Call for Entry Jewelry and Metals Survey (JaMS) 2019 Volume 3

The Jewelry and Metals Survey (JAMS) is SNAG’s annual survey of jewelry and metals in contemporary art, architecture, craft, and design created in the previous year by emerging and established artists, as well as students, selected by a jury of experts including curators, artists, designers, gallery owners, and historians. In showcasing approximately 200-juried objects, each publication highlights the wide range of current ideas and making practices in the field of jewelry and metals.

The 2019 call for entries will be open from April 16th through June 24th, 2019. The jury will work to select the top 100 images from the submissions; each juror will also select an additional 33 images to be published. The 2019 JAMS will be published in late 2019/early 2020.

The 2019 jurors are:

Warren Holzman is a Philadelphia based artist working in forged and fabricated metals and the owner of Holzman Iron Studio LTD, notable for executing craftwork in metals for residential and commercial clients nationally and internationally. He has received numerous public art commissions and his work is included in private collections across the country, most notably the new architectural metalwork at the Bryn Athyn Cathedral and Glencairn Museum. In 2015, Holzman co-founded the Building Arts Program at Bryn Athyn College in Pennsylvania and is a blacksmithing instructor there. He has also taught at Peters Valley School of Crafts, Penland School of Crafts, New England School of Metalwork, University of the Arts, and Moore College of Art and Design. He has been the visiting artist and lecturer at Kent State University, SUNY New Paltz, SNAG New Orleans 2018 and The California Blacksmithing Association. 

Bryna Pomp began her career studying art history and French at Wheaton College, and was quite interested in the business of fashion and retailing. She went through the executive training program at Federated Department Stores, the best program in America, and the first week of the program she became the assistant buyer in fashion jewelry. After learning the skills of running a jewelry business from the retailer's point of view, Pomp then worked for a number of very large fashion jewelry companies, focusing on product development, strategic business planning, brand positioning, merchandising and marketing. She has always worked very closely with the companies' designers and because of this she has a solid understanding of the creative process and how jewelry is actually made. During all these years Pomp was always extremely interested in the less mainstream sectors of studio and art jewelry, which are now her primary focus.

In 2011, Pomp became the curator of LOOT, the annual exhibition and sale of studio and art jewelry at the Museum of Arts and Design. LOOT has existed since the 1990's. Pomp has successfully curated 9 editions of LOOT.

Lena Vigna is currently the Curator of Exhibitions at the Racine Art Museum in Racine, Wisconsin, where she curates and oversees the production and implementation of 10-15 exhibitions per year and heads the department. Lena Vigna has a particular interest in the contemporary fields of adornment, sculpture, fiber, and installation. Vigna has curated numerous solo and group exhibitions and written several essays that explore issues relevant to contemporary art and society.

Areas of investigation include political garments and accessories; jewelry that reconsiders the past in the present; luxury, consumption, and excess; the intersection of science fiction and craft; extreme wearable and non-wearable garments; lace; and the relationship between jewelry and painting (the subject of a 2012 article in Metalsmith).

Vigna was awarded a Craft Research Fund Project Grant from the Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design for an exhibition about contemporary approaches to lace (Laced with History) and received an Art Jewelry Forum for Adornment and Excess: Jewelry in the 21st Century. Named one of the top craft curators under 50 in a non-published museum survey, she is also a big fan of vintage clothes and custom cars.  

This survey publication will be judged on the following criteria:

·       Creative and inventive use of medium

·       Innovation in style and concept

·       Technical proficiency, construction, and craftsmanship

·       Form and aesthetics of the piece

·       Consistency of the quality of the piece

·       Other considerations as determined by the jury

SNAG invites artists, craftspeople, designers, public artists, and architects worldwide to submit images of new works focusing on metal and/or jewelry. Everyone from any sector of the field at any level of experience is encouraged to apply. Curators are also welcome to submit recent work purchased by their institution.

Submissions may be entered beginning April 16 - June 24, 2019.

In July and August, the jury will select about the top 100 images from the submissions; each juror will get to select up to an additional 33 images to be published.

JAMS will be published and available in print format in December 2019/ January 2020.

ENTRY DETAILS

Applicants should submit between one to three digital images, illustrating one work per image. Videos will also be accepted. No detail shots will be accepted. If a detail shot is submitted it will not be juried.

Digital photographs must be of actual objects designed and made between April 16, 2018 and June 24, 2019.

One one entry is allowed per artist.

ENTRY DEADLINE

Call opens April 16, 2019 12:00 am MST and closes June 24th, 2019 11:59 pm MST.

IMAGE REQUIREMENTS

For online jurying:

Photographs should be at a minimum of 4 inches x 6 inches at 300 dpi (1200 pixels on the longest the side). Image file sizes are limited to 5MB each.

Please visit this link for full information on the types of video files accepted.

For publication:

After a work is accepted to JAMS, applicants will asked to provide additional, higher resolution images for the publication. These photographs should be at a minimum of 6 inches on the longest edge at 300 dpi (1800 pixels; short dimension based on crop). Recommended size for images is 18 inches on the longest edge at 300 dpi (5400 pixels; short dimension based on crop). Videos that are accepted will be represented by a still image in the publication, with the video piece available online.

Files types accepted include jpg and tif.

The image file should be labeled as follows: artist’s last name_first name_title or artist’s last name_first name_title.

Do not use quotation marks, apostrophes, parentheses or any characters that are not numbers or letters in your image file titles.

If object dimensions vary, type in “dimension varies.” For diameter, complete width and depth fields with the same dimension.

FEE

Entry fee is $45.

SNAG members receive a special discounted entry fee. Please see Riveting News to learn how SNAG members can pay only $20 to have their work considered for JAMS 2019 Volume 3.

Application Requirements

Eligibility Criteria