Wow. September zipped by at hyper-speed. I think there is too much going on. After a very energetic and successful east coast Speakers Tour, we can let Damian Skinner off the hook and give him a big round of applause. He did an excellent job talking about Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective and doing critiques at six different locations. Thank you Damian.

Next up in October are events that include other contributors to the book--Ben Lignel, Namita Wiggers, Liesbeth den Besten, Suzanne Ramljak, and Elyse Karlin--who will speak at the 92nd Street Y (New York), San Diego State University (San Diego), Museum of Contemporary Craft (Portland), University of Oregon (Eugene), California College of Art (Oakland), Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills), Savannah College of Art & Design (Savannah), and finally SOFA Chicago. Please have a look at the full list of speakers and locations, and then GO.

For those of you who can't make it to the talks, we will begin to post videos of them on our website as soon as possible. I'll let you know when they are ready.

In the meantime, don't forget to take advantage of purchasing our new book Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective. Your donations helped to make this possible. I hope you are pleased with the result.

Hope to see you at one of the events.

Warmly,

Susan Cummins

AJF Chair

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

7:00-8:30pm--Tickets are $27 

Elyse Zorn Karlin, Speaker

92nd Street Y Lexington and 92nd Street, New York, NY

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

7:00-8:00pm--Free to the public

Ben Lignel, Speaker, Texts and Pretexts: On a Pen Pusher's Jewelry Practice

San Diego State University, Room 412, Art Building North, San Diego, CA

Thursday, October 17, 2013

6:30-8:30 pm--Free to the public

Ben Lignel and Namita Wiggers, Speakers, This Is Not a Book: A Test Drive through Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective (Part 1) Book signing to follow

Museum of Contemporary Craft and Pacific Northwest College of Art

The Lab at MoCC, 724 NW David Street, Portland, OR

Saturday, October 19, 2013

9:00am­-5:00pm--Tickets are $200 Space is limited.

Ben Lignel and Namita Wiggers, Workshop

Occupy This! Agency and Jewelry Thinking: A Maker's Guide

Museum of Contemporary Craft and Pacific Northwest College of Art

The Lab at MoCC, 724 NW David Street, Portland, OR

Monday October 21, 2013

6:00pm--Free to the public

Ben Lignel and Namita Wiggers, Speakers, "This Is Not a Book: A Test Drive through Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective (Part 2)"

University of Oregon, Eugene Campus, Lawrence Hall, Room 177, Eugene, OR

Thursday, October 24, 2013

5:30-7:00pm--Free to the public

Liesbeth den Besten and Ben Lignel, Speakers

California College of the Arts, 5212 Broadway, Classroom B-4, Oakland, CA

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

6:00pm--Free with museum admission

Monica Gaspar, Speaker, An Evening with Monica Gaspar

Cranbrook Art Museum, deSalle Auditorium, 39221 Woodward Ave, Bloomfield Hills, MI

Thursday, October 31, 2013

6:00-7:00pm--Free to the public, followed by a book signing

Suzanne Ramljak, Speaker, For Love and Money: On Contemporary and Commercial Jewelry

SCAD Student Center, 120 Montgomery St, Savannah, GA

Friday, November 1, 2013

3:30-4:30pm--Free with fair admission

Monica Gaspar, Speaker, Jewelry in the Expanded Field

SOFA Chicago, Navy Pier, Room 327

Book signing to follow, Art Jewelry Forum Booth, Nonprofit section, SOFA Chicago 

This is the twentieth year for SOFA Chicago and the last year that the fair is under the management of Mark Lyman and Anne Meszko. It is the end of an era. As always, there will be jewelry to see at the following booths: Aaron Faber Gallery, Charon Kransen Arts, Donna Schneier Fine Arts, Hedone Gallery, and Pistachios.

There will be numerous jewelry-related lectures you won't want to miss on Friday, November 1. We are sponsoring a presentation with Monica Gaspar that will take place that day at 3:30 pm. After Monica's talk, there will be a book signing at the AJF booth in the nonprofit section of the fair. Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective will be for sale there as well.

Charon Kransen Arts will be showing the work of Sooyeon Kim, the winner of the AJF Artist Award for an Emerging Artist, in his booth at SOFA. Be sure to stop by.

As a special treat, SOFA organizers have invited AJF donors to attend a special champagne toast on opening night, Thursday, October 31, at 4:00pm. This event is by invitation only. Sign up for your VIP passes and the special opening here.   

Special Gathering

On Friday November 1, from 6:00-7:30 pm (following the book signing) AJF has reserved space in a bar called the Library at the Public House Hotel, which is located at 1301 North State Parkway, Chicago. This is a FREE event, but a no-host bar. If you would like to attend, please let me know by email. I would also suggest that you make dinner reservations in the Pump Room restaurant afterward. It looks yummy.