5 THEMES • 36 ARTISTS • 92 PIECES • ONE DESTINATION: CONVERGENCE: The American Jewelry Design Group at the Headley-Whitney Museum of Art’ will open to the public on June 13, 2018. A gala opening is scheduled for Saturday, June 23, 2018. In 1996, AJDC began the annual Read More
David Freda’s Stag Beetles Featured in Film
Several years ago, AJDC member David Freda created a sterling silver, steel and glass Stag Beetle for an entomologist at the American Museum of Natural History. Now film maker Robert Brody has created a stop action film of two of the beetles fighting! It's well worth a Read More
AJDC Announces New Museum Exhibition
AJDC is happy to announce that a new exhibition of it's Annual Design Projects will open in June at the Headley-Whitney Museum of Art in Lexington, Ky. This new exhibit will feature pieces from the Ice, Wave, Fire, Transformation and Stripes Design Projects by all current members of the Read More
The Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts has closed.
After nearly 40 years, Alan Revere has decided to retire from teaching and directing the school that he founded in San Francisco. The Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts closed its doors on December 15, 2017, with the graduation of the 34th Jewelry Technician Intensive class. The school will Read More
Barbara Heinrich Profiled in Ornament Magazine
AJDC President Barbara Heinrich is profiled in the current issue of Ornament Magazine. http://www.ornamentmagazine.org/blog/barbara-heinrich-volume-394 Read More
Linda MacNeil:Jewels of Glass opens at Museum of Glass
Linda MacNeil:Jewels of Glass will open January 21, 2017 at the Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA. MacNeil’s innovative use of glass to create elegant, wearable jewelry provides a unique opportunity forMuseum of Glass (MOG) to present its first exhibition of jewelry, Linda MacNeil: Jewels of Read More
David Freda is featured in Ornament Magazine
David Freda is profiled in the latest issue of Ornament Magazine. http://www.ornamentmagazine.org/blog/david-freda-volume-392 Read More
An Interview with Merry-Lee Rae
AJDC member Merry-Lee Rae is one of the best enamelists working today. Here is an interview from The Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts where Merry-Lee will be teaching a workshop in April 2017 https://vimeo.com/191493971 Read More
‘Variations on a Theme’ extended at GIA
The installation of AJDC's 'Variation on a Theme' currently on view at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in Carlsbad, CA has been extended through March 17, 2017. The exhibition is open to the public. Read More
Platinum Guild International Presents the AJDC 2016 Design Project
Platinum Guild International has released a Look Book of it's presentation of the AJDC 2016 Design Project 'Transformation'. To view the Look Book click here The American Jewelry Design Council has partnered with Platinum Guild International for the 2016 Design Read More