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 March 7, 2020 at 7:59am: The Great Northern Contemporary Craft Fair has a new home at Manchester's iconic Victoria Baths.

Victoria Baths is one of the city's favourite heritage attractions, containing a range of dramatic and unique spaces. It hosts many arts and cultural events and is also a popular film location, most recently for Peaky Blinders.

Designed to be the grandest baths in Britain when they opened in 1906, the decorative tiled interiors of this Grade II listed Edwardian landmark will provide a perfect backdrop for Contemporary Craft.

SAVE THE DATE! : GNCCF Manchester ‪8-11 October 2020, Victoria Baths‬

If you are a maker, or know someone who is, applications are now open for all three of our 2020 events, which alongside Manchester, includes GNCCF Sheffield at Millennium Gallery and our NEW show at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.

Apply now to exhibit – Deadline 8th March

(Images courtesy of Nicola Sutcliffe & Victoria Baths) http://www.greatnorthernevents.co.uk/apply.aspx

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 7, 2020 at 7:43am: Applied Arts Scotland is hosting an international craft symposium 'Old Stories, New Narratives: sustainability, identity and collaboration'. Details are here, including a call for papers, https://www.appliedartsscotland.org.uk/2020/01/old-stories-new-narr...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 7, 2020 at 7:41am: Craft participation falls slightly

Craft participation (everyday making) has fallen very slightly over the last year (24% to 23%) in contrast to growth over the previous 3 years. The only areas where there are increases in participation are amongst 65-74 year-olds and people with a long-term illness or disability. The Crafts Council commissions these figures each year from DCMS (see the 5th set of data in the link).

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ad-hoc-statisti...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 7, 2020 at 7:40am: ELEGY

10 March - 9 April 2020

Please join us for the opening on Wednesday 11 March, 6-8pm

The exhibition will be opened by Gabrielle Chan, journalist and author of Rusted Off: Why country Australia is fed up

Liv Boyle, Helen Britton, Maree Clarke, Michelle Stewart, Jess Dare, Maureen Faye-Chauhan, Kyoko Hashimoto, Marian Hosking, Cara Johnson, Inari Kiuru, Catherine Truman, Lisa Waup

https://galleryfunaki.cmail20.com/t/ViewEmail/t/24B4D2FA1E690CDA254...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 7, 2020 at 7:34am: Open Call for Land Jewelry 2020 Artist residency wpandikow.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/OPEN-CALL-Land-Jewelry-2020.pdf

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 7, 2020 at 7:32am: 29th International Jewellery Competition

With pleasure and hope for unique results we announce the topic of the 29th International Jewellery Competition:

Still Human?

http://silver.legnica.eu/en/

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 7, 2020 at 7:22am: Nineteen48

Ethical Gem Fairs for March & April 2020

We have a few sales events coming up during March and April in the UK. You can come to see all our latest stock at gem fairs in London, Glasgow, Bristol and Edinburgh.

23rd March - Glasgow - Incorporation of Goldmiths' Change Making Symposium - Glasgow School of Art (with Gemstones Brazil)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/change-making-symposium-tickets-9561...

26th & 27th March - Edinburgh - Apex Waterloo Place Hotel (with Fair Trade Gemstones, Capricorn Gems and Gemstones Brazil)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uk-ethical-gem-fair-edinburgh-spring-2...

2nd & 3rd April - London - CIWEM Venue (with Fair Trade Gemstones, Capricorn Gems and Anza Gems)

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uk-ethical-gem-fair-london-spring-2020...

28th April - Bristol - Clifton Rocks (just us!)

https://www.facebook.com/events/184401732887280/

For an overview of our events, please see our Facebook events page.

https://www.facebook.com/pg/Nineteen48/events/

We hope to see you soon!

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 7, 2020 at 7:18am: 2020 New Designers https://www.newdesigners.com/

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 7, 2020 at 5:48am: Open Studios May 2020

16th and 17th May, 11am - 4pm

The countdown has begun for the first of our twice-yearly Open Studios events.

On May 16th and 17th, our professional makers will open their studios to the general public, and they are looking forward to chatting with visitors about their work and latest projects.

You will be able to buy or commission pieces, and also enjoy a pop-up craft fair by SHOPCreative.

Put the dates in your diary now and we look forward to seeing you for a creative weekend. https://www.shopcreativeuk.co.uk/?utm_source=hs_email&utm_mediu...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 7, 2020 at 5:46am: This Spring we say a fond farewell to two of our resident makers, who are both moving on to bigger and better things. Francis Campbell will be working on a major Netflix series while fashion designer Liam Davis heads off to London, the heart of the nation's fashion scene.

This means we have two studio vacancies, so if you want to take the next step in your creative career, these start-up spaces are the ideal base for your progression. Tenants have 24/7 access to their own professional studio space, as well as the benefits of being amongst creatives and receiving the support and guidance from the Making Space team.

If you would like to find out more and apply for one of the studios, head over to our website and see what having your own studio can do for your business. https://makingspace.org/rent-studio-space/?utm_source=hs_email&...