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MONTEBELLO | BERGESIO AWARD 2023-24
CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY AND CRITICAL WRITING

The AGC - Association of Contemporary Jewelry announces a selection, for the awarding of two Prizes for research activities, intended for authors and students of any origin and nationality, in the field of contemporary jewellery, as specified below:

Research Grant 1: GIANCARLO MONTEBELLO PRIZE

The following prize, in the field of contemporary jewellery, is intended for students who have created a jewel or a capsule collection (maximum 3 pieces of jewellery) with innovative characteristics from the following points of view: conceptual, formal, technological, materials, use of traditional of digital techniques.

First place: euro 1500
Second place: euro 1000

Research Grant 2: MARIA CRISTINA BERGESIO PRIZE

The following award is for a critical essay dealing with the most current issues in contemporary jewellery. The essay structure should have an abstract (1270 characters including spaces), 5 keywords, a body of text (12000 characters including spaces)and approx. 5/10 bibliographical references.

The submitted essays will be peer-reviewed by the jury and then resubmitted through the committee's recommendations.

First place: euro 800 and pubblication in a scientific journal.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS GIANCARLO MONTEBELLO PRIZE

All students who have completed (for no more than two years) or are still attending a Course of Study (Bachelor's Degree, Master's Degree, Professional Training Course, PhD programme) related to Design, Fashion and Jewellery, not older than 30 years,are eligible to participate in the Call for Entries.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS MARIA CRISTINA BERGESIO PRIZE

Theorists and critics of art and jewellery design, teachers and scholars, doctoral and independent researchers are invited to participate in the Call for Papers.

The proposed essay must be original and never previously published.

APPLICATION SUBMISSION

Each applicant may submit a maximum of 1 application choosing from the 2 Prize in the Call for applications.

No application fee is required. 

Submission deadline: July 10, 2023

The application must be submitted online, in accordance with the application form that can be filled in here.

For more information and how to participate, here is the entire announcement: "Call for Research Grants - Montebello Bergesio Award."

EXHIBITION AND AWARD CEREMONY

The award ceremony will consist of a physical exhibition of the selected pieces of jewellery and critical texts. A maximum number of 25 authors will be selected for the Montebello Prize and 5 authors for the Bergesio Prize.
Shipping charges and any customs fees for the physical pieces shall be covered by the participants, as well as the costs for the return of the works at the end of the exhibition.
The ceremony, together with the exhibition of the selected works, will be held at a prestigious venue in Milan, which will be announced in due course. An official AGC certificate attesting to the classifications is expected to be issued at the same time as the awards.
The GianCarlo Montebello Prize is supported by the Maestro's daughters, Carlotta and Beatrice Montebello.

AWARD CURATORS

The curators and scientific heads of the project are: Roberta Bernabei, Nichka Marobin and Chiara Scarpitti.

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JURY BOARD

The jury is the same for both Prizes and will be selected biannually by the curators.

The jury will consist of three internationally recognized experts in the field of Contemporary Jewellery.

For 2023-24 edition, the Jury is composed of: Helen Britton, Liesbeth den Besten, Rita Marcangelo.

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IMPORTANT DATES

• call for entries launch 5 February 2023;
• submission of the online application form by 10 July 2023;
• notification of finalists December 15, 2023;
• delivery of final works and texts April 2, 2024;
• concluding exhibition April 2024.

CONTACTS

AGC Associazione per il Gioiello Contemporaneo
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
JJR - Journal of Jewellery Research
GianCarlo Montebello’s family
MariaCristina Bergesio’s family

La Roma Jewelry Week, è la settimana interamente dedicata alla promozione e alla valorizzazione del gioiello contemporaneo, d’autore, d’artista e delle realtà orafe storiche della città eterna.
Anche quest'anno, sono chiamati a partecipare come protagonisti della RJW i jewelry designer e l’eccellenza degli orafi romani, ma anche atelier del gioiello, gallerie, accademie e associazioni.
L' AGC, parteciperà alla manifestazione, con una mostra collettiva di 10 soci presso la galleria Alternatives di Roma dall' 11 al 15/10/2022 con inaugurazione il giorno 12/10/2022 alle ore 18.

The Rome Jewelry Week is the week entirely dedicated to the promotion and enhancement of contemporary jewelery, of the author, of the artist and of the historical goldsmith realities of the Eternal City. Also this year, jewelry designers and the excellence of Roman goldsmiths are invited to participate as protagonists of the RJW, as well as jewelry ateliers, galleries, academies and associations. The AGC will participate in the event, with a collective exhibition of 10 members at the Alternatives gallery in Rome from 11 to 15/10/2022.

Lista degi artisti / List of artists: Annarita Bianco, Adrean Bloomard, Corrado De Meo, Maria Rosa Franzin, Mineri Matsuura, Alberto Catalano & Mariangela Murgia, Kazumi Nagano, Liana Pattihis, Yoko Takirai & Pietro Pellitteri, Yiota Vogli.

