May 12, 2004

UCDS’s Grove Gallery Gets Personal with Invitational Jewelry Exhibit

By Jan Jennings

Iron, wax, plastics, insects – raw materials for jewelry? Perhaps.

Personal Effects, an invitational jewelry exhibition, is on view through May 28 in Grove Gallery of the Crafts Center complex at the University of California, San Diego. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

The exhibition was curated by artist Jay Whaley. Artists exhibiting works, in addition to Whaley, are Steven Brixner, Jeffery Clancy, David Clemons, Will Gustwiller, Ayuko Izumi, Mac McCall, Michelle Ritter, Gloria Rose, Helen Shirk, Lisa Slovis, and Junghyun Woo.

“Look for unexpected materials including pewter, copper, iron, plastics, enamel, wax, insects, and even blood, which are incorporated into the works on display,” says Grove Gallery director Ron Carlson.

Whaley’s focus in selecting the pieces, according to Carlson, was to showcase the diverse forms, materials, and concepts that contemporary jewelry artists are working with today. The exhibition includes traditional forms and materials, but also those that demonstrate that jewelry artists are broadening the horizons of their media, as well as moving from jewelry per se into larger sculptural forms and vessels.

Grove Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The Crafts Center is located on UCSD’s Revelle College campus off Eucalyptus Grove Lane. Directions and parking information are available at the Gilman Drive information center at the entrance to the campus.

For more information about the exhibition or the Crafts Center, call (858) 534-2021, or visit the website at http://www-crafts.ucsd.edu .

Media Contact: Ron Carlson, (858) 534-2630
Jan Jennings, (858) 822-1684