The American Jewelry Design Council will present its highest award, the Benne Award, to Alan Revere during the Tucson Gem Fair on February 8, 2019 Named for the Italian renaissance goldsmith and sculptor, Benvenuto Cellini, the lifetime achievement award honors an individual who has 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
‘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
Variations on a Theme now open at GIA
Variations on a Theme: 25 Years of Design by AJDC is now on view at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) in Carlsbad, CA. The exhibition will remain on display at GIA through June 2016. For more information, visit the GIA website. Read More
The Design Process: Phoenix Rises
Follow the creation of Paul Robilotti's FIRE Project thru a series of photographs. From the early sketch to the finished sculpture, Paul captures the intricacies and labor involved in bringing a design to fruition. Materials include gold casting alloy, a custom glass orb designed by Rick Read More