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July 2025, Half 2

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THE 2026 AJF YOUNG ARTIST AWARD, SUPPORTED BY KAREN AND MICHAEL ROTENBERG
Now accepting purposes, this competitors acknowledges progressive work created by a jewellery artist early of their profession. For the fourth cycle in a row, it’s generously supported by the collectors Karen and Michael Rotenberg, whose assortment focuses on the progressive use of other supplies by rising and mid-career artists. Prizes: US$7,500 for the winner; US$1,000 awards for every of the 4 finalists; and a journey allowance of US$1,000 every for the winner and the finalists who journey to Munich to obtain their award. The winner and 4 finalists may also exhibit at Platina throughout Schmuck 2026. Deadline: November 9, 2025. Data.

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EVENTS
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THE JEWELRY OF DOROTHEA PRÜHL OPENS SEPTEMBER 6, 2025
The present, at MFA Houston, presents 26 necklaces and brooches created for the reason that mid-Nineteen Seventies by the famend German jewellery artist. Prühl is acknowledged worldwide for her sculptural varieties rendered in wooden and steel. That is the primary US exhibition devoted to the artist. The works are the most important single holding of Prühl’s jewellery on the earth, and a promised reward from the Rotasa Basis. On view September 6, 2025–January 2027. Data.

CALLIOPE: A BRASS BESTIARY—ART JEWELRY UNDER THE BIG TOP, AT GLG
Lisa and Scott Cylinder current a stunning spectacle of one-of-a-kind necklaces, brooches, and objects impressed by the whimsy of the circus, the spin of the carousel, and the mythic spirit of Calliope herself. With fantastical creatures created from brass devices and playful fabrications, each bit evokes youthful surprise, metaphor, and magic. At Gravers Lane Gallery, Philadelphia, September 4–October 18, 2025. Artists speak September 5 at 6:30 p.m. Extra.

THE BJC HOSTS 2ND ANNUAL GRADUATE EXHIBITION
Highlighting the depth and breadth of what’s at present being created within the discipline, the Baltimore Jewellery Heart Graduate Exhibition group present options 12 rising jewelers and metalsmiths who’ve lately accomplished their formal schooling. On view within the BJC’s gallery in Baltimore’s Station North Arts & Leisure District (10 E. North Ave.), August 15–September 26, 2025. Opening reception August 15, 5–8 p.m. The occasion is free and open to the general public. The work on this 12 months’s exhibitions spans a broad vary of supplies and practices, with works that signify a number of types and discover metalsmithing by means of completely different strategies of abstraction. Sculptural items, reimagined objects, and a number of kinds of vessels contribute to a dynamic and multifaceted present. The artists signify each nationwide and worldwide packages. Collaborating artists: Cameron Howe, Cecelia Plympton, Debra Dowden Crockett, Ella Hamilton, Esther Park, Johanna Typaldos, Karin Chan, Katie Buchanan, Noah Kiehne, Sarah Bouchard, Sydney Chong, and Xiaohan Wu. Data.

BETTINA SPECKNER TO HELP CELEBRATE 92NY STUDIO REOPENING
Speckner is the 2025 jewellery artist-in-residence on the establishment. She shall be current to fulfill on the opening of 92NY’s newly renovated jewellery studios. September 11, 2025, 5 6:30 PM. RSVP by September 4 by way of mates@92ny.org or 212.415.5755

CHARON KRANSEN IS JUROR FOR TWO UPCOMING PROGRAMS
The gallerist is a part of the jury for Romanian Jewellery Week, in Bucharest, in addition to for the worldwide jewellery exhibition InFlow, in Budapest. Throughout ROJW, he’ll additionally direct an intensive two-day workshop known as “Re-writing your individual script, focusing by yourself evolution,” on September 29–30, 2025. Data.

NORTHWEST JEWELRY & METALS SYMPOSIUM: OCTOBER 4, 2025
Presenters: Alan Revere, Curtis Arima, Leah Aripotch, Vicky Ambery-Smith, and Jeff De Boer. The day, filled with deep studying, will stick with you for months, if not years. Extra data. AJF member Christen Coomer is the president of the Seattle Metals Guild.

ATTEND A TALK ON NAMEPLATES
Nameplates are available in many shapes, types, and sizes—from easy scripted pendants to bejeweled rings, belts, and bracelets wrought in gold, silver, and acrylic. They’re coveted and valuable—however what in the event that they’re one thing extra? Marcel Rosa-Salas and Isabel Attyah Flower, the authors of The Nameplate: Jewellery, Tradition, and Id, share years of analysis into their historical past and significance, exploring how they inform tales about identification, group, and the recollections and legacies we search to protect. On the Museum of Arts and Design, September 4, 2025, 6 p.m. Data.

LAUNCH PARTY FOR HELEN BRITTON | THE STORY SO FAR—AUGUST 27, 2025
Britton’s follow contains jewellery, sculpture, drawings, stencils, and installations, and is knowledgeable by well-liked tradition and folks artwork, threatened traditions, environmental destruction, and human nervousness. This present is a part of the Residing 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. Launches August 27, 6–8 p.m., with particular visitor speaker Maud Web page, director of the Artwork Gallery of NSW. Seats are restricted, so registration is crucial; achieve this right here. On view at Australian Design Centre, August 28–October 4, 2025. Extra.

