Bernard Schobinger ring from the Bob and Lois Boardman Collection,
photo: LACMA
We received a great response to our call for volunteers to join our board committees in active advisory roles to help direct our activities and bring ideas into action. Thanks to all who answered the appeal. We still are looking for people interested in assisting the
fundraising committee. Because we are a nonprofit, this is an incredibly important committee that determines the viability of all AJF projects. If you are interested in providing assistance in a volunteer capacity, please email
Rebekah for more information.
There is still time to register for the
Los Angeles Trip to attend the opening of
Beyond Bling: Jewelry from the Lois Boardman Collection at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art! Friday is fully booked, but there are still seats on Saturday and Sunday. Don't forget to register and be a part of the excitement.
...[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.
