The Black Biennial-An art exhibition made for and by the Black community in Providence. This exhibition seeks to highlight the complexity of Blackness in familiar and unorthodox ways.

Exhibition Theme: Sonder
Exhibition Dates: April 18th, 2024-June 2nd 2024.
Location: Gelman Gallery, RISD Museum
Curators: Isaiah “Prophet” Raines, RISD '25 & Amadi Williams, RISD '25

The Penland FOCUS Gallery presents WEAR, our annual exhibition exploring current interpretations and material usage in the field of contemporary jewelry. This exhibition includes both emerging and established makers from throughout the US.

Celebrating excellence and artistry in jewelry, BMoCA is presenting a collection of unique and one-of-a-kind pieces of wearable art for sale in this limited time Pop-Up Shop. These women have much in common beyond their racial, ethnic and gender identity, sharing an excellence in their craft and a never-ending exploration of artistic expression.

Whole-cast(e) is a reference to both the jewelry process (gold casting is a traditional process using wax and molds) but also the artists’ backgrounds, race and the caste system (an artificial hierarchy that helps determine standing and respect, assumptions of beauty and competence and who gets access to resources) and how it intersects with those who are biracial (or half caste). 

For sale and on view for the first time in Colorado is work from artists hailing from North Carolina, Rhode Island, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados. These artists use a range of materials – sgraffito enameling; carved shell and ceramic forms; embroidery; light and large silver and gold body adornment; to create pieces imbued with personal and historical identities. 

@ Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art

Opening Reception June 15th 6-8pm

curated by Kim Harrell

featuring the work of Taisha Carrington, Tanya Crane, Janice Derrick, and Nanette Pengelley

Held at The Box NYC in the Jewelry Library, Listen to my story here https://restringingthepearl.com/tanyacrane/

The Jewelry Library and BOX are pleased to present Restringing the Pearl, an exhibition and sale that explores personal and cultural perspectives on pearls as classic symbols of elegance, status, and chic.

Curated by Petra Class and Biba Schutz, Restringing the Pearl features artists Doris Betz, Elizabeth Brim, Kathleen Browne, Tanya Crane, Aaron Decker, Sandra Enterline, Susie Ganch, Brice Garrett, Mielle Harvey, Marjorie Simon, Melissa Stern, Amy Tavern, Katja Toporski, Niki Ulehla, and Mallory Weston.

“We started by asking artists to share their pearl story,” says Biba Schutz, “since pearls brought up so many memories for Petra and me–memories of our families, special occasions, growing up. We wanted stories to be the springboard for the works themselves.”

An immersive environment encourages visitors to view the works and hear the artist tell the personal story that inspired it. Join us for an Opening Reception Wednesday, April 26th, 6:00–8:00pm. Other In Person and Online Programming will include…

• Tuesday, May 2nd (5:00pm): Gallery Talk with Biba Schutz and JB Jones, co-founder of NYC Jewelry Week.

• Thursday, May 11th (4:00–7:00pm): Pearl Stories Afternoon Tea (and cocktails) in honor of Mother’s Day. Bring a photo of pearls in your family, share your story, and view the exhibition! Email info@thejewelrylibrary.com to RSVP.

• Tuesday, May 16th (11:00–1:00pm) and Wednesday, May 17th (4:00–6:00pm): Pearl Redesign Workshop. Join Biba, Petra, and other artists for a conversation about giving your old pearls new life! Email info@thejewelrylibrary.com to RSVP.

• Monday, May 22nd (7:00pm EST): Zoom Storytelling Workshop.

• Tuesday, May 23rd (3:00pm EST): Online Gallery Talk with Petra Class and JB Jones.

An exhibition featuring Contemporary Enamel Vessels at Springfield Museum, Missouri.

Honoring the work of Bill Helwig at the National Ornamental Metal Museum in Memphis, Tennessee.

Shared Past/Divergent Futures

@Emerge Gallery and Art Center

Jan. 6-26, 2023

Exploring current interpretations and material usage in the field of contemporary jewelry, the exhibition includes both emerging and established makers from throughout the United States. 

The 2022 exhibition dates are Tuesday, August 16 - Saturday, September 10 in the Penland Focus Gallery

“Ultimately, (craft) is subversive not when it frightens, repels, or even stigmatizes, but when it is pensive, when it thinks.” ― Roland Barthes, Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography

RAM Showcase: Four Jewelers and the Artist of Color Acquisition Fund, Racine Art Museum, WI (curated by Lena Vigna). 2022-2024

On view-Pangea necklace as part of Racine Art Museum’s Permanent Collection

Utilizing rich and varied materials like sea grass, silicone, recycled keychains, and bronze, the contemporary artists featured in this exhibition create evocative and poetic adornment. Each artist undertakes investigations linking media, conceptual threads, and notions of wearability. They create jewelry that also functions as a way to explore the world—covering topics such as organic growth; personal, cultural, and social history; pop culture; and heritage. What further connects the featured work is that every piece is new to RAM as part of the first round of acquisitions specifically focused on supporting artists of color. These additions reflect RAM’s desire to further broaden the scope of creative voices that comprise the museum’s permanent collection.

