Talk
Trace America's studio craft movement with art historian Toni Greenbaum
Portrait of Toni Greenbaum
When
Monday, Oct. 22, 2018
5 p.m.
Where
Admission

This event, sponsored by the SCAD Museum of Art, is free and open to the public.

Explore how the studio craft movement impacted jewelry design at "MAG to SNAG: American Studio Jewelry 1940–1970," a lecture presented by Toni Greenbaum.

The studio craft movement swept the U.S. in the years following World War II. During this period, artisans from across myriad creative practices experimented with nontraditional materials and innovative techniques, resulting in a new kind of contemporary art, the likes of which Americans had never before seen.

Examining the work of such famed designers as Alexander Calder, Art Smith, Sam Kramer, Margaret De Patta and more, Greenbaum will discuss how these pioneering designers shaped mid-20th century studio jewelry within the context of formative organizations, educational opportunities, museum exhibitions, publications and commercial activity.

About Toni Greenbaum

Toni Greenbaum is an art historian specializing in 20th- and 21st-century jewelry and metalwork. She has written countless journal articles, book chapters and exhibition catalogs, and is the author of "Messengers of Modernism: American Studio Jewelry 1940-1960." She is currently writing a monograph on modernist jeweler Sam Kramer.