Saturday, October 1, 2016 10 am–3:30 pmLACMA | Bing Theater

Beyond Bling: Jewelry Matters

11:15 am | Panel DiscussionChain Reactions: Jewelry in and Among the ArtsGlenn Adamson, moderatorIndependent scholar, New York City

Kerianne Quick, panelistAssistant Professor of Jewelry and Metalsmithing,San Diego State University

Garth Clark, panelistChief Editor, cfile.daily

12 pm | Q&A

12:30 pm | BreakLunch break and opportunity to visit the exhibition. Bing Theater doors will reopen at 2 pm.

Please retain your symposium ticket for entry into the Bing Theater and the Beyond Bling exhibition throughout the day. The exhibition will be open to symposium ticket holders from 10 am to 7 pm.

2:30 pm | Keynote AddressWhy Jewelry?Gijs Bakker

Images: Left: Mirjam Hiller, Loperenias brooch, powder-coated stainless steel, 2012, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Lois and Bob Boardman, © Mirjam Hiller, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA; Right: Bernhard Schobinger, Smoky Quartz on Countersink Nail ring, 2010, gold and smoky quartz, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Lois and Bob Boardman, © Bernhard Schobinger/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ProLitteris, Zürich, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

The symposium Beyond Bling: Jewelry Matters is made possible in part by the Creative Industries Fund NL.

This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Support was provided in part by the Pasadena Art Alliance and the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG).

The catalogue was made possible by the Rotasa Foundation, Typecraft, the John and Robyn Horn Foundation, and the Decorative Arts and Design Council of LACMA.

All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by Kitzia and Richard Goodman, with generous annual funding from Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Emily and Teddy Greenspan, Jenna and Jason Grosfeld, and Lenore and Richard Wayne.

Program

10 am | WelcomeRosie MillsThe Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Associate CuratorDecorative Arts and Design, LACMA

Bobbye TigermanMarilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross Associate CuratorDecorative Arts and Design, LACMA

10:15 am | TalkThe Many Meanings of DiamondsSusan FallsProfessor, Savannah College of Art and Design

10:45 am | TalkGilding the Lily: Glamour to GrillzEmily StoehrerRita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston