Join MAD’s jewelry curator Ursula Ilse-Neuman as she hosts a day-long investigation into contemporary jewelry design in conjunction with LOOT. Featuring gallery tours, workshops and artist demonstrations, as well as a panel discussion with some of the leading figures in the field, including Vice Chair Robert Lee Morris, this jam-packed day celebrates the rich cultural history and cutting edge jewelry design.
11:00 am - 6:00 pm Open Studios: Enameling, casting and CAD/CAM demonstrations Join us as artists demonstrate some of the unique new techniques and processes found in contemporary jewelry making- meet Timothy Liles, Nova Bronstein, and others. 11:15 am and 3:00 pm Guided Tours of LOOT MAD invites you to learn even more about the exciting world of the artists of LOOT, through a special in-depth guided tour. Taking place at 11:15 and 3:00pm, these tours give incredible insight into the background, processes, and jewelry of LOOT artists.
12:00 pm – 3:00 pm White on White: An Enamel Jewelry Workshop $75 General, $70 MAD Members Space is Limited! To register, call (212) 299 7727 or click here
Discover the range of possibilities in effect from using only white and clear vitreous enamel on copper. This intimate workshop will teach techniques of enamel application to make pattern and a range of colors all while using only this very limited palate. Techniques will include; stenciling, scraffito, binders, stoning, over and under firing. For all skill levels.
3:30 pm Jewelry Design DNA Four of today’s top contemporary jewel artists, including Robert Lee Morris, Bruce Metcalf, Giorgio Vigna, Gail Bird, and Iris Nieuwenberg, join together in the theater at MAD to explore the effects of globalization on personal vision.
With studio jewelry being produced on every continent, are there still any characteristics that artists inherit through their national origins? Are there attributes of American jewelry design that differ from those in Europe or Asia? Can training programs indoctrinate jewelry artists in a design process that reduces or liberates their originality?
These inspirational artists explore these topics and more as they outline their starting points, use of conventional and unconventional materials, as well as developing of techniques that are wholly the artist’s own.
The panel will be moderated by MAD jewelry curator Ursula Ilse-Neuman.
11:00AM – 6:00PM Evolving Cultures: Films on Dutch and Native American History Presented on the 6th floor, MAD screens a continuous series of films tracing the rich history Native American and Dutch culture behind the work seen in LOOT.
Please review our health and safety protocols before you arrive. MAD strongly recommends all visitors six months and older are vaccinated against Covid-19 and visitors ages two and up wear face coverings, even if vaccinated. Thank you for your cooperation.