Event Details

Date:
Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024

Time:
1-2:00 PM EST

Price:
Members $25.00 Members

Non-Members $30.00 Non-Member

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Kenneth Jay Lane once said, “Wearing costume jewelry is like wearing glass slippers. You can feel like you’re going to the ball, even if you’re not.” Join Bella Neyman, curator, jewelry historian, and founder of NYC Jewelry Week for a crash course on costume jewelry. The glitz, the glamour, the technological breakthroughs, and the connection to Hollywood and beyond. A 60-minute lecture focusing on prominent names in costume jewelry, Bakelite, jewelry produced for fashion houses, major centers for the production of costume jewelry, as well as materials, techniques, and the marketplace.

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By registering for this lecture you acknowledge that the content of this program will be captured in digital format and may be used for both archival and promotional purposes. Submission of your registration authorizes The Appraisers Association of America, its contractors and sponsors permission to use your voice and/or image in any such archival or promotional recording, photograph or streaming activity and to contact you by mail or e-mail.

Bella Neyman is the founder of NYC Jewelry Week (NYCJW), a city-wide celebration held annually in November. She is also an independent curator, lecturer, and writer specializing in contemporary jewelry. Most recently she served on the Curatorial Advisory Committee for "45 Stories in Jewelry: 1947 to Now" at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.  Since graduating with a Master’s Degree in Decorative Arts and Design History from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum & Parsons, The New School for Design in 2008, she has worked for some of New York City’s leading design galleries. Bella’s articles have been published in The New York Times, American Craft, and the Magazine Antiques. She is also a frequent contributor to Metalsmith magazine. Bella lectures on topics related to the history of jewelry at the 92NY, Christie’s, and Brooklyn Metal Works. She is on the Board of Art Jewelry Forum.

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