June 2023, Half 1
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Listings gathered with help from Carrie Yodanis.
AJF LIVE WITH DANIEL JOCZ: JUNE 7, 2023
Referred to as a “trickster” and an “outsider,” Daniel Jocz has ceaselessly reinvented his aesthetic, inverting conventional guidelines. “I are inclined to stuff large concepts into small packages,” says the maker, “after which the jewellery virtually appears as if it’s bursting out.” Though Jocz’s work defies neat categorization, some concepts floor repeatedly, drawing seemingly disparate items collectively. All his work has an autobiographical facet, with intelligent and refined visible jokes which might be completely Jocz. He has created outrageous, outsized flocked Sweet Put on items and necklaces composed of enameled cherries and smoked cigarettes. His outsized aluminum bracelets and collars explode the structural limitations of conventional supplies. Register here.
FEEL LIKE SEEING A JEWELRY SHOW IN THE US?
Discover these listings and plenty of, many extra on our dedicated exhibition page:
Timothy Veske-McMahon | Vanillaroma, at Gallery Loupe by means of June 10
Hanna Hedman, at Ornamentum by means of June 11
Leslie Shershow, at Sienna Patti by means of June 11
Heirlooms of the Future II, at Mobilia Gallery by means of June 29
Karen Seufert + Tore Svensson, at Jewelers’Werk June 10–June 30
Marianne Anselin & Ambroise Degenève, at Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h by means of June 30
Girls, I Know, at Baltimore Jewelry Center by means of July 7
One thing Outdated, One thing New: Märtta Mattsson and Carina Shoshtary, at Sienna Patti June 17–July 16
Between Realms: Jessica Calderwood, Seth Michael Carson, Melinda Threat, at Pistachios Modern Artwork Jewellery by means of July 23
Terhi Tolvanen, at Ornamentum by means of August 26
FEEL LIKE SEEING A JEWELRY SHOW OUTSIDE THE US?
Discover these listings and plenty of, many extra on our dedicated exhibition page:
Aaron Decker, at Galeria Reverso by means of June 24
Was Kommt Noch? Esther Brinkmann, at Galerie Rosemarie Jäger June 11–25
Wild Grasses, Likelihood and Seeds of Need: 12 Artists, at Galerie Viceversa beginning on the finish of June
Jour de Fête: Typhaine le Monnier | Lydia Reinhold, Galeria Tereza Seabra, June 1–July 7
Linking Tale: Veronika Fabian, at ATTA June 7–July 8
NEW ORLEANS MEDIA COVER RING REDUX
WGNO Information reported on the exhibition, which options a few of collector Susan Grant Lewin’s rings; watch the phase here, on YouTube. New Orleans journal additionally revealed an article, here.
YOU’RE INVITED TO THE MASieraad GRADUATION EXHIBITION
9 college students from all corners of the world current commencement work June 15–18, 2023, at Looiersgracht 60, in Amsterdam. See objects, installations, and efficiency, along with jewellery. The sudents’ numerous backgrounds and identities led to a inventive melting pot wherein concepts and ideas have been explored. Questioning and exploring id, in addition to geopolitical and ecological points, performed a job. The connection with the physique and the human being is central to all of the work.
EVENT—NEW YORK IN 1874: JEWELRY IN THE GILDED AGE, SOCIAL SIGNIFIER IN A TIME OF TRANSITION
On this roundtable from the 92nd Avenue Y, jewellery historian Beth Bernstein and classic jewellery knowledgeable Elizabeth Doyle discover how jewellery turned an vital social signifier as new cash and new types emerged in New York Metropolis’s Gilded Age. Stay/digital, June 15, 2023. Info.
MARION DELARUE IS ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AT FRANÇOISE VAN DEN BOSCH FOUNDATION
Delarue started engaged on a undertaking in Could and can proceed by means of July 30, 2023, when she presents her work “Behind the Home windows” at Studio Rian de Jong. Delarue was a finalist for the 2022 Younger Artist Award.
A TRUE-LIFE JEWEL HEIST THAT SOUNDS LIKE A MOVIE PLOT
In November 2019, thieves stole a hundred-million greenback royal jewellery assortment from Dresden’s historic Inexperienced Vault, in a fort turned museum. Final month, 5 males from a infamous Berlin crime household have been discovered responsible. Regardless of a protracted historical past of crimes, the lads had been free to execute their greatest heist, although two of them have been beforehand discovered responsible of stealing a coin value $4 million from a Berlin museum and have been in courtroom—however not in custody— for that crime once they carried out the Inexperienced Vault caper. Learn how the heist went down within the New York Times—it’s fascinating!
