Interdisciplinary. Community. Advocacy. Humor.
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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Active auxetic opens when it’s hot and closes when it’s cold
https://materia.nl/article/active-auxetic-opens-hot-closes-cold/?ut...
Crafthaus 67 members: http://crafthaus.ning.com/group/associationforcontemporaryjewellery
Facebook 2928 likes..... only 72 to three thousand! who will be the 3000 th? @Association.Contemporary.Jewellery
Linkedin 2839 members! first time below Facebook!!
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/3628898
Twitter 1181 Followers: @ACJ_Org_UK
And the new one for us Instagram 359 followers: @acj.org.uk
Or follow our website! http://acj.org.uk/ view our activities and see even more with the members login!
The next Crafts Book Club - where Sir Christopher Frayling will discuss his book On Craftsmanship at Carl Hansen & Søn on 29 March. Book your spot. http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/listings/crafts-book-club-sir-chris... #CraftsBookClub
Crafts Council Directory Maker of the Week is Kate Bajic who is currently showing at Artisar Jewels in Milan. We talk to Kate http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/directory/maker/kate-bajic/?utm_sou...
http://lubomirov-angus-hughes.com/Mark-Woods?utm_source=Master+List...
Mark Woods
A RETURN TO OLD CERTAINTIES
Curated by Vanya Balogh
Private View: 17th February, 6-9pm
Exhibition Continues: 18th February - 12th March 2017
Thursday to Sunday 12-6pm, or by appointment
Mark Woods produces highly elaborated artefacts that blur the boundaries between high-end jewellery and fine art, between items from a cabinet of curiosities and luxurious objects of desire. As unnerving as evocative, the viewer is confronted with exquisite beauty, sophisticated craftsmanship and the awakening of unexpected emotions. That is the power of Woods' works: an invitation to step out from our comfort zone and confront human desires.
Lorenzo Belenguer (artist and art critic)
The Big Draw with the Guild of St. George is pleased to announce the call for artists and makers open for The John Ruskin Prize 2017.
Prizes: 1st Prize (£3000) | 2nd Prize (£1000) | Student Prize (£1000) Application
Deadline: Monday 24th April 2017 @ 5pm
Shortlist Exhibition: The Millennium Gallery, Sheffield 21st June – 8th October 2017
The selection panel will select 20 prize finalists to be included in a high profile shortlist exhibition at The Millennium Gallery, Sheffield 21st June – 8th October 2017. The three winners will be announced at the private view in June 2017. All prize finalists will also have the opportunity to be included in the online Ruskin Editions collection.
Selection Panel: Kirstie Hamilton (Head of Exhibitions & Displays Museums Sheffield), Zachary Eastwood-Bloom (Sculptor & Designer), Mandy Payne (Artist), Julia Bell (Head of Partnerships, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Arts), Clive Wilmer (Master, Guild of St George), Kate Mason (Director, The Big Draw) 2017
THEME This year’s theme: Hand & Eye: Master of All Trades in The Age of Jack refers to the Artist as Polymath. Open to a range of interpretations and approaches, the theme is intended to lend itself to responses from artists and makers whose work celebrates the opportunity to marry diverse materials and disciplines. In celebration of ‘Artist as Polymath’, 2017 marks the first year that The Prize will be open to makers and craftspeople, as well as fine artists. Alongside Ruskin’s own career as a polymath, the theme has been jointly inspired by The Year of Making in Sheffield, which took place throughout 2016, and The Big Draw’s year of STEAM Power, which celebrates the interconnections between Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths.
Please read the eligibility criteria and submit up to 3 entries via the online form at www.ruskinprize.co.uk. Up to 3 images and a supporting statement can be added for each work. Entry fees are listed below with subsidised fees for students. Entry Fees: Standard entry: 1 artwork: £12, 2 artworks: £15, 3 artworks: £20 Student entry: 1 artwork: £10, 2 artworks: £12, 3 artworks: £15
Highlights from Make:Shift with the Crafts Council https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RUvexSqo3o&index=1&list=PL...
the Get Creative weekend from 7-9 April. http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/sections/get-creative?utm_source=Master+L...
Book now for An Evening with Paul Smith
Wednesday 8 March 17:45 - 19:30
Adult £10, student/ concession £7.50, Members £5
How can you find inspiration in everything? Fashion designer and businessman Paul Smith talks about the inspirations and obsessions that have driven his forty year career. After the talk Paul Smith will host a book signing of his latest publications, ‘Hello, My Name Is Paul Smith’ (2013) and 'Paul Smith’s Cycling Scrapbook’ (2016). Limited capacity.
Book now https://designmuseum.org/things-to-do/talks-and-events/an-evening-w...
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