Nodes
August 14th - September 26th
Sienna Patti Contemporary
80 Main Street, Lenox MA 01240
An exhibition of work by Mallory Weston
Nodes
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Piece by Claire Webb
Photograph by Linette Kielinski
In-School Suspension
“The shrill chirp of sneakers darting across a gymnasium that echoes down the hallway. The smell of freshly waxed floors and old books. The harsh clang of a locker slamming shut, punctuating the silence of an afternoon lull. These sights, sounds, and smells, dredge up feelings of nostalgia and angst for a stage in our lives that was often messy and transformative: High School. This environment transports us to a time when we’re discovering our identity and formulating a belief system.
JV Collective’s studio is located in South Philadelphia's decommissioned Edward Bok Vocational High School. As we walk down the hall to our studio each day we pass the auditorium, long rows of lockers, and empty trophy cases; vestiges of the building’s past life.
In a nod to this loaded locale, we present In-School Suspension. The works of 34 artists from across the globe explore coming of age, formative years, and discovering one's identity. In-School Suspension is a snapshot of the universal experience that transcends regions, states, countries, and generations.”
All exhibition images have been photographed by Linette Kielinski
Click here to view the exhibition and JV Collective website!
Dream Machine 2020
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“Dream Machine is an exhibition dedicated to tender conversations through the fusion of identity and studio practice. We house work that exposes today’s truths, standing together in idea and individuality to form an eclectic show that displays jewelry, object, tableware, and sculpture - uniting to expand the spectrum of this field.”
The show will be held during New York City Jewelry Week 2020, November 16-22.
Click this link for more information or to schedule a time to view the exhibition.
Handmade Hacking
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Handmade Hacking
October 23rd - November 27th
Opening: October 23rd from 6pm-9pm
Baltimore Jewelry Center
10 E North Ave, Suite 130, Baltimore MD 21202
Computer aided technology is no longer new. Over the past several decades, industry professionals and artists alike have explored and expanded digital technology, developing the tools and materials available to create a visual language built in the virtual sphere. In Handmade Hacking we ask what happens when the maker is interested in using the technology not as an end but as a means to push beyond the software? What happens when the artist moves deftly from handmade to digital and back again, blurring the distinctions between the methods of making? How many stages or degrees of separation might exist from design to outcome? This exhibition features the work of Erica Bello, James Betts, Sofia Björkman, Emily Cobb, Jeremy Diamond, Ben Dory, Stefan Gougherty, Lia Huntington, Maria Konschake, Maia Leppo, Florian Milker, Sarah Montagnoli, Annika Pettersson, Darja Popolitova, Gretchen Schreiber, Ellen Sisti, Katja Toporski, Devyn Vasquez, Aric Verrastro, Mallory Weston, Danny Xiu, Yingqi Puffy Zhao, and Gabriel Zwilling.
All Decked Out
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All Decked Out
August 28th - October 10th
Holtzman MFA Gallery
Towson University
Click here to view the digital exhibition
*Gallery is also open to the TU campus community by appointment, contact tugalleries@towson.edu
Art Jewelry Forum 2020 Young Artist Award Finalist
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In March, Art Jewelry Forum announced the winner and finalists of their 2020 Young artist award. MJ Tyson was selected as the winner, and myself, Junmin Bae, Ryungjae Jung, and Lore Langendries were selected as finalists for the award. The award was juried by Bifei Cao, Jorunn Veiteberg, and Barbara Paris Gifford.
In-School Suspension
In-School Suspension
“The shrill chirp of sneakers darting across a gymnasium floor that echoes down the hallway. The smell of freshly waxed floors and old books. The harsh clang of a locker slamming shut, punctuating the silence of an afternoon lull. If you went to public school in North America, these sights, sounds, and smells, should be all too familiar. They dredge up feelings of nostalgia and angst for a stage in our lives that’s often messy and transformative. This environment transports us to a time when we’re discovering our identity and formulating a belief system.
JV Collective is located in the former Edward Bok Vocational High School in South Philadelphia which was decommissioned in 2013. Years later the building has taken on a new life as a space for artists, small businesses, non-profits, and the like. But as we walk to our studio each day we pass by the auditorium, long rows of lockers, and empty trophy cases; vestiges of the buildings past life.
In a nod to this loaded locale, JV Collective is seeking submissions of necklaces and pendants to be suspended in a pop-up exhibition located in the lockers of the Bok hallway. We invite work that explores the theme of coming of age, formative years, and discovering your identity. Whatever your ‘high school’ experience was (or wasn’t) we’re looking for broad interpretations of this concept and these ideas can be explored objectively or abstractly, be narrative and autobiographical or expository and analytical. But most importantly, we’re looking for work that connects with this unique location and exists in conversation with the environment.”
Eligibility: Anyone may submit up to two necklaces or pendants for consideration (collaborations are also welcome)! Please read the details below about space limitations, guidelines, and fees. Email us at jvcollectivestudio@gmail.com with any questions.
Space Limitations:
Due to the nature of our installation space, work must fit within the confines of a 12”x12” space that is approximately 40” tall. All necklaces and pendants will be hung from the interior locker hooks, so they must be able to support themselves without display aids. Please see the provided image for more information on the locker dimensions and visuals of the hooks provided.
The Details:
Timeline:
Deadline for Submissions: April 1st
Notification of Acceptance: April 15th
Deadline for Delivery of Work: May 13th
Date of Installation: May 18th
Where:
The Bok Building
2nd Floor Corridor
1901 South 9th Street
Philadelphia PA 19148
When:
Friday, May 22nd 5pm-11pm
Opening Reception & Party: May 22nd from 8pm-11pm
Additional Open Hours (during the 2020 SNAG Conference): TBD
Application Fee:
Sliding Scale: $5.00-$35.00
We encourage students and emerging artists to apply for this exhibition. To keep this call for entries as financially accessible as possible, we’re instituting a sliding scale or pay what you can application fee within range of $5.00-$35.00.
We ask you to determine an application fee that you can comfortably manage. Your application fee will be used to help offset the costs of producing this exhibition and will help support promotion, display materials, shipping, refreshments, and space rental costs. (If you would like to contribute more than listed on the sliding scale towards these costs, you are welcome to! All contributions will be used to support the exhibition).
Please submit your application fee at the time of submission.
Application fees can be sent through PayPal to jvcollectivestudio@gmail.com
Shipping Costs:
Artists are responsible for all shipping costs. More shipping details will be given to participating artists after the notification of acceptance date.
Application Materials (please apply through Google Form link):
-Your name, return shipping address, email, website, social media handles
-We invite you to submit up to two pieces for this exhibition.
-You may submit work that is done collaboratively, but please provide the names and contact information for all artists involved
-You may provide up to two images for each submission (an overall view and a detail view)
-Please also provide a piece description for each submission (title, materials, dimensions, and year)
-Provide a short statement (250 words max) on how you feel your work fits within the theme and concept of this exhibition
45 Stories
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45 Stories in Jewelry
1947 to Present
February 13, 2020 - January 24, 2021
MAD Museum
2 Columbus Circle, New York City