2023 Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant

Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) announces the 2023 Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant for mid-career artists. Established by San Francisco-based jewelry collector Susan Beech, this grant recognizes a mid-career artist who has made a substantial contribution to the field and provides resources to develop and implement a significant jewelry-related project that the artist would not otherwise have the ability to undertake.

The grant is open to makers between the ages of 35 and 55 at the time of the proposal deadline (January 8, 2023) who have an active and ongoing record of activity in the field. The proposed project should be about jewelry, loosely defined, with a specific outcome to be completed within a two-year time frame. Examples include creation of a new body of work, a book or catalog, research and development including travel study, performance art involving jewelry, or an educational/social initiative involving jewelry. Previously submitted proposals may be resubmitted.

The grant recipient will receive $20,000 to be paid over the two years of project implementation. Grant proposals must include: an artist biography, a two-page project proposal outlining the project and how the grant will support the artist's work and enhance the field, a detailed one-page budget, and a project proposal portfolio of five to ten high-resolution images (300 dpi or higher JPG or TIFF) with detailed captions. All proposals must be submitted in English. The jury includes AJF founder Susan Cummins, curator and historian LaMar Gayles, and jewelry historian and curator Beatriz Chadour-Sampson. The winner will be announced mid-March 2023. More information and complete guidelines are available at www.artjewelryforum.org.