In
December I was invited to lecture at the Trend Craft Fair in Seoul S.
Korea. During that time I did portfolio reviews with many craft
artists, not just jewelry. The level of craft is very high in
Korea.
This lecture tour for Mirjam Hiller, Germany, which
I organzied in January was a huge success. She
lectured at 5 universities and it ended with a salon presentation at
the Jewelry Library in NYC
The RISD Museum ( Rhode Island
School of Design Museum ) acquired in March the brooch " White
Expression " by Fumiki Tagushi from Japan for the
permanent collection. In June The RISD Museum acquired the necklace "
Blablabla " by Monica Cecchi from Italy as well as the
cuff " Wetlands II " by Mabel Pena from Argentina.
Mabel was one of the finalists of the Loewe Foundation Craft
Exhibition/Competition 2023.
The exhibition "Wearing
RED, ignite the fire" which premiered in November 2023
during NY Jewelry Week, is now traveling to 3 venues in the USA. The
first venue was Patina Gallery in Santa Fe New Mexico.People thought
the show was very refreshing and inspiring. Sales so far OK. After
Santa Fe the exhibition will travel to Cincinnati and Chicago. Ela
Nord and Efharis Alepedis came for the opening.
In
March I was invited to be one of the judges of the Legnica Silver
Festival in Poland. The theme of this year's exhibition and
competition was Empathy. Not an easy task with so many applicants,
but we managed. The Grand Prix went to Eva Fernandez Martos from Spain. The second prize went to Ezster Sara Kocsor from
Hungary, an artists we represent as well. Ezster also received two
more awards: The Inhorgenta Award and the Award from the
International Amber Association. The third prize
went to Yotam
Bahat from the Netherlands. Susanne Elstner from Germany
received a honorable mention.
Last year the Grand Prix went to Youjin Um from S. Korea, also an artist we represent.
Congratulations to all !!
This May I was again invited to give a
lecture during the opening and award ceremony in Legnica. The
organizers did a great job and the exhibition looked very good. There
were several satelite exhibitions during that time, among others a
beautiful solo
exhibition by Mariko Kusumoto as well as
a great solo exhibition by Peter Machata from Slovakia.
CKA arranged for Kaori
Juzu to be a speaker at the National Enamel Conference this
summer in Little Rock Arkansas. Kaori will also give two workshops.
Late July.
During the Loewe Foundation Craft Competition
2024 Miki Asai from Japan, who we also represent, received one
of the 3 Special Mention Awards !! Congratulations!! The Grand Prix
went to Andres Anza, ceramic artist from Mexico.
A
necklace by Saskia Detering is now in the permanent collection
of the Dallas Museum of Art.
CKA showed a large book
presentation at the SNAG Conference in San Diego as well as a two day
presentation at Metalwerx in Massachussets.
In June Keith
Lewis and Charon Kransen were the jurors for the Ethical
Metalsmith exhibition/competition. Winners will be announced
shortly.
The exhibition " Korea Now, contemporary
jewelry from the Land of the Morning Calm ", curated by
Charon Kransen will premier during NYC Jewelry Week in November. The
exhibition will showcase the work of 50 contemporary jewelry
artists from Korea, an unique opportunity to view this work from
so far away, which shows such a different approach and aesthetic than
the work from the western world. November 18 -24 @ Charon Kransen
Arts, 72 Warren Street, Tribeca.
Budapest Jewelry Week
Hungary will take place September 6 -15 this year.
During that time I will
give a seminar as well as do portfolio reviews.
( September 10,11, 12 ) |
