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The list of celebrated Black jewelry designers in American history is distressingly short.

Modernist Jewelry

On a miserable January day, I decided to play hooky and spend the day at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. While walking around I heard the faint sound of Jazz in the back ground. As I continued to explore the rooms, the jazz became louder and louder. As I entered the gallery from which the music was playing I was floored, it was a show of the Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith. Oh the joy in my heart as I moved from case to case. I have always loved to forge wire and create torque necklaces, but this…

Large display of various MCM studio jewelry, with examples by Ed Wiener, Secrest, Betty Cooke, Henning Koppel, Evert MacDonald, and several unknown...

Art Smith (Arthur Smith 1917-1982) was born to Jamaican parents in Cuba in 1917. His family moved in Brooklyn in 1920 and he showed his artistic talent from an early age. His jewelry is beautiful…

Larry Bell sculpture - Reform Gallery Larry Bell came by the booth to do a little reconfiguring. All done ...