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January 2026, Half 1

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EXPLORE JEWELRY IN SCOTLAND THROUGH AJF’S LENS: MAY 27–JUNE 2, 2026
Journey to Scotland with AJF for an immersive journey into the nation’s traditions in historical past, artwork, tradition, craft, and jewellery. We’ll be based mostly in Edinburgh, with day journeys to Dundee and Glasgow. Highlights embrace: personal curator-led excursions of the Nationwide Museum Scotland to discover the historical past and context of Scottish jewellery; occasions with makers; personal viewings of grad exhibits at Edinburgh School of Artwork, College of Dundee, and Glasgow College of Artwork; visits to Dundee Open Studios and the V&A Dundee collections, together with the distinctive Catwalk: The Artwork of the Style Present; particular panel dialogue with Dr. Sandra Wilson and maker/educator Kristin Beeler to study in regards to the connections between makers’ works and the Scottish panorama; and much extra! Registration opens quickly. This journey is open to members on the Silver+ stage. Undecided of your membership stage? Discover your identify right here. Renew, increase your membership, or be a part of right here.

FEEL LIKE SEEING A JEWELRY SHOW?
Discover listings from world wide on our devoted exhibition web page.

EVENTS
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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 stage 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 non-public 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 data, take a look at the e book bundles, and buy one right here. Make open donations right here. This venture is fiscally sponsored by Artwork Jewellery Discussion board.

HARRIETE ESTEL BERMAN SELECTED FOR SCHMUCK 2026!
Berman recycles extraordinary supplies from the waste stream of our society and turns it into extraordinary jewellery that examines worth and id in our shopper tradition. Schmuck curator Sam Tho Duong chosen nearly 70 works from 29 nations for the particular present that’s a part of Handwerk & Design. Greater than 1,000 artists utilized—a brand new report. Congratulations, Harriete! Additional information.

SOFIA BJÖRKMAN SELECTED FOR SCHMUCK 2026!
The entry, referred to as Camouflage, consists of a necklace and a brooch fabricated from crab shells that the artist picked on the shore in Sweden final summer time. “Though the patterns mix into the environment, generally the camouflage fails,” states Björkman. “Hungry birds catch the crabs and swallow all the pieces besides the shells that stay. Jewellery shouldn’t be at all times related to camouflage, however it might probably definitely operate as such. It will probably harmonize with a wearer’s id, be a social code, and a logo that protects and reinforces an individual’s strengths and weaknesses.” Bjorkman serves on AJF’s board. Her gallery, Platina, is an AJF member gallery.

THREE PAST AJF HONOREES SELECTED FOR SCHMUCK 2026
Sharon Massey received AJF’s 2009 Rising Artist Award. Lynn Batchelder received the 2016 Artwork Jewellery Discussion board Artist Award. And Marion Delarue was a finalist for AJF’s 2022 Younger Artist Award. We’re delighted you had been all chosen for Munich’s particular present this 12 months! 

VERONIKA FABIAN SELECTED FOR SCHMUCK 2026!
Congratulations! Fabian serves on AJF’s Editorial Advisory Committee.

ARTISTS SELECTED FOR SCHMUCK 2026
Cheers to Jeanne-Sophie Aas, Ela Bauer, Catalina Brenes, Esther Brinkmann, Jheng Gang Chen, Xi Chen, SooHyun Chou, Eunmi Chun, Pilar Cotter, Laura Deakin, Pura Ferreiro, Fabiana Gadano, Jill Baker Gower, Batho Gündra, Yu-Hsun Hsieh, Tzu-Yun Hung, Anvita Jain, Yonghak Jo, Malgosia Kalinska, Deimantè Kiesuitè, Mira Kim, Esther Knobel, Ngaching Ko, Ute Kolar, Joshua Kosker, Julia Maria Künnap, Mia Kwon, Heng Lee , Jeanine van der Linde, Jana Machatová, Jorge Manilla, Patricia Mogni, Ground Mommersteeg, Carla Movia, Hannah Offermann, Jiun-You Ou, Wiebke Pandikow, Dahee Park, Jieun Park, Maria Eugenia Ramos, Masoumeh Rezaeilouyeh, Juan Riusech, Bernhard Schobinger, Danni Schwaag, Annie Sibert, Hye Jung Sin, Yuxin Tune, Sabine Steinhäusler, Sanna Svedestedt, Jess Tolbert, Olaf Tønnesland Hodne, Iris Tsante, Youjin Um, Karen Vanmol, Lilli Veers, Zhipeng Wang, Wei Wei, Zixin Wei, Kexin Wen, Yu-Hsiu Weng,Grace Yu Piper, and Antal Zilahi.

