One of the highlights of JCK was the opportunity to spend time with CIBJO president Gaetano Cavalieri whom we look forward to welcoming in July when he will participate in IAC’s 13th International Gold and Diamond Conference, Maintaining Purpose.
IAC will celebrate Cruzeiro Mine and its unique mine-to-market model at its 13th International Gold + Diamond Conference, July 17 – 19, 2023, New York, NY. Join leading experts for a wide-ranging look at the jewelry, precious metals, and diamond industries. Jewelry is our lens, with a twin focus on artistry and responsible practice. Register for the Conference here. Among the participants: Edward Bickham &
A trustee of the Glessner House, Lisa Koenigsberg had the honor of presenting restoration architect T. Gunny Harboe with the John and Frances Glessner award at the Glessner House Gala in Chicago. Glessner House, architect Henry Hobson Richardson’s last domestic commission, was designed in 1885 – 1886 and completed in 1887. As Lisa said in her remarks “an inspiring architect, preservationist, and teacher to all
John La Farge, Agathon to Erosanthe (Votive Wreath), 1861, Oil on canvas, 23 × 13 in. Colby College Museum of Art.
It was a great pleasure welcoming Ebba Goring and Karen Westland from the Scottish Goldsmiths Trust at last year’s Gold + Diamond conference. They presented on the Trust’s Ethical Making Pledge and participated in the panel on training for the future. We are so happy that they documented their experience in the hopes that it would prompt friends and colleagues to attend this year’s conference
The American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens designed the obverse and reverse of the double-eagle, a twenty-dollar gold coin produced by the United States Mint from 1907 to 1933. It is considered by many to be the most beautiful of U.S. coins. The coin’s design clearly relates to some of Saint-Gaudens’s works. For example his 1902 statue of Victory, part of the Sherman monument in New York
Family-owned Cruzeiro Mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil, aims to support a contemporary mine-to-market model in which goods incorporating its tourmaline and rubellite are finished in-country, thus challenging the traditional model of shipping locally extracted resources elsewhere for processing and transformation into higher valued-added product and providing greater local economic benefit. In 2022, Cruzeiro and brand-development agency Julls invited a select group of designers from or
The annual Glessner House Gala will be held on Tuesday, May 23, at Mies van der Rohe’s iconic Crown Hall and commemorate the anniversaries of the 1893 and 1933 World’s Fairs. The event will include abundant food and drink, the presentation of the John and Frances Glessner award to restoration architect T. Gunny Harboe, remarks by IIT Dean of Architecture Reed Kroloff, Fair trivia, an
Mercury Free Mining and Sluice Goose join IAC's 13th International Gold + Diamond Conference, Maintaining Purpose, Monday – Wednesday, July 17 – 19, 2023, in New York City. Quantifying a pollutant is an essential precursor to mitigation. Mercury Free Mining, a participant in IAC’s 2022 and 2023 Conferences, focuses on both discovery and deployment of mercury-free processes in artisanal small-scale gold mining. One such technology
Two interesting online events from Detroit's Pewabic Pottery: PEWABIC POTTERY: THE STUDIO BUILDING & CAMPUS Thursday, May 18 at 7pm Join Pewabic's Education Director & Archivist, Annie Dennis, for a virtual look into the iconic studio and campus behind Detroit's pottery. PEWABIC POTTERY: A HISTORY 120 YEARS IN THE MAKING Thursday, June 22 at 7pm Join Pewabic's Education Director & Archivist for a virtual look
Radical Jewelry Makeover (RJM) presents The Rejewelry Competition! We invite you to apply to this first-ever RJM juried jewelry competition and exhibition. Top prizes include a solo exhibition at Alma’s Gallery in Richmond, VA, and an invitation to join the RJM Artist Project. Radical Jewelry Makeover's mission is to raise awareness of the connection between mining, metalsmithing, activism, collaboration, and art. This competition is a
Pippa Small, designer of responsibly handcrafted jewelry, joins IAC's upcoming 13th annual Gold + Diamond conference, Maintaining Purpose, taking place in NYC , July 17 – 19, 2023. Among topics she will discuss is her Forever Together Colombian Gold collection that was presented at Couture in 2022. Register for the 13 Annual Gold + Diamond Conference here.
See IAC President and Founder Lisa Koenigsberg’s recent article, "Multiple Modernities," in American Fine Art Magazine. To read the full article, visit: https://www.americanfineartmagazine.com/issues/69
Reposting for our colleagues at JVC who have been hard at work on comments for revisions to the FTC Green Guides.
Each summer, Initiatives in Art and Culture’s Gold + Diamond Conference dedicates several days to responsible practice within the gem and jewelry industries. Lisa Koenigsberg, IAC’s president, explains how 2023’s Conference will consider—among other topics— how individual goals can be met while working for an acceptable value system. Deeply grateful to have had the opportunity to contribute to the Spring 2023 issue Gems & Jewellery
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