“Objects of Desire – Jewellery as Eco-message” OPEN CALL 4 FEE FREE ARTIST RESIDENCY

Photo: Loukia Richards, 2015_The Party Is Over_Private collection_Credit: Christoph Ziegler Η προκήρυξη στα ελληνικά ακολουθεί το αγγλικό κείμενο. “Objects of Desire – Jewellery as Eco-message” OPEN CALL FOR FEE FREE ARTIST RESIDENCY/ WORKSHOP/ SHOW_VAMVAKOU REVIVAL_Peloponnese_(near) Sparta. Disciplines: Jewellery art / Sculpture / Installation / Architecture. Dates: Tuesday 8 to Sunday 13 September 2020. Concept/Workshops/Curating: Loukia […]

Jewelry Week of Munich Faces Challenges_2019 analysis_Full text

Picture: Loukia Richards, 2018: The Jeweller’s Hell_Credit: Christoph Ziegler Jewelry Week of Munich Faces Challenges Europe’s Top Jewelry Event Seeks to Stay Independent By Loukia Richards While Germany’s vice chancellor claims the “fat years are over,” Munich’s jewelry scene wonders if this year’s slowdown should be attributed to temporary consumer fears or reflects an imminent […]

POSTPONED 4 FALL 2020_WAR_ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ

WAR_ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ, 11-14 March 2020_WELTRAUM Gallery_Rumfordstraße 26, Munich. The project is funded by City of Munich. Concept and curation: Christoph Ziegler and Loukia Richards. Schmuck München/ Jewelry Week Munich 2020 Πόλεμος πάντων μὲν πατήρ ἐστι, πάντων δὲ βασιλεύς. / War is the father of all and king of all; and some he shows as gods, others […]

A message of encouragement to all people fighting depression!

Contemporary jewellery artists defy stereotypes regarding modelling – otherwise they would not have been “artists”. My mother is not just an old lady modelling my latest piece “St.Barbara-Patron saint of artillerists” (left) and Christoph Ziegler’s “Fragments” (right) – both to be viewed at WAR_POLEMOS, 11-14 March 2020 at Galerie WELTRAUM, Munich; she is a person […]

“HELEN’S DRESS” OPEN CALL FOR FEE FREE ARTIST RESIDENCY/ WORKSHOP/ SHOW_VAMVAKOU REVIVAL_Peloponnese

Disciplines: Textile Art, Jewellery art, Embroidery, Story Telling, Mythology, Fiction and Non Fiction, Performance, Soft sculpture. Dates: Monday 22 to Saturday 27 June 2020. Concept/Workshops/Curating: Loukia Richards and Christoph Ziegler. Traditional Greek embroidery is taught by Metaxia Hantelis. Τhe ARTIST RESIDENCY/ WORKSHOPS/ EXHIBITION is realized by the Vamvakou Revival team in the frame of the […]

WAR_ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ_Galerie WElTRAUM_11-14 March _SCHMUCK München/MJW 2020

Πόλεμος πάντων μὲν πατήρ ἐστι, πάντων δὲ βασιλεύς. War is the father of all and king of all; and some he shows as gods, others as men, some he makes slaves, others free. Heraclitus WAR_ΠΟΛΕΜΟΣ_Galerie WELTRAUM, Rumfordstraße 26, 80469 Munich. 11-14 March 2020_Schmuckwoche München/ Munich Jewellery Week 2020. With Mihaela Coman, Yonghak Jo, Marilena Karagkiozi, […]

HELEN’S DRESS 4 EMBROIDERY + MYTHOLOGY LOVERS

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HELEN’S DRESS – Textile Art, Embroidery, Story Telling, Mythology, Performance, Soft sculpture, Jewellery. Intensive 7-day artist residency + workshop + public presentation in Leonidio/Arcadia-Greece Description of the residency program The Helen’s Dress workshop addresses international artists or writers or culture/art historians/theorists with a strong interest in a contemporary interpretation of…