JEWELRY FUNDRAISER
For The Museum of Art and Design
In New York City
LOOT!2010
Oct 20-26, 2010
http://madmuseum.org/DO/Calendar/201010/loot_2010.aspx
Cutting edge jewelry designs, ranging in price between $300. and $30,000, with an average of $2700.
LOOT is MAD’s biennial juried exhibition and sale of one-of-a-kind contemporary art jewelry, created by acclaimed American and international artists. This year’s event – the first LOOT in the new 2 Columbus Circle Galleries — will be held October 20th- 26th. It will open with a Gala evening preview on Wednesday, October 20th to benefit the Museum’s exhibition and education programs.
A full weekend of programs will accompany the exhibition and sale in the second floor design galleries including curatorial lectures, panel discussions with experts and designers, artists’ talks and workshop demonstrations in the MAD artists’ studios. Special family focused hands-on workshops will be held on the weekend.
For further information please contact Rebekka Grossman at 212.299.7712 or rebekka.grossman@madmuseum.org.
The exhibition and sale continue from Thursday, October 21 to Tuesday, October 26 during regular museum hours. LOOT will also be open on Monday, October 25 from 11am – 6pm.
Whether you can attend this fund raiser, here are some of the types of pieces you might see.
Emerging Dutch artists
Beppe Kessler
http://www.beppekessler.nl/
Iris Nieuwenburg
http://www.droog.com/aboutus/designers/iris-nieuwenburg/
Truike Verdegaal
http://www.truikeverdegaal.com/
Native American Artists
Gail Bird and Yazzie Johnson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gail_Bird_and_Yazzie_Johnson
Richard Chavez
http://collectionsouthwest.com/html/rchavezpage01.html
Verma Nequatewa
http://www.americanmastersofstone.com/Biographies/Verma%20Nequatewa.htm
Charles Loloma
http://www.americanmastersofstone.com/Biographies/Charles%20Loloma.htm
Other Emerging Contemporary Jewelry Artists
Pat Flynn
http://www.patflynninc.com/
Jennifer Trask
http://www.jennifertrask.com/Site/Home.html
Anastasia Azure
http://www.anastasiaazure.com/
Jocelyn Kolb
http://dailyartmuse.com/2009/09/04/jocelyn-kolb-computer-aided-design-jewelry/
Giorgio Vigna
Kiwon Wang