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Author:  Barbra Voltaire, FGG [ Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:23 am ]
Post subject:  ASJRA Conference on Jewelry Symbolism slated for Oct.

“Across Time: The Symbolic Meaning of Jewelry,”
The Association for the Study of Jewelry and Related Arts (ASJRA) is scheduled to hold its eighth annual conference on Oct. 12 and it will focus on the symbolism behind jewelry.

Speakers and seminars for the conference are as follows.

Jeweled Emblems of Wealth & Power at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Yvonne Markowitz, the Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan curator of jewelry at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

A Badge of Honor: The Orders of the Cincinnati and the Golden Fleece, the French Legion of Honor
Elyse Zorn Karlin, co-director of ASJRA, author and curator

Jewelry: Ancient Egyptian Protective Armour
Rita Freed, the John F. Cogan and Mary L. Cornille chair of ancient art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Hair Jewelry and Sentimentality … Even Today
Sarah Nehama, artist and co-curator and author of In Death Lamented: The Tradition of Anglo-American Mourning Jewelry

The British Crown Jewels
Curt DiCamillo, architectural historian, past executive director of the National Trust for Scotland Foundation, USA, and president of DiCamillo Companion, Ltd.

Suffragist Jewelry
Bella Neyman, design historian and journalist with an area of specialization in 20th century decorative arts, fashion and contemporary studio jewelry

A History of Betrothal and Wedding Rings
Jack Ogden, ancient jewelry expert and chief executive of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, author, lecturer, consultant

Jewelry as a Means of Self Expression
Jennifer Trask, studio jeweler and artist

Author:  danielle [ Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:14 am ]
Post subject:  Re: ASJRA Conference on Jewelry Symbolism slated for Oct.

Hi Barbra !

Thanks for this announce ! Where is it going to take place ?
I would be happy to attend , but it's too far from me :(

I am very interested by the subjects which will be treated .

Author:  Barbra Voltaire, FGG [ Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:19 am ]
Post subject:  Re: ASJRA Conference on Jewelry Symbolism slated for Oct.

Good question, Danielle.
I think one needs to contact ASJRA to find out the specifics:
http://www.jewelryconference.com/sched.html

Author:  danielle [ Wed Aug 14, 2013 11:13 am ]
Post subject:  Re: ASJRA Conference on Jewelry Symbolism slated for Oct.

Thanks for the link ! I read on it the answer of my question :)
New York City and not Boston , as I thought ...

Quote:
The Association for the Study of Jewelry & Related Arts Annual Fall Conference
will take place Saturday, October 12, 2013 with an optional study day to be
held preceding the conference on Friday, October 11.

The conference begins at 9 a.m. (with coffee and check-in beginning at 8:15 a.m.) and ending about 4:30 p.m. We do not publish the times assigned to individual speakers as they are subject to last minute changes. The location of the conference is in mid-town Manhattan at a beautiful turn-of-the 20th century private club which prohibits us from publishing their name and address on the website.

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