Exhibitions Award Recipients

The jewelry exhibition award is given each year to institutions who are promoting contemporary art jewelry through exhibition projects.

2012: Indiana University

Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to announce that Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, will receive the AJF 2012 jewelry exhibition award of $7,500. Randy J. Long, Professor of Art and Head of Metalsmithing and Jewelry Design, and Nicole Jacquard, Assistant Professor, Jewelry and Metalsmithing, Sculpture submitted the winning proposal and will curate the exhibit Shift: Contemporary Makers That Define, Expand and Contradict The Field of Art Jewelry. This ambitious project, which takes place in October of 2013 in conjunction with an international jewelry conference will also be accompanied by a catalog and documented on video more...

2011: Art Jewelry Forum

AJF is pleased to announce that 2011 grant award funds will be used to support production of a catalog for the exhibition Geography, curated by Susan Cummins and Mike Holmes, to be shown in conjunction with the 40th Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG) conference in Seattle, Washington, May 26-29, 2011. more...

2010: Fuller Craft Museum

AJF is pleased to announce that the Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts, is the recipient of the 2010 jewelry exhibition award. Perry A Price, assistant curator of Exhibitions and Collections, submitted the winning proposal. more...

2009: Bellevue Arts Museum and Miami University of Ohio

AJF is pleased to announce that the 2010 jewelry exhibition grants have been awarded to Bellevue Arts Museum, Washington and Miami University Art Museum, Ohio. more...

2008: Rowan University

AJF is pleased to announce that the 2008 exhibition grant award winner is Rowan University. Jill Baker Gower, assistant professor Metals/Jewelry Department, submitted the winning proposal from a field of seven semi-finalists. more...

2007: University of Wisconsin at Whitewater

In 2008 AJF awarded a grant of $1500 to a project called Women of Metal, which was organized by professors Susan Messer and Teresa Faris at the University of Wisconsin at Whitewater. more...

2006: Houston Museum of Fine Arts

In 2006, AJF contributed $500 to the Houston Museum of Fine Arts for the purchase of a Keith Lewis neckpiece. more...

2005: Craft Emergency Relief Fund

Motivated by the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, AJF contributed $500 to the Craft Emergency Relief Fund for emergency-relief assistance. more...