ART JEWELRY FORUM ANNOUNCES GRANT AWARDS TO BELLEVUE ARTS MUSEUM AND MIAMI UNIVERSITY OF OHIO

Lisa Gralnick

The Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to announce grants have been awarded this year to Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington and Miami University Art Museum, Oxford Ohio.  Renate Raymond and Lena Vigna, Curator of Exhibitions, respectively, submitted the winning proposals. Each will receive a $2,500 cash award. The total award of $5,000 is a substantial increase and more than double the amount awarded last year.  

The Bellevue award will support the exhibition “Lisa Gralnick: The Gold Standard” which explores Ms. Gralnick’s interest in gold and the profound way it exists in our culture. The project underscores some of the highly conceptual work being done in contemporary art jewelry.  The exhibit will open March 23, 2010.

The award to Miami University Art Museum will support the exhibit “Adornment and Excess: Jewelry in the 21st Century”.  Work by 19 contemporary jewelers will draw attention to how we consume materials and objects historically, visually and metaphorically.  The exhibition will open January 21, 2010 and run through July 10. 

The goal of the AJF grant award is to encourage and promote activities consistent with the mission of the Art Jewelry Forum and promote art jewelry to the broader community; activities include, but are not limited to, publications and critical writing, exhibitions and conferences.  Applicants for the award must be tax-exempt in the United States.  The focus of the application must be on contemporary art jewelry and exhibitions must be held within the United States. 



Members of the grant review committee for the 2009 award were:  Ulysses Grant Dietz, Curator of Decorative Arts at the Newark Museum; Jill Baker Gower, Assistant Professor Metals/Jewelry Department, Rowan University and recipient of the 2008 grant award; Rita Newman, long-standing member of AJF and Susan Kempin, this year’s Award Program Chair.
 

 

 

PHOTOS

Lisa Gralnick
The Gold Standard Part I: #8 (Rhinoplasty), 2005,Plaster, gold, acrylic Collection: Susan Beech
Photo: Lisa Gralnick

Lisa Gralnick
The Gold Standard Part III: Halo, probably 14th Century (detail), 2008, Recycled gold and enamel, acrylic and glass
Photo: Jim Escalante

Yael Friedman
White Elephants, constructed paper

Harriete Estel Berman
Presitge,Value and Identity (2001-2005), Recycled tin containers and brass rivets

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The purpose of the Grant Award Program is to promote art jewelry in the context of the broader community. Funded activities may include publications, exhibitions or conferences that help to build a “body of work” about the field.

Guidelines for 2009 Grant Award

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PURPOSE OF AWARD
The purpose of the Grant Award Program is to encourage and promote activities consistent with the mission of the Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) and promotes art jewelry to the broader community; activities may include but are not limited to: publications and critical writing, exhibitions and conferences.
 
AMOUNT OF AWARD
Up to $5,000 may be awarded each year. More than one grant/year may be awarded. The full amount or a percentage of the full amount requested may be awarded.
 
ENTRY CRITERIA
Applicants must meet the following criteria:
  • Museums, universities, other non-profit exhibition spaces and organizations that are tax-exempt in the United States under Section 501-C-3 of the IRS Code
  • Exhibitions must be held within the US Exhibitions, catalog publications & related programming must be focused on contemporary art jewelry. Contemporary art jewelry is defined as objects made for wear or adornment by an individual studio artist (or artist collaborative) working within the field of metalsmithing and applied arts.
  • Exhibitions, catalogs and programming may include a historical component or have a thematic approach such as review or comparison with major stylistic movements but emphasis must be on the work of contemporary jewelry artists. One person exhibitions and monographs will be considered as well as survey shows and accompanying catalogs that feature works by several artists.
  • The following are not eligible: research and development activity including study trips and travel to conferences, exhibitions opening more than 2 years beyond award of the grant, and recipient of AJF grant award within the past 3 years.

 

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS

  • Prospectus that outlines the project
  • Preliminary budget and an accounting of how the grant monies will be utilized
  • Curriculum vitae that includes a publication and exhibition history
  • Copy of 501-c-3 determination
  • Five to ten digital images representing work to be included in the proposed exhibition or catalog
  • Other support materials may be submitted as deemed appropriate
  • Short videotapes or digital media that provide background and/or context of the project
  • The application documents listed above must be received by midnight September 30th
  • All application documents must be sent in one Pdf document in the order described above to AJF, to the attention of Susan Kempin, Program Chair, PO Box 823, Mill Valley, CA 94942
REVIEWERS
The review committee will consist of four persons one of whom will be the previous year’s winner and one of whom will be the current year’s Award Program Chair:
  • AJF Board Member
  • Reviewer at Large
  • Curator
  • Educator
Outside reviewers may be included to provide expert opinion based upon the nature of the grant request. A member of the Board will participate in announcing the award at SOFA Chicago.
 
POST AWARD TRACKING AND REQUIREMENTS
  • AJF must be given sponsorship credit for helping fund the project whenever the project is mentioned in either written or electronic documentation or during oral presentations.
  • Upon completion of the project any written or digital materials must be submitted to the AJF Award Program Chair
  • Materials should include, but are not limited to exhibition catalog, promotional materials, and CDs or DVDs.
  • Material should be accompanied by a brief one to two page description of how the AJF grant was used to bring the project to fruition and a statement about the importance of the project.
     

 

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