The Association for Contemporary Jewellery

Information

The Association for Contemporary Jewellery

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

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

Discussion Forum

streamlining our pages

Started by Rebecca Skeels Oct 11, 2020. 0 Replies

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

Comment Wall

Comment

You need to be a member of The Association for Contemporary Jewellery to add comments!

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 11, 2014 at 10:19am

As discussed, your help would be greatly appreciated in galvanising your present and past students to take part in this unique national initiative.
 
The prize, as you know, is the chance to exhibit on a shared stand, free of charge, at International Jewellery London (August 31 until September 2 this year), with all the PR benefits of being selected. It will be even more exciting this year as the show moves to a new venue in Olympia - so there will lots of extra buzz around the event.
 
For reference, the project was extended in 2013 for the first time from London and the South East to colleges to around the UK and Scotland. Divided into four regions, one designer was chosen from each, by one of the leading national editors on the nominations panel - with a fifth Bright Young Gem chosen as the Retailer's Choice. The panellists are all very high profile and include Vivienne Becker for the FT How to Spend It and the Fashion Consultant and journalist, Hilary Alexander.
 
Below are the details which it would be fantastic if you could circulate:
 
·         Students nominated by your university will need to submit the following:
- a selection of images of their work - a minimum of 3, and ideally 5/6. Low res is fine.
- a biography or background about themselves
- a website link if they have one (we understand many may not as they are early in their careers, so that is not a problem)
They can upload their folder containing the above to dropbox, and please ensure they label the folder name with the name of the student and the name of the college
From our side, it would be easier if students get a folder ready together per college and upload all of their folders in a group folder. However we appreciate this may not be possible, so entering individually will be fine.
They can share the dropbox folder with: suzanna@hammondpr.co.uk  or jennifer@hammondpr.co.uk
The deadline for the above is Sunday 18th May - although the sooner the better for our organisational purposes!
·         The entries will be short-listed by the internal IJL Judging Panel with those nominated then sent to each member of the panel to select their nominated designer.
The short-listed and winning designers will be informed of their success at each stage of the selection process.
Winning designers need to be available to exhibit at IJL, in Olympia London, from 31st August - 2nd September - so only designers who are available then should enter in the first place. They will also need to have a full collection to showcase at the exhibition.
 
I hope this covers everything but we are more than happy to answer questions, and receive feedback on the process. So just drop us a note if you need any help or information.
 
Let's keep in touch.
 
Best wishes
 
Suzanna
 
On behalf of International Jewellery London
 
Bright Young Gems link: http://www.jewellerylondon.com/en/Show-Highlights1/Support-Programmes/
 
 
Suzanna Hammond

   
 

 
Hammond PR
 
PHONE:
020 7630 6633 / 07770 802 442
1st Floor
 
FAX:
020 7821 6949
Dean Bradley House
EMAIL:
suzanna@hammondpr.co.uk
52 Horseferry Road
 
WEB:
www.hammondpr.co.uk
London SW1P 2AF
 
WEB:
www.green-energy-group.com
 
SAVE PAPER - THINK BEFORE YOU PRINT

Hammond PR VAT 831 050 1801. Registered in England and Wales 4632411, Egginton House, 25-28 Buckingham Gate, London SW1E 6LD.
 
 
 

Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 10, 2014 at 2:34am
CORNWALL DESIGN FAIR 2014
APPLICATION NOTES
Dates of event: Friday 15 to Sunday 17 August 2014
Event Venue: Trereife House, Newlyn, Penzance, TR20 8TJ
Deadline for applications: 31 March 2014

Background of event
The Cornwall Design Fair has come out of the Design Fairs that were first run by Hidden Art Cornwall.

Hidden Art Cornwall ran its first Design Fair in 2006 with 65 designer-makers, with an exhibition of selected work inside Godolphin House, itself called Hidden Art Curated, as well as design-led entertainment for families.

Cornwall Design Fair
In 2009 the first Cornwall Design Fair in association with Hidden Art took place successfully at Trereife Park with 51 designer-makers. In 2012 Hidden Art lost its funding and the Cornwall Design Fair ran independently with 76 designer-makers booking in and attracting just under 4,000 visitors, including the private view. Here are a few comments from exhibitors from the past years:

“I received lots of feedback and as it was my first big fair I feel it has given me confidence to apply for more”, “Just a quick note to say thank you for organising the Design Fair so well. It ran so smoothly and was really fun. Kate, you made it a lot less stressful than I thought it was going to be and I know it’s always good to get feedback after an event”, “Good for networking with other designer makers. A really enjoyable event and well worth the effort which goes into the preparation for it”, “It’s helped me into an area of the country I’ve not sold in before. Prestige of being selected for/appearing at the event”,

“Excellent event – well done, a lot of hard work obviously went into it”, “Great atmosphere, really enjoyed the venue and feel very positive about the contacts made at the event”, “My best Hidden Art/Cornwall event”, “On par with Country Living event held at Hampton Court”.

The Curated Design at Trereife showcased six designer-makers’ work in the rooms of Trereife House which was opened up to the public. In 2013 entertainment was provided for children as well as music, workshops and demonstrations. There were a number of specialist food outlets complementing the menu being served by the Courtyard Café.

