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Make it Chain!
To my lovely locavore jewellery aficionados, You are invited to my annual open studio event. This year I’m dedicating a spot in the studio to a chain-making station. Everyone (especially any smaller associates) is welcome to don an apron and make some recycled metal chain, in steel or copper, and with some plastic thrown in.…
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Banner + Badge – New Website!
The decade-long wait for new content on my main website is over! There are not enough emoji to convey the effort expended, and the gratitude and relief to have it up and out in the world. https://www.melissacameron.net/exhibition/banner_and_badge/ You just gotta see it for yourself 😉 Before I get into that, and the show, I need…
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Banner and Badge
Please come to my solo exhibition! 5 October – 11 October Mon – Sun: 10am – 4pm Exhibition Opening: 4 October, 6pm – 8pm Talk with Kaori Juzu (JPN/DK): 6 October, 2.30pm – 3.30pm PS Art Space 22 Pakenham StreetFremantle, Western Australia 6160 A solo exhibition by jeweller and public artist Melissa Cameron, presenting her…
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Lost in Translation
IOTA is off to Bangkok – Jude, Holly and I will see you at Atta gallery on the 8th of September!! Lost in Translation A Group Exhibition by 18 Artists from the Indian Ocean Region Curated by by Haisang Javanalikhikara and Atty Tantivit 29 August – 20 October 2024 Opening Reception on 8 September 2024;…
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IOTA Conference
IOTA Conference Signup At next week’s IOTA:24 conference I will be doing something different on each of the main days – 2, 3 and 4: Day 2 – Pecha Kucha6 Australian IOTA alumni artists speak for 6 minutes with 6 slides about their work.Moderator: Carola Akindele-Obe Day 3 – Drop-in Workshop: With Melissa Cameron rapidyclosingwindow…
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JMGA Conference 2024 – registrations are open!
book online now! Announcing the 19th Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia Conference Saturday October 5th, 2024WA Maritime Museum,Victoria Quay Road, Walyalup/Fremantle The JMGA Conference Committee are pleased to announce the details of the upcoming biennial Conference. Taking place at the WA Maritime Museum, just outside of Boorloo/Perth, in Walyalup/Fremantle, this famed biennial event returns…
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Award Season
Move over Hollywood, last Monday the 18th of March saw the 2024 Australian Urban Design Awards. Our project leader for the Er Pavilion, Katherine Ashe of vittinoAshe, was in Canberra to find out that we won a commendation in the Built Projects – Local and Neighbourhood Scale category. Yay team! You can read more about…
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Er Pavilion
The Er Pavilion, featuring the work rapidly closing window… #3/ Ngarngk has one more week left to run in Walyalup (Fremantle)! It’s located by the J Shed Artist Studios and next to Bathers Beach. There are sill a few events to take place at the Pavilion, most notably the talks this Thursday Night and more…
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19th Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia national biennial conference – call for papers + workshops
Have you heard?? The Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia invite expressions of interest for the 2024 conference in Perth, Western Australia. The JMGA have convened biennially since 1980 to celebrate, educate and showcase contemporary jewellery in the region. The theme; “Involution: Making Jewellery, Creating Change” captures the entangled pushing and pulling of organisms constantly…
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NYCJW – Sarah Elson + Melissa Cameron
The talk I recently recorded for New York City Jewelry Week goes live on their YouTube Channel this week. It’ll be up on Thursday New York time, so Friday here in Aus, and for most of the rest of you, somewhere in between! It’s a long and involved one-sided conversation so if you have any…
