What's New? Dec 9 Newsletter

It's been a while...

Posted by Catherine Chandler

Since graduating, I have been doing a lot of work to "re-start" my studio and jewelry practice, including securing a new studio and revamping my brand. I realized while looking at my past work, that I am simply no longer the same person who made those pieces, and that it's time to move forward. It's an exciting time! ...

Getting Serious about Getting Gray

Posted by Bruce Metcalf

Last spring, I created an online flap when I posted a comment on my Facebook page about “abstract crapola” at the Baltimore ACC show. I’ll stand by my assessment, but my posting excited a whole string of unrelated responses about the shows. One issue briefly raised by Rachel Timmins was about the aging of ACC exhibitors. Rachel received strongly negative feedback from several quarters, and she immediately apologized. It seems politically incorrect to mention someone’s advancing age. Trouble is, I think Rachel’s right. I believe the aging and concomitant entrenchment of older exhibitors is intimately connected to the scarcity of young attendees at the ACC fairs. It's a serious problem, and nobody wants to mention it....

The One Design Workshop in Perth gets Baubled!

Posted by Melissa Cameron

Back at the start of last month, on the 9th of November to be exact, I facilitated a workshop at Contemporary Metal in Perth. The One Design exhibition, installed in the gallery at CM, had opened the previous Friday night and with it the timber iteration of my Clouds pattern had been put on display, fixed to the end wall. Now it was time to take it down and make something of all that laser cut jewellery in potentia ! ...

Crafthaus Project Grant Winner Leisa Rich started her blog:

"Invisible:VisAble: Introducing Kathy Abernathy Meliopoulos"

This is the first Artist Spotlight I am doing that will feature artists participating in the Invisible:VisAble exhibition. Every couple of weeks I will introduce you to one of the participants, give a little information about them, and include some information they provide me with about their art, challenge(s), what they are working on...I have left it up to the artists what they would like to include! ...

Katherine Richmond - The Chaos of Memories and The Order of Objects

Posted by Brigitte Martin

"Our world is in a constant state of flux; we are forced to establish tangible markers of change to help shape the construction of our memories and to do so we collect objects, such as letters, photographs, and souvenirs. We can control our possessions in a way that little else can be controlled, offering us a sense of stability in a world of change."

- Katherine Richmond...

New listings:

  • CAD Adjunct Faculty
  • Exhibitions Assistant
  • Program Assistant – Art of the Lived Experiment
  • Curator of UICA Exhibitions (Full Time)
  • President of KCAD and Vice President of Ferris State University
  • Tenure Track Faculty Position, Jewelry/Metals/Enamels
  • GLASS ART SOCIETY, SEATTLE / SEEKS EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT

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