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 1, 2020 at 11:18am: ACE new strategy for 2020-2030 is here. https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/letscreate?_cldee=cmViZWNjYUBza2VlbH...

LET'S CREATE: introducing our vision for 2020-2030. What will you create in the next ten years? #LetsCreate https://t.co/kWonboNSDk

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 1, 2020 at 11:06am

OPENING TALKS, 19 FEBRUARY, THE LIGHTHOUSE, GLASGOW

To premier the opening of the exhibition Connections | Connessioni there will be an ACJ event: Artists Talks, Anne Walker and Simone Nolden, 5 - 6pm on Wednesday 19 February. Tickets include a copy of the exhibition catalogue and are available as follows:

ACJ members: £8.00 tickets available here. Use code ACJ connect when prompted for a password.
Non ACJ members: £11.01 tickets available here.

Anne is a jeweller and owner of Heist Jewellery, she predominantly uses CAD in her work and is an independent tutor, teaching privately and at schools of jewellery in Edinburgh and Glasgow. Simone Nolden characteristically combines both precious and non-precious materials to challenge the traditional concept of value. Each will

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 1, 2020 at 10:58am: Temporary Public Art Commission: Visual Arts Plymouth CIC, in partnership with KARST, are seeking expressions of interest from early to mid career artists for a temporary public art commission as part of Plymouth Art Weekender 2020; fee: £3000. Deadline: 9 February 2020. Read more :http://www.artsjobs.org.uk/arts-job/post/temporary-public-art-commi...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 1, 2020 at 10:53am

This year, the Bursary scheme will offer a maximum of six bursaries to UK-based artists at any stage in their career working in live art, contemporary performance and interdisciplinary practice. At least three of these Bursaries will be awarded to Artists of Colour as part of Live Art UK’s Diverse Actions programme.

Facilitated by Artsadmin’s artist support team, the Bursary offer includes:

Cash award of £4,000
Regular meetings with the Artsadmin team between April 2020 - March 2021 to discuss and develop artistic and professional interests
£300 mentoring budget to work with another artist, a critical thinker or dramaturg
£200 budget to go and see work, which can cover travel, visas or ticket costs
£200 budget for well-being, to be spent at the discretion of the artist
A week-long studio residency at Toynbee Studios
An invitation to present work in a Bursary Showcase at Toynbee Studios, with budget for access, technical, documentation and marketing  support
A fund for travel to attend meetings at Toynbee Studios if based outside London
A hotdesking scheme for Bursary Artists in the Artsadmin office at Toynbee Studios for the duration of the Bursary
Advocacy and marketing support in the form of profile on Artsadmin’s website, social media and print and advice on strategic outreach
Support for access requirements

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 1, 2020 at 10:30am: Application information

Mark Tanner Sculpture Award 2020-21

Deadline 22 March 2020

https://www.standpointlondon.co.uk/mtsa/mtsa-applications.php

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 1, 2020 at 10:25am: https://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/opportunities/craft-workscall-for-...

As part of its 50th anniversary celebrations in 2021, Crafts Council is inviting organisations and community groups to partner with them to deliver funded craft workshops, events and talks for their communities. Apply by 14 February.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 1, 2020 at 10:17am: Permission to Play

Sat 15 - Sun 16 Feb, 11:00-17.00 | Free events | Talks include speech-to-text and British Sign Language | Book ticketed events now or drop-in

Come out to play at this weekend of games, conversations and workshops. Explore who gets to play, who is represented in play, and why play is so important for us all. Highlights include Tomo Kihara’s game that tricks artificial intelligence into thinking that it’s seeing violence or sexiness, and Abi Palmer’s Crip Casino of hacked fruit machines. https://wellcomecollection.org/events/XfIfxhEAADhUAgyJ?utm_source=W...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 1, 2020 at 10:15am

Date Letter V for 2020

The inclusion of the date letter in the hallmark started in 1478 (the same year the Assay Office was founded).
It is now a non-compulsory element of the hallmark, but we apply it as standard in our Full Traditional Hallmark.

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 1, 2020 at 10:12am: Every year at Goldsmiths' Fair the Goldsmiths' Company (through Dr Dora Thornton, Curator of the Goldsmiths' Company Collection and the Contemporary Craft Committee) selects outstanding pieces to add to the Goldsmiths' Company Collection.

All the pieces that have been acquired will be worn and displayed, as well as being used to teach new generations of makers.

Read the article on the six makers who are new to the Collection here. Their work is shown above - Samuel Waterhouse, Maya Selway, Louise O'Neill, Joanne Thompson, Mark Nuell, Emmeline Hastings. https://www.thegoldsmiths.co.uk/company/today/stories/new-acquisiti...

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on February 1, 2020 at 10:11am: Goldsmiths' Company

Applications to exhibit at Goldsmiths' Fair 2020 are now open! They will close at midday on 27 February.

Learn how to apply by visiting: bit.ly/GFapply