Jewelry Culture | Come and Get it
JULY 15,  2016

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Did you know that the jewelry collection of Lois and Bob Boardman is being accessioned by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)? AJF is hosting a three-day trip to celebrate this exciting new acquisition and you, as a supporter of AJF, are invited. Check out the full itinerary and purchase tickets  if you'd like to join in the celebration--we've made the trip a la carte so you can attend one, two, or all three days.

We have some additional news we just can't keep under wraps any longer ... through a generous grant from long-time supporter Susan Beech, AJF is pleased (beyond the moon, really) to offer a mid-career artist grant of $20,000! The guidelines and press release will arrive in your inbox on Monday July 18, but we wanted you to be the first to know.

Thanks for being a part of the AJF community--everything we do is through the generosity of people just like you!
BRIEFING
MADE TOGETHER: 
Thrills and Pangs of Participatory Jewelry 
by Benjamin Lignel

...[t]he notion of "participation" continues to loom large in cultural programs around the world, in all artistic fields: It ties in nicely with institutional outreach programs, finds its way up into policy making (as a way to dump part of the social bill onto the artist's lap), and into the lingo of web 2.0 users. This general, diffuse interest is my alibi: I care, because jewelers' ventures into participation are embedded in a much larger cultural zeitgeist. 


NEW ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
DOWNLOADABLE 
GLITZ, GLAMOUR, AND GUYS   
by Jillian Moore
ONE ON TWO 
BOXED NAKEDNESS: EXPORT VERSUS 
BAKKER
by Liesbeth den Besten
WEBSITE IMPROVEMENT
AJF's website just got even more awesome! You can now share the articles, interviews, and reviews you love (or love to hate) directly to your Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter feeds.

In addition, you can highlight particularly informative, irritating, or inspiring thoughts from authors, artists, curators, collectors, and the other fascinating people featured on AJF directly to Twitter; just highlight the text to tweet.

Last, and this is especially great for professors and gallerists, you can now download a pdf to share with your students or interested customers AND, if you choose to print, there is a new green option that helps you save paper and ink. How great is that?!

Look for the share icons in the left side of your desktop or at the bottom of your mobile device. Enjoy!

NEW INTERVIEWS
ARTIST 
IN CONVERSATION WITH MAGNHILD KENNEDY 
by Matt Lambert
CURATOR 
THOMAS COHN AND TANEL VEENRE: ESTONISHING!  
by Adriana G. Radulescu
ARTIST 
PEOPLES & BRAND 
Bilk Gallery, Canberra, Australia
by  Bonnie Levine
ARTIST
VERED KAMINSKI: SAND IN A BOTTLE
Gallery Loupe, Montclair, New Jersey, USA
by  Adriane Dalton

FEATURED GALLERIES
Alternatives Gallery
Janna Syvanoja
Rome, Italy
ATTA Gallery
Panjapol Pai Kulpapangkorn: Jewellery Is At My Feet
Bangkok, Thailand
Galerie Elsa Vanier
Marianne Anselin: Touching Iron
Paris, France
Heidi Lowe Gallery
April Wood and Liz Clark: Steel Magnolias
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, USA
Ornamentum Gallery
Aaron Decker
Hudson, New York, USA
Shibumi Gallery
The Men's Show: Ten Jewelers +
Berkeley, California, USA
AJF PUBLICATIONS

 
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