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January 2024, Half 1

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Listings gathered with help from Carrie Yodanis.

ALL PAST AJF LIVE EVENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO WATCH ONLINE
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FEEL LIKE SEEING A JEWELRY SHOW?
Discover these listings and lots of, many extra on our devoted exhibition web page:

CLOSING SOON: RING REDUX, AT NEW ORLEANS ART MUSEUM
This exhibition of 100 progressive rings tells the story of the emergence of artwork jewellery within the postwar period through objects that have been neither historically made luxurious items nor low-cost, mass-produced costume jewellery. They arrive from the gathering of Susan Grant Lewin, one of the influential collectors of Twentieth- and Twenty first-century artwork jewellery. Closes February 4, 2024. Information.

GALERIE VICEVERSA’S ILONA SCHWIPPEL GUEST STARS ON A PODCAST
Schwippel talked to the Jewellery Journey. Discover out why she thinks jewellery artists have extra freedom than different forms of artists, how artwork jewellery galleries create a channel of communication from artist to wearer to observer, and why an important factor a gallerist can do is select items that resonate with them. Hear right here.

APPLY FOR THE 32ND INTERNATIONAL JEWELLERY COMPETITION
The thirty second Worldwide Jewelry Competitors EMPATHY is organized by the Gallery of Artwork in Legnica (Poland). The deadline for sending works is January 20, 2024. A post-competition exhibition will likely be offered within the body of the Legnica Jewelry Pageant SILVER within the Gallery of Artwork in Legnica from April to June 2024. The end result of the Legnica Jewelry Pageant SILVER and the announcement of the winners takes place on Could 10–11, 2024. Information.

THE BJC’S ORNAMENTA TAKES PLACE MARCH 9, 2024
This yr, the theme of the Baltimore Jewellery Middle’s annual profit occasion is Sapphire. The fundraiser permits the BJC to lift funds whereas exposing a bigger group to the work it does.

VIRTUAL LECTURE: IRIS EICHENBERG AND DAVIRA TARAGIN: JANUARY 11, 2024
Throughout this dialog, the artist and the curator will discover the themes, supplies, and accomplishments of Eichenberg’s mid-career survey, presently on view on the Lowe Artwork Museum. Free, 12–1 p.m. EST. Information.

NICO ESTRADA BOOK AMONG JEWELRY PUBLICATIONS RELEASING IN 2024
Coming within the subsequent 5 months:

• New Earrings: 400+ Designs in Modern Jewelry, by Nicolás Estrada
• Objects of Affection: Jewellery by Robert Ebendorf from the Porter • Value Assortment, by Rebecca Elliott, with contributions by Toni Greenbaum. Accompanies the forthcoming exhibition on the Mint Museum
• Vintage French Jewellery: 1800-1950, by Geoffray Riondet

SÉBASTIEN CARRÉ TO TEACH WORKSHOP JUNE 24–28, 2024
This workshop will discover completely different textile strategies with the goal of associating and mixing them: bead work with the needle in embroidery or in peyote sew (weaving), crochet strategies, and macramé. It’s geared toward each learners or skilled artists with a ardour for wire and beads. Takes place in Varen (Tarn-et-Garonne), France. Value: €650, contains workshop, meals, supplies, and instruments. Register by January 21, 2024, for the early chicken fee of €600. Lodging—in teepees or a barn dormitory—will be organized on web site for charges of €15–20 per night time. Information: leseldelamain@gmail.com

SULO BEE TO PARTICIPATE IN GROUP EXHIBITION OPENING SOON
The present begins January 7, 2024, at Galerie Marzee. Further particulars weren’t accessible on the time of press.

49 ARTISTS FROM 26 COUNTRIES ANNOUNCED FOR KORU8 EXHIBITION
Congrats to Manami Aoki, Miriam Arentz, Ingrid Berg, Sara Blosseville, Monika Brugger, Willemien Bruwer, Fernando Crêspo, Ildikó Dánfalvi, Margus Elizarov, Åsa Elmstam, Gésine Hackenberg, Aya Jadon, Courtney Jamieson, Therese Johansson, Steven KP, Shun Wan Ko, Heeseung Koh, Moses Krämer, Jamie Kroeger, Marie Lafaille, Vivi Lamarre, Kristiina Laurits, Helena Lehtinen, Yuxi Lu, Helena Lundahl, Märta Mattsson, Felicia Mülbaier/Valérie Wagner/Luisa Werner, Maria Nuutinen, Rachel Ouizemann, Ismini Pachi, Kimia Parang, Inni Pärnänen, Janne Peltokangas, Arianna Pittini, Sarah Powell, Kendall Reiss, Anna Rikkinen, Anne Saastamoinen, Meghan Schmiedel, Olga Stalev, Yen-Yu Tseng, Natalie Vanderzand, María Ignacia Walker, Mona Wallström, Lingjie Wang, Josephine Winther, and Ching-Hui Yang. See the ehhibition on the Finnish Forest Museum Lusto in Punkaharju in summer season/autumn 2024 and on the Oulu Museum of Artwork in winter 2025.

