I recently took my 12 SACI Jewelry Design students on a studio visit to Microfficina, to meet jewelry artist, Federico Vianello. Is it just a coincidence that his last name contains the word for “ring” in Italian, anello? Microfficina is a small design studio, workshop, and gallery in Florence, Italy, where Federico creates, displays, and… Read More jewelry studio visit: federico vianello
Rigore e Libertà (Rigore and Liberty) is an exhibition featuring three major Italian masters of contemporary jewelry: Mario Pinton, Francesco Pavan, and Giampaolo Babetto. The extensive exhibition of almost 150 pieces is being housed within the Marino Marini Foundation Museum in Pistoia, northwest of Florence, through March 24, 2019. Marino Marini taught Mario Pinton sculpture… Read More rigore e libertà – contemporary italian jewelry
How exciting that one of the more important contemporary art museums in Italy, the MAXXI National Museum of 21st Century Art, is dedicating an exhibition to contemporary art jewelry in relationship to architecture… two of my passions!… Read More body, movement, structure. contemporary jewelry and its construction [at the MAXXI, Rome]
Numeroventi (number 20) is one of those new contemporary spaces carved out of a Renaissance palazzo in Florence, Italy, with a mixed-use agenda giving new life to an old building.… Read More 10 spaces at numeroventi showcases local artists
Alchemy: Transformations in Gold Des Moines Art Center February 11 – May 5, 2017 I just read about this exhibition, Alchemy, curated by Laura Burkhalter: “Alchemy brings together a group of international artists whose work incorporates gold (or another metal disguised as gold). In each case, this precious material not only brings a sense of… Read More alchemy + streets of gold
My favorite items in the museum are the small, personal, intimate objects archived with information about many children who were brought to the hospital in the 1800s to be cared for as orphans.… Read More identification marks + foundlings’ fate
