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July 2025, Half 2

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THE BJC IS HIRING AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The Baltimore Jewellery Heart seeks a visionary chief to take it into its subsequent chapter as founding director Shane Prada departs. This hands-on position blends technique and group engagement, requiring collaboration with workers, board, and artists to broaden the group’s attain and influence. The BJC is searching for a frontrunner dedicated to arts schooling, transparency, and repair, able to information day-to-day operations whereas strengthening its nationwide and worldwide profile. Wage: $80,000–$95,000, primarily based on expertise. Advantages embrace medical health insurance, retirement plan, beneficiant PTO, entry to the BJC studio, class reductions, and knowledgeable growth stipend. Take part shaping BJC’s daring future. Extra.

KEITH LEWIS | SELECTED WORKS: 1988–1995, FOR SALE AT GALLERY LOUPE
The late Nineteen Eighties and early Nineteen Nineties have been marked by the AIDS disaster, which affected numerous lives and sparked limitless conversations about identification and resilience. Throughout this era, Heidi Endemann and her husband, Don, have been launched to Lewis’s work on the former Susan Cummins Gallery. They have been struck by the power each the artist and gallerist displayed in showcasing these works. Each bit of their assortment—which is now on the market at Loupe—speaks to the facility of Lewis’s creative expression and its capability to replicate the human expertise. Though created to deal with a selected time, the message nonetheless resonates right now. View the catalog right here; see the worth listing right here. Contact the gallery at 973-865-6194, or e mail.

AARON DECKER: NO ASSEMBLY REQUIRED, AT ORNAMENTUM THROUGH AUGUST 10, 2025
The exhibition title is a tongue-in-cheek nod to the meticulousness required to provide Decker’s new physique of labor. He states, “These days, all the things feels prefer it’s falling aside—it’s overwhelming. So as an alternative of the often strong surfaces I work on, I’m breaking all of it aside, and displaying the act of holding all of it collectively.” Decker’s new work takes imagery from army patches, badges, and symbols, breaks them right down to their elemental shapes, and stitches them again collectively, displaying how even the strongest of kinds can nonetheless be fragile. Extra.

GARDEN . A GROUP EXHIBITION INSPIRED BY NATURE
From the primary shell strung on a wire to a petal solid in gold, jewellery has been a approach to carry the world with us—its kinds, its meanings, its magnificence. As we speak, that impulse endures, however typically with a distinct edge. Up to date jewelers work with fragility and decay, with natural supplies that shift and climate. Their items ask not solely what is gorgeous, however why. To put on such a chunk is to hold a fraction of the world’s surprise. Magnificence just isn’t all the time fastened or excellent—however fleeting, complicated, and deeply human. At Sienna Patti, by August 31, 2025. Extra.

IN MOTION—KINETIC JEWELRY AT GLG
Ellyse Bendillo and Kate Dannenberg, of Night time Shift Studio, co-curated 11 metalsmiths who create jewellery that strikes and transforms when worn or displayed. These established artists and rising voices all work at a excessive technical stage. At Gravers Lane Gallery, by August 28, 2025. Reception August 1, 5–8 p.m., with a curator speak. Extra.

CHECK OUT THE “WOW EFFECT!” CATALOG
This PDF—accessible free of charge obtain—paperwork the thirty third Worldwide Jewelry Competitors, the spotlight of the Legnica Jewelry Pageant SILVER 2025. Artists from world wide, together with goldsmiths, designers, and each skilled and beginner jewellery makers, have been invited to participate. A complete of 268 artists from 42 international locations submitted their works. The jury chosen items by 44 artists representing 22 international locations, that are featured within the post-competition exhibition. Extra.

THE STORY SO FAR: HELEN BRITTON, OPENS AUGUST 28
Britton’s follow consists of jewellery, sculpture, drawings, stencils, and installations, and is knowledgeable by widespread tradition and people artwork, threatened traditions, environmental destruction, and human nervousness. This present is a part of the Dwelling Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft sequence, which focuses on present work, not historic surveys, to make sure that the work and concepts offered are present reflections of the practitioner’s course of and output. At Australian Design Centre, August 28–October 4, 2025. Opening: August 27, 6–8 p.m.

JEWELRY NOW: THE CURATORS’ EDIT
Presents a snapshot of inspirational jewellery made by a number of the greatest and most fascinating designer jewelers from England, Northern Eire, Scotland, and Wales. From probably the most skilled to these making distinctive work at first of their careers, uncover breathtaking technical expertise, thrilling experimentation with supplies, revolutionary processes and imaginative responses to grave moral and environmental considerations. Co-curated by AJF member Dr. Elizabeth Goring and Gregory Parsons. At Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, Denbighshire, UK, by September 21, 2025. Extra.

BJC SEEKS EXHIBITION PROPOSALS FOR 2027–2028
The Baltimore Jewellery Heart is in search of exhibition proposals for its 2027–2028 gallery schedule. It welcomes proposals past conventional jewellery, together with thematic exhibits or group/solo exhibitions. The BJC is all for curatorial ideas that problem the gallery format, join jewellery and craft to broader contexts, and interact numerous communities. The purpose is to focus on distinctive curatorial voices, introduce contemporary makers and concepts, and current artwork jewellery inside a wider artwork dialogue. Proposals that foster inclusivity and elevate underrepresented voices are particularly inspired. Proposals ought to replicate an understanding of the gallery’s scale and dimensions. Assist form an thrilling, thought-provoking exhibition season! Additional information.

