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The Association for Contemporary Jewellery is devoted to the promotion, representation, understanding and development of contemporary jewellery in the United Kingdom and abroad.
Website: http://www.acj.org.uk/
Location: UK
Members: 67
Latest Activity: Oct 11, 2020
is devoted to the promotion, representation, understanding and development of contemporary jewellery in the United Kingdom and abroad.
Founded as a membership association in 1997 and registered as a Limited Company in 2006, it recognises a need to foster discussion, debate and critical review and interaction amongst its members. To this end we organise conferences, lectures, seminars, workshops and an annual general meeting for our members. Our regular newsletter, findings, features reviews, information, comment, book offers and discounts and is of benefit to both our members and the wider public. We also produce a monthly e-bulletin featuring news and opportunities.
We welcome as members practising jewellers, associated designers and crafts people, educators, students, gallery owners and retailers, museum curators, critics and collectors - indeed, anyone with an interest in contemporary jewellery.
The Association for Contemporary Jewellery
PO Box 37807 London SE23 1XJ United Kingdom
Telephone: + 00 44 (0)20 8291 4201
Fax: + 00 44 (0)20 8291 4452
Email: enquiries@acj.org.uk
WHAT WE DO
• promote greater understanding of contemporary jewellery
• support jewellers’ creative and professional development
• develop audiences for this lively field of contemporary craft and design
Started by Rebecca Skeels Oct 11, 2020. 0 Replies 1 Like
Dear All Members, Followers and Likers of our Network pages.We are currently streamlining our pages at the moment and have found that fewer people are now following and using twitter and crafthaus to find out about jewellery events, exhibitions, opportunities, seeing new work and generally chatting about jewellery.If you use these, please head over to our other pages on other platforms: -Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Association.Contemporary.Jewellery/Linkedin Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3628898/Linkedin Business page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/association-for-contemporary-jewellery-limitedInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/acj.org.uk/and of course, our main website…Continue
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Job Opening:
The Design Museum is entering an exciting phase of development towards a new site in the former Commonwealth Institute in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea (RBKC), due to open in November 2015. The Volunteer and Community Development Manager is a new key post which will deliver the museum’s HLF Activity Plan for Volunteering and Community Liaison. Volunteering and Community Liaison are just two parts of a wider detailed programme of activity which HLF are funding. The other strands include: Learning, Interpretation, Audience Development, Access, Collection and Training.
The role will suit a people person who is enthusiastic and positive, with an ability to manage and deliver a wide variety of activity. Experience of working with volunteers and community engagement programmes is essential.
The introduction of a programme of volunteering at the Design Museum is aimed at enriching the experience for visitors supporting the museum’s vision for everyone to understand the value of design. The volunteering programme will broaden the scope of activities at the museum and deepen our engagement with visitors and supporters.
The Design Museum’s four core values are to be Welcoming, Collaborative, Enterprising and Provocative.
Reports to: Project Programme Manager
Department: Project
Hours: Full-time (40 hours per week)
Some weekends and evenings required
Contract: 2.5 years (with potential for renewal)
Salary: £25,000 p.a
Annual Leave: 25 days per annum
Gold price hits two-year low of $1,300 per ounce
By Kathryn Bishop
Apr 17, 2013
http://www.professionaljeweller.com/article-12865-gold-price-hits-t...
Investors sold off gold earlier this week after a sudden price drop.
Gold prices crashed to US$1,300 (£852) per ounce this week in what has been described as the worst two-day performance for the yellow metal since 1983.
The crash marked the end of a decade-long boom for gold, with the slowing Chinese economy and current economic uncertainty in Cyprus said to have played their part in the sudden price decline.
The gold price has been bolstered in recent years due to investors seeking out bullion and coins as alternative forms of investment, while markets such as China have exhibited high demand for luxury goods including jewellery and watches, as well as raw materials used in industry.
According to London finance paper City AM gold lost more than 12% of its value on Monday and Tuesday and is now down more than 25% from its peak of $1,921 (£1,259), recorded after a summer of gains in September 2011.
Investors are said to have been selling off their gold amid the price dip, which in turn led to silver falling to its lowest price November 2010.
According to Reuters platinum fell to its its weakest price since August last year and palladium hit a three-month low as a result of the weakened gold price.
An analyst at French bank Societe Generale told Reuters that the decline was breathtaking, describing it as "like a knife through butter".
At the time of this story going live, the gold price gained slightly, reaching $1,383.55 ( £907).
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE PROGRAMME AT University for the Creative Arts
The School of Crafts Glass, Jewellery, Ceramics and Metalwork course offer an Artist in Residence (AIR) programme and invites interested individuals to apply for a place in Forge work, silversmithing, and jewellery, ceramic hand building and throwing, hot glass, kilnwork and casting. There are two spaces in each materials discipline available.
The residency position is in essence, space and facilities in exchange for curriculum support on the course. You would be given access to the facilities within the School’s workshops for the duration of the residency, for which there would be no charge.
The position should be viewed as an opportunity for you to develop your own work and technical skills in a creative environment, without the constraints of set course work or timetable. It would also allow you to positively extend your CV.
TIMING
APPLICATION
If you would like to be considered for a place as Artist in Residence, please submit;
If successful, you may be asked to supply an academic Reference of Support and if applicable, evidence of a valid visa. Overseas applicants are responsible for ensuring they have an independent visa in place to cover the academic year. The School cannot enter into any dialogue with the UK Border Agency in respect of visa applications. The Residency position is termed as ‘work experience’.
Please also be aware that you will need to provide insurance cover, we recommend you look into AN publications AIR programme and the insurance they supply free with subscriptions.
For further information regarding the AIR programme, please contact Colin Webster, Rebecca Skeels or Ashley Howard.
CWebster@ucreative.ac.uk, Rskeels@ucreative.ac.uk, Ahoward@ucreative.ac.uk
Deadline date for applications: 17th May 2013
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