Value Chains Reset: The JMGA conference redistributed
Starting tonight, 17 August 2021, I am attending and can’t wait…..
Since 1980, the Jewellers and Metalsmiths Group of Australia has convened a biennial series of national conferences. These are unique occasions for bringing together objects, practices and ideas from across the continent as well as other lands.
Continuing this 40-year series, there was a conference scheduled at the Australian National University for this year. It had already been delayed one year because of COVID. Unfortunately, this year the Jewellery & Object workshop at ANU School of Art & Design was “disestablished” and funds for the conference were absorbed by the university.
Rather than break the 40-year long chain of conferences and waste the considerable work towards developing the program, a re-distributed version of the conference has been developed.
Sessions that would normally be in one location over two days would now be distributed across time and space. These events will be held in conjunction with important contemporary jewellery exhibitions and festivals during 2021.
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