Better Without Mercury (@betterwithoutmercury) is a fundraising campaign to remove mercury contamination and rehabilitate previously contaminated land at La Fortaleza, an artisanal gold mine in Colombia. IAC continues to champion Better Without Mercury and the work that has been accomplished by La Fortaleza since its inception. We salute them for maintaining purpose and ask you to join us in supporting their transformational efforts for 2024.
Joanne Lebert joined IMPACT in 2011 and leads the organization's work to improve how natural resources are managed where security and human rights are at risk. Her work has focused on contributing to responsibly sourced, conflict-free minerals, and she has helped Central African governments launch and implement a regional strategy to tackle conflict minerals. One of IMPACT’s signature projects is Artisanal Mining Women’s Empowerment Credit
Merry Christmas and a Happy and Healthy New Year!
UN SDG goal #4 calls for inclusive and equitable quality education and promotes lifelong learning opportunities for all. Critical to achieving these goals are open access sources that make verified information broadly available to all at no charge. One such organization is Wikipedia. The largest and most-read reference work in history, Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers through
IAC’s 2024 Arts and Crafts conference will take place during this October in Philadelphia and in the Brandywine River Valley. Highlights will include visits to Philadelphia institutions such as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Frank Furness & George Hewitt, 1876) and to the studios of NC and Andrew Wyeth at the Brandywine Museum of Art, where we will also view the landmark exhibition,
Save the Date for Expanding Horizons! Initiatives in Art and Culture’s 14th Annual International Gold + Diamond Conference. The conference will take place July 15 – 17, 2024 in New York City.
Initiatives in Art and Culture’s 28th Annual American Art Conference, Multiple Modernities, will take place at Heritage Auctions at 56th and Park Avenue in New York City, May 9 – 11. Conference participants will be guests of The American Art Fair's invitation-only Gala Preview.
I was grateful for the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion on collecting studio jewelry in the 21st century @Salon during #newyorkcityjeweleryweek and appreciated being in such good company. Thank you @chrisdavies and @elevatedmattergallery. Institutional and individual collecting plays a pivotal role in defining taste and what might be termed the canon. Join the panel's exploration of this subject here.
UN Sustainable Development Goal 16 is officially worded: “Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.” The Goal has 12 targets and 23 indicators. The strengthening of national institutions to prevent violence and combat crime and terrorism and promoting and enforcing non-discriminatory laws and policies are intertwined with the
We are grateful for the food and nourishment we have and encourage all at this time of thanksgiving to bear in mind the second UN Sustainable Development Goal: to create a world free of hunger by 2030. Hunger and food insecurity have increased alarmingly since 2015, a trend exacerbated by the pandemic, conflict, climate change, and deepening inequality. The intercropping method of planting corn, beans,
“Fewer, better things” (in the words of Glenn Adamson), an approach consonant with UN Sustainable Development Goal 12, “responsible consumption and production” and embodied the work of Giovanni Corvaja. Born in 1971 in Padua, Italy, this extraordinary goldsmith and jeweler began work in metalsmithing at 13 with Francesco Pavan and Paolo Maurizio. In 1988, he was awarded the Diploma di Maestro d’Arte, and in 1990,
Join us at Expanding Horizons, IAC's 14th Gold + Diamond Conference, July 15 – 17, 2024, in New York City “No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.” – Zora Neale Hurston
The world is a bit dimmer with the passing of Henry Dunay. Henry participated in IAC conferences on more than one occasion and I had the pleasure of listening to stories of an extraordinary life and exceptional work. From these conversations came the idea of “master classes,” and it could be said that each discussion with him was one. We extend heartfelt sympathy and a
A follow-on to the first session addressing this topic, this segment on intellectual property places our consideration of the issue in America within a European context. You can watch the recorded session here.
With gratitude for all who serve, we petition for peace. “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.”—Arthur Ashe "In war, there are no unwounded soldiers."—José Narosky
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