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JUNE 1

2015


 

AJF was excited to host a day of Wikipedia editing during the recent Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) conference in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. With the invaluable help of Amanda Rust from Northeastern University Library, a small army of contemporary jewelry aficionados--including Liesbeth den Besten, Emily Zilber, and Sandra Enterline, pictured--were unleashed in the sandbox of Wikipedia to create, correct, and edify the broader world about the intricacies of art jewelry. We look forward to the next time we can get together to kick up some dirt in the face of inaccuracies and under-representation! Special thanks to Gwynne Rukenbrod, Monica Hampton, and the entire SNAG community for giving us a place to play!

FEATURED EXHIBITION REVIEW
FEATURED ARTICLE

Body Jewels

 

Monica Auch

 

If textiles and jewelry had an affair, their love child would be celebrated in this exhibition. The TextielMusuem takes body adornment to a new level, encouraging cross-disciplinary experimentation to create unique and intriguing wearable objects, facilitated in their laboratories and residencies. 

 

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Royal Peanuts

One on One n°15

Liesbeth den Besten


Dutch Queen Máxima shows her appreciation of different genres of jewelry as she easily moves from traditional to contemporary accessories. Her roles as a fashion icon and royalty meld perfectly in her varied choices of adornment--bringing both humor and respectability to her position.

 

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NEW INTERVIEWS
ARTIST
Between the Lines
Taboo Gallery
San Diego, California, USA
Bonnie Levine
GALLERY

Avid Gallery
Wellington, New Zealand
Susan Cummins
ARTIST
Lauren Tickle
Four
Gothenburg, Sweden
Missy Graff
MEDIA SIGHTINGS

Are Your Trying to Reduce Me?
Alan Servais: "Money Is 
Spoiling Things"
Designs's Urgent Need for 
More Intense People
FEATURED GALLERIES

Atelier Courbet
Gijs Bakker
New York, New York, USA
De Novo
Tom & Bernd Munsteiner
Palo Alto, California, USA
Galerie Noel Guyomarc'h
Silence Please! 
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Galerie Rosemarie Jäger
Couples in Jewelry: Yutaka Minegishi
Hochheim, Germany
L.A. Pai Gallery
Lawerence Woodford
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Sienna Patti 
Seth Papac: Cali Condensation
Lenox, Massachusetts, USA

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