TRIBUTARIES: KAT COLE | MEDITATIONS, AT THE METAL MUSEUM
Cole captures quiet, fleeting moments in metal and glass, exploring the human expertise. She begins by slicing hand-drawn oval shapes from metal, embracing the imperfections of working this manner. Utilizing a rhythmic swinging hammer, Cole transforms the jagged edges of steel into smooth, rounded varieties. Ultimately, the method results in gleaming puddles of deep coloration. These wealthy enameled surfaces are set in opposition to naked, blackened metal. The ensuing works replicate a seek for peaceable moments in a chaotic world. For Cole, the repetitive bodily act of making this physique of labor offers intentional time to ponder grief, loss, and the way one builds a significant life. By means of March 8, 2026. Data.

AJF AMBASSADOR LESLYE ZHANG TO SHOW AT COLLECT
“Thanks, Sally and B.R. Gallery, for inviting me to affix Gather Artwork Truthful 2026,” says Zhang. “See you in London.” Gather will run February 26–March 1, 2026. Extra.

MAD ABOUT JEWELRY 2026: MAY 5–9, 2026
The Museum of Arts and Design’s signature profit celebration and annual curated sale returns for its twenty sixth 12 months. Uncover extraordinary, artist-made jewellery from 45 visionary creators spanning 20+ nations, from rising skills to internationally acclaimed innovators. Meet the artists. Store the jewellery. Expertise the magic. AJF member Bryna Pomp directs the occasion. Data.

GATHER AND GROW, AT BJC JANUARY 30–MARCH 13, 2026
A solo exhibition of latest works by Margaret Jacobs, a Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) metalsmith whose sculpture and powder-coated jewellery displays on kinship with botanicals, drugs vegetation, and the pure world. Rooted in relationships with land, plant family members, and Kanien’kehá:ka ecological and cultural information, her work references culturally important plant varieties as residing kin. Drawing additionally from historic and modern Kanien’kehá:ka craft objects, Jacobs recontextualizes their varieties and values in steel, creating layered narratives inside her work. Opening reception January 30, 5–8 pm. Extra.

WATCH THE RECORDINGS OF NYCJW25
Amongst them is the discuss between famend pearl carver Shinji Nakaba and author Melanie Grant. In a uncommon in-depth dialog—his first outdoors Japan—they mentioned how he got here to pearls as a cloth, the twists and turns of his inventive journey, and the that means behind his creations, each as an inventive apply and inside Japanese tradition. Take a look at this recording and all of the others right here.

0.01 CONTEMPORARY METALSMITHING AND JEWELRY EVENTS
An initiative of the Affiliation for Up to date Metalsmithing and Jewellery in Israel. The central program is the Melting Level exhibition, on the Museum for Islamic Artwork, Jerusalem, Israel, via February 14, 2026. Alongside it, satellite tv for pc occasions happen in Jerusalem and at extra places throughout the nation. The programming marks the Affiliation’s first public initiative. Based roughly three years in the past, the Affiliation has, over the previous 12 months, begun to function as an organized skilled neighborhood bringing collectively practitioners, curators, researchers, and educators lively within the area. AJF member Davira Taragin introduced this program to our consideration.

INTERVIEW WITH AURÉLIE GUILLAUME
Influenced by comics and style illustration, the Canadian artist invitations you right into a humorous world populated by colourful, whimsical characters. Come inside right here. Guillaume’s work is bought solely at Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h.

EASTERN CAROLINA SYMPOSIUM: JANUARY 16–18, 2026
Grad college students set up this annual occasion, which is open to all. AJF member Bella Neyman is that this 12 months’s keynote speaker. With lectures, breakout classes, a pin swap, and extra. Get data in regards to the Interwoven: Materials Matters Symposium right here.

THE NY TIMES COVERS MAKK’S NEW JEWELRY EXHIBITION
One of many first gadgets you’ll see in From Louise Bourgeois to Yoko Ono is a hoop by Ono. It’s close to a brooch and a necklace by Bourgeois. They’re a part of a present of 101 works by 45 feminine artists on the Museum of Utilized Arts Cologne. After these items, the remaining ones are organized alphabetically by artist, “to be, type of, impartial,” mentioned MAKK curator Lena Hoppe. The show begins with a brooch and a bracelet by Lynda Benglis, an American visible artist, and ends with a hoop by Zhou Yiyan, a Chinese language sculptor. Extra. MAKK webpage right here.

