jewelry), Kayo Saito (art- jewelry), Hea Lim Shin (art- jewelry), Pei Wu (art- jewelry), Ahmi Yu (art- jewelry).

CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING? YES, WONDERFUL THINGS!
An exhibition at Thereza Pedrosa Gallery devoted to the extraordinary world of Peter Bauhuis. By means of relentless analysis and mixed-metal fusion, Bauhuis creates works the place experimentation, probability, and mastery meet. Every bit is a discovery – for the viewer and for the artist himself. Artwork jewellery and objects that invite a better look, to remain curious, and belief that fantastic issues are forward. Opening: Saturday, January 24 | 5–8 pm, with a toast within the presence of the artist. Extra.

BRYAN PARNHAM TO TEACH AT 92Y: FEBRUARY 7–8, 2026
This spring, the winner of the 2024 AJF Younger Artist Award is touring to colleges throughout the northeastern US doing a demo tour and lecture collection referred to as Synthesis Challenge. On this workshop, Parnham will reveal using photopolymer as an etching resist for metalsmiths, printmakers, and photographers. The demos will concentrate on etching photographic pictures on sterling silver in ferric nitrate. However the versatility of UV-sensitive polymer has purposes throughout inventive fields, so college students with backgrounds in fields apart from metalsmithing are inspired to attend. The workshop can be demo-heavy however enable college students time to make a lapel pin to apply this course of’s distinctive ending methods. Data. For extra occasions, see Parnham’s IG, right here. 

TANYA CRANE: EMBODIED HISTORIES—EXPLORING THE LEGACY OF AFRICAN JEWELRY
Exhibition at Racine Artwork Museum, January 21, 2026 – January 9, 2027. Responding to her personal biracial background, Crane imbues her enamel, steel, and located object jewellery with reflections on historical past, resiliency, migration, neighborhood, adornment, humanity, id, household, and heritage. This exhibition options jewellery impressed by historic adornment in RAM’s everlasting assortment—particularly, incised steel bracelets and neckpieces from West Africa that had been used as foreign money. Data.

HELEN BRITTON: THE STORY SO FAR TRAVELS
The exhibition will run February 7–April 24, 2026, at Watts Gallery, in Newcastle, NSW, Australia. It’s a part of Dwelling Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft, a collection of solo exhibitions honoring eminent Australian craftspeople, celebrating their mastery of ability, their achievements, and the distinctive place they occupy within the nationwide design tradition. Britton, an distinctive Australian artist of worldwide status, is the tenth artist on this exhibition collection. Data.

TE PUNA WHAKARĀKEI: JEWELLERY AS STATEMENT
This exhibition, on the Auckland Museum via spring 2027, incorporates a vary of up to date jewelry items from the Museum’s utilized arts assortment, together with work from native and worldwide makers. These artists use jewelry as greater than ornament and take into account how adornment can interact with difficult conversations; protest, feminism, local weather change, and extra. Extra.

NEW JEWELRY WEEK IN MANCHESTER
Manchester Jewelry Week will happen for the primary time September 11–20, 2026. Keep tuned for information on their IG feed.

MAKE YOUR PROPOSALS FOR RADIANT PAVILION
Proposals for taking part within the 2026 program will open January 24, 2026, and shut February 22. The pageant takes place in Melbourne, Australia, October 24—November 1, 2026. Data.

“JEWELRY IN VENICE” COMPETITION
Apply for Venice Design Week’s VDW Jewellery Choice, a global competitors. Data.

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