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February 2025, Half 2

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AJF’S EVENTS IN MUNICH
We’ve organized a strong program! We’ll host a every day speaker collection in our share a sales space with Arnoldsche. Nineteen presenters will discover a variety of compelling themes. | We have now two occasions at Galerie Handwerk: 2023 Susan Beech Mid-Profession Grant winner Khanya Mthethwa will give a particular presentation. And we’ll current the brand new e-book Feast, about American collector Susan Beech, with a panel that features Beech, Toni Greenbaum, Barbara Gifford, and Susan Cummins. | We’ll announce the winner of the 2025 AJF Solo Exhibition Award. Who will get $20,000 to placed on their present? | And don’t miss our AJF member dinner. Full particulars right here.

AJF TRIPS IN 2025
AJF’s extremely curated journeys present a possibility to journey with like-minded fanatics and offer you entry to venues and actions you couldn’t do by yourself. We have now two journeys deliberate. Registration for the primary journey—Santa Fe, New Mexico, Could 12–15, 2025—is at the moment open for Silver members and above (register right here). The opposite journeys will probably be in Mexico Metropolis, Mexico, September 7–10, 2025, and in Oaxaca September 12–14. You’ll be able to go each locations in Mexico, or select only one. Turn into a member on the Gold stage for precedence invitation to AJF’s journeys. Additional information right here.

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EVENTS
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MUSEUM ACQUIRES WORK BY CATHERINE SHEEDY
Noel Guyomarc’h, who represents the artist, instructed us that final January the Nationwide Museum of High-quality Arts of Quebec acquired a piece by Catherine Sheedy referred to as Chercher Sa Stabilité 9 (In search of One’s Stability 9), from the Le Fleuve Porteur d’Histoires (The River that Carries Tales) Collection.

AURÉLIE GUILLAUME WORK ACQUIRED BY MUSEUM
Noel Guyomarc’h additionally instructed us that the Nationwide Museum of High-quality Arts of Quebec additionally acquired a brooch referred to as She Likes You Not, from the Say It with Flowers Collection. Guillaume performs with the longstanding hyperlink between enameling and storytelling. Whereas makers from different centuries might need introduced non secular narratives of their brightly coloured objects, Guillaume appears to avenue artwork, comics, and different types of in style tradition. In her work, a single character is frozen in the course of a narrative that continues to be hidden from the viewer.

NEW SHOW AT SALOTTO SPJ: FEBRUARY 19–26, 2025
Going down within the middle of Milan, Italy, Pleasure BC’s solo exhibition will provide a considerate exploration of bijou as a medium for storytelling, id, and cultural reflection. Famend for her sculptural method and deeply researched narratives, Pleasure BC’s work attracts on historic references, mythology, and private reminiscence to create up to date items. RSVP to @salottospj by DM or e-mail.

MORE ABOUT NEW AJF MEMBER SALOTTO SPJ
Salotto SPJ’s mission, in central Milan, opened in January with an exhibition of labor by Giovanni Corvaja. You’ll be able to stay up for a present of labor by Charlotte De Syllas in March; Chloé Valorso in April; and Yeena Yoon in Could. Extra.

OBJECTS BEAUTIFUL AT COLLECT: FEBRUARY 26–MARCH 3, 2025
Objects Stunning’s theme is wearable artwork. You’ll discover clothes by Nurit David. The jewellery is a brand new assortment, Rock & Locks, created by the gallery’s 35 jewellery artists desperate to work with hair and reclaim the romance and tenderness of hair-scapes. Extra.

SEE WORK BY MARGIT HART IN MUNICH
Hart’s Schattenflug · Fleeting Shadows items (2018, pigment print on metal, acrylic, silver) will probably be a part of the exhibition Lückenfüller, at Room to Dream, March 12–16, 2025. “Shadow and light-weight, picture and fragment. Gentle as a cosmic and bodily phenomenon. And lightweight as a sensual expertise that opens up the floor into the pictorial house.”

LOLA BROOKS NAMED MASTER OF THE MEDIUM
The James Renwick Alliance for Craft honors Brooks, a metalsmith whose work explores the wealthy symbolism of bijou as a cultural artifact. Brooks combines conventional craft with up to date innovation. Her items problem typical notions of worth by juxtaposing chrome steel with gold, reworking sentimental motifs into profound creative statements.

SOLO EXHIBITION BY KHANYA MTHETHWA
Abantu: Threads That Bind Us celebrates South Africa’s various indigenous cultures by means of an exploration of id and tribute to the resilience of African reminiscence. Impressed by South African tradition previous and current, this exhibition bridges the gap between the 2 by means of creative interpretations of archival supplies and up to date design. At FADA Gallery, February 27–March 28, 2025.

CHERYL R. RILEY TO EXHIBIT IN “THE STORY MAKERS”
See Sculptures within the Type of a Necklace on this group present, curated by Sebastian Grant, on view at Gallery Loupe April 5-Could 5, 2025. Grant write an in-depth, 10-page article that includes Riley’s sculpture necklaces within the Spring 2024 challenge of Metalsmith.