NEW MEXICO JEWELER RECEIVES $100,000 AWARD
The Maxwell/Hanrahan Basis honored 5 craftspeople and artists with $100,000 in unrestricted funding. One of many winners, Shane R. Hendren, is a multidisciplinary artist acknowledged for his intricate jewellery and steel work which honors the tradition and traditions of his Navajo and European ancestors. Understanding his work as vessels for data and histories, his apply has just lately included new mediums and strategies resembling movie and 3D printing. Hendren is the primary jewellery artist to obtain the award. Info in regards to the Maxwell/Hanrahan Basis Awards in Craft.
WE ARE HERE, ON VIEW AT THE METAL MUSEUM
For hundreds of years, explicitly queer voices have been excluded from conversations surrounding tradition, politics, and artwork regardless of their bodily presence in these totally different spheres. Though progress has been made, LGBTQIA+ people wrestle to have their identities and experiences acknowledged. We Are Here seeks to appropriate this disparity by elevating and celebrating modern LGBTQIA+ voices working within the steel arts group at this time. June 6–September 10, 2023.
AMERICAN CRAFT INTERVIEWED SO YOUNG PARK
When requested whose jewellery she’d prefer to personal, Park replied, “I wish to beautify my lounge wall stuffed with Mariko Kusumoto jewellery.” What a beautiful concept! Learn the total interview here.
NOT A HAIR OUT OF PLACE: CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY IN DES CHEVEUX ET DES POILS EXHIBITION
In its present about tresses and physique hair, the Museum of Ornamental Arts (Paris) consists of hair jewellery, previous and current. How do artists and creators of at this time revisit the know-how that disappeared firstly of the twentieth century? Learn a review. Web site for the exhibition.
THE EXTREME JEWELRY THAT CREATED REMARKABLE FASHION MOMENTS
Sarah Harmarnee’s high fashion jewellery work with Alexander McQueen pushed the bounds of each their crafts. Consider mannequin Stella Tennant, mini scimitars skimming her cheekbones, chains draped beneath her jawline. Harmarnee forged a protecting spell round McQueen and his clothes; her designs acted as de facto talismans, keeping off the evil eye of the cash males who, because the pair noticed it, have been there to suck the creativity out of them and syphon it for shareholder revenue. Read more.
SU SAN COHN NOW ON EXHIBIT IN MELBOURNE
Items of Peace interrogates the broad potential of decoration as a peace software whereas analyzing the affect of business manufacturing readily available making within the age of automation. Cohn, who served as a juror for the 2018 AJF Artist Award, posits that adornments can function a way of communication and solidarity between individuals throughout troublesome instances. Learn more.
GEORGIAN JEWELRY INDICATED MORE THAN WEALTH
Though the main focus of Type & Society: Dressing the Georgians is clothes, “jewellery might be used to convey messages in regards to the wearer’s energy and affect,” mentioned Anna Reynolds, the exhibition’s curator. “Jewels is perhaps used to point dynastic connections—a bride may mark her marriage by showing at courtroom within the heirloom jewels of her new household—or loaned to mates to show shifting allegiances.” Find out more.
GABRIELLE ROSENSTEIN LAUNCHES CHARM
With the digital tide inching ever nearer with AI and NFTs, Rosenstein gives a digital method to world constructing that’s as slick as it’s benevolent. 3D rendered characters referred to as Key and Lil star as key charms and allure bracelets. They embody Rosenstein’s deal with otherworldly sci-femininity and queer artistry. Learn an interview.
BOOK—THE JEWELRY COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ARTS
The jewellery assortment of the Museum of Ornamental Arts, wealthy in 3,500 items, is exclusive amongst French nationwide collections: from the Center Ages to the modern interval, with the spotlight being the 18th century and the Artwork Nouveau and post-war intervals, and even modern designers. Info.
STATE OF THE ART JEWELRY SUMMIT
To debate present developments in analysis, know-how, enterprise, and artwork in jewellery, and to create, develop, and information the way forward for the trade so it thrives and stays related, the Accountable Jewellery Council, the Gemological Institute of America, and the Mineralogical and Geological Museum at Harvard College current this summit in-person and by invitation at Harvard on June 23, 2023. Info.
GOLDSMITHS’ FAIR, LONDON: SEPTEMBER 26–OCTOBER 8, 2023
Bringing collectively 136 of the UK’s most extraordinary silversmiths and goldsmiths working with quite a few strategies, from wire work to 3D printing, conventional goldsmithing to intricate engraving. The exhibitors mix historic strategies with modern-day applied sciences, making certain there’s one thing for everybody with a ardour for nice jewellery and modern silver. Info.
