NYCJW: When the Past Is the Future: How Yesterday’s Styles, Techniques, and Designs Influence Our Jewels

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

The world has changed radically in the past 20 years, affecting every aspect of our lives. Jewelry making, marketing, and styling have been upended and reimagined, yet the raw human desire for the jewel as adornment remains. How do we integrate the valuable wisdom and life experiences of the past with the energy and promise […]

NYCJW: Full Circle: A Responsible Jewelry Cycle

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Join NYCJW for a one day crash course on the sustainability challenges that face the global jewelry trade. Designed to educate you about how your consumers behavior and business practices impact the environment and human well-being around the world. Full Circle: A Responsible Jewelry Cycle will connect you with individuals, businesses, and organizations who are actively forging paths toward a more responsible […]

NYCJW: Reka Lorincz: “DIY Happiness: A Talk”

Katie Murphy Amphitheatre Pomerantz Art and Design Center, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City, NY, United States

Reka Lorincz likes being ambiguous: she prefers making objects rather than giving talks about them. Today will be an exception. Let it be flea market finds or gemstones, she transforms unusual materials into one of a kind art pieces. In her art , she does not mind making fun of society or even herself, meanwhile […]

NYCJW: Cutting Etch—Mary Ann Scherr’s Legacy in Metal

Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center, New York City , NY, United States

As part of NYC Jewelry Week, curator and educator Ana Estrades discusses her research for the exhibition All Is Possible: Mary Ann Scherr’s Legacy in Metal, opening from February to September 2020 at the Gregg Museum of Art and Design in Raleigh, NC. Both talk and exhibition are a tribute to a larger-than-life artist-designer who influenced […]

NYCJW: “They Did What?” Mid-20th Century Studio Jewelers and How Their Groundbreaking Work Continues to Shape the Field Today

Film and Media Screening Room D207 Pomerantz Center, New York City , NY, United States

Join us for “They Did What?!” Mid-20th Century Studio Jewelers and How Their Groundbreaking Work Continues to Shape the Field Today, a lecture focused on the work of  jewelers: Art Smith, Margaret De Patta, Alexander Calder, Merry Renk, Margret Craver, Sam Kramer, Miyé Matsukata and Winifred Mason. This lecture, by studio jeweler and Professor Heather White, explores important […]