The Association for the Study of Jewelry & Related Arts, LLC (ASJRA), is dedicated to advancing our knowledge of ancient, antique, costume, and contemporary jewelry. A once neglected area of the decorative arts, jewelry studies increasingly commands the attention of scholars, curators, collectors, and the general public.

Our upcoming Third Annual Conference on Jewelry & Related Arts, entitled Ahead of Its Time: Artistic Jewelry in the Milieu of 1900, will examine personal ornament as a decorative art against the background of the turn of the 19th into the 20th century. We will explore a number of emergent jewelry movements, including Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, and Jugendstil. All stood in stark contrast to mainstream jewelry and represent an exciting phase in jewelry history. Speakers will examine the philosophical and inspirational sources for these changes; the political, and social climate of the time; and the popular motifs and technological innovations that characterize the various movements. Several young scholars will have the opportunity to present their original research at the conference.

The conference will be held at The Masschusetts College of Art in Boston, Massachusetts.

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The Third Annual Conference on Jewelry & Related Arts
Ahead of Its Time: Artistic Jewelry in the Milieu of 1900

Sunday, October 12, 2008
Location: Massachusetts College of Art, Boston

Speakers

Yvonne Markowitz (Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) - Art Nouveau Jewelry: A Collector's Vision

Elyse Zorn Karlin (Publisher of Adornment and author of Jewelry and Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition) - Arts & Crafts vs. Art Nouveau Jewelry, the Similarities and Differences

Kaitlin Shinnick (Windgate Fellow, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) - The Other Woman: Josephine Hartwell Shaw and the Boston Arts & Crafts Movement

Meghan Melvin (Curatorial project assistant, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) - Universal Designers: Artists at the Darmstadt Colony (1899-1914)

Susan Ward (Curatorial research fellow, Department of Textile and Fashion Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) - "Ex Unique": The Singular Career of Philippe Wolfers

Jeannine Falino (Independent museum curator) - Louis Comfort Tiffany: His Life and Jewelry

Barry Shifman (Curator of Decorative Arts, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts) - Art Nouveau and Art Deco Jewelry at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Conference fee includes continental breakfast and lunch.

Special Study Days (limited to groups of 50 people each day):

Saturday, October 11

• Will include a curator's tour with Yvonne Markowitz of the exhibition "Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
• A private luncheon
• A "behind-the scenes" look at new jewelry acquisitions at the MFA, Boston
• A lecture "The Jewelry of Isabella Stewart Gardner," Elyse Zorn Karlin

• Guided tour of the Glass Flower Collection and Gem Hall at the Harvard Museums
• A private luncheon
• Reception/viewing and talks by several jewelry artist at Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge
  • A private bus will pick participants up a the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in the morning, transfer them to the various locations in Cambridge throughout the day and return them to the MFA at the end of the day.

Conference fee: Sunday, October 12 (includes continental breakfast and lunch): $200 (ASJRA Associates may take a 10% discount…to learn how to become an ASJRA Associate click here)

Optional Study Days: $225 each

Student Discount: 50% on conference only (not optional days). Must be a full-time student at a four year college or university or a two-year college. Must send a photocopy of a valid student i.d. with registration.

Refund policy: Full fee returned if cancelled in 7 business days before the date of the conference; less than 7 days a $50 administrative fee will be deducted; cancel 48 hours before conference and receive a 50% refund.

RESERVATIONS

Reservations and payment for optional days should be sent immediately...they are filling up quickly. Reservations may be made for the conference only now and paid for by August 1 to hold your space. We will send you a reminder
before August 1.

Association for the Study of Jewelry & Related Arts, LLC
246 N. Regent Street
Port Chester, NY 10573

OR

Adornment, The Magazine of Jewelry & Related Arts
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New Rochelle, NY 10804

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Conference directors: Elyse Zorn Karlin and Yvonne J. Markowitz

HOTEL INFORMATION

**PLEASE NOTE** - HOTEL ROOMS WILL BE HARD TO FIND IN BOSTON IF YOU DON'T RESERVE EARLY--THERE ARE OTHER EVENTS GOING ON THE SAME WEEKEND AS OUR CONFERENCE. WE SUGGEST YOU MAKE A RESERVATION NOW IF YOU THINK YOU WILL BE ATTENDING...YOU CAN ALWAYS CANCEL THE RESERVATION IF YOUR PLANS CHANGE.

A list of hotels can be obtained here.

Dragonfly photo courtesy Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Sataloff
All other photos courtesy Tadema Gallery, London

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