While RAM has maintained its status as the largest contemporary craft collection in North America for almost a decade, dedicated funds for acquisitions are not typical as the institution primarily relies on gifts of artwork. In 2022, the museum combined a recent grant focused on acquiring works in craft media with an objective to increase historically underrepresented artists and purchased the work of seven artists of color. Critically, most of these objects were purchased directly from the artists themselves.

Part of the recently formed RAM Showcase exhibition series, this first show to focus solely on new artists of color in the collection features the work of Lorena Angulo, Tanya Crane, Seulgi Kwon, and Georgina Treviño. Because documenting these artists and sharing their stories is especially critical, panels detailing biographical information and artist statements are included alongside the artwork.

"Opening December 3rd 2021, the Jay Taylor Gallery will be hosting its second exhibition, featuring a group of artists working and living in Providence and the surrounding area. Splitting the Rent is a group exhibition of artists working with material and space to navigate the various ways we encounter one another and inhabit our shared spaces. From the monumental to the minute every-day, the diverse collection of work and ways of working all, in some way, negotiate our relationships - between a moment and a history, between material and form, and between ourselves and the world we live in."

Artists include: Anadid Ypres, Ben Herndon, Gabriel Feld, Jean Blackburn, Jerry Mischak, Marita Torbick, Meg Callahan, Stephanie Tyson Osorio, Tanya Crane, Triton Mobley, Wu Hanyen

Curators: Tyler Mills and Fernando Pezzino

(Whitewater, WI) Hyphenated exhibition featuring twelve BIPOC and 2S artists will open at the Crossman Gallery September 20, 2021-November 5, 2021.  The exhibition will showcase technically diverse artworks of regional, national and international artists addressing a range of personal experiences and emotions in response to hyphenated identity. Materials will range from works on paper, mixed-media installation, metal, clay, textile and paint. Hyphenated exhibit runs from September 20, 2021-November 5, 2021.

Diversity specialist Snéha Khilay states: “The hyphenated identity is a term that implies a dual identity and often insinuates that the person is oscillating between two cultures. Historically it has been used as a tool to establish and maintain power structures. Former President Theodore Roosevelt said: “When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans…. a hyphenated American is not an American at all…. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else””. (https://americanaejournal.hu/) American national identity and the idea of a “good American” has been synonymous with a single white, male, middle-class culture. Hyphenated identity has been used as a way to “other” and discriminate against people of certain race, gender, and class. Today, a hyphenated identity may be used to self- identify and as a way to reclaim and resist assimilation.

Pistachio's Summer 2021 exhibition

June 19th, 2021 - September 18th, 2021

Enamel is a technique dating back to the 18th century. These artists use a timeless craft to create contemporary pieces that connect materials through centuries. 

HANCOCK, MI – Finlandia University Gallery will present a six-person exhibit titled What We Will Inhabit if Not Our Bodies at the Finlandia University Gallery, located in the Finnish American Heritage Center (FAHC), Hancock from January 8 to February 12, 2021. Appointments for a private viewing of the exhibit can be made with Gallery Director Carrie Flaspohler at (906) 487-7500 or by email at gallery@finlandia.edu

A Zoom reception with the artist will take place on January 28th at 7pm.

Penland School of Craft, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, is an international center for craft education offering workshops, residencies and gallery exhibits. Co-curators and exhibitors Scott Vander Veen (current Core Fellow at Penland) and Kenyon Hansen (former Instructor) have organized the exhibit, What We Will Inhabit if Not Our Bodies, an exhibit of six artists who have been affiliated with the Penland School of Craft past and present.

Along with Vander Veen and Hansen, Tanya Crane (former Instructor), Maggie Jaszczak (former Resident Artist), Ellie Richards (current Resident Artist), and Kento Saisho (former Core Fellow) will also have work in the exhibit. In this year of enormous disruptions to our daily lives, these six artists exemplify the important role creatives play in interpreting, stretching, and embodying the world around us. Each artist brings the common language of craft to translate ideas to physical form, one of arts most transformative powers.

I’m so excited to be joining ACC (American Craft Council) again during their newly formed virtual Craft show.

