Through July 6, The Renwick Gallery, 17 Street NW, Washington, DC. The exhibit includes some 300 objects, including 275 pieces of jewelry. Cindi Strauss, curator of modern and contemporary decorative arts and design at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, organized the exhibition; Robyn Kennedy, chief of the Renwick Gallery, is coordinating the exhibition in Washington.
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Through Aug. 10, Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI. For more information, see www.ramart.org.
The exhibit was organized by Roseanne Raab, and it provides a career survey of Pardon’s work from the 1950s to the 1990s, when he was a major contributor to American studio jewelry.
On the museum’s website, it states: “Trained formally as a painter, Pardon is best known for jewelry that incorporates rich colors in both enameled metal surfaces and colored gemstones. He is often credited to playing a significant role in the revival of the art of enameling, as well as introducing enamel as a design element in industry.”
Through June 15 at Gallery Loupe, Montclair, NJ.
Curated by artists Sherry Simms and Sayumi Yokouchi, “Out of the Shell” features 17 international artists who were asked to create up to three pieces “that address the ‘idea’ of the pearl from an historical, cultural, or material perspective,” describes Patti Bleicher, Gallery Loupe, “in other words, they are recontextualizing the pearl.”
The artists featured include Ela Cindoruk, Turkey; Ramon Puig-Cuyas, Spain; and Joe Wood, USA.
Photos: top, Ramon Puig-Cuyas, Spain; middle, Joe Wood, USA; bottom, Ela Cindoruk, Turkey.
May 28-June 1, Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY.
SOFA lectures will be held Thursday, May 29, in the Tiffany Room. There will be three lectures featuring jewelry.
10 to 11 a.m. Jewelry by Artists: The Daphne Farago Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by Kelly L’Ecuyer, AJF member and curator of decorative arts and sculpture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Presented by the Art Jewelry Forum.
1:45 to 2:45 p.m. Adam Paxon, winner of several prizes whose work has been collected by the Contemporary Art Society, London, as well as the Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts.
4:15 to 5:15 p.m. Karen Pontoppidan: Why I Do What I Do. Karen currently assists Ruudt Peters in Stockholm. Presented by the Society for North American Goldsmiths.
Innovative Works by European, Asian, and American Jewelry Artists
June 6-July 6, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM. Curated by AJF member Charon Kransen, this exhibit features some 150 pieces from around the world, including work by Andrea Janosik, AJF Emerging Artist for 2007. The exhibit opens Friday, June 6 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. See www.patina-gallery.com.
Brooches (3″, sterling silver, PVC, polyester thread) by Vicki Mason.
Images courtesy of Charon Kransen.
Thursday, Oct. 2, through Sunday, Oct. 5. AJF members will go behind-the-scenes at the new Museum of Arts and Design and the Metropolitan Museum, and we’ll visit artists’ studios, collector homes, and AJF member galleries.
Nov. 6-9, Navy Pier Festival Hall, Chicago, IL. See www.sofaexpo.com.