April 2023, Half 1
Artwork Jewellery Discussion board shares the information that members of our group discover noteworthy. Is one thing lacking? The success of this compilation of compelling occasions, information, and gadgets of curiosity to the jewellery group is determined by YOUR participation. For those who’re a member of AJF on the Silver stage or above, you’ll be able to add information and concepts to this bi-monthly report by going here. For those who aren’t a member, however want to turn out to be one, be a part of AJF here.
Listings gathered with help from Carrie Yodanis.
AJF LIVE with MONIKA BRUGGER: APRIL 12, 2023, 12 P.M. EST
Monika Brugger’s new physique of labor, Fliegenschmuck, is an invite to her backyard teeming with flies—or Fly Jewels. A mess of flies and bugs with big antennas seem on these necklaces. What are these repulsive bugs that invite themselves to be worn? These ubiquitous animals, lengthy seen in work, inform us about our vanities and our lives. Vanities pricey to the artist, so seductive, annoying, and repulsive. Register here.
AJF LIVE GOES TO MEXICO: APRIL 26, 2023, 12 P.M. EST
We’ll meet with Lorena Lazard, who will introduce us to her personal work and that of three different necessary modern jewellery makers in Mexico: Cristina Celis, who produces work produced from stoneware, porcelain, and silver that speaks about reminiscence, day by day rituals, and on a regular basis life; Martacarmela Sotelo, who retired because the chair of textile and trend design at CENTRO Mexico however continues to lectures there, within the postgrad jewellery course; and Raquel Bessudo, whose items have a powerful hyperlink to textiles and experiment with portray and blended media. Lazard was chosen for Schmuck in 2017 and was a finalist in 2021’s Enjoia’t exhibition. She organized and co-curated La Frontera: Encounters Alongside the Border. Register here.
FEEL LIKE SEEING A JEWELRY SHOW?
Discover these listings and plenty of, many extra on our dedicated exhibition page:
- Maral Rapp, at Gallery Lulo, begins April 3, 2023.
- Teresa Milheiro and Tanel Veenre, at Galeria Reverso by way of April 21, 2023.
- Janne Peltokangas, at Four Gallery by way of April 29, 2023.
- Mirrored Our bodies: Sharon Portelance, Jewelers’Werk, April 1–Could 3, 2023.
- Nicole Jacquard: Stories from Scotland, at Pistachios, April 6– Could 7, 2023. Reception Could 4.
- Fliegenschmuck: Pour Les Precieuses Presque Ridicules, at Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h April 1–Could 13, 2023. Reception April 15, with artist Monika Brugger current.
- Colourful Minds, on the Baltimore Jewelry Center April 7–Could 19, 2023.
BJÖRK WEARS JEWELRY BY CARINA SHOSHTARY
The Icelandic musician’s newest album known as Fossora. “She calls Fossora her mushroom album,” says Shoshtary on IG, “and funnily sufficient lots of my latest items are based mostly on the shapes of the various mushrooms which I can discover right here within the forest.” Björk is proven sporting the Irrlicht brooch and Shapeshifters, which had been impressed by bracket fungi, the sort that grows out of tree trunks.
MAD ABOUT JEWELRY, APRIL 25–29, 2023
April 25–29, the Museum of Arts and Design will current MAD About Jewelry, its annual profit sale of latest jewellery that includes designs from 50 rising and acclaimed worldwide jewellery artists. All of the artists, from 20 totally different international locations, can be current. MAD About Jewellery has turn out to be referred to as the final word pop-up store for modern, artist-made jewellery, the place collectors and jewellery fanatics have the uncommon alternative to fulfill and purchase items from a few of the most modern creators within the discipline. Along with jewellery in treasured metals and semiprecious stones, there can be work in many various supplies that embody 3D-printed nylon, glass, wooden, leather-based, and repurposed, recycled supplies. MAD About Jewellery is free with Museum admission.
ORNAMENTA: EMERALD EXCLUSIVE, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 7–10 P.M. EST
Be part of the Baltimore Jewellery Heart for an unique fundraising occasion. Restricted to solely 35 tickets, this intimate night will function a customized meal and open bar together with charming demonstrations and particular visitors that spotlight the artistry and magic of knickknack and metalsmithing. This particular night will present essential funds to maintain the BJC’s many applications! Buy your ticket.
