2019 Annual Chairs report
For those of you who not able to make it to the ACJ’s 22nd Annual General Meeting on the 11th November, a copy of the ACJ Chair, Terry Hunt’s annual report is available here.
Exhibitions 2019 / 2020
Exciting news of ACJ's exhibition programme for the next two years.
2019 - 20 Connections/Connessioni, a touring exhibition with our Italian sister organisation AGC; 2019 a members' selling show at Gill Wing Jewellery in London.
For 2020 the Members' Exhibition theme is Glasshouses
Tales of the Subconscious
ACJ members' themed selling show for 2019
Gill Wing Jewellery, London
4 October - 6 November
With origins in dreams, thoughts and the subconscious, a great array of unusual jewellery for sale
Creative Development Awards 2019
Congratulations to Ella Fearon-Low and Kerstin Haigh who have been awarded the ACJ's 2019 Creative Development Award!
Image: Ella Fearon-Low, Yellow Brooch (2016) – Brass, silver, steel, hard wood, sea plastic, river stone, vintage pearl, Lucite (Photo: Jocelyn Low)
New book: Making Form
MAKING FORM: CONTEMPORARY BRITISH FINE METALWORK
by Kenneth Quickenden and Lee Hewett e-book available
Strategies for the future of ACJ
Directors and Advisors met in London to discuss the future of ACJ.
Here are the results
About this ACJ site
ACJ celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2017. There is a lot of information on this site.
Back issues of our print magazine Findings may be seen here
The Vaults contain images and records of our exhibitions and events, plus an archive of jewellery articles.
Logged-in members can read the monthly e-bulletins with news and opportunities, plus discount codes and other useful stuff.
Donate to the Muriel Wilson Fund
In memory of our Founder member, Findings Editor and Secretary Muriel Wilson, ACJ has set up the Muriel Wilson Fund. This will be used for bursaries to ACJ members to support travel with the purpose of research into contemporary jewellery.
How to donate to the Muriel Wilson Fund
The first round of applications resulted in two bursary awards, and articles will be published in Findings.
There will be another invitation to apply in January 2020.
ACJ's sixth international conference
Our 20:20 Visions conference was held in July 2017 at SHU, Sheffield.
See our Conference section. You can also read many articles on past conferences, events, exhibitions and jewellery news in the Vaults
Our 20th anniversary exhibition 20:20 Visions toured to six venues from January to December 2017Adorned Spaces 2018 ACJ display
Our display at the SNAG 2018 conference, the Adorned Spaces Salon
Colouring titanium
Dr Lynne Bartlett explains how to colour titanium
To accompany our exhibition, a screening & handling session explaining how to use heat or anodisation for great effects with titanium was arranged at the Crafts Study Centre.
The videos may be seen on ACJ's YouTube channel