Key takeaways
• Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is holding a brunch at Hotel ZaZa and an international symposium at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) on September 26, 2026.
• MFAH features exhibitions and curator interviews exploring the contrasting contemporary jewelry of Dorothea Prühl and Bernhard Schobinger, alongside a trunk show by Erika Novak.
• Member galleries are highlighting new works, such as Carina Shoshtary’s “”Forms of Holding”” series created with a 3D pen.
Jewelry that makes you think.
We invite you to brunch in Houston
Begin an extraordinary day of contemporary jewelry with AJF! Members, friends and Houston’s jewelry community are invited to gather over brunch at Hotel ZaZa, connect with one another, and celebrate AJF’s return to Houston. From there, we’ll take a short walk together to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, for “Perspectives on Contemporary Jewelry: An International Symposium”—a dynamic day of talks and curator-led tours exploring the work of Dorothea Prühl and Bernhard Schobinger.
Date: Saturday, September 26, 2026
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District, 5701 Main St, Houston, TX 77005 (a short walk from the MFAH)
Space is limited, so advance registration is required.
On offer—new jewelry from our member galleries
Carina Shoshtary incorporates natural elements into her new series, “Forms of Holding,” wrapping and binding them using a 3D pen—acting as a new form of protection.
Find this brooch and other works from AJF member galleries here.
AVAILABLE AT GALERIE NOEL GUYOMARC’H
(Left to right) Dorothea Prühl, Butterflies (Schmetterlinge), Bernhard Schobinger, NYC 1980
Curators Cindi Strauss and Elizabeth Essner
on artists Bernhard Schobinger and Dorothea Prühl
Works by these makers are currently on view in two shows at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. The artists came to jewelry from opposite sides of a divided Europe. They both made jewelry the center of their artistic lives, but they arrived at very different ideas about material, value, form and wearability.
As AJF travels to Houston later this week to celebrate their first solo exhibitions in the US, we wanted to learn what happens when works by two very different artists sit side by side.
Tiffany Dubin interviews the two Houston curators here.
Erika Novak holds a trunk show at MFAH September 25–26, 2026, 11 am–6 pm
Have you heard?
- Aaron Decker and Emily Banas star on AJF Live October 23
- Jane Bowden selected as South Australian Living Artist—congrats!
- Cose della Vita, on view at Galerie Rosemarie Jäger
- All issues of Metalsmith now freely available online
- Jessica Armstrong and Heather Guidero teach a workshop exploring jewelry production, start to finish
Plus oodles of exhibitions, open calls, a retrospective and a lecture. Get all the latest jewelry news here.