CALL FOR MY BODY—MY DECISION CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY EXHIBITION
Deadline April 6, 2023! The world is transferring towards extremism. Individuals inform you find out how to gown, ban abortions, dismiss LGBT rights, there’s racism, you title it … and curator Ariel Lavian is frightened! “The jewellery group should not sit on the sidelines and stay silent!” he says. The exhibition is open to skilled and rising artists working in jewellery. Artists of any nationality might submit 1–3 items. Works should relate to the theme. Additional information. Questions? E-mail mybodymydecision2023 [at] gmail [dot] com.
ONLINE LECTURE—PRECIOUS BRILLIANCE: YORÙBÁ BEADING AND THE ARTISTRY OF JOYCE J. SCOTT
Impressed by African and world traditions, Joyce J. Scott transforms historical beaded story-telling with ever-inventive newness, humor, severe playfulness, and energy. Introduced by Dr. Henry John Drewal, Evjue-Bascom Professor Emeritus of Artwork Historical past and Afro-American Research on the College of Wisconsin-Madison. April 19, 2023, 5:30–6:30 p.m. (US Central). Register here.
“COLLECTING OBJECTS IS LIKE COLLECTING STORIES”
So says Iranian-born gallerist Nina Yashar, of Italian gallery @nilufargallery. @ninayashar talks to Carole Marshal within the latest difficulty of @nomasmagazine, which is devoted to Milan.
PRESENTATION: CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY IN AUSTRALASIA
The World Crafts Council – Australia talks to the organizers of Nelson Jewelry Week and Radiant Pavilion, in addition to audio system from Australia’s Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group, in regards to the goals, logistics, and outcomes of pulling collectively these necessary large-scale occasions. On-line, April 11, 2023, 6–7 p.m. (AEST, Melbourne). Register here.
NEW ONLINE JEWELRY MAGAZINE: MELTING POT
This joint venture between Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim and Qompendium showcases treasures courting way back to the third millennium BC by way of to modern artwork jewellery. You’ll discover essays, suppose items, questionnaires, books, podcasts, and particular worldwide occasions. Check it out.
BRILLIANCE IN THE SONORAN DESERT
This 12 months’s Tucson GemFair as instructed from the experiences of 5 jewelers. Read it within the New York Instances.
THE FINANCIAL TIMES REPORTS ON SCHMUCK
“Whether or not by way of playfulness, a want to shock, the usage of uncommon supplies, or surprising material, this 12 months’s Schmuck showcased a gaggle of jewellers demonstrating all of the ambition and depth you’ll anticipate finding amongst any group of latest artists,” writes reporter Caroline Palmer. “If there was a shadow over this 12 months’s occasion, it was that some consultants frightened whether or not sufficient new collectors and gallerists had been coming by way of. However, for now, it stays a key calendar fixture for anybody within the area the place artwork meets jewelry.” Read the article.
JEWELRY MADE WITH HERBS PROTECT CHILDREN FROM HARM
Think about strolling right into a retailer to buy “the herb that should not be named.” Likelihood is you’d return empty-handed. However at a drugs store in India, the shopkeeper asks if the herb is for jewellery. Vasambu, the wondrous child-rearing herb, is rarely referred to by title, particularly after sundown, because it’s thought-about to have magical properties. Divya N talks about making the vasambu korvai (bracelet) gifted to newborns. In Garland.
MICKI LIPPE’S ARTIST TALK FOR LOOSELY HINGED IS SOLD OUT
Andy Cooperman and BIMA’s chief curator, Greg Robinson, will be a part of the dialogue throughout Lippe’s discuss, which is scheduled on April 8, 2023, at 3 p.m. The exhibition, Loosely Hinged, on the Bainbridge Island Museum of Artwork, will shut June 4, 2023.
APPLICATIONS FOR ROMANIAN JEWELRY WEEK CLOSE THIS WEEK
Open to designers in Romania and worldwide, rising in addition to established, that activate within the discipline of latest jewellery. Deadline: April 7, 2023. Info.
