ACJ touring exhibition, 'Meanings and Messages'
2022-2023
To celebrate our 25th anniversary this year, the ACJ is organising a major show of excellence, touring several venues throughout the UK in 2022. The exhibition is titled Meanings & Messages. The exhibition will showcase an exciting and varied collection of 60 unique brooches portraying a range of meanings and messages. We have chosen to focus on brooches for this exhibition, as they form the ideal jewellery archetype for conveying meanings and messages. Brooches can be subversive and are often used by people in the public eye, by political figures or sovereignty to convey important messages. These messages may be hidden, subtle or occasionally more of an overt protest!
'Awe & Alchemy' Exhibition
15 September - 4 November 2023
The exhibition is taking place at The Market Place Theatre Gallery in Armagh, from September 15th to November 4th 2023. ‘ACJSNI the Northern Ireland regional group of ACJ, are launching ‘Awe & Alchemy’, a members exhibition of new works, to take place in The Market Place Theatre Gallery, Armagh. As the oldest city in Ireland, Armagh grew from an important archaeological hill fort site ‘Ard Macha’, dating from 95BC. Since then, myth and reality have continued to inform the rich character of the city. With two cathedrals, an observatory and planetarium, Armagh is recognised as a place of learning where culture, the arts and sciences continually merge; a place where awe and alchemy co-exist.’