AJF call for entry emerging jewellery designer

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March 21, 2013

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: 2013 ART JEWELRY FORUM ARTIST AWARD

Details on Top American Prize for an Emerging Art Jeweler Released

Mill Valley, California, USA--Art Jewelry Form (AJF) is accepting
applications for
the 2013 Art Jewelry Forum Artist Award for an emerging jewelry artist. This is
the 14th year the organization is awarding a cash prize to a
contemporary artist.
The amount of the 2013 award is $7500. The purpose of the Art Jewelry
Forum Artist
Award for an emerging jeweler is to acknowledge promise, innovation,
and individuality
in a jeweler's work and to help advance his or her career.

Jurors selecting this year's prizewinner are: 2012 Art Jewelry Forum
Artist Award
winner Noon Passama; Lindsay Pollack, Editor in Chief of Art in
America and a collector
of art jewelry; and Ruudt Peters, illustrious vanguard jeweler and professor at
Alchimia Contemporary Jewellery School, Florence, Italy.

The Art Jewelry Forum Artist Award competition is open to makers of wearable art
jewelry who have completed their academic or professional training at least one
year but not more than six years prior to the submission date of the AJF Award
application. Applicants must not have had a solo exhibition at a
commercial gallery
or a museum or have one scheduled. All artwork submitted must have
been unsupervised;
work from BFA or MFA shows may NOT be submitted.

Award Schedule

* April 1, 2013 Applications may be submitted at www.callforentry.org
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g62ZLc14LXb10uhh4o2qejwHtxj3RNlwyxTFVibx_6YjhADClRArgdVpPfSD_3rVznwa8TFDxQVXztaVqZPVzuuTT3jVAu3h11sTxWb1WN86vjkmszKumiyraewpsJHQI_wtrBSYdi0s7BI_BGMWg2aoBWoHkKLJ2hxauz0bEOxXnT3z-dsTIZsOcb8mq8a2FXTGfmpYEoB6H52rWYs4E4SOKb0sCDG7a0nJFZ9KSGP7oIFU7pZJ8362OETg4mjhsm6yOSXfK0aUDTAedgA6XQ==].

* June 30, 2013 Deadline for application entry.

* September 2013 The winner of this year's competition and $7500 cash
award is announced.

2012 AJF AA Noon Passama

Learn more about the Art Jewelry Forum Artist Award and find complete
application
guidelines on the website
[http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001g62ZLc14LXb6Aym_LiVi-9ADS9FxJJhbWxKCzLjUUyT0f3QKPvikxds9assn4muGKg-uPZBjCieyIkMH3NvoapBOikXh4WJq_9Dqn_NsFnl058cxiM68c0YT5kIyYCKuoduPsqX7pmUlVRe9UC17EnwwqAmfdC-yOUW7WbhYSZhjPvqOh5RtCKElVY8YvLaNKzCZctPeBtdeQlMamgmH7zAU6ui1rQU4h89SQoOVhOM9LeTPs5oRU0N5Q0gYS3Lsbo64vP0Sp1P4g5nq55ZcbfasrRtBngcz].

Art Jewelry Forum is a nonprofit organization spreading awareness,
encouraging appreciation,
and expanding insight of art jewelry worldwide since 1997. It is a
curious, informed,
and diverse community passionately advocating for art jewelry through
an ambitious
agenda of education, conversation, and support. The Art Jewelry Forum
Artist Award
was established in 1999. Its first recipient, Yeon-Mi Keong, received the award
at the Society of North American Goldsmiths conference in 2000.