AMBERIF: MARCH 22–25, 2023
Every part amber, in Gdansk, Poland. Info.
NELSON JEWELLERY WEEK: APRIL 13–23, 2023
With workshops, exhibitions, and occasions, Australia’s NJW celebrates modern jewellery for everyone: makers, wearers, viewers. Info.
MAD ABOUT JEWELRY 2023: APRIL 26–29, 2023
Opening profit preview: April 25, 2023. This annual present and sale of one-of-a-kind modern jewellery advantages the Museum of Arts and Design, in NYC. Options 50 modern worldwide jewellery artists, who can be on-site to current their collections. Info.
MELTING POINT: APRIL 27–30, 2023
Organized by the jewellery division of the Escola d’Artwork i Superior de Disseny de València, in Valencia, Spain. Website.
AUTOR: MAY 6–7, 2023
Takes place in Bucharest, Romania. Info.
SIERAAD 2023: MAY 18–21, 2022
The 20th version of the occasion will happen at Amsterdam’s iconic spherical Gashouder. Info.
CONTEMPORANIA HIGH CRAFTSMANSHIP BARCELONA: SEPTEMBER 28–30, 2023
Previously Joya, this can be an area for nationwide and worldwide modern crafts, and a commerce truthful for artists, establishments, galleries and collectives to current and promote their creativity in utilized arts equivalent to ceramics, artwork jewellery, lacquer, metallic, textiles, glass, paper and wooden. Info.
PARCOURS BIJOUX: OCTOBER 2–29, 2023
Held in Paris each three years, with greater than 50 jewellery occasions deliberate. Info.
BOGHOSSIAN: EXPERTISE, CRAFTSMANSHIP, INNOVATION
Drawing on its heritage of gem data and savoir faire, the Boghossian household has reimagined historical methods and developed new ones, equivalent to Inlay, Kissing, Merveilles and Diaphane. Immediately, inventive director Edmond Chin, a visionary artist recognized for his avant-garde creations, works alongside the Boghossian household to push the inventive and technical boundaries of excessive jewellery design. From Assouline. Info.
A BIT OF UNIVERSE: THE JEWELRY OF LUZ CAMINO
A lavish monograph on the esteemed Spanish jewellery designer, whose work celebrates nature, geometry and the cosmos, on the event of her fiftieth anniversary. Generally known as the “queen of plique-à-jour,” Camino has been in a steady dialog with the world round her by way of her artwork. Every part from birds, flowers, and shapes to rubber bands and even pencil shavings have been her muse. From Rizzoli. Learn more.
CHANEL HIGH JEWELRY
Celebrates 90 years for the reason that launch of Chanel’s first fantastic jewellery assortment, in 1932. From Thames & Hudson. Info.
NORWEGIAN CRAFTS SUPPORT SCHEME FOR INTERNATIONAL CRAFT PROJECTS
Norwegian Crafts and the Norwegian MFA’s Assist Scheme for Worldwide Craft Initiatives is offered to Norwegian or Norway-based artists, curators, writers, and critics. Updated guidelines here. Utility deadline: February 1, Could 1, October 1. Info.
MAD MUSEUM ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
Positioned on the sixth ground of the museum and open to the general public, the Artist Studios at MAD is a group engagement {and professional} improvement program for artists and designers designed to encourage guests to fulfill artists-in-residence as they increase their inventive follow whereas working on-site at MAD. Three artists— from the fields of artwork, craft, and design—are chosen per six-month session. They obtain studio area and a stipend. Utility deadline: April 9, 2023. Info.
CALL FOR 2024 EXHIBITION PROPOSALS: CRAFT ONTARIO GALLERY
Craft Ontario, in Toronto, seeks proposals for solo and two-person exhibitions. Craft Ontario is dedicated to the help, advocacy, and promotion of Ontario craft and craft artists. Submissions welcome in all craft media by artists at any stage of their profession. Each current work and as-yet unrealized tasks can be thought-about. Deadline: Could 29, 2023. Info.