ANNAMARIA ZANELLA AMONG TOP BIDS AT QUITTENBAUM AUCTION
On the December 10, 2025, sale, collectors had been notably interested by uncommon items of knickknack with inventive attraction. Gold performed a central function, each in designer jewellery and in artist jewellery. Zanella’s curved ring fetched €3,200, whereas Ettore Sottsass’s Wheel design, for Cleto Munari, went for €5,500. The very best bid was €14,000, for a necklace with matching ear clips by Haroldo Burle Marx. Coloured jewellery and basic designs from famend homes comparable to Cartier and Boucheron had been additionally in excessive demand. Extra.

HEARING AIDS BLING OUT
Auzi’s bejeweled covers and jewellery attachments are altering the best way some individuals really feel about sporting them. “I truly wish to showcase my listening to aids now,” says a delighted buyer. The corporate’s identify is Romanian for “to listen to.” (The model’s founder, Daniella Groza, was born in that nation.) Auzi has designed a method in collaboration with the “Depraved” musical. Extra from the New York Occasions. Auzi’s web site.

HAYET RIDA’S BRAND REFLECTS HER ROOTS IN GHANA
“I’m the primary to inform my neighborhood that I do not know what I’m doing,” Rida advised the New York Occasions, “however I like artwork and I like sculpture. I can have a look at a cease signal and switch it into earrings. I have a look at issues in life and switch them into jewellery.” This capacity led her to create her model, Khoi. The jewellery is usually massive and made of various supplies. Extra.

SEE BIELANDER AT ZINK
David Bielander: Chiaroscuro will run on the gallery—based mostly in Seubersdorf, Germany—January 24–March 8, 2026. The purpose of Bielander’s trompe-l’oeils is to not mystify the viewer however to arrange a humorous interaction between the wearer and the jewellery itself. Extra.

UNCERTAINTY: A TRIBUTE TO KADRI MÄLK
Over an intensive 10-day program, the members on this group exhibition visited Mälk’s retrospective exhibition in Tallinn, met with curators and artists, and explored the historical past of Estonian modern jewellery. They continued their work at Nida Artwork Colony, created within the panorama, writing, documenting, and reflecting. They weren’t inspired to mimic Mälk’s aesthetics or replicate her strategies, however moderately to come across. On view on the Kaktusai Artwork and Venture Area of the Vilnius Academy of Arts Telšiai School, via January 30, 2026. Extra.

WHAT’S SLICK RICK’S FAVORITE JEWELRY?
“My favourite jewellery piece,” the rapper advised the New York Occasions, “—the one I stroll round with and put on essentially the most—is my Mom Mary [chain]. That’s, like, nearly an on a regular basis factor. It’s not as massive. The opposite one is my Africa chain. That’s one when I’ve to essentially go all out”. See extra of the rapper’s jewellery right here, and examine his top-10 favourite issues in life right here. 

OPEN CALL FOR A BOOK INSPIRED BY TAROT
The Mazlo Fund invitations modern jewellery artists and visible artists to submit a number of items impressed by the imagery of tarot for inclusion in an upcoming e book titled #tarot. Open to all, no matter age. Any works, together with earlier creations, could also be submitted for publication, supplied they reference the imagery of the 22 main arcana of the Tarot de Conver. Chosen items shall be showcased alongside the artist’s profile and the technical particulars of the work. Deadline: January 15, 2026. Data.

XXII INTERNATIONAL GOLDSMITH ART COMPETITION
The theme: Silence. In a world that talks too loudly, too quick, and an excessive amount of, silence turns into a selection. An escape from the multitude of stimuli. An area the place you’ll be able to lastly hear your self. A pause between phrases. A breath. A glance inward. The awards ceremony will happen on March 26, 2026, on the Museum of Amber in Gdańsk, Poland, throughout the framework of the AMBERIF Truthful. Deadline: January 31, 2026. Data

COSTUME JEWELRY: THE COLLECTION OF PATRIZIA SANDRETTO RE REBAUDENG
Presents almost 600 beautiful items from the Nineteen Thirties to the brand new millennium. With a myriad of designs, a disregard for conventions, and eclectic sources of inspiration, costume jewellery is frivolous but irresistible. With continually evolving kinds and varieties, reproducible in limitless numbers and at low value, it’s the quintessential “democratic jewellery,” obtainable to all. By Carol Woolton and Maria Luisa Frisa, from Taschen. Extra.

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