2014 sees the return of this prestigious event to Trereife. The location has the benefit of direct access from the busy A30 Land’s End road and is situated just one mile west of Penzance.

http://www.cornwalldesignfair.co.uk/application-notes/
Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 9, 2014 at 12:36pm
Makers as Trainers and Employers
Craft Apprenticeships & Internships in the South East & Hampshire

Training programme
28th March at Making Space, Havant, Hampshire, 11.30am - 4.30pm
and
8th April at Farnham Maltings, Surrey, 10am - 4pm


Who is the programme for?

Established Makers are invited to participate in two days of training designed to equip makers with the knowledge and skills to take a step towards taking on an apprentice/intern, either as a sole trader or part of a consortium.

Making Space is offering a total of 10 sponsored and 10 unsponsored places for a two day training event. Makers can attend as individuals or propose up to two additional people who might become potential consortium members. Additional consortium members would also qualify for sponsored place.

Conditions of Acceptance:

Participants to attend both training days. For consortia attendance can be shared.
Participants to prepare for the training by completing an Identifying Key Skills – Diagnostics worksheet. (Available upon booking)

Consortia could comprise any of the following - individual practitioners, studio groups, craft development agencies, independent curators and producers.

What is the format?
The format for the programme is a series of interlinked modules with presentations by makers and industry experts, including Margo Selby, Julian Stair, Cynthia Cousens Design Trust, Craft Central, Making Space with Frances Lord, Crafts Council and CCSkills. Agenda available once booking has been confirmed.

Funding
Making Space has a pot of funding to support makers for up to £150 a day as a contribution towards time and travel expenses to attend the training days.

Host Bursaries
Four bursaries of £500 will be awarded to individuals or consortia attending both Training Days to help towards funding a pilot placement for a total of 5 days.

Booking
If you are interested in booking a place please click here. This will take you to the Making Space website where you can download the forms. The completed forms need to be emailed to admin@makingspace.org. Places are first come first served. You will receive a response from Making Space confirming your place within one week. At this stage you will also be sent an agenda.

If you have any issues please email admin@makingspace.org and we can send you the forms.

Making Space is organising this programme as part of an Arts Council England strategically funded project that aims to strengthen the craft infrastructure in the South East. For more information contact admin@makingspace.org or call 023 92472491

http://us7.campaign-archive2.com/?u=f9f555645a8c25460ad44ed49&i...
Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 8, 2014 at 11:36am
Thank you Marcy for such a great competition and big congrats to the winners. http://www.newashgate.org.uk/whats-on/459/hold-it-the-art-of-the-mo...
Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 6, 2014 at 3:31am
AT JAM
http://jam-eton.co.uk/

Flavours of the month
20 Years, 20 Jewellers exhibition


Kicking off our birthday celebrations is our March exhibition, '20 Years, 20 Jewellers'. We've commissioned 20 jewellers we've worked with over the past two decades, to produce a special piece of jewellery for us. The exhibition is featured in the gallery window and runs throughout March.

Shown here is a statement piece by Jane Adam.
Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 6, 2014 at 3:25am
http://creativechoices.cmail2.com/t/ViewEmail/y/A41FB60403372485/D9...


Issue 178 | March 2014


Helping creative careers
Creative Choices can now be found on the all-new Creative & Cultural Skills' website.

We'll still be providing jobs, advice and training opportunities - and now you can join our network of employers, colleges and supporters.

» See the new Creative Choices


Calling all apprentices
For National Apprentice Week, we're celebrating the work of apprentices.

Tweet us pictures of your work using #CreativeEmployment and #NAW2014 - and we'll retweet!



» Tweet #NAW2014


Choosing your career
You may be creative, but how do you choose the right direction for your career?

Writer and actress Alexis Zegerman talks about her experiences.



» Choosing your career
Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 6, 2014 at 3:21am
Call for Designer-Makers
Handmade in Britain 14: The Contemporary Crafts & Design Fair
14th-16th November
Chelsea Old Town Hall, London
www.handmadeinbritain.co.uk/chelsea-14/november

Now in its 8th year, our annual winter event returns to Chelsea this November to showcase contemporary work from 100 designer-makers. Handmade in Britain 14: The Contemporary Crafts and Design Fair begins the Christmas Season on 14th – 16th November at the historic and beautiful Chelsea Old Town Hall.

We have now launched our call for entries abd invite applicants from all disciplines. Approximately 100 makers will be selected to exhibit by an independent panel of judges.

For more information and to apply please see our application pack, as a download here and available through our website The deadline for applications is 30th April 2014.
Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 6, 2014 at 2:38am
You are invited to an artists' event in Farnham
University for the Creative Arts
Wednesday 2 April 2014 at 3-5pm


Are you a visual artist seeking info on insurance, funding and other professional matters?

Do you want to develop your networks and collaborations?

Locate like-minded artists and get timely advice from other artists and experts at this event, that is open to practising visual and applied artists in the South East region.