CONTEMPORANIA HIGH CRAFTSMANSHIP BARCELONA: SEPTEMBER 28–30, 2023
Previously Joya, this shall 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 resembling ceramics, artwork jewellery, lacquer, steel, 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.
ROMANIAN JEWELRY WEEK: OCTOBER 4–8, 2023
Takes place at The Nationwide Library of Romania, in addition to in a number of museums and galleries throughout Bucharest. Info.
OBSESSED JEWELLERY FESTIVAL: NOVEMBER 1–30, 2023
It should happen throughout the Netherlands—Amsterdam, Arnhem, Apeldoorn, Den Bosch, Den Haag, Maastricht, Rotterdam, and Utrecht—and Antwerp, Belgium. Info.
CHEONGJU CRAFT BIENNIALE: SEPTEMBER 1–OCTOBER 15, 2023
The theme is The Geography of Objects: Dwelling within the Internet of Biophilia. Info.
OPEN CALL— TWO RESEARCH GRANTS FROM AGC
From the Affiliation of Modern Jewelry: the Giancarlo Montebello Prize is for college kids who’ve created a jewel capsule assortment with progressive conceptual, formal, technological, and materials traits (1st place: €1,500; 2nd place: €1,000). The Maria Cristina Bergesio Prize is for a essential essay coping with probably the most present points in modern jewellery; theorists and critics of artwork and jewellery design, academics and students, and doctoral and unbiased researchers might apply (€800 + publication). Deadline: July 10, 2023. Info.
OPEN CALL—OBSESSED
Early fowl entries have already been juried, however “late fowl” submissions are being accepted by means of June 30, 2023. Apply here.
OPEN CALL—BUDAPEST JEWELRY WEEK
The sphere of jewellery design is inseparable from the idea of response. The jewel’s relationship with its wearer; its bodily, cultural, psychological affect on the environment; and the chemical reactions in the course of the course of of creating, are all inalienable components of data about jewellery. What uncommon reactions are you able to provoke with a jewel? What responses do you count on from viewers? Deadline: June 30, 2023. Info.
OPEN CALL—ARROWMONT NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBITION
Theme: Levels of Dedication: Local weather, Ecosystems, and Society. For hundreds of years, artists have put their imaginative and prescient and talent to work for the betterment of society to impact change and develop our understanding of complicated points. Info primarily based solely on information can typically go away individuals feeling overwhelmed, disempowered, disconnected, and generally hopeless within the face of daunting odds. Because the earth continues to heat, the hazards we face enhance; climate extremes, meals and water insecurities, pandemics, even allergy season is lengthened and intensified. How can artwork make a distinction with such a monumental enterprise? Deadline: June 23, 2023. Info.
OPEN CALL—CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY EXHIBITION IN TOKYO
Following the “Modern Jewellery Exhibition ‘Pendants’” in 2021, this 12 months’s theme is Rings. The organizers search works that destroy the standard idea of jewellery, and purpose to assist artists’ actions, purchase new collectors, constantly disseminate data on jewellery works to the home market, and join with society. Deadline: June 30, 2023. Info.
OPEN CALL—ITAMI INTERNATIONAL CRAFT EXHIBITION 2023
The competitors marks its twelfth time underneath the theme of jewellery. Jewellery is strongly related to the human physique and soul, and has been nurtured, cherished, and developed along with individuals in numerous cultures, climates, and societies. Itami Metropolis Museum of Artwork, Historical past and Tradition, Japan, hopes to find works by artists who reside sooner or later, works that evoke a brand new period, and works that present a mild gaze towards individuals. Deadline: July 24, 2023. Info.
RESIDENCY—STOVE WORKS
From February by means of November of every 12 months, Range Works’ Artist Residency invitations eight artists to reside/work for one to 3 months at a time. The residency serves as a second away from the rigamarole of life and a chance for artists to make the most of the devoted time, house, sources, and group Range Works has to supply in Chattanooga, TN, US. Deadline: June 15, 2023. Info.
ICING ON THE CAKE: EXPLORING COLOR ON METAL
Marilyn da Silva’s workshop at Pocosin Arts June 23 and 30, 2023, will discover the usage of gesso and coloured pencils on steel as a technique for making use of coloration. Quite a few examples will ignite your creativeness. Info.
TWO OPPORTUNITIES FROM SMCK
You may apply to take part in SMCK on Reel’s triple version, at Romanian Jewellery Week 2023. The deadline to submit your video is June 18, 2923. Info. You may as well apply for summer season Athens summer season studio gives for artists, jewellery designers, curators, writers, researchers, artwork historians, and artwork theorists. Get info here for the studios.
