The Association for Contemporary Jewellery

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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

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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.

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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streamlining our pages

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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Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 2, 2019 at 3:24am: Research and Policy Brief reports an increase in craft participation, hurrah! https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/what-we-do/research-and-policy-bri...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 2, 2019 at 3:22am: Brexit is raising concerns amongst makers so crafts council have put together some information and will be holding a Facebook Live event at 1pm, Tuesday 12 February. https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/articles/what-can-we-say-on-brexit...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on January 29, 2019 at 10:20am: Vacancy: Director

Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre seeks a Director with strong leadership skills, passion for the visual and applied arts, an understanding of the value of lifelong learning, and a commitment to achieving positive impacts with our communities.

Our nationally renowned Arts Centre is the regional centre for the applied arts in South East Wales. We welcome over 50,000 visitors each year to our unique venue in the heart of Cwmbran, which includes galleries, a craft shop, learning spaces and a café. Our outreach work reaches across borders and our dynamic and exciting exhibitions tour to venues across the United Kingdom and Europe.

We have worked with the Arts Council of Wales on a programme of Resilience and our programme of work is set out in our new Business Plan 2018-2022, with challenging yet achievable objectives.

The Director will lead Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre in our goal for artistic excellence, community service, inclusive learning, financial stability, fundraising success, and audience engagement.

Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 subject to skills and experience FTE. 30 hours per week (part time). May consider full time.

If you would like to be part of our future please download the Director Recruitment Pack, Business Plan, Application Form and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form below:
at http://www.lgac.org.uk/jobs
Director Recruitment Pack
Business Plan
Job Application Form - Director LGAC
Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form

Please send your completed application via email with ‘LGAC Director’ as the subject line to ecabuts@lgac.org.uk

Or posted to:

Private and Confidential
Elaine Cabuts
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
St David’s Road
Cwmbran
Torfaen NP44 1PD

The closing date for applications is: 24:00hrs 24 February 2019.

12 March 2019 – Venue tour, presentations to staff and interviews.

If you wish to have an informal chat about the role, please contact Elaine Cabuts on 07803 707984 or ecabuts@lgac.org.uk

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on January 29, 2019 at 5:01am: This year, Clerkenwell Design Week turns 10 (time flies when you're having fun), and we'll be bringing the party to the cobbles of Clerkenwell, London's original hub for

design, creativity and culture.

To mark the occasion CDW will feature the world's leading brands and undiscovered talent, specially commissioned installations and hundreds of design led fringe events, workshops, talks and showroom presentations - more info will be revealed soon.

Join us on 21-23 May. Register for free entry, quickly and easily here!

https://www.clerkenwelldesignweek.com/?utm_medium=email&utm_ter...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on January 26, 2019 at 8:44am: The 18th edition of Autor Contemporary Jewelry Fair will take place on April 20 – 21st, at the National Theater Bucharest, Romania.

Established in 2009, AUTOR has positioned itself throughout its 17 editions as an innovative fair, a connector and a context creator for contemporary and art jewelry creative talents.

Candidates from all countries and nationalities will be eligible to participate in the fair. There are no restrictions regarding material, size and concept of the pieces.

To take part in the application process:

Fill in the form directly on the website

Deadline for applications: 19th February 2019

Admission confirmation: up to March 1st

More details about the program and the fees HERE.

http://dautor.ro/en/call-for-entries-autor-2019/

AUTOR Fair 2019 registration HERE.

http://dautor.ro/en/call-for-entries/

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on January 26, 2019 at 7:53am: Hannah Gallery presents an exhibition with Shengyi Chen, winner of the Klimt02 JPlus Emerging Talent Award 2018, showcasing 16 pieces that remind us of the capacity of jewellery to be a vehicle for strong ideas and political attitudes.

His works are bold and bright symbols of everyday life with a sarcastic and dark proportion. His political examination of the 2017 events and the translation of it into jewellery make us wonder how such negative feelings and such, for many of us painful experiences can look so appealing and meanwhile challenging our thoughts on this events. The collection is executed in an exceptional way of displaying Shengyi's design and craftsmanship.

Modern reason has created barriers for elegant art. Art lacks the opportunity to communicate with the general public outside the elite. That’s how everything started, I want to talk to the audience directly in a unique language - Jewellery. I see my work as a sharp knife, a knife that cuts the society. what is inside the society? what is surrounding us? I am not a butcher, but I am more like an anatomist who is thirsty for the truth. As an artist, every piece of my work is a question I asked. Every thought of me is a process of refracting the outside world... says Shengyi Chen.

https://hannahgallerybarcelona.net/exhibitions/contemporary-comedy-...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on January 26, 2019 at 7:50am: http://www.knowledgequarter.london/event/community-champions-nexus/
Knowledge Quarter -Nexus theme looks at festivals, events, fairs and markets. You might be working with local talented young people and want to put on a showcase of that talent. You might organise a festival and want to include the wider community. You could be a curator, looking for partners to produce an exhibition...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on January 26, 2019 at 7:25am: Arts Council National Lottery Development Funds:

Transforming Leadership

Fund https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-file/Tr...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on January 26, 2019 at 7:10am: "Adults who make more frequent visits to libraries, arts events or cultural sites tend to have better health and well-being than those who visit infrequently.

So culture plays a big part in making us healthier and happier people. But it also provides some of the answers to complex questions around the future of employment and productivity.

Creativity is increasingly recognised as a vital skill by employers and educators alike. In many ways, it is the most future proof skill we can have."

https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/jeremy-wrights-value-of-cult...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on January 26, 2019 at 7:05am: Crafts Council: We asked our new Creative Director Natalie Melton and Head of Editorial Malaika Byng about their roles and what craft means to them. https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/articles/getting-to-know/?utm_sour...