Initiatives in Art and Culture

"While most followers of the arts and crafts movement held socialist or utopian ideals, George Nakashima really walked the walk."—Alice Fisher, The Guardian, September 22, 2020. Join us at the George Nakashima House, Studio and Workshop during IAC's 26th Arts & Crafts Conference in the Brandywine River Valley & Philadelphia Sunday – Thursday, October 13 – 17, 2024! Born in Spokane, Washington, George Nakashima (1905 – 1990) represents the soul of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Today, the craftspeople at the George Nakashima Woodworkers continue to be informed by George Nakashima’s guiding philosophy, celebrating the wood’s purity and natural character, and, not least, its imperfections. During our visit to Nakashima woodworkers, we will tour the following, led by Mira Nakashima:  - Show-room (1954); stone, wood, corrugated transite roof - Finishing Room (1956); concrete block, corrugated transite - Chair Department (1958); plywood Conoid Shell roof - Conoid Studio (1959); concrete Conoid Shell roof - Arts Building (1967); plywood Hyperbolic Paraboloid - Pool House and Pool (1960); plywood canted Conoid - “Pole Barn” lumber storage (1990); steel structure - Lumber Storage Sheds (1957); plywood HP shells - Reception House, 1975, stone and wood - Family House, 1947, stone and wood Register now using the early bird discount at: https://lnkd.in/evXW_4QZ #nakashima #woodworking #artsandcrafts #initiativesinartsandculture #brandywine #philadelphia #fallevents #innovation #furnituredesign Photo captions: Slide 1: George Nakashima Woodworkers. Slide 2: Nakashima Philosophy Slide 3: George Nakashima, Conoid chair, c. 1970, American black walnut, and hickory, 35¼ h × 20¾ w × 20 d in . Photo: Rago Wright, LLC. Slide 4: The Arts Building, George Nakashima House, Studio and Workshop. Photo: Shuvaev, Wikipedia. Slide 5: George Nakashima With His Children Mira and Kevin in the Workshop at New Hope, 1980s. Photo: George Nakashima Woodworkers

Explore the Legacy of Wharton Esherick with Initiatives in Art and Culture on October 13–17 in the Brandywine River Valley and Philadelphia at our 26th Annual Arts & Crafts Conference! Wharton Esherick (1887 – 1970) looms large in our exploration of the region. Join us to delve deeply into all things Esherick at the Wharton Esherick Museum, in Rose Valley, and at the exhibition “The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick” at the Brandywine Museum. Register now using the early bird discount at: https://lnkd.in/evXW_4QZ #esherick #brandwinerivervalley #fallevents #artsandcrafts #museumcollection #philadelphia #pafa #phillyart Photo Captions: Slide 1: Wharton Esherick Slide 2: Wharton Esherick,  Spiral Stair in His Home, completed in 1930, red oak. Photo: James Mario. Slide 3: Wharton Esherick, Defense, 1939, painted wood, 21” high, Collection of the Wharton Esherick Museum. Photo: James Mario. Slide 4: View of Wharton Esherick’s Home and Studio From the North, With Mountain Laurel in Bloom. Photo: James Mario. Slide 5: View of Wharton Esherick’s Home and Studio From the West. Photo: Charles Uniatowski. Slide 6: Wharton Esherick, Flat Top Desk, 1929 and 1962, walnut and padouk, 28 ×18 × 18 in; Desk Chair, 1929, walnut, padouk, laced-leather seat, 28 × 18 × 18 in; Desk Figure, bronze casting of 1929 cocobolo original, 10 × 5 × 4 in. All works from the Wharton Esherick Museum Collection. Photo: Eoin O’Neill, courtesy of Wharton Esherick Museum.

Explore the Legacy of Wharton Esherick with Initiatives in Art and Culture on October 13–17 in the Brandywine River Valley and Philadelphia at our 26th Annual Arts & Crafts Conference! Wharton Esherick (1887 – 1970) looms large in our exploration of the region. Join us to delve deeply into all things Esherick at the Wharton Esherick Museum, in Rose Valley, and at the exhibition “The Crafted World of Wharton Esherick” at the Brandywine Museum. Register now using the early bird discount at: https://lnkd.in/evXW_4QZ #esherick #brandwinerivervalley #fallevents #artsandcrafts #museumcollection #philadelphia #pafa #phillyart Photo Captions: Slide 1: Wharton Esherick Slide 2: Wharton Esherick,  Spiral Stair in His Home, completed in 1930, red oak. Photo: James Mario. Slide 3: Wharton Esherick, Defense, 1939, painted wood, 21” high, Collection of the Wharton Esherick Museum. Photo: James Mario. Slide 4: View of Wharton Esherick’s Home and Studio From the North, With Mountain Laurel in Bloom. Photo: James Mario. Slide 5: View of Wharton Esherick’s Home and Studio From the West. Photo: Charles Uniatowski. Slide 6: Wharton Esherick, Flat Top Desk, 1929 and 1962, walnut and padouk, 28 ×18 × 18 in; Desk Chair, 1929, walnut, padouk, laced-leather seat, 28 × 18 × 18 in; Desk Figure, bronze casting of 1929 cocobolo original, 10 × 5 × 4 in. All works from the Wharton Esherick Museum Collection. Photo: Eoin O’Neill, courtesy of Wharton Esherick Museum.

