Meanings & Messages touring exhibition
To celebrate our 25th anniversary this year, the ACJ is organising a major show of excellence, touring several venues throughout the UK in 2022. The exhibition is titled Meanings & Messages.
The exhibition will showcase an exciting and varied collection of up to 50 unique brooches portraying a range of meanings and messages.
ACJ 2022 conference: Beyond Silver
We are delighted to announce that the ACJ will be holding it's 25th anniversary conference Beyond Silver: 25 Years of the ACJ on Friday, Saturday and Sunday 1, 2, 3 July 2022 at Exeter University.
This conference is being supported by the Goldsmiths’ Centre.
Bookings are now open! Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for a booking form.
The conference commences with registration on Friday 1 July at 2.00pm and concludes on Sunday 3 at 12.40pm
Meanings & Messages - colouring & design sheets
For our younger visitors attending the Meanings and Messages touring exhibition, we have created three colouring and design sheets.
Image: Young visitors enjoying the colouring and design sheets at the St George’s Arts Centre in Gravesend
2022 ACJ College Prize winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 ACJ College Prize scheme so far.
Congratulations!
Image: Rebecca Boyle, DJCAD, University of Dundee, Oxidised Lino printing rings
Meanings & Messages touring exhibition - launches in Kent
Meanings and Messages, the major touring exhibition celebrating our 25th anniversary year, opened its doors at our first venue, St George’s Arts Centre in Gravesend, Kent, on the 30th April.
Image: ACJ Chair Terry Hunt, giving the opening talk and tour of the exhibition with strung labels written by visitors in the foreground
Ship & Shore Artists Residency
As part of our 25th anniversary season of events and the major touring exhibition Meanings and Messages, we have an artist in residency opportunity, that is exclusive to ACJ Members!
Tamizan Savill 1957 - 2022
Terry Hunt, the ACJ chair, remembers our dear friend and colleague Tamizan Savill.
Israel Biennale of Contemporary Jewellery - open call
A new event the Israel Biennale of Contemporary Jewellery, is to be held from 10 to 14 November 2022.
The main goal of the Biennale is to create an event that will bring maximum exposure and a common platform to the participating artist and students, promote the contemporary jewellery field, and make it accessible to the general public.
There is currently an open call for to anyone working or studying in the field of jewellery. Deadline 23 June 2022.
2021 Open exhibition news
In 2021 the ACJ hosted an online members exhibition the 2021 Open, showcasing the wonderful range and variety of our members' designs, materials and techniques.
Each participating member, submitted their best or favourite piece for inclusion in the exhibition.
Congratulations to JHH Gillespie OBE - 100!
Many congratulations to JHH Gillespie OBE, known as Ian to his friends, who celebrated his 100th birthday in April 2020. A founder member of ACJ in 1997, he is still making jewellery. Read more about his life, and his jewellery and silversmithing.
Letter to all ACJ members
In the wake of the most recent instances of racist attacks and police brutality both in the US and here in the UK and the resultant global civil rights movement, the jewellery industry is examining diversity and the systemic challenges facing jewellers of BAME backgrounds and black jewellers in particular.
The Board is discussing ways the ACJ can help to drive change in this respect and the ways in which we can be more proactive in our approach. As we are a membership organisation first and foremost, in addition to our discussions with other industry professionals and organisations, we are turning to you our members to seek guidance and support in our work.
Goldsmiths' Company Kassandra Lauren Gordon Fund
The new Kassandra Lauren Gordon Fund for Black Jewellers is now closed for applications, but read more about it here.