GRADUATE METAL X1 - inside out -
25 January 2008 – 14 February 2008
in the Light Square Gallery at Adelaide Centre for the Arts.
The 13th Biennial Conference of the JMGA (Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia), entitled Inside-Out, was held in Adelaide from 25-27 January 2008.
Inside-Out built on the momentum of previous JMGA conferences and explored jewellery and object making inside the Australia, Asia and Pacific regions and outside the conventions of mainstream practice.
The conference brought together practitioners, educators, collectors, critics and cultural theorists for three days of discussion, debate, interaction and the exchange of ideas.
Speakers included: Grace Cochrane, Julie Ewington, Marian Hosking, Professor Seung Hee Kim, Dr Kevin Murray, Dr Christine Nicholls, Robert Reason, Dr. Damian Skinner and more.
The accompanying exhibition program presented over 20 exhibitions across Adelaide and South Australia and showcased the work of local, national and international artists. Exhibition venues included the Art Gallery of South Australia, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, South Australian Museum, Light Square Gallery – Adelaide Centre for the Arts, Flinders University Art Museum City Gallery, Zu Design, The National Wine Centre and many more. The exhibitions were a great success with attendance estimated at 11,870.
conference overview
The Conference was held at the University of South Australia’s City West Campus in the Hawke Building at 55 North Terrace, Adelaide. Activities took place in Adelaide’s lively West End Arts precinct at the South Australian School of Art – University of South Australia, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design and TAFE SA Adelaide Centre for the Arts.
Themes for the conference papers and the supporting exhibition and workshop programs were:
* cross cultures exploring regional, ethnic and indigenous approaches to practice
* culture of the body looking at the body as a site and/or subject for representation
performance, fashion and movement
* cultural sites investigating personal, public and institutional perspectives on objects and practice
* techno culture engagements with technologies new and old
The conference brought together practitioners, educators, collectors, critics and cultural theorists for three days of discussion, debate, interaction and the exchange of ideas.
exhibition program
A program of exhibitions showcased the work of artists from Australia, New Zealand, and the Asia Pacific Region.
Venues included the Art Gallery of South Australia, Flinders University City Gallery, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Light Square Gallery, Migration Museum, The National Wine Centre, soda and rhyme | jewellery design studio and Zu Design. The exhibitions were a great success with attendance estimated at 11,870.
Graduate Metal XI – emerging ideas in jewellery & objects is an award exhibition held in conjunction with the National Biennial JMGA Conferences.
This year marked the eleventh show of its kind and surveyed a selection of work by 60 recent Jewellery and Metal smithing graduates from Australia. In spirit of the theme of the conference, 32 international students from Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Thailand were invited to exhibit for the first time.
The exhibition ran from Friday 25 January – Thursday 14 February 2008 in the Light Square Gallery at Adelaide Centre for the Arts.
Three awards were presented as part of the exhibition. The Judges were:
Julie Blyfield – Contemporary Jeweller of International acclaim, and co-founder of the Gray Street Jewellery Workshop.
Robert Reason – Curator of European and Australian Decorative Arts at the Art Gallery of South Australia and affiliate lecturer of Politics at the University of Adelaide.
Julie Ewington – writer, curator and broadcaster – is currently Head of Australian Art at Queensland Art Gallery.
Congratulations to our prize winners – Sandra Marker, Tomoka Kaizu and Jimin Kim and to all makers selected to take part in Graduate Metal XI. The wonderful diversity and skill shown in the selected works ensures the strength and originality of future Contemporary Jewellery in the Australia, Asia and Pacific regions.
www.jmgasa.net.au
Inside-Out built on the momentum of previous JMGA conferences and explored jewellery and object making inside the Australia, Asia and Pacific regions and outside the conventions of mainstream practice.
The conference brought together practitioners, educators, collectors, critics and cultural theorists for three days of discussion, debate, interaction and the exchange of ideas.
Speakers included: Grace Cochrane, Julie Ewington, Marian Hosking, Professor Seung Hee Kim, Dr Kevin Murray, Dr Christine Nicholls, Robert Reason, Dr. Damian Skinner and more.
The accompanying exhibition program presented over 20 exhibitions across Adelaide and South Australia and showcased the work of local, national and international artists. Exhibition venues included the Art Gallery of South Australia, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, South Australian Museum, Light Square Gallery – Adelaide Centre for the Arts, Flinders University Art Museum City Gallery, Zu Design, The National Wine Centre and many more. The exhibitions were a great success with attendance estimated at 11,870.
conference overview
The Conference was held at the University of South Australia’s City West Campus in the Hawke Building at 55 North Terrace, Adelaide. Activities took place in Adelaide’s lively West End Arts precinct at the South Australian School of Art – University of South Australia, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design and TAFE SA Adelaide Centre for the Arts.
Themes for the conference papers and the supporting exhibition and workshop programs were:
* cross cultures exploring regional, ethnic and indigenous approaches to practice
* culture of the body looking at the body as a site and/or subject for representation
performance, fashion and movement
* cultural sites investigating personal, public and institutional perspectives on objects and practice
* techno culture engagements with technologies new and old
The conference brought together practitioners, educators, collectors, critics and cultural theorists for three days of discussion, debate, interaction and the exchange of ideas.
exhibition program
A program of exhibitions showcased the work of artists from Australia, New Zealand, and the Asia Pacific Region.
Venues included the Art Gallery of South Australia, Flinders University City Gallery, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Light Square Gallery, Migration Museum, The National Wine Centre, soda and rhyme | jewellery design studio and Zu Design. The exhibitions were a great success with attendance estimated at 11,870.
Graduate Metal XI – emerging ideas in jewellery & objects is an award exhibition held in conjunction with the National Biennial JMGA Conferences.
This year marked the eleventh show of its kind and surveyed a selection of work by 60 recent Jewellery and Metal smithing graduates from Australia. In spirit of the theme of the conference, 32 international students from Japan, Korea, New Zealand and Thailand were invited to exhibit for the first time.
The exhibition ran from Friday 25 January – Thursday 14 February 2008 in the Light Square Gallery at Adelaide Centre for the Arts.
Three awards were presented as part of the exhibition. The Judges were:
Julie Blyfield – Contemporary Jeweller of International acclaim, and co-founder of the Gray Street Jewellery Workshop.
Robert Reason – Curator of European and Australian Decorative Arts at the Art Gallery of South Australia and affiliate lecturer of Politics at the University of Adelaide.
Julie Ewington – writer, curator and broadcaster – is currently Head of Australian Art at Queensland Art Gallery.
Congratulations to our prize winners – Sandra Marker, Tomoka Kaizu and Jimin Kim and to all makers selected to take part in Graduate Metal XI. The wonderful diversity and skill shown in the selected works ensures the strength and originality of future Contemporary Jewellery in the Australia, Asia and Pacific regions.
www.jmgasa.net.au