A highlight of IAC's 14th Annual Gold and Diamond Conference was the presentation of IAC's 2024 awards for Leadership in Responsible Practice in Jewelry and for Extraordinary Contributions to the Diamond and Jewelry Industries. We are honored to have presented these awards to distinguished and deserving individuals who expand the horizons of the jewelry world with the work they do and their inspiring leadership. It was an honor to confer on Gaetano Cavalieri (President, World Jewellery Confederation - CIBJO) IAC's Fourth annual Award for Extraordinary Contributions to the Diamond and Jewelry Industries. The moment just after the presentation is captured in this photograph, featuring award recipient Gaetano Cavalieri, World Diamond Council Vice President Ronnie Vanderlinden, and IAC Founder and President Lisa Koenigsberg. We were also delighted to present to both Torry Hoover (President, Hoover & Strong, Inc.) and Cristina Echavarría (artisanal mining specialist and Co-founder, Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM)) IAC's seventh annual Award for Leadership in Responsible Practice in Jewelry. To register for our next event, please visit https://lnkd.in/eGfnkpvE #tbt #throwback #goldanddiamonds #iac #leadership #responsiblemining #jewelryindustry #diamondmining

A highlight of IAC's 14th Annual Gold and Diamond Conference was the presentation of IAC's 2024 awards for Leadership in Responsible Practice in Jewelry and for Extraordinary Contributions to the Diamond and Jewelry Industries. We are honored to have presented these awards to distinguished and deserving individuals who expand the horizons of the jewelry world with the work they do and their inspiring leadership. It was an honor to confer on Gaetano Cavalieri (President, World Jewellery Confederation - CIBJO) IAC's Fourth annual Award for Extraordinary Contributions to the Diamond and Jewelry Industries. The moment just after the presentation is captured in this photograph, featuring award recipient Gaetano Cavalieri, World Diamond Council Vice President Ronnie Vanderlinden, and IAC Founder and President Lisa Koenigsberg. We were also delighted to present to both Torry Hoover (President, Hoover & Strong, Inc.) and Cristina Echavarría (artisanal mining specialist and Co-founder, Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM)) IAC's seventh annual Award for Leadership in Responsible Practice in Jewelry. To register for our next event, please visit https://lnkd.in/eGfnkpvE #tbt #throwback #goldanddiamonds #iac #leadership #responsiblemining #jewelryindustry #diamondmining

Register for Initiatives in Art and Culture's 26th Arts & Crafts Conference in the Brandywine River Valley and Philadelphia using the early bird discount available now through August 31st!

IAC’s 26th annual Arts & Crafts Conference visits the Brandywine River Valley & Philadelphia to consider the centrality of the region in the American Arts & Crafts Movement and its ongoing living expressions. Tracing the history of the Movement from its origins in Britain to its manifestations in the Philadelphia area and its formative influences on the Studio Craft Movement (and here, the work and legacy of Wharton Esherick [1887 – 1970] in particular). Importantly the conference was scheduled to dovetail with the opening of a major Esherick exhibition at Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art, the conference will tour the following, hearing from leading authorities: - The Wharton Esherick Museum and Studio. - Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (PAFA). Designed by Frank Furness and George Hewitt, PAFA (where Esherick trained) is one of the most significant structures of the American Arts & Crafts period. - The Arts & Crafts community of Rose Valley, the milieu in which Esherick practiced. -The George Nakashima House, Studio and Workshop. Nakashima began his furniture business in 1945 as a reaction to “20th-century modern,” with the goal of reclaiming the philosophy of periods past in which the maker’s eye and hand determined his world in relation to the universe. -The studios of NC Wyeth, muralist and illustrator, and his son Andrew whose paintings and watercolors captured a particular sense of place. -The Moravian Pottery & Tile Works. -The Michener Museum, where in addition to its major collection of American Art, attendees will be able to view the institution’s significant holdings of the regional frame maker Bernard Badura. -Frank Lloyd Wright’s Beth Sholom Synagogue. -Louis Kahn’s residential commission for Margaret Esherick. Register now using the early bird discount at: https://lnkd.in/evXW_4QZ #esherick #wyeth #franklloydwright #artsandcrafts #brandwine #pa #pafa #iac #fallevents #philadelphia #phillyevents