HERE WE ARE is a strategic initiative that supports the diverse spectrum of creators within the jewelry community by creating impact and action within and outside the industry through awareness, empowerment, and education. Launched in 2019 under the guidance of NYCJW’s Director of Cultural Diversity and Inclusion, Elliot Carlyle, HERE WE ARE is a combination of community driven events including panels, webinars, and exhibitions. Initially designed to reflect and celebrate the many and varied cultures & visions across New York City, NYC Jewelry Week is excited to expand the reach of HWA across the United States as the platform enters its second year.

HERE WE ARE welcomes jewelers of all races/ethnicities, cultures, ages, genders, sexual orientation and physical abilities.

In 2020, NYCJW introduced a new weekly Instagram Live series HERE WE ARE: Conversations hosted by NYCJW’s Director of Diversity & Inclusion Elliot Carlyle, every Monday @nycjewelryweek.

The conversations are intimate, raw, unfiltered, unrehearsed, real-truth dialogues with creatives who are part of, support, or engage in NYCJW’s program and values. These talks are intended to inspire and impact all who listen inside and outside of the jewelry industry. Previous guests include April Walker, Marci Rodgers, Nandi Howard of ESSENCE Magazine, Lorraine West, Aziza Nicole of Aziza Handcrafted, Jennifer Gandia of Greenwich St. Jewelers and more. Browse & listen to previous episodes through the link below. @nycjewelryweek

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AMEND is an online exhibition organized to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, aka Women’s Suffrage. Of course we are still in the fight for true universal suffrage - this exhibit will promote & support initiatives that combat voter suppression & expanding voting rights, while recognizing the work of the suffragettes.
We invited a chorus of makers to design a piece of jewelry using the “I Voted” sticker as a jumping off point. Charged to interpret it anyway they like, the coming election coincides with the amending of our constitution & participation will take the form of any declaration about voting equity & the messy/complex history that includes.

AMEND October 2nd - November 2nd amendexhibition.com
The artists: Ale Carrillo-Estrada, Alejandra Salinas, Alexandra Hopp, Alexandra Scarlett Perez Demma, Anika Smulovitz, April Wood, Ashley Buchanan, Betsy Lewis, Beverly Penn, Biba Schutz, Billie Theide, Breana Ferrara, Brooke Marks-Swanson, Cathryn Jasterzbski, Demitra Thomloudis, Emily Cobb, Erin S. Daily, Georgina Trevino, Gretchen Schreiber, Haydee Alonso, Heidi Lowe, Janna Gregonis, Jennifer Wells, Jess Marie Rodriguez, Jessica Andersen, Jessica Calderwood, Jess Tolbert, Jillian Moore, Jillian Sortore, Julia Heineccius, Julia Turner, Jina Seo, Kaiya Rainbolt, Karen Smith, Kathleen Browne, Kathleen King, Katie Kameen, Kelly Ann Temple, Kerianne Quick, Laritza Garcia, Laura Konecne, Laura Wood, Laurel Fulton, Lauren Darrouzet, Lauren Eckert, Leslie Boyd, Leslie Shershow, Liz Clark, Lydia Martin, Lyndsay Rice, Lynn Batchelder, Maia Leppo, Mallory Weston, MANDO BEE, Margo Csipo, Maria Eife, Maria Tritico, Marion DiCaprio, Marissa Saneholtz, Marjorie Simon, Maru López, Mary Hallam Pearse, Mary Raivel, Masako Onodera, Masumi Kataoka, Melanie Bilenker, Mia Hebib, Mia Kaplan, MJ Tyson, Nancy Rodriguez, Nicole Jacquard, Nikki Couppee, Rachel Ness, Rachelle Thiewes, Rebecca Strzelec, Rebekah Frank, Samira Saheli, Sandra Enterline, Sarah Holden, Sarah Rachel Brown, Sharon Massey, Sondra Sherman, Stacey Lee Webber, Suna Bonometti, RAZI Projects, Tanya Crane, Valerie James, Venetia Dale

Opening at Monique Rancourt Gallery, 289 Moody St., Waltham, MA

Hosted and juried by Metalwerx, Making Moves is an exhibition featuring work that incorporates kinetic elements, focuses on movement of the body, and pieces that involve motion.  Participants were asked how they define movement in their work? A broad range of kinetic jewelry will be shown.

Please read before visiting

Visitors may make an appointment to view the exhibit by emailing Monique Rancourt at monique@moniquerancourt.com. If they do not make an appointment and show up while there is another person in the gallery, then they must wait until the person’s appointment is finished and the half hour that is needed to clean and sanitize the jewelry and objects. Visitors must indicate if they are coming by themselves or bringing a second party. • Two visitors will be allowed in the gallery (in addition to two staff) at a time.