THE POWER OF THE PEARL AND ITS ENDURING ALLURE
Adorning wearers from the traditional Romans to Queen Victoria, the pearl stays the longest persistently honored gemstone. Discover the subject in an article from the European Advantageous Artwork Basis right here.

HELENA JOHANSSON LINDELL, AT KONSTMUSEET, SKÖVDE KULTURHUS, SWEDEN
The jewellery and objects on this exhibition are something however conventional. The artist mixes each colours and supplies wildly and likes to reuse plastic, wooden, and textiles. Usually, you’ll acknowledge elements from each toys and family utensils. They’ve been given utterly new lives and meanings. By way of August 17, 2025. Extra.

CATHERINE BLACKBURN IN THE RUNNING FOR SALT SPRING NATIONAL ART PRIZE
The maker, who was a finalist for the 2023 Susan Beech Mid-Profession Grant, is amongst 53 artists chosen for an exhibition that represents a robust cross-section of up to date Canadian visible artwork. Their work can be exhibited at Mahon Corridor, on Salt Spring Island, September 27–October 19, 2025. Discover out about her work right here.

APPLY FOR THE MONTEBELLO AND/OR BERGESIO PRIZES
The Montebello, with a handbag of two,500€, is open to college students who’ve created a jewel or a capsule assortment with revolutionary traits: conceptual, formal, use of supplies with conventional or digital strategies. The Bergesio, which awards 800€, is for a important essay coping with probably the most present points in modern jewellery. Deadline: July 20, 2025. Extra.

COCKS AND CUNTS STARTS JULY 25, 2025, AT THE WEARHOUSE
Artists from the worldwide jewellery group discover how the illustration of genitalia can turn into a declaration of identification, confidence, pleasure, and freedom. These works don’t conceal. They manifest pleasure, discover want, query gender, and have a good time life, with the physique as a website of satisfaction and protest. By way of August 2, 2025. Extra.

THREE JEWELERS AT GALLERY MARZEE THROUGH AUGUST 20, 2025
See these exhibitions: Genevieve Howard: The Daybreak Refrain, Graziano Visintin: Jewelry, and Julia Walter: Mom Earth. Extra.

AMBERIF, SEPTEMBER 4–6, 2025
The AMBERIF Worldwide Amber and Jewellery Honest takes place twice a yr, in Gdańsk, Poland, however solely the autumn truthful is open to the general public. The historic custom of processing this materials continues, contributing to the heritage of centuries-old materials tradition. Extra.

WATCH A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT ASHLEY BUCHANAN
Spend 5 minutes with the modern jewellery maker who combines historic references with a contemporary aesthetic in powder-coated metallic. From the American Craft Council. Watch right here.

THE NEWEST JOURNAL OF JEWELLERY RESEARCH HAS PUBLISHED
With articles by Roberta Bernabei, Eliana Negroni, Sofie Boons, Elena Karpilova, Simona Preda, Ebba Van der Taelen, Molly Warkins, and Simone van den Broek. Get the free PDF right here.

IT’S A GREAT TIME TO BE A TOE RIGHT NOW
… in the event you’re into vogue, that’s. On runways and sidewalks, footwear and equipment of the second are accentuating our little piggies. Extra.

WORKSHOP: JEWELLERY FROM PLASTIC DEBRIS
Working with gathered marine plastics, gentle plastic baggage, and home plastics, Melinda Younger will educate a variety of easy jewelry-making strategies together with drilling, stitching, stringing, and cordage. You’ll apply these strategies to create wearable objects. July 26, 2025, at Australian Design Centre, in Darlinghurst NSW. Tickets right here.

WORKSHOP: RAZZLE-DAZZLE FOR ENAMELING
Have you ever ever admired the iridescent wings of a butterfly or raven? Wish to jazz up your enamels with some sparkle? Teacher Andrew Thornton will go over easy methods to put together enameled surfaces, talk about what totally different merchandise accomplish, and then you definitely’ll add shade and shimmer to your enameled creations. At Up to date Craft, Pittsburgh, PA, US, August 9, 2025. Extra.

PAINTING WITH POWDERED METALS
Bette Barnett teaches a brand new metal-fusing method: utilizing powdered metals as paint to create lovely hues, shades, and designs on metal items for jewellery. At Metalwerx, in Waltham, MA, US, July 23–24, 2025. Extra.

MOROCCO JEWELRY TOUR WITH SOPHIE CARNELL
Design your individual piece and solid it in silver within the Sahara. Additionally take pleasure in artwork, structure, meals, and music whereas exploring Marrakech on a tour that focuses on conventional and modern jewellery in Morocco. You’ll take away a chunk (or items) of bijou that can be perpetually imbued with reminiscences of this journey. Extra.

MARCUS & CO.: THREE GENERATIONS OF NEW YORK JEWELERS
The New York jewellery agency of Marcus & Co. (1892–1942) created distinctive Artwork Nouveau and Artwork Deco jewellery for a rich elite. Revolutionary in its collaboration with artists and in its fascinating window shows and adverts, the agency captured the creativeness of Gilded Age households such because the Rockefellers. This e book chronicles its story, from the founder’s apprenticeship to its grand premises on Fifth Avenue, close to Tiffany & Co. and Cartier. By Sheila Barron Smithie and Beth Carver Wees, printed by Arnoldsche. Extra.

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