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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
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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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Postgraduate support scheme
http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/financial-support/postgraduate-support-s...
For 2015 entry we have a number of £10,000 bursaries jointly funded by UCA and HEFCE in this one-off scheme.
Eligibility
The idea of the Postgraduate Support Scheme is to encourage participation from individuals who historically have been under-represented at Masters level (this scheme does not include the MArch).
To be eligible you must be starting a full- or part-time Masters-level course at UCA in 2015. Applicants must be in a group currently under-represented in the UCA taught postgraduate community and must meet all of the criteria set out below to be considered for an award.
You must meet all of the criteria
Graduating from a three-year undergraduate programme in summer 2015, from an English institution
Started undergraduate studies in 2012 under the new tuition fee regime
Be a UK or an EU national
Be currently resident in the UK or EU
Not already in possession of an MA or higher-level qualification
Starting a Masters programme at UCA in September 2015
Come from an area where it is unusual for people to go to university: this is defined by the government's classification called Polar 3, to meet this criterion the address you lived at in the year before you commenced undergraduate study must fall into 'quintile 1 or 2'.
You can check your address area using the Participation of Local Areas (POLAR) search tool (please note this information only covers the UK), you can also look up your postcode here. If your postcode is listed as being in quintile 1 or 2 under either heading (Young participation or Adult HE) you should consider making an application for PSS support. We will check your postcode eligibility when we process your application.
How to Apply
You must first apply and be offered a place on a UCA Masters course to commence in 2015. Once you have been offered a place you can download the PSS application form which must be completed and returned with any required evidence by the deadline given. We will notify successful applicants of their award before the start of the 2015/16 academic year.
If you defer the start of your Masters course until 2016 you will lose eligibility to be considered for a PSS award - this scheme is only available to students starting a course in 2015.
Applications will be considered on a strictly first-come first-served basis.
How much is a PSS award worth?
Successful applicants will receive a £10,000 award which will be applied to the fees for your course in the first instance, with the balance (where relevant) paid as a maintenance grant in two instalments.
Questions?
Please email us at bursaries@ucreative.ac.uk if you have any questions about the PSS scheme.
New opportunity for makers in Aberdeen: Exhibit at the annual Aberdeen Art Fair:
http://www.craftscotland.org/community/event_details.html?aberdeen-...
Craftspace is curating a new project in Somerset, for Somerset Art Works, which is offering a residency/commission and several other commissions. I’d be very grateful if you could circulate or signpost the opportunity to relevant people, particularly makers.
Many thanks
Deirdre
‘Gather-ing'
Contemporary craft residency and commissions for The Priory, in Stoke Sub Hamdon, Somerset.
Initiated by Somerset Art Works in partnership with the National Trust and curated by Craftspace.
We are seeking expressions of interest for a Lead Artist’s residency and commission plus three further associate artists’ commissions to take place between June and September 2015 and focusing on a large tithe barn. The aim is to create new work that responds to the ‘spirit of place’, local identity and the rural context, researching and referencing the heritage of the site and its changing uses. Artists are also invited to focus on the generic social and physical aspects of the ‘barn’. Why such large tithe barns were developed and consideration of their role at the heart of medieval life. How and why this building type survives to this day and a re-imagining of the role it might have today. Commissions can also have the effect of enabling visitors to experience the barn in a different way. The Priory is situated in the centre of Stoke Sub Hamdon, a small rural town. It represents a rare and unique group of medieval domestic and agricultural buildings that can demonstrate over 700 years of local and national religious, social, economic and cultural history in England.
The project will showcase contemporary craft: makers, skills, materials and thinking in the context of Somerset Art Weeks which will take place from the 3rd to 18th October 2015. It will meet the aspiration of Somerset Art Works to ‘inspire and challenge’ audiences and ‘raise the quality of craft made and seen in Somerset’ by engaging craft practitioners with a track record of excellence and ability to make creative, imaginative and innovative responses to the site and brief.
For the National Trust in Somerset this project links to their ambition and aspirations to:
· Increase public access and extend use of The Priory at Stoke Sub Hamdon site.
· Engage the local resident population and establish a sense of ownership within the community.
· Facilitate and develop better engagement of their core visitor segments.
· Provide opportunities to work with the surrounding community.
To receive the brief and expression of interest please email d.figueiredo@craftspace.co.uk Deadline Tuesday 5th May.
Craftspace
www.craftspace.co.uk
Will Shannon: The Closet Craftsman
Free exhibition. 14 February 2015 - 19 April 2015. mac birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH
Part of Craftspace Curates.
Craftspace, 208 The Custard Factory, Gibb St. Birmingham B9 4AA Tel: 44 121 608 6668
General emails to info@craftspace.co.uk For individuals type initial.surname@craftspace.co.uk
New Instagram feed @theassayoffice – “behind the scenes” - might help to clarify processes, and put flesh to the bones of things you have read about Goldsmiths’.
Graduate In The Spotlight
Press Release
Deadline Extended To 16th April 2015
Nude Jewellery are running their annual competition for a recently graduated jewellery designer/maker.
The competition is open to those who have graduated within the last year and the chosen candidate will have the chance to exhibit their work in Nude's central London boutique for three months.
This small independent store has prime location in Mayfair offering a diverse collection of designer jewellery by many award winning designers. As well as being stocked along side these
renowned names the chosen candidate will be featured on the Nude Jewellery website providing exposure on an international level. This is a great opportunity that graduates can use as a platform to launch their careers.
In this years competition Nude are excited to announce they will be inviting three guest judges to help choose the winning designer, the judges names will be unveiled very soon!
Submissions need to be received by the 16th April.
The 3 finalists will be selected by Nude and the judging panel then its over to the public to choose their favourite designer/maker. The name of the graduate chosen will be announced on the 5th May.
For details of the competition and information on how to enter go to;
http://www.nudejewellery.co.uk/graduatesinthespotlight.html
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For further information and photographs please contact Clara Jackson @Nude Jewellery
Tel: 0207 629 8999 Email: clara@nudejewellery.co.uk
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