All That Glitters: The Splendor & Science of Gems & Minerals

San Diego Natural History Museum, San Diego, CA, through Apr. 2012.

David Watkins: Artist in Jewellery, a Retrospective View (1972–2010)

Victoria & Albert Museum, London,UK, through Sept. 26.

Desert Jewels: North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xavier Guerrand-
Hermes Collection

Arab American National Museum, Dearborn, MI, through Aug. 8;
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 4–Dec. 5.

Gold

The Field Museum, Chicago, IL., Oct. 22, 2010–Mar. 6, 2011.

Inspiria: How Cirque du Soleil Inspired the House of Boucheron to Create a Collection of Luxury Jewellery

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, through Aug. 29.

The Miniature Worlds of Bruce Metcalf, Southwest School of Art & Craft, San Antonio, TX   through Apr. 11; Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AK, May 28–Aug. 22; Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI, Sept. 2010–Jan. 2011.

Pittsburgh Adorned: Classic to Contemporary

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA, through Oct. 17.

Portable Treasuries: Silver Jewelry from the Nadler Collection

The Museum of Arts & Design, NY, through Aug. 8.

Preciousness Preserved: Jewelry from the Charleston Museum's Collections from Antiquity to Today

The Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC, through Sept. 6.

Read My Pins: The Madeleine Albright Collection

Smithsonian Castle, Washington, D.C., through Oct. 11.

René Lalique and His Art

Assumption Belfry, Moscow Kremlin Museums, Moscow, Russia, Sept. 21, 2010–Jan. 9 2011.

Silver Seduction: The Art of Mexican Modernist Antonio Pineda

Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico through January 2, 2011.

Think Again: New Latin American Jewelry

Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY, Oct. 12, 2010–Jan. 9 2011.

Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

Discovery Times Square Exposition, New York, through Jan. 2, 2011.

Wittelsbach-Graff Diamond

Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History,Washington, D.C., through Sept. 1.

 

Jewelry Workshops & Tour

 

The following workshops will be held at the 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York City. Please visit www.92y.org or call 212 415-5500 to register. For more information please call 212 415-5564.

Artist-In-Residence
Adam Paxon: Laminated Acrylic for Jewelry

Through a variety of techniques, participants are encouraged to explore the color potential of sheet acrylic,
with each generating their own color palette. Techniques demonstrated for making three-dimensional forms
and surfaces at a scale appropriate to jewelry utilizing the unique “memory” of the material.
Basic
Mon-Fri, Jan 24-28, 10 am-4 pm, 5 sessions $550 AA3JW12-01

Adam Paxon has exhibited and taught internationally. He was awarded the Hofmann prize at Schmuck, Munich in 2002; was the youngest member of the Jerwood Applied Arts Prize for jewelry shortlist in 2000; and in 2007, won the coveted prize.
Jewelry Visiting Artists

Mia Hebib: Wood Veneer and Sterling Jewelry

Learn to use wood veneer to modernize and elevate simple jewelry designs.
Basic soldering and fabrication skills required.
Basic
Fri, Sep 24, 10 am-4 pm, 2 sessions, $265 AA3JW22-01

Mia Hebib has shown her work at the Heidi Lowe Gallery, Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, and Delaware Center for the Contemporary Art, among others. Her work has been featured in Lucky magazine, I-D Magazine, 500 Earrings: New Directions in Contemporary Jewelry and Z-Magazine.

Bettina Speckner: Jewelry and the Garden

Both gardens and jewelry are art forms made for personal pleasure and self expression.They communicate a clear message about our personal identity to the world. Learn to create jewelry that incorporates natural objects.
Discuss different types of settings or techniques for connecting natural materials.
Basic
Fri & Sun, Oct 1 & 3, 10 am-4 pm, 2 sessions, $265 AA3JW20-01

Bettina Speckner studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, with Herman Jünger and Otto Künzli. Her work is in Jewelry-Museum Pforzheim, Royal College of Art, London, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Museum of Art and Design, Chicago, among many others. She received the prestigious Danner Prize in 1998 and was commended in 1990 and 2005. She has lectured and taught extensively in Europe and the U.S.

