Art Jewelry Forum Emerging Artists Award 2012

The Art Jewelry Forum's Emerging Artist Award acknowledges promise, innovation, and individuality in the work of emerging jewelry artists and helps advance their careers. The award consists of an unrestricted cash award of $7,500.

The competition is open to makers of wearable art jewelry who have completed their academic or professional training and have been out of school for at least one year but not more than six years prior to the submission date. Work submitted must have been unsupervised; work from BFA/MFA shows may not be submitted.

Applicants must submit a current one-page resume, an artist statement of approximately 200 words or less than 1000 characters relating to the work submitted, and ten digital images showing 6-7 pieces of work. One image must show a piece being worn, and one must show the back of a piece. Each image must include the artist name, title of piece, dimensions, year produced, and materials. For every image submitted (except for the piece being worn and the back of a piece), the winning applicant must have a high-resolution (300dpi or higher TIFF file) immediately available for use in print media. The submission deadline is midnight Mountain Time on September 30, 2012. An entry fee of $20.00 is required.