THINGS UNSAID, AT PISTACHIOS
That includes 34 members of Valuable Collective—in its first US displaying—this exhibition conceptually explores a tangible manifestation of issues unsaid. How can we prolong the voice of materiality by means of acts of creating? The place does the metaphysical affect the language of jewellery? Every artist made a group of labor particularly for the exhibition. Via October 26, 2025. Data. Observe: This present will journey to Munich Jewellery Week in 2026.

SEATTLE METALS GUILD 2025 BIENNIAL EXHIBITION
Members of the guild will showcase their work. On view on the on the M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery, at Seattle Central Faculty, November 10, 2025–January 22, 2026. Data.

WHAKAHOKIHOKI: JEWELLERY FROM THE DOWSE COLLECTION
Whakahokihoki means “to return.” This present stars items which have been touring to far-flung locations or lately arrived within the museum’s assortment and await their first public outing. From neckpieces that would double as sculptures to rings that spark conversations, 60+ items of latest Aotearoa jewellery by 40+ artists—together with AJF member Jane Dodd— mirror the wealthy variety of supplies, concepts, and fingers which have formed them. At New Zealand’s Dowse Museum by means of February 15, 2026. Data.

KAKABOOM: PAUL ADIE, AT JEWELERS’WERK GALERIE—SEPTEMBER 6–OCTOBER 4, 2025
Adie on his working technique: “Spontaneity guides my hand … I play alongside, creating works with a gestural, intuitive, and childlike aesthetic. I … embrace humor … to construct group and poke enjoyable subversively at established energy constructions. Jewellery is often small, usually ignored, and solely actually will get observed for the price of the uncooked supplies. I purpose to point out that [it] can act as a instrument to boost consciousness—particularly when worn on the physique and brought into society.” Opening: September 6, 2025, 12–4 p.m. Data.

DAZZLE—CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY SALE
Count on the sudden—jewellery reimagined in every little thing from gold and diamonds to plastic and paper. Whether or not you’re drawn to daring statements or timeless classics, Dazzle is the place discovery begins. It options 55+ modern jewelers from throughout the UK, with a robust showcase of Scottish-based expertise. In its forty second 12 months as a part of the Edinburgh Pageant. Via August 24, 2025. Data.

ENJOY GOSSIP AND JEWELRY
All through historical past, ladies and queer people have used gossip as a important mode of data transmission and survival. The exhibition Gossip: Between Us highlights work by ladies and queer artists within the Tacoma Artwork Museum’s everlasting assortment whose work engages gossip not solely as material however as methodology. Consists of items by Mikki Lippe, Joyce J. Scott, Karen Gilbert, and others. Ongoing. Data.

INFLOW: AUGUST 29–SEPTEMBER 19, 2025
Chosen works shall be displayed for 3 weeks in Budapest and Szentendre. There may be additionally a symposium. The theme: Narrative House Transformation. Extra.

RE:RE: REDEFINING JEWELLERY FOR TOMORROW―明日のジュエリーを再考する
The Itami Metropolis Museum of Artwork, Historical past and Tradition commemorates the one hundred and twentieth anniversary of the institution of diplomatic relations between Japan and Norway with a up to date jewellery exhibition by eight artists energetic in each nations. The theme is “Re.” The prefix “re” conveys the concept of stopping to assume as soon as once more to be able to connect with a greater future. In Itami, Japan, September 13–October 13, 2025. Extra.

AMBERIF, SEPTEMBER 4–6, 2025
The AMBERIF Worldwide Amber and Jewellery Honest takes place twice a 12 months, in Gdańsk, Poland, however solely the autumn honest is open to the general public. All amber trails cross in Gdańsk. The historic custom of processing this materials continues, contributing to the heritage of centuries-old materials tradition. Extra.

OPEN CALL—SCHMUCK AND TALENTE – MASTERS OF THE FUTURE 2026
Schmuck is the oldest exhibition of latest jewellery on the earth. Based in 1959 by Dr. Herbert Hofmann, the prize has commemorated its founder since 1973. Talente – Masters of the Future has been a world competitors for all areas of design craftsmanship since 1980. It’s potential to use as much as two years after finishing coaching or research. Deadline: October 1, 2025. Data.

CALL FOR ENTRY: PREZIOSA YOUNG
This competitors serves as an important international platform to champion new artists, goldsmiths, and designers age 35 and below. It has considerably pushed the evolution of jewellery analysis and unveiled groundbreaking artistic work. The competition is a robust springboard for chosen artists, enabling them to construct profitable careers, safe gallery illustration, and achieve additional recognition. Deadline: November 30, 2025. Data.

CALL FOR ENTRY: TRANSYLVANIA JEWELRY FESTIVAL
Be a part of the primary jewellery pageant to be held in within the coronary heart of Transylvania, within the metropolis of Cluj-Napoca, October 9–17, 2025. Up to date jewellery artists, from rising voices to established makers, together with faculties and collectives, are invited to discover this 12 months’s theme: For the Love of Jewellery. This system will characteristic exhibitions, workshops, talks, and particular occasions. They search creators who problem boundaries, reimagine custom, or just honor the intimate relationship between maker, materials, and wearer. Deadline: September 1, 2025. Data.

BULGARI POLYCHROMA
Textual content by Kassia St. Clair. Yearly, Bulgari launches its Excessive Jewellery assortment, that includes 150 mesmerizing, one-of-a-kind items. This 12 months, the main focus of the design is the symbolism and richness of the world of coloration—an opulent journey by means of shapes, hues, and a mess of artistic varieties. Extra.

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