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3 things on November 3
Need some distraction for this 3rd of November? Yup, me too. 1/ It’s Melbourne Cup Day! OK, so for those of you outside Australia who may have never heard of the Melbourne Cup, it might help to think Royal Ascot or The Kentucky Derby. If those ring no bells, here’s a quick story to illustrate…
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Talk tomorrow night!
Team Connexions will be at the JMGA-WA meeting in Perth tomorrow night as the feature speakers for the group’s October meeting. If you’re about you can come chat it up with us as we wander through our process of organising-funding-making-filming the Connexions exhibition, which is currently on show in Paris.* For those of you unable…
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Lend me your… never mind 😉
Danaca Design are having an Instagram, online and in-gallery exhibition of jewellery that I’m in, and, in this shock twist, I’m not going to ask you to vote for my piece on Insta tomorrow. STATE│meant is a show of Significant and Powerful Jewelry. It is an opportunity for jewelry artists to speak out on challenging…
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Connexions officially open!
After a hiccup and a delayed start, we opened our window display in Paris overnight on October the 13th. So you can finally see the (admittedly abbreviated) Connexions in the real! We’re at Galerie Assemblages as a part of the Parcours Bijoux jewellery festival: 66 rue Legendre, 75017 Paris, France Exhibition dates are being extended…
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Connexions live online!
Today we’re celebrating the launch of the Connexions exhibition website! While you’re there be sure to check out the short films of each exhibiting artist by our mate Brendan Hutchens of Vam Media, with filming assistance from Kantesha Takai of Lola Digital for Emily on Horn Island. Connexions showcases new contemporary jewellery works by Australian…
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Seattle symposium 2020 is an anywhere symposium!
This year’s annual Seattle Metals Guild Symposium is happening and will be presented online for your convenience on Oct. 10, 2020. If you’ve never attended one because of expense or distance you’re in luck! There will be an outstanding lineup of speakers, artists, silent auction, speaker panel, and even a Happy Hour! It will all…
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Danaca Design – STATEmeant jewellery
A call-for-entry for the jewellers of the world with something to say. For all y’all who saw the Ring Smackdown on the Danaca Design Instagram feed earlier this year, you can phase out for a minute. You need no introduction to the exhibition concept that I’m about to try and explain. You can just head…
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A/US extended in Sydney
Bridget Kennedy Project Space, like all galleries around the country, is slowly getting back into the swing of things post COVID-19 lockdown(s). I guess we’re all taking it slow and doing the right thing for our community by keeping away from crowds – where we’re allowed. That has meant not going to exhibition openings, restaurants,…
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Serious Bling – online incarnation
Radical Jewelry Makeover supremos Susie Ganch and Kathleen Kennedy presented Serious Bling at the Fuller Craft Museum earlier this year, and like many other shows it was forced to shut early due to COVID-19. It’s now reopened, with the Fuller Gift Store also set to reopen on the 16th of this month. If you can…
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Richard Bell
“So, basically, right-wing governments, just one the first things they do is just slash the arts budget. What that says to me is that art must be very powerful, if the first thing that the politicians do is to cut arts funding. They are trying to disappear art in this country. Whereas the creative arts…