Join us this weekend at Expanding Horizons, IAC’s 14th International Gold Diamond Conference, taking place July 16 - 17, 2024 in NYC at Bohemian National Hall, 321 E 73rd Street. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ezUBbtuJ. Slide 1: What lies beyond Net Zero and the just transition? Join Stewart Bailey (Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer, AngloGold Ashanti), Shari Gittleman (Senior Director, External Relations, Newmont), Mark Hanna (CMO, Richline Group), Iris Maria Alexis Van der Veken (Executive Director, Watch and Jewelry Initiative 2030) & moderator John Mulligan (Director and Climate Lead, World Gold Council; President, Sustainable Development Commission, World Jewellery Confederation CIBJO) Slide 2: Join Stewart Bailey (Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer, AngloGold Ashanti), Pete Chirico (Associate Center Director, USGS Florence Bascom Geoscience Center), Giorgio de Tomi (Professor, Polytechnic School and Director of the Research Center for Responsible Mining, University of São Paolo), Rachel Perks (Senior Mining Specialist, World Bank), Roger Tissot (Executive Director, Artisanal Gold Council) & moderator Edward Bickham (Senior Adviser, World Gold Council) to consider enduring and scalable solutions in artisanal small-scale mining Slide 3: Dig deeply into SMO gold with Charlie Betts (Group Managing Director, The Betts Group), Emefa Cole (Goldsmith & Curator of Diaspora Jewellery, Victoria & Albert Museum), Anthony Maietta (Product Engineering Relationship Development, C & J Fine Jewelry Matters) & Satta Matturi (Creative Director, Matturi Fine Jewellery & diamond industry expert; board member, Responsible Jewellery Council) #iac #goldanddiamonds #responsiblejewelers #sustainablemining #justtransition #luxurygoods #smallscalemining #jewelleryartisans

Join us this weekend at Expanding Horizons, IAC’s 14th International Gold Diamond Conference, taking place July 16 - 17, 2024 in NYC at Bohemian National Hall, 321 E 73rd Street. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ezUBbtuJ. Slide 1: What lies beyond Net Zero and the just transition? Join Stewart Bailey (Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer, AngloGold Ashanti), Shari Gittleman (Senior Director, External Relations, Newmont), Mark Hanna (CMO, Richline Group), Iris Maria Alexis Van der Veken (Executive Director, Watch and Jewelry Initiative 2030) & moderator John Mulligan (Director and Climate Lead, World Gold Council; President, Sustainable Development Commission, World Jewellery Confederation CIBJO) Slide 2: Join Stewart Bailey (Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer, AngloGold Ashanti), Pete Chirico (Associate Center Director, USGS Florence Bascom Geoscience Center), Giorgio de Tomi (Professor, Polytechnic School and Director of the Research Center for Responsible Mining, University of São Paolo), Rachel Perks (Senior Mining Specialist, World Bank), Roger Tissot (Executive Director, Artisanal Gold Council) & moderator Edward Bickham (Senior Adviser, World Gold Council) to consider enduring and scalable solutions in artisanal small-scale mining Slide 3: Dig deeply into SMO gold with Charlie Betts (Group Managing Director, The Betts Group), Emefa Cole (Goldsmith & Curator of Diaspora Jewellery, Victoria & Albert Museum), Anthony Maietta (Product Engineering Relationship Development, C & J Fine Jewelry Matters) & Satta Matturi (Creative Director, Matturi Fine Jewellery & diamond industry expert; board member, Responsible Jewellery Council) #iac #goldanddiamonds #responsiblejewelers #sustainablemining #justtransition #luxurygoods #smallscalemining #jewelleryartisans

Hear leading industry voices at Expanding Horizons, IAC’s 14th International Gold Diamond Conference, taking place July 16 - 17, 2024 in NYC at Bohemian National Hall, 321 E 73rd Street. To complement panel discussions and lectures, participants are invited to join us for our Monday evening opening reception, the Gold and Diamond Conference Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, and a closing luncheon on Wednesday. In addition to full-priced tickets, we are offering discounted one-day tickets, student tickets, and virtual tickets. Register here: https://lnkd.in/ezUBbtuJ. #iac #goldanddiamond #jewelerydesigners #sustainablemining #mercuryfreemining #smallscalemining #corporateresponsibility #artisanjewellery