Jewelry That Makes You Think.
Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 12:00 p.m. EST

AJF has teamed up with Galerie Marzee, the renowned Dutch jewelry gallery, and you’re invited to join in the fun!
 
Several AJF members who are major jewelry enthusiasts will be “guest stars” in a virtual art jewelry consultation with gallerist Marie-José van den Hout. Based on their responses to a brief questionnaire, Marie-José will personally choose a piece of jewelry from her inventory for each “guest star,” one she thinks would be perfect for them. During the AJF Live event, she’ll present her selection on a photo of the guest so they and the audience can see how it would look on. She’ll also talk about the artist who made the piece, and explain why she picked this particular jewel as an excellent choice for the guest. You won’t want to miss this—be a bystander at a consultation between one of today’s elite gallerists and some of the biggest art jewelry enthusiasts and collectors!
 
  • Meet some of today’s top art jewelry enthusiasts and collectors
  • Gain insight into Marzee’s thinking—how she consults with clients and matches them with the perfect adornment
  • Learn about the artists Marzee represents and hear the stories behind them
  • See amazing pieces of art jewelry

Although travel to Nijmegen may not be in the cards for you right now, you won’t want to miss this behind-the-scenes peek! 
 
For a minimum $20 donation, you can be part of this exclusive and interactive AJF Live event, from the comfort of your home through the magic of Zoom. At the same time, you'll help support all of the programming and editorial content you rely on throughout the year. We only ask for your support a few times a year, so we hope you’ll help out now.
 
 
Caption: Marie-José van den Hout

We invite you to pore through our Library, a sortable database of digital media related to art jewelry that gives you another way to discover our field. Providing a place for art jewelry to be enjoyed and researched is just one of many ways AJF and our members celebrate art jewelry. Here's a sampling of what you'll find:

  • The exhibition catalog for Pilosities, the latest show at Galeria Tereza Seabra
  • Jorunn Veiteberg's book on Kim Buck, It's the Thought That Counts
  • A review by Urmas Lüüs of Kadri Mälk's book, Hunt:
  • The exhibition catalog for Striking Gold: Fuller at 50
  • Anni Nørskov Mørch's curatorial statement for The Splendour of Power

Our digital library supports the jewelry community by providing online access to jewelry scholarship that would otherwise be impossible to find. Library items are generously contributed by readers. Do you have an item to share? If so, please submit your digital media to the Library so AJF's readers can enjoy it! 

Caption: The Skin Stories catalog presents 15 works in porcelain, ceramics, cotton fabric, copper, and silver from a jewelry art project developed by Liliana Ojeda in 2018. It takes a tour of the entire project from the first material tests, through research that proposes portable works that resemble human organs, to the photo shoot on models. The project involved disciplinary crossovers between art and science by using microscopic images of different human tissues as inspiration, The series was exhibited in Santiago, Valparaíso, and Punta Arenas. In Spanish, with texts by Jorge Castañón, Bárbara Lama, and Ojeda.
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