AJF Board Acquires New Members

San Antonio, TX, US—We’re happy to introduce Davira S. Taragin, who joined the board in 2023, and the addition of three administrators this 12 months: Invoice Baker, Noel Guyomarc’h, and Lorena Lazard. Lazard is from Mexico, Guyomarc’h from Canada, and Taragin and Baker are each People.

Artwork Jewellery Discussion board’s board of administrators consists of a world group of thinkers, creators, and appreciators of the sector of artwork jewellery. They information our organizational actions and preserve our mission to advocate for up to date artwork jewellery on the heart of all that we do. To see the complete roster of AJF’s board of administrators and their roles within the group, please go to this web page on our web site.

Davira S. Taragin
Davira S. Taragin was previously a curator on the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Toledo Museum of Artwork, and director of exhibitions and applications on the Racine Artwork Museum, the place she secured a serious present of 59 examples of artwork jewellery from the gathering of Donna Schneier. As an unbiased curator, from 2011 to 2019, Taragin served as a advisor to Ball State College—first for its David Owsley Museum of Artwork on the reinstallation of its important ornamental arts and design assortment, after which for its Faculty of Artwork. Throughout these years she additionally was a curatorial advisor to the pop-up exhibition/fundraiser Bijoux!, collaborating with Schneier, its founder, on instructional programing after which step by step sharing accountability for figuring out artwork jewelers to incorporate within the annual occasion. She now serves as a consulting curator to the Lowe Artwork Museum, College of Miami, the place she continues to assist construct and interpret its up to date holdings of glass and ceramics whereas advancing a brand new initiative in artwork jewellery.

Over her profession, Taragin has organized and traveled roughly 50 exhibitions. A prolific author, she has acquired commendation for a number of of her publications, together with Ladies’s Tales: 4 Main Israeli Jewelers (2006), a finalist for the ForeWord Guide of the Yr Award, and Linda MacNeil: Jewels of Glass, which the American Craft Council designated as one of many Noteworthy Craft Books in 2017.

Invoice Baker
I’ve been a California legal professional since 1973 and retired in 2013. I used to be a sole practitioner with a deal with actual property and contract transactions and litigation. I’ve lived in Claremont for a few years and have been lively locally.

My spouse, Francine, and I’ve been members of Artwork Jewellery Discussion board for over 10 years and have appreciated assembly different collectors and makers of artwork jewellery. Francine and I’ve been married since 1975. We take pleasure in lively touring, corresponding to multiday strolling journeys. Throughout our travels we discover neighborhoods and seek for artwork jewellery galleries in out-of-the-way locations. We additionally go to artwork galleries and museums, and we finish the day with a scrumptious gelato. I look ahead to collaborating on AJF’s board and contributing to AJF’s long-range success.

Noel Guyomarc’h
Noel Guyomarc’h has labored within the jewellery area for over 30 years. In 1996, after working as an assistant in a Montreal jewellery retailer, and coaching in jewellery on the Saidye Bronfman Heart for the Arts, he opened his personal gallery, the place he acts as a curator, distributor, promoter, and adviser. Guyomarc’h has organized greater than 165 particular person or collective nationwide and worldwide exhibitions. He represents his artists at artwork festivals in Canada, Europe, america, and Asia. Often invited as a juror and speaker, he’s additionally an evaluator for the Montreal Museum of Wonderful Arts, in addition to many different establishments. Guyomarc’h served because the chairman of the Board of Administrators of the École de joaillerie de Montréal from 2004 to 2011. He has led very profitable artistic workshops since 2010. He’s a member of many nationwide and worldwide associations, and quite a few articles have appeared on his numerous actions. In November 2023, Guyomarc’h acquired the Charles Biddle Prize for his contribution as an immigrant to the tradition and creative growth of Quebec.

“For almost 20 years, I’ve been nourished by AJF’s articles and interviews,” states Guyomarc’h, including that Artwork Jewellery Discussion board has helped him uncover new artists. “I’m additionally touched by the group’s dedication to encouraging galleries. The tutorial work, which is indispensable to the milieu, is exceptional. In brief, Artwork Jewellery Discussion board is indispensable.”

Lorena Lazard
Lorena Lazard is a Mexican artist. In 1995, she based Atelier Lazard, an area to create and promote up to date jewellery in Mexico. Since 2021 she has been the coordinator of the Modern Jewellery Graduate Program at CENTRO College.

In 2017 Lazard’s work was chosen for Schmuck. In 2018 she obtained second place within the Latin American Biennial of Modern Jewellery in Argentina. In 2021 she was awarded third place within the FIO Brazil competitors and was a finalist within the Enjoia’t exhibition on the Barcelona Design Museum. In 2013 she organized and co-curated the exhibition La Frontera, held on the Franz Mayer Museum, and in 2018 she co-curated La Frontera: Encounters Alongside the Border, on the Museum of Arts and Design, in New York. Her work has been exhibited in museums worldwide and within the artwork festivals Schmuck (Munich), SOFA Chicago, Sieraad (Netherlands), and Zona Maco (Mexico). Lazard’s items have been printed in, amongst others, Metalsmith, Decoration, Artwork Jewellery Discussion board, and Hyperallergic magazines, and Lark’s 500 sequence.

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