SÉBASTIEN CARRÉ TO TEACH WORKSHOP
Discover the numerous sides of textile methods and remodel threads and beads into distinctive creations. June 23–28, 2025, at Le Sel de la Major, in France. Extra data.

UTE DECKER SELECTED FOR 100 RINGS, 100 MAKERS
Goldsmiths’ Truthful presents 100 Rings, 100 Makers at Gather 2025, celebrating the up to date ring as miniature sculpture and intimate object. Decker, identified for her daring assertion rings, is showcasing Rose in 18-karat honest commerce gold. This distinctive hand sculpted ring explores transformation and renewal: a daring sculptural ring that, when worn with a torque, transforms into an intriguing pendant. Gather is the main worldwide artwork honest for up to date craft and design. Go to Stand E11 to expertise these miniature masterpieces firsthand. Data.

OPEN POSITION AT THE BALTIMORE JEWELRY CENTER
The BJC is providing one three-year educating fellowship; begin date August 2025. Along with gaining educating expertise, the chosen fellow will develop pedagogical abilities, construct management expertise, obtain mentorship from skilled educators, and play an influential a part of a vibrant instructional neighborhood. The perfect candidate is enthusiastic about metalsmithing and artwork jewellery in addition to educating and studying. They need to be keen to have interaction with college students in a wide range of settings, from the studio to neighborhood occasions. Candidates ought to have an MFA in metals and/or jewellery, or a BFA in metals and/or jewellery and work expertise (in educating or different elements of the sphere). Extra data.

ONE DAY YOU’LL SEE, AT THE BALTIMORE JEWELRY CENTER
A solo exhibition of works by picture and object maker Laurel Fulton. The exhibition consists of a collection of ocular gadgets that shift the individuals’ visible notion of the world and people round them. After we say “I see,” we imply “I perceive” and we regularly assume “to see is to consider.” Nevertheless, after we see, we’re decoding, figuring out, and evaluating the info our eyes ship us. In consequence, there isn’t any singular or common option to interpret the world. Seeing is influenced by our personal expertise, which alters our personal understanding and capability for understanding. Extra.

MOBILIA GALLERY PREVIEWS JEWELRY FEATURED IN MASSART AUCTION
Preview the 32 items of artwork jewellery featured within the 2025 MassArt Public sale, and different works from by taking part artists and grasp jewelers, Saturday, March 1, 2025, 12–4 pm. Strive on the works, meet native artists taking part within the public sale, and luxuriate in some refreshments. RSVP by e-mail. Jewellery that’s a part of the public sale will probably be out there for bidding beginning March 17, 2025. Bidding web site is right here.

UNITED STATES ARTISTS FELLOWS ANNOUNCED
Metalsmith and multidisciplinary artist David Harper Clemmons and jewellery artist Tzu-Ju Chen are among the many honorees. Extra.

FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR MAKES JEWELRY FOR TAIWANESE DANCERS
Clayton Salley is collaborating with skilled dancers to develop and doc performances that merge dance and choreography together with his jewellery designs. This interdisciplinary method has the potential to display new methods physique adornment can foster human connection. Extra.

WATCH THE VIDEO OF “BEYOND THE GALLERY”
This dialog addressed the bounds of the artwork gallery as an area for valuing craft. These limits embrace the way in which expertise is restricted to the visible sense and objects are introduced as representations of the world, quite than issues for use in it. With Ben Lignel, Monica Gaspar, and Kevoin Murray. Watch right here.

NATIVE AMERICAN JEWELRY HAS A SHOWCASE IN SANTA FE
All yr lengthy, makers promote their creations on the portal on the historic Palace of the Governors. Extra.

A NEW TREND IN JEWELRY?
Taylor Swift wore a bauble on her thigh to the Grammys. How quickly until jeweled garters are in all of the shops? Extra.

OPEN CALL: PARCOURS BIJOUX
Each three years, Parcours Bijoux celebrates up to date jewellery in Paris, presenting over 300 artists from around the globe in some 50 occasions over 5 weeks: group exhibitions, solo exhibits, conferences, publications, seminars, and performances. Open to jewelers, artists, designers, artwork historians, faculties, curators, gallery homeowners, journalists, and collectors. Be a part of the 2026 version by making use of by June 15, 2025. Data.

OPEN CALL: CONTEMPORARY WEARABLES ’25 BIENNIAL JEWELLERY AWARD AND EXHIBITION
With this award and exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Artwork Gallery promotes excellence in up to date adornment. The award was established in 1989 and is a discussion board for experimental and revolutionary up to date jewellery and object follow. Juried and judged by main trade professionals, it showcases the work of Australia’s outstanding and rising up to date makers. 2025 awards embrace: $6000 Excellence Award, $4000 Innovation Award, $2000 Pupil Award. Entry Type and Tips right here. Deadline: Could 2, 2025. Extra

JEWELLERY – FORM – CONTENT
This publication from the Museum of Ornamental Arts in Prague brings collectively jewellery previous and current, exploring it not chronologically however by way of the methods wherein it may bear meanings. The e-book illustrates these by analyzing fairly various items. It covers the complete vary of bijou, not simply bodily objects but additionally work that exists extra as an idea or occasion. It embraces auteur and collective items, and jewellery confrontational and traditional. Extra.

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