Australian Design Centre at Hazelhurst

26 November 2022 to 29 January 2023

Hazelhurst presents three exhibitions from the Australian Design Centre over summer with a focus on jewellery, object design and ceramics. These exhibitions are part of the ADC On Tour national exhibition touring program.

Made / Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery

_{Image: Made/Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery, Zoe Veness, Return Loop: Double Loop (detail), 2020. Image courtesy the artist.}

From intimate pieces to large scale works, the contemporary jewellery in Made / Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery explores the act of making and how jewellery is worn on the body, telling stories that start with the artist and continue through the life of the object worn or experienced, creating new resonances with owners into the future.

Spanning a wide range of materials, techniques and meanings, the works on display are playful, intricate, conceptual, personal and political. The artists also engage with themes of place, sustainability in materials and identity.

The project includes performative or interactive elements, including workshops and public programs that give audiences the opportunity for creative participation. Jewellery is an act of art, craft and design that also lives and breathes on the bodies of those who wear it.

Celebrating diversity and inclusivity, the exhibition includes the work of 22 artists working in contemporary jewellery in Australia today. You may be surprised by some of the things in this exhibition – they do not all immediately occur as jewellery – but rest assured the definition of contemporary jewellery is broad and encompasses many things that evoke a sense of the personal and the memorable along with the melange of human emotions swirling within all of us.

Made/Worn: Australian Contemporary Jewellery is curated by Australian Design Centre, designed by Garbett Design and supported by the Australia Council for the Arts.

Find out more about this exhibition on the Australian Design Centre.

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft\Prue Venables

_{Image: Prue Venables, White Spoon & Red Handle with Black Bowl, 2019. Image: Terence Bogue.}

Living Treasures is a series of solo exhibitions honouring eminent Australian craftspeople, celebrating their mastery of skill, their achievements and the unique place they occupy in the national design culture.

Acclaimed ceramicist Prue Venables is the ninth artist in the Australian Design Centre's series Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft. Prue Venables' sculptural artworks possess clarity, luminosity and a quiet beauty. The works in this exhibition explore the significance of everyday objects through multiple sequences of forms in porcelain, with additional elements in metal and wood. The forms are simple and elegant, with a minimal colour palette and create a distinctive visual language.

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft\Prue Venables is an ADC ON TOUR national touring exhibition opening at fourteen locations across Australia from 2019 to 2022.

Living Treasures: Masters of Australian Craft\Prue Venables was researched and developed under a Federal Government Visions of Australia research grant and is ADC’s major national touring exhibition for 2019 - 2022. The tour is also supported by the Visions of Australia program and Australia Council for the Arts.

Find out more about this exhibition on the Australian Design Centre.

Profile: Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award

_{Image: Profile: Contemporary Jewellery and Object Award, Jacki Stone, Galactica and Stella Erratica, 2020. Image: Courtesy the artist.}

Profile brings together a diverse group of 73 national and international contemporary jewellers and object designers have been shortlisted for exhibition. Their work considers concepts from the personal to topical, crafted across a wide material range from precious gold to plastic waste.

Profile is produced and presented by the Australian Design Centre in partnership with the Jewellery and Metalsmiths Group of Australia – NSW Inc.

PROFILE: CONTEMPORARY JEWELLERY AND OBJECT AWARD RECIPIENTS

JMGA-NSW Established Contemporary Jewellery Award ($3000)

Jin Ah Jo, Pipe Way series, 2021

JMGA-NSW Early Career Contemporary Jewellery Award ($1500)

Inga Svendsen, Prickly Heart Breastplate, 2021

The Helge Larsen Award ($2,000)

Gretal Ferguson, Nailed Down, 2021

Hazelhurst Arts Centre Award ($1,500)

Yukiko Nonaka, Hikari Key Case, 2020

Australian Design Centre Award - Object Space exhibition in 2023

Kirsten Haydon, Ice Shadows, 2021

Highly commended

Melinda Young, Stories untold - Neckpiece Diptych, 2021

Bic Tieu, In between #1, 2022

Find out more about this exhibition on the Australian Design Centre.