A Week of Sparkle and Shine: New York City Jewelry Week - Forbes
For all of you jewelry aficionados residing in or around New York, this week of November 12-18, 2018, deemed NYCJW (NYC Jewelry Week), will provide you with an abundance of jewelry-centric activities from which to choose. This roster of events, which include educational lectures, studio tours, curated museum tours, panel discussions and collaborative DIY classes shines with the brightest that this city has to offer. In its inaugural year, Co-founders JB Jones and Bella Neyman, both specializing in different realms of jewelry and the arts, have put together a schedule and program that will guide you through an inside look at the various facets of New York’s jewelry scene, from Fifth Avenue’s renowned houses to the small stores that have made Brooklyn a bustling mecca of independent jewelry shops These events, in addition to the museum exhibitions and educational programs celebrate the rich history of jewelry in New York City.
Here just a few of the events and happenings this week. (For more information go to NYCJW.)
Tuesday, November 13
Curatorial Tour of "Jewelry: The Body Transformed"
11:00 am
Cost: $22
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028
Met curator Melanie Holcomb will host a tour of this exhibition which runs from November 12 – February 28. She will focus on the exhibit’s “global conversation about one of the most personal and universal of art forms," the reason we wear jewelry and what it has meant throughout time. The exhibit brings together some 230 objects of headdresses, ear ornaments, brooches and belts, necklaces and rings created throughout civilization until present day and these pieces will be shown along with sculptures, paintings, prints, and photographs to offer context for the stories that these jewels have told throughout history.
The Crown of The AndesThe Metropolitan Museum of Art
"Made in NY" Talks: Behind Iconic Jewelry On Stage & Screen
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Cost: Free
Fashion Institute of Technology, Katie Murphy Amphitheater
227 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001
Fern Mallis, creator of New York Fashion Week, will moderate a panel of costumer designers from award-winning TV shows, films and theatre to discuss how a statement piece can help shape and tell and story and develop a character or brand. Panelists include: Donna Zakowska, Costume Designer, The Marvelous Ms. Maisel and Broadway’s Relatively Speaking Marci Rodgers, Costume Designer, She's Gotta Have it Jacqueline Demeterio, Costume Designer, Younger, Sex and the City 2 and The Intern Catherine Zuber, Costume Designer, Broadway's My Fair Lady and War Paint.
RSVP is required.
Wednesday, November 14
Marla Aaron: #LockYourMom Live!
3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Cost: Free
Greenwich St. Jewelers
64 Trinity Place, New York, NY 10006
An extension of the innovative jewelry designer Marla Aaron’s annual #lockyourmom initiative of gifting her designs to single moms, Greenwich St. Jewelers & Marla Aaron present #lockyourmom LIVE. Marla Aaron will in attendance will give away an exclusively designed #lockyourmom lock to the first 100 single moms (single dads are welcome too!) that attend the event at Greenwich St. Jewelers'. Greenwich St. Jewelers will also present Aaron's entire collection, including her iconic locks, chains, charms, inlay Series and her ‘Earring Project.’
Marla Aaron at Greenwich St. JewelersCourtesy of Greenwich St. Jewelers
An Evening of Books, Jewelry, and Cocktails
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Cost: Free
Doyle & Doyle
412 West 13th Street, New York, NY 10014
Hosted by the beautifully curated antique and vintage retail shop of Doyle & Doyle and The American Society of Jewelry Historian’s (ASJH), this event allows for sipping cocktails, mingling and browsing through and buying rare jewelry and art books and auction catalogs at heavily discounted prices. ASJH is selling an amazing collection of books from the reference library of prominent Art Nouveau collector, author lecturer, and founder of the original Jewelry Camp, Dr. Joseph Sataloff. 100% of the proceeds of the sale of the books will benefit the ASJH to support lectures, scholarships and programs for the jewelry community.
Doyle & Doyle and ASJH Photo courtesy of Doyle & Doyle
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15
RE:FINE – Redefining Fine Jewelry
5:30 – 8:30 PM
Cost: Free
The Store at Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019
RE:FINE – Redefining Fine Jewelry, features over 30 international artists whose jewelry reflects the ethos of the Museum of Arts and Design's mission to present work at the intersection of arts, craft, and design. RE:FINE Holiday 2018 edition takes place at THE STORE at the Museum of Arts and Design. Guests will enjoy a 20% savings on all fine jewelry purchases. The designers who have been chosen for RE:FINE offer a refreshing alternative to the conventional world of fine jewelry. These designers are shaping the tastes of today’s jewelry collectors—confident women who embrace creativity and self-expression in defining their own personal style.
RE:FINE Holiday 2018Courtesy of The Store at MAD
Christie's Education: "On Collecting" Panel Discussion
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Cost: Free
Christie's Education
1230 Avenue of the Americas, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10020
Tom Heyman, collector of historically significant pieces by Oscar Heyman that date back to the early part of the 20th century, Mahnaz Ispahani buyer for private clients and jewelry consultant and appraiser Dianne Batista who works with auction houses and private clients will sit on this panel to discuss how to collection and build a jewelry collection based on your different goals. They will cover topics of why and how to collect, the attributes that make a piece worth owning. Additionally the will discuss how jewelry houses decide which pieces from their archive need to be resurrected and how does it affect their value on the secondary market.
Friday, November 16
Catbird: Studio Tour and Meet the Founders
11:30am – 12:00pm
Cost: Free
Catbird, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 77
141 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Join Catbird at its new Brooklyn Navy Yard headquarters for a tour of the studio and warehouse. You will have an opportunity to observe Catbird’s production methods, meet the bench jewelers and have a meet and greet with Catbird founder and co-creative director Rony Vardi and co-creative director Leigh Plessner.
Sunday, November 18
"Jewelry Around the World" Guided Tour
1:00 pm
Cost: Free
Newark Museum
49 Washington Street, Newark, NJ 07102
Chief Curator Emeritus (and current interim co-director) of the New Museum, Ulysses Dietz will lead a tour of five different spaces throughout the museum’s 85 galleries that celebrate the importance of jewelry in the art of everyday life.
