Thank you to everyone who attended Ornamenta this past weekend! The dust has officially settled on Ornamenta 2025 and we are grateful to everyone who made the night a smashing success. We are especially grateful to the sponsors, volunteers, and auction artists who made the night possible.
The party may be over, but you can still support the BJC through our Fund-A-Need campaign! By contributing to Fund-A-Need, you can help to support specific programs at the BJC, like residencies and youth programs, or help us to provide specific tools like flexshafts or microscopes to make our studio a better workspace.
Stop by the gallery to see One Day You'll See, a solo exhibition by image and object maker Laurel Fulton.
The exhibition consists of a series of ocular devices that shift the participants' visual perception of the world and individuals around them. This is accomplished through magnifying, compressing, flipping, distorting, and reflecting the world using lenses, and varying opacities of mirrored surfaces. By shifting the ways in which one visually perceives the world around them and its inhabitants, these objects also shift the ways in which the world can be perceived and understood.
One Day You'll See will be on view in the gallery through March 14th.
Our winter session is in full swing! 12-week classes are already underway, but we have new classes starting, from beginner-friendly classes like Metals + Jewelry Mini with Stevie Pniewski to weekend workshops like Lights On with Everett Hoffman. With classes at a variety of lengths for every skill level, it's always a great time to stop by and learn something new. Take a look at a selection of our class listings below and see the full list of winter courses on our website here.
If you aren't local to Baltimore, we also offer online courses like Unconventional Materials with Charity Ridpath starting February 18, so there's something for you no matter where in the world you are!
Join us on February 26 for an artist talk by three-month resident Stevie Pniewski!
Stevie is a leatherworker and metalsmith based here in Baltimore. Over the past three months, Stevie has been using their time in the studio to build skills in ancient chain making techniques and stone setting, as well as applying jewelry fabrication techniques to their leatherworking practice.
Come hear about what Stevie has been up to as a resident at 7:00 PM EST on February 26, either in the studio or over zoom.
Are you an up-and-coming coming metalsmith or art jeweler looking to develop your practice as an educator? The BJC is offering a three-year teaching fellowship to start in August 2025. In addition to gaining teaching experience, the selected fellow will develop pedagogical skills, build leadership experience, receive mentorship from experienced educators, and play an influential part of a vibrant educational community.
Join the Baltimore Jewelry Center and SNAG for a joint happy hour following the opening day of the show. SNAG and the BJC have teamed up to host this post-show happy hour! This is a great opportunity for local and visiting artists to meet up and network over drinks and light bites on February 21st from 6:00-9:00 pm. No advanced registration required.
