Delighted to share Kyle Roderick’s piece on Vicenzaoro in Forbes. Grateful to her for highlighting the CIBJO Initiatives in Art and Culture panel on succession. A link to her article can be found here: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kyleroderick/2023/02/02/vicenzaoro-january-2023-showcases-the-best-jewelry-and-watches-made-in-italy-and-elsewhere/?sh=6dc174037033 To watch all of the incredible sessions visit: https://visits.vicenzaoro.com/live-events
Throughout Black History Month, IAC examines the relationship between power, race, and visual representation from various perspectives. IAC celebrates the awarding of Edmonia Lewis' posthumous diploma alongside the Oberlin College community. Thank you to Oberlin College’s President Ambar for conferring on this great artist the degree she rightfully deserved. A sculptor of international renown, Edmonia Lewis was born in 1844 to parents of African–American and
Committed to promoting women figurative painters and their work, Steven Alan Bennett and Elaine Melotti Schmidt, themselves collectors of figurative paintings of women by women, established The Bennett Prize for Women Figurative Realist Painters. Beginning in 2014, the couple worked with artists, The Pittsburgh Foundation, and the Muskegon Museum of Art in Michigan to launch this biennial prize that selects 10 finalists in a juried
AGTA GemFair™ January 31 – February 5, 2023 Tucson, AZ IAC looks forward to the AGTA GemFair in Tucson! These are two program highlights we'll be attending: Friday, February 3: 9:00 – 9:55 AM A report on Sri Lanka mining, supply challenges, and market forecast from this important country and peoples, as they endure hardship and recovery Panelists: Tiffany Steven, JVC, and John Bradshaw, Gemcutter,
IAC congratulates writer and curator Melanie Grant whom The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has appointed its executive director.
IAC’s 28th Annual American Art Conference November 14 – 15, 2023 New York City – The Cosmopolitan Club
Initiatives in Art and Culture (IAC) educates diverse audiences on visual culture with an emphasis on American Art, the Arts and Crafts Movement, and gold and other precious substances through conferences, webinars, publications, and exhibitions. Marrying a focus on authenticity, artisanry, and materials with a commitment to sustainability and our collective obligation to the planet and to one another, IAC draws on deep connections in
Save the Date for IAC’s 25th Arts and Crafts Conference in Detroit and Environs September 27, 2023 – October 1, 2023
Initiatives in Arts and Culture & CIBJO’s Jewellery Industry Voices jointly present: Sustainability Through Successful Succession January 22, 2023 — 11:15AM-12:15PM (GMT+1) Speakers: Alice Cicolini, London, a jewelry designer who has worked with one of the last Jaipuri meenakari trained in the great enamel traditions of Persia Enzo Liverino, Torre del Greco, owner of a family-owned coral company who preserves the historic legacy of his
IAC was pleased to be involved in this meeting of People and Mining, in which panelists considered iconic historic and contemporary artistic works relating to mining in a wide range of media and discussed how artworks have powerfully influenced and continue to shape perceptions of and attitudes toward mining practice and communities: art is an important vehicle for valorization or vilification of mining. Lisa was
Friday 13th January — 9:00 – 10:30 EST Join IAC and People and Mining to exchange knowledge, develop ideas, and foster new collaborations that help shape the future of People and Mining in this online panel discussion. The panelists: Dana Finch (Deep Earth Synergies), Gabriel Kamundala (University of Zurich), Lisa Koenigsberg (IAC), Peter Oakley (RCA's Material Engagements Research Cluster)
Tom Bird passed away on December 26, 2022. He was a truly lovely man, and he will be profoundly missed. IAC is honored to dedicate the 2023 Arts & Crafts conference to himj.
Radical Jewelry Makeover (RJM) is an international community mining and recycling project that is at once a project, a performance, and an event that links recycling and reuse with the creation of innovative jewelry. Volunteer miners dig out and donate their old jewelry. Jewelers work as refiners and designers, using environmental and human health as primary design criteria for making new jewelry. The project creates
Initiatives in Art and Culture (IAC) stands with Toby Pomeroy and Mercury Free Mining (MFM), an initiative that exists to create a mercury-free gold supply chain. Over 15 million members of the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) community in developing countries eke out a meager existence without an alternative to using toxic mercury as part of their gold-extraction process. MFM exists to find a
IAC celebrates Better Without Mercury and the work that has been accomplished by La Fortaleza since its inception. We congratulate them for maintaining purpose and invite you to join us in supporting their transformational efforts for 2023. 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. Link to
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