EL FESTIVAL DE JADE Y DE LAS ARTES DEL OCÉANO EN SANTA BÁRBARA - USA

The Santa Barbara Jade and Ocean Arts Festival is being brought to Santa Barbara in order to provide our Sea side community with the opportunity to enjoy a wonderful day at the park with their families while providing them with the chance to see a huge selection of Ocean themed art work and discover the intriguing world of Jade!

The Mission of the Santa Barbara Jade & Ocean Arts Expo is to educate the people of Santa Barbara and surrounding area about the intriguing world of Jade "The Stone of the Heavens" as well as promote awareness of local Ocean themed artists and to continue to support ecological and educational efforts within Santa Barbara County area regarding the necessity to maintain clean & healthy ocean and Beach environments for all to enjoy now and in the future.

General Festival Information Our festival will be open to the public on Saturday, June 16, from 10AM to 6PM, and Sunday, June 16, from 10AM till 6PM. We are located right along the 101 Freeway, at the Los Positas Exit.

Fechas: 16 y 17 de Junio

http://www.sbjadefest.com/

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Se trata de un concurso:   realizar una hebilla que debe ser realizada a mano acorde a varios criterios tales como el estilo wester, actual, conceptual, etc.

Este año ha sido entre los finalistas se encuentra un español: MAYORAL TEAM que presentó esta hebilla.

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 Jewels, Gems, and Treasures

Ancient to Modern

July 19, 2011 - June 1, 2014

“Spectacular…one-of-a-kind…a very sparkly part of our history.”—WCVB-TV

What is a gem? "Jewels, Gems, and Treasures: Ancient to Modern," the first exhibition in the Museum's new Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation Gallery, examines the various roles and meanings associated with a wide range of gem materials. Drawn from the MFA’s collection and select loans, these range from a 24th-century BC Nubian conch shell amulet, to Mary Todd Lincoln’s 19th-century diamond and gold suite, to a 20th-century platinum, diamond, ruby, and sapphire Flag brooch honoring the sacrifices of the Doughboys in World War I.

Today, in the West, we have come to regard diamond, pearl, emerald, sapphire, and ruby as the most precious of materials. That has not always been the case. Other substances have commanded equal attention, from feathers, claws, and mica appliqués to coral and rock crystal, serving a protective role, guarding their wearer from dangerous circumstances or malevolent forces. Other substances, especially those that are rare and available to a select few, are signifiers of wealth and power.

 

ABOVE: This charming enamel marsh-bird decorated with moonstones and pearls was created by English Arts and Crafts designer Charles Robert Ashbee as a hair ornament that was later converted to a brooch.

 http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/jewels-gems-and-treasures

El catálogo de la exposición :

Yvonne J. Markowitz

About the Book

A mode of self-expression that can be traced back to the earliest civilizations, jewelry can be as culturally revealing as it is stunningly beautiful.  Artful Adornments: Jewelry from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, features over one hundred works of jeweler's art from one of the most comprehensive jewelry collections in the world. With nearly two hundred lavish color illustrations, the dazzling array ranges from an emerald and diamond brooch once owned by cereal-fortune heiress Merriweather Post, to a rock crystal and gold amulet found in the tomb of an ancient Egyptian queen, to a twentieth-century kinetic necklace influenced by the mobiles of Alexander Calder. Magical Jewels, emblems of wealth and power, tokens of affection, adornment as dress, and jewelry as expressions of avant-garde art movements are all discussed, revealing how a jewel painted with chopped bits of a loved one's hair can be just as precious-and no less decorative-than one encrusted with gemstones. Spanning five continents and nearly six millennia, this book introduces the reader to the variety and brilliance of the jeweler's art from around the world and throughout the ages.

 

Boston MFA to Open New Gallery with Jewelry Exhibit

Marjorie Merriweather Post’s lavish platinum brooch from the 1920s, featuring a 60-ct. carved Mughal emerald surrounded by diamonds.

The Boston Museum of Fine Arts will open a new gallery Tuesday dedicated to jewelry with the exhibit, “Jewels, Gem, and Treasures: Ancient to Modern,” which will cover jewelry ornamentation spanning from the 24th century B.C. to the 20th Century.

The exhibit at the  MFA’s new Rita J. and Stanley H. Kaplan Family Foundation Gallery, one of the few galleries at U.S. museums dedicated to jewelry, will feature works from the museum’s permanent collection of approximately 11,000 ornaments along with pieces on loan from other collections. It will run till Nov. 1, 2012.

The 75 objects on display will include antique ornaments made of ivory, shell, and rock crystal along with modern jewelry made of diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, rubies and pearls became fashionable in later years. It’s designed to shed light on how various cultures throughout history have defined the concept of “treasure.”

In addition, the exhibition explains the significance of jewelry, which can be functional (pins, clasps, buckles, combs, and barrettes); protective (talismans endowed with healing or magical properties); and ornamental, making the wearer feel beautiful, loved, and remembered. Beyond functionality and adornment, jewelry can also establish one’s status and role in society. Rare gems and precious metals, made into fabulous designs by renowned craftsmen, have often served as symbols of wealth and power.

The significance of precious materials in jewelry in the 20th century is explored in the exhibition, where several modern adornments from the MFA’s Daphne Farago Collection (which comprises 650 pieces of contemporary craft jewelry made by leading American and European artists from about 1940 to the present) examine jewelry’s traditional roles in society.

“Jewelry is a powerful cultural signifier, and the materials used in its fabrication vary considerably. This exhibition examines both traditional and unusual substances used to create some of the world’s most extraordinary adornments,” said Yvonne Markowitz, the MFA’s Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry, whose position is the first endowed curatorship dedicated to the study of jewelry in a U.S. museum.

Some of the most opulent works from the museum’s jewelry collection, including an 1856 diamond wedding necklace and earrings suite given by arms merchant Samuel Colt to his wife (the 41.73-carat suite, purchased for $8,000, is now valued at $190,000) and Mary Todd Lincoln’s gold, enamel, and diamond brooch with matching earrings, which she acquired around 1864. Also on view is Marjorie Merriweather Post’s lavish platinum brooch from the 1920s, featuring a spectacular 60-ct. carved Mughal emerald surrounded by diamonds, which she purchased in anticipation of her presentation at the British court in 1929 (top image).

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