Barbara Berk: Weaving with Metal

Use copper, brass and aluminum sheet and wire to execute samples of flat and textured weaves, rectangular
and non-rectangular weaves, and flat and three-dimensional forms. Explore color, pattern and scale, and experiment with forming, deforming and manipulating woven metal. Students may choose to expand their library of samples and/or create finished piece(s).
Basic
Fri & Sun, Oct 15, 17, 22 & 24, 10 am-4 pm, 4 sessions, $455 AA3JW21-01

Barbara Berk’s woven jewelry in is the permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Museum of the Gemological Institute of America. Her awards include: American Gem Trade Association Spectrum Award, Women’s Jewelry Association Award for Excellence in Design and the Saul Bell Design Award for jewelry design. Her work has been included in several books.

Max Goodman: Flocked Jewelry

Flocking uses paint on a variety of surfaces to create a dense, rich, fuzzy texture. Learn to use simple pressurized air application that can be easily and safely duplicated in your home or studio. Explore stenciling techniques, troubleshooting and safety.
Basic
Sun, Jan 9, 10 am-4 pm,1 session, $185 AA3JW23-01

Max Goodman received her BFA in painting and sculpture from Tyler School of Art. She maintains a studio in Brooklyn, produces her own line, Moxy Metals, and teaches jewelry and painting in the New York City area.

Jewelry Tour to India - Only 3 spots left!

Join Jonathan Wahl, the director of the Jewelry Center, and seasoned India travel guides
—anthropologist Dana Sawyer and goldsmith Stephani Briggs—for a tour of the spectacular jewelry,
decorative arts and sights of northern India. Go behind the scenes in gem cutters’ workrooms, see ancient goldsmithing techniques in practice and Meenakari/enameling in some of the most mythical places in India: Delhi, Agra, Jaipur and Jodhpur. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this one-of-a-kind tour! Call the Art Center at 212.415.5562 for information.
Jonathan Wahl Wed-Sat, Jan 5-15 AA3FZ02-01

Auctions

Bonham's & Butterfield's

Jewellery, Edinburgh, Sep. 9
Jewellery, Knightsbridge, Sep. 15
Fine Jewellery, New Bond Street, Sept. 22
Jewellery, Oxford, Oct. 5
Jewellery, Knightsbridge, Oct. 13
Jewellery, Knightsbridge, Nov. 10
Sporting Jewellery, Edinburgh, Nov. 11
Jewellery, Oxford, Nov. 16
Jewellery, Knightsbridge, Nov. 24
Pawnbrokers, Knightsbridge, Nov. 24
Jewellery, Edinburgh, Dec. 8
Jewellery, Oxford, Dec. 8
Fine Jewellery, New Bond Street, Dec. 9
Jewellery, Knightsbridge, Dec. 15

Christie’s

Jewels at South Kensington, London, Sep. 8
Jewels at South Kensington, London, Oct. 6
Jewels: The New York Sale, New York, Rockefeller Center, Oct. 20
Jewels and Watches: The Dubai Sale, Dubai, Oct. 27
Jewels and Watches, Amsterdam, Nov. 2
Jewels: The Geneva Sale, Nov. 17
Jewellery, London, King Street, Dec. 1
New York Jewels, New York, Rockefeller Center, Dec. 7
Paris Jewels, Dec. 8
Jewels at South Kensington, London, Dec. 8
Important Watches, New York, Rockefeller Center, Dec. 14

Doyle

Important Estate Jewelry, Sept. 29
Important Estate Jewelry, Dec. 7

 

Heritage Auction Galleries, Dallas, TX

2010 December Signature Fine Jewelry Auction, Dec. 6–8
2010 December Signature Fine Timepieces Auction, Dec. 7–8

 

Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, Chicago

Fine Jewelry and Timepieces, Sept. 15

 

Phillips de Pury & Company

Jewels, New York, Dec. 6

 

Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, NJ

Jewelry, Dec. 5

Skinner

Fine Jewelry, Sep. 14
Discovery, Silver & Jewelry, Sep. 15–16

 

Sotheby’s

Important Jewels, New York, Sept. 28
Magnificent Jewels and Jadeite, Oct. 6
Magnificent Jewels, Geneva, Nov. 16
Magnificent Jewels, New York, Dec. 8
Jewels, London, Dec. 14