Annarita Bianco

Adrean Bloomard

Corrado De Meo

Maria Rosa Franzin

Mineri Matsuura

Alberto Catalano & Mariangela Murgia

Kazumi Nagano

Liana Pattihis

Yoko Takirai & Pietro Pellitteri

Yiota Vogli

I risultati del progetto SEGNI SUL VOLTO , presentati per la prima volta a Firenze in occasione della FLORENCE JEWELLERY WEEK , verranno raccontati ora a TREVISO nell’ambito dell’(e)-DesignFestival giovedì 7 luglio alle 18.30 a Palazzo Giacomelli.

Un vivo ringraziamento a GIO’ CARBONE direttore LAO , LE ARTI ORAFE che ha finanziato e reso possibile la realizzazione del progetto, ALICE RENDOM coordinatrice per LAO, ai partecipanti al seminario/workshop:

ANNARITA BIANCO, GISELLA CIULLO, MICOL FERRARA, LETIZIA MAGGIO, BARBARA UDERZO, TONGQIANG BAI, SILVIA SANDINI, SIMONA MATERI, CLAUDIA ZANELLA, CRISTIAN VISENTIN, GIULIA MORELLINI

ai relatori del seminario

FRANCESCO BRAVIN , MARIALAURA LA MANTIA, ALESSANDRA MENEGOTTO, ROBERTA BERNABEI, CHIARA SCARPITTI

alla fotografa LUCIA BALDINI.

Patrocini e sponsors:

AGC Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo

ADI Associazione Disegno industriale tre venezie

ANPIA Associazione Nazionale Professionale Italiana di Antropologia

AGOSTINELLI srl Rossano Veneto (Vi)

Italia

Architetto designer milanese, è da anni nella gioielleria d’autore con successo. Il minimalismo e l'arte povera sono alla base del suo “alfabeto artistico” corredato dalla sapienza nell’equilibrio di colori, forme, materiali e da una quasi maniacale precisione nella realizzazione dei suoi oggetti.
Filo conduttore di tutte le sue creazioni è l'immaginifico infantile che la mano adulta riesce a raccontare senza per questo mortificarlo e tanto meno omologarlo.
La sua carriera in questo campo è scandita da mostre e dalle sue collezioni.

U.S.A.

We publish the final balance and budget for the years 2020 and 2021 to be approved at the next AGC General Assembly.

Best regards

AGC Team

Italia

Eyvia Gioielli was born in 1992, from an idea of Luca Ronco.
In his atelier in Aosta, Luca creates and and offers jewelry and gold-crafted objects:
they are unique pieces or limited series, always crafted with highly selected materials in a creative way, based on exclusive designs, also meeting the client’s wishes.

The jewels are the result of thirty years of meticulous, accurate and passionate manual work.

Italia

Carla Riccoboni approda all’arte orafa attraverso la grafica ed il design. Filo conduttore della sua ricerca è l'attenzione rivolta al segno, al ritmo e alle scritture, risolte in termini di raffinate sequenze geometriche come in ALPHABET o tese al recupero di antichi repertori, come i tracciati di origine arabo-bizantina della collezione VENEZIA e i simboli archetipi della collezione MADREFORME. Pioniera del gioiello autoprodotto, dal 1987 inizia a commercializzare direttamente le sue collezioni in Europa ricevendo importanti riconoscimenti: premi, pubblicazioni, mostre, ecc. Nel 2007 alla chiusura dell'officina Angelo Tovo di Vicenza, insieme a Nadir Stringa, recupera da sicura distruzione circa 2500 madreforme, attrezzature base necessarie per realizzare lo "stampato", tipica lavorazione della storia orafa del territorio. Dallo studio di questo materiale nasce la collezione MADREFORME, tuttora in evoluzione. Da sempre interessata al tema della serialità, Carla Riccoboni collabora con AGC (Ass. Gioiello Contemporaneo) dove dal 2011 al 2014 ha coordinato una ricerca di gruppo pubblicata nel libro MULTIPLI SINGOLARI ( ed. Design Experience). Carla Riccoboni vive e lavora a Bassano del Grappa (VI)

Carla Riccoboni approaches goldsmith's art through graphics and design.The underlying theme of her research is the focus on the sign, rhythm and writings, solved in terms of refined geometric sequences such in ALPHABET or aimed at the recovery of old repertories, such as the paths of Arabic-byzantine origin of the VENEZIA collection and the archetypal symbols of the MADREFORME collection. Pioneer of the self-produced jewel, as from 1987 she begins to commercialize directly her collections in Europe, receiving major awards: prizes, publications, exhibitions. In 2007, upon the closure of the workshop Angelo Tovo of Vicenza, along with Nadir Stringa, she recovers from certain destruction about 2500 madreforme, the basic equipment needed to realize the "printed", a typical work of the of the goldsmith history of the Vicenza area. From the study of this material, the MADREFORME collection is born and is still evolving. Always interested in the topic of seriality, Carla Riccoboni collaborates with AGC (Ass. Contemporary Jewel) where from 2011 to 2014 she coordinated a group research published in the book MULTIPLI SINGOLARI ( ed. Design Experience). Carla Riccoboni lives and works in Bassano del Grappa (VI)

Australia / Italy

The pleasure for me in making and designing is through improvisation and experimentation.

Together with Goldsmithing I also work with opaque and transparent vitreous enamels.

My most recent project ‘FRAGILITY SERIES’ takes inspiration from the beauty and colour of the hidden worlds of coral reefs, particularly fragile in these times of climate change.