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
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.
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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.
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.
24th AGM & events, 26 November 2021
ACJ's 24th AGM watch it here
ACJ Morley Lecture: Melanie Eddy on "Mapping Modernism in Black Jewellery Artists of the
Diaspora"
Watch the videos on the ACJ YouTube channel
Creative Development Awards 2021
Congratulations to Michelle Fernandez and Marie Curtis who have been awarded the ACJ's 2021 Creative Development Awards!
Image: Michelle Fernandez, Wedge Necklace
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.
Mark Fenn Award 2021
The winner of the 2021 Mark Fenn Award is Susana Silvestre Santos
Image: Spinner Brooch, front and back
2021 ACJ College Prize winners
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 ACJ College Prize scheme.
Congratulations!
Image: Malgorzata Rog, Glasgow School of Art, Streams Edge
23rd AGM & events, 25 November 2020
ACJ's 23rd AGM watch it here
Reclaim your precious metal waste: Presman Mastermelts
glasshouses: in conversation, Gail Ferriman & Eleanor Symms
Watch the videos on the ACJ YouTube channel
ACJ's year in pictures slide show video