Is this event for you?
AIRTIME events provide information and tips from artists, arts organisations and other experts on professional matters. You'll find out about areas such as insurance, promotion and supporting your practice, alongside opportunities to meet and network with like-minded artists.

The events are busy and fast-paced. You'll have to decide quickly what topics to select from all those on offer. You'll need to be proactive to get the kinds of information you need.

Contributors to the topic tables include Hencilla Canworth» Insurance Brokers, artists and experts including representatives from AIR, a-n, Engage and DACS (Design and Artists Copyright Society) and other arts organisations from the region. Please note that the line up may change on the day due to contributor availability.

Event organised by a-n The Artists Information Company on behalf of AIR: Artists' Interaction and Representation, in partnership with Rising Stars.

To get an idea of what an AIR event is like please see our YouTube channel by clicking here.

Pre-booking is essential
RSVP your name and address to airevents@a-n.co.uk with AIRTIME Farnham in the subject box. Limited places available, that will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis. We'll email back to confirm your place and give you venue details and directions.

If you know of other artists who'd like to come along, just email us with their details and we'll send them an invite to book.
Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 5, 2014 at 4:31pm
Looking Forward to Year 2
CRAFT:Redefining Handmade
Application Deadline 30th April 2014


Co- Located with Home and Top Drawer, the highly successful homewares, interiors and gift shows, CRAFT returns for a 2nd year presenting a celebration of handmade in January 2015, with the return of a bigger enhanced show at Olympia, London.

"CRAFT was a stunning event and all the makers exhibiting that I spoke with were absolutely thrilled with it"
Dan Goode, Chief Seeker, Seek & Adore Ltd

Run for Clarion Events by Piyush Suri, Founder and Director of Handmade in Britain with close support from Ian Rudge, Development Director at Clarion Events and Co-Founder of 100% Design and Tent London, Craft will feature the work of 150 designer makers, all vetted by jury. The event will embrace exhibitors from a range of disciplines from textiles, jewellery, glass to woodwork & ceramics working in both traditional and contemporary idioms.

Apply to Exhibit
Applications are invited from designer makers working in the following areas:
fashion design & accessories, interior design and accessories, glass, jewellery, furniture, stationary, metalwork, ceramics, sculpture, woodwork, prints and etchings.
To view CRAFT 2014 Exhibitors click here.

Apply Now
We are now accepting applications to exhibit at
CRAFT. The application deadline is Wednesday 30th April 2014.
Click here to download your application pack.
Places are limited so apply now.

http://www.craft-london.com/_assets/files/CRAFT-2015---Application-...
Comment by Rebecca Skeels on March 5, 2014 at 1:41am
Back to Job vacancies »

Volunteer Staff for COLLECT 2014

London

Do you want to be part of a fair showcasing the best in contemporary craft from around the world? The Crafts Council is recruiting volunteers to work at COLLECT – The International Art Fair for Contemporary Objects held at the Saatchi Gallery in Chelsea, London, from 9-12 May 2014.

COLLECT is a key part of the Crafts Council’s work to make the UK the best place to make, see, collect and learn about contemporary craft. To find out more about COLLECT and the Crafts Council, visit collect2014.org.uk

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for enthusiastic, friendly, professional individuals who are keen to gain experience in the world of art fairs, the craft and design sector, event management and marketing.

We would also like to speak to those looking for work experience as part of a related undergraduate course.

You will need to be available from Wednesday 7 May to Tuesday 13 May and you will be required to attend a briefing day at the Crafts Council’s offices on Wednesday 16 April. We will be asking some volunteers to provide assistance to the team in the lead up to the event at the Crafts Council’s offices as well as after the fair.

What do you get in return?

This is a great opportunity to be involved in the leading showcase of excellence in contemporary craft. There will be a line-up of 37 international galleries representing over 400 artists from countries including South Korea, Sweden, Japan, Italy and from all over the UK, with works ranging from ceramics and glassware to jewellery and wood. Working closely with the Crafts Council team, you will obtain a great overview of how a major art fair is organised as well as solid experience in front of house duties.

The position is unpaid: reasonable travel expenses and food allowances will be reimbursed.

The Crafts Council is committed to equal opportunities. As such, we welcome applicants from all members of society and promote diversity.

How to Apply
Please email Emily Beardow at e_beardow@craftscouncil.org.uk with your CV of not more than two pages, and a short covering letter detailing your relevant experience and skills.
A full job description can be sent at your request.

The deadline for applications is Monday 17th March at 09:00.

Interviews will be held in the week commencing 24th March 2014.

Posted
28 February 2014
Closing date
17 March 2014
 

Members (65)

 
 
 

Latest Activity

Aleksandra Vali posted a status
"2023 Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy"
Sep 19, 2023
Aleksandra Vali and Letitia Pintilie are now friends
Sep 19, 2023
Catherine Marche liked Rebecca Skeels's discussion streamlining our pages
Feb 3, 2021
Jonathan Leo Brown posted a status
"An art deco inspired ocean liner container with multiple containers."
Nov 9, 2020

Videos

  • Add Videos
  • View All

© 2024   Created by Brigitte Martin.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service