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AJF NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER
2013
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A LETTER FROM THE AJF BOARD CHAIR
The AJF trip to Amsterdam was really fantastic. It was a rich experience full of great studio visits, special museum shows, and frenzied gallery shopping. It was very intense and required lots of stamina, but all the participants had a truly memorable trip. Thank you to everyone in Amsterdam who hosted us. We love you.
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Beppe Kessler's studio, photo: Adriana Radulescu
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The book tour is just winding down now, and it has been a wild success with large audiences everywhere and lots of chatter about the book Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective. Students and others who have attended the discussions and lectures have been challenged by new ways of thinking about jewelry. It has also been very rewarding to partner with many other institutions around the country. Thanks to all. And don't forget that you can order the book on our website, if you haven't already.
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Students from Pratt, photo: Susan Cummins
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The holidays are coming, and if you don't know what to give your friends, clients, or relatives, please consider Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective, or how about an AJF membership? Please stop and take a minute to order one or both for someone special right now. Wouldn't it make an imaginative and meaningful gift?
Warmly,
Susan Cummins
AJF Chair
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NEW TO AJF
Please find all AJF donors on our website, and check out this month's new contributors:
Sponsorship is vital to the the AJF community and supports the important work we are doing.
Thanks to each and every one of you.
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IN MEMORY OF YVONNE JORIS
 Helen W. Drutt English remembers Yvonne Joris, the former director of the Stedelijk Museum in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
Born: January 23, 1950 in Hunsel, Netherlands
Died: September 29, 2013 in Leuven, Belgium
It was June 1982 when I first met Yvonne Joris at my eponymous gallery in Philadelphia. Within minutes, I fell under her enthusiastic spell and passion for the arts. She was accompanied by Evert van Straaten, who eventually became the director (now retired) of the Kr�ller-M�ller Museum, in Otterlo. Before I knew it, I had become the central depot for their planned exhibition of American pottery, which opened in 1983, Who's Afraid of American Pottery? That title in itself should have prepared me for what was to come. From that moment on, until her untimely death, it was a journey into the unexpected!
Read more...
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WHAT'S NEW ON THE WEBSITE
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FEATURED GALLERIES
This month, we feature the following galleries on the AJF website:  | |
Mobilia Gallery
Joyce J. Scott
October 24-November 30, 2013 |
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Funaki Gallery
Marian Hosking
October 19-November 23, 2013
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Gallery Loupe
Laura Deakin
November 9-December 8, 2013 |
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Atta Gallery
Marie-Louise Kristensen
November 21, 2013-
January 4, 2014
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Gravers Lane Gallery
Carolyn Morris Bach
November 1-30, 2013
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Maurer-Ziloli Contemporary
Therese Hilbert
November 21-30, 2013
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AJF RECOMMENDS
On the home page of our website, there is a changing list of the interesting, strange, and wonderful ways that contemporary jewelry is hitting the headlines. Find out what has been attracting our curiosity at AJF Recommends...
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