BIJOUX! 2024 ANNOUNCED
The Boca Raton Museum of Artwork’s annual modern jewellery exhibition and sale will happen March 21–23, 2024. There’s additionally a possibility to have cocktails with, or take a workshop from, Kiff Slemmons. For more information, go right here, then scroll to web page 18.

EXEMPLA 2024 WILL SHOWCASE NATURAL STONE DURING MUNICH’S JEWELRY WEEK
Exempla is the biggest particular present on the honest. Graduates from the Division of Design, Jewelry and Gem stones at Idar-Oberstein’s Trier College of Utilized Sciences will reveal varied gemstone processing strategies. And Georg Dobler and Bettina Speckner will arrange their workbenches and present how they course of stones of their artwork jewellery. Extra.

APPLY FOR A SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE WASHINGTON GUILD OF GOLDSMITHS
WGG Metalwork Benefit Scholarship fosters the research of metalsmithing, jewellery design, and associated arts. This scholarship is open to all registered metal-smithing college students who’ve taken jewellery or metal-smithing programs, or crafts programs with an emphasis on metals course of, in the course of the educational yr Fall 2023–Spring 2024. Three awards can be found: one rising artist award and two jurors’ alternative awards. Deadline: March 3, 2024. Information.

THE SPIRIT OF CHAUMET, BY GABRIELLE DE MONTMORIN
Affords an unparalleled journey into the world of the unique Parisian high-jewelry home, showcasing its key creations, stylistic rules, and multifaceted historical past going again greater than 240 years. It’s an opportunity to find the Maison behind-the-scenes and to admire seldom-seen one-of-a-kind creations. Out there January 9, 2024. Extra.

A DICTIONARY OF WONDERS: VAN CLEEF & ARPELS, BY FABIENNE REYBAUD
Organized as an alphabetical information, this A-Z lexicon revisits the themes and codes of Van Cleef & Arpels, from historic references to emblematic jewels, from precision watchmaking and jewelry-making strategies demonstrating distinctive savoir faire to creative collaborations. Out there February 6, 2024. Extra.

BÄUMER: 30 YEARS OF ART, BY PHILIPPE GARCIA AND PAUL-HENRY BIZON
Over three many years, the famend jeweler has created emblematic works corresponding to Princess Charlene’s tiara, the Mikado jewel, the Astrolabe jewel, a meteorite ring, an academician’s sword, and a fragrance bottle for Guerlain. Within the images, the jewellery is offered juxtaposed over classical statuary.
👈Right here’s an odd alternative. Extra.

PLAQUE PENDANTS: A CANVAS TO SHOW THE WORLD WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT
What would Benedictine monks from the seventh century and the Infamous B.I.G. have in frequent? Their plaque pendants, for one. Plaque pendants are turning up in high quality and excessive jewellery. The oblong items could also be smaller than these typically worn by hip-hop stars, however they nonetheless enable wearers to specific themselves with out saying a phrase. Extra.

PIN THE BROOCH ON THE … STOMACHER?
The stomacher was a Renaissance-era triangular panel that crammed within the entrance opening of a lady’s bodice. They fell out of style within the 18th century however got here again within the late nineteenth/early Twentieth century. ‘Twas the right further place to put on jewellery to convey excessive wealth, standing, and energy. Within the Gilded Age, that trifecta was greatest achieved through jewels not solely designed with main stones but additionally from royal provenance. The rising stars of New York society needed noble associations. Marriage was one approach to get them; jewels one other. This text about Gilded Age jewellery makes watching the present much more attention-grabbing! Extra.

BRUNE BOYER MAKES OBJECTS DESIGNED TO BE CUPPED IN THE HAND
Her items discover the connection between physique and jewel. They’re made of various supplies chosen for the feeling they produce. The density of high quality gold leads to jewellery that has a considerable weight within the hand, for instance. Extra, from Garland.

AI WEI WEI HAS DESIGNED ZODIAC PENDANTS
They’re based mostly on the Chinese language zodiac, forged in pure gold, and produced in restricted editions of 99 by Taschen, the ebook publishing firm. Very savvy of Taschen. Tip: 2024 is the yr of the dragon. Extra.

AVOID THE DOGHOUSE BY GIVING THIS JEWELRY AS A GIFT
In a nod to Victorian custom, Francesca Villa hires crystal carvers in Germany to craft and paint portraits of pets—they work from purchasers’ images—that are then paired with gold and gem stones. Extra.

CHARMS REFLECT PERSONALITY
“Charms are an interesting jewellery merchandise as a result of they mirror an individual’s character and character, which is why they enchantment to individuals of any gender,” says jewellery designer George Inaki Root. Extra.

RUSSIAN DIAMONDS BANNED

Starting immediately, the EU and all G7 nations bans the import of non-industrial, pure diamonds “mined, processed, or produced” in Russia. The brand new sanctions search to impede Russia’s potential to fund its warfare in Ukraine. On March 1, 2024, the ban extends to pure Russian diamonds lower and polished in different nations. On September 1, the ban expands to lab-grown diamonds made in Russia, and different associated gadgets. Extra particulars.

KING OF DIAMONDS REVEALS HARRY WINSTON’S MANY FACETS
The legendary jeweler’s son, Ronald Winston, has written the definitive bio. Extra.

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