THE MOBILE MUSEUM OF ART hosts GlassWear: Glass in Contemporary Jewelry, exhibiting through January 3, 2010. This exhibition combines two of the most vibrant and inventive areas in the decorative arts today—glass and jewelry. This presentation showcases highly innovative works by sixty internationally renowned jewelry artists, representing countries as diverse as the United States, Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Japan, Australia, and South Africa, among others. GlassWear has been produced in partnership with the Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim, Germany. It was made possible with a grant from the Art Alliance of Contemporary Glass. This exhibition is accompanied by a catalog published by the Museum of Arts and Design and the Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Germany.
4850 Museum Dr., Mobile, AL 36608; 251.208.5200; www.mobilemuseumofart.com.

THE FASHION INSTITUTE OF DESIGN & MERCHANDISING MUSEUM AND GALLERIES presents High Style: Betsy Bloomingdale and Haute Couture, through December 13. The exhibit celebrates a donation of over one hundred haute couture garments given to the FIDM Museum and Galleries over thirty years by International Best Dressed Hall of Fame icon Betsy Bloomingdale. This exhibition includes over sixty-five ensembles.
919 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90015; www.fidm.com.

THE DE YOUNG MUSEUM presents Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs, ending March 28, 2010. Exhibiting over one hundred thirty pieces of art and craft dating over three thousand years, Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs continues to display these ancient objects to the public. The first presentation of this exhibition occurred three decades ago in San Francisco.
Golden Gate Park, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Dr., San Francisco, CA 94118; 415.750.3600; www.famsf.org/deyoung.

THE LEGION OF HONOR MUSEUM displays Cartier and America, opening December 19, 2009, and ending April 18, 2010. The exhibition covers the history of the House of Cartier from its first great successes as the “king of jewelers and jeweler to kings” during the Belle Epoque through to the 1960s and 1970s, when Cartier supplied celebrities of the day with their jewels and their luxury accessories.
Lincoln Park, 34th Avenue and Clement St., San Francisco, CA 94121; www.legionofhonor.org.

THE FULLER CRAFT MUSEUM presents The Perfect Fit: Shoes Tell Stories, running through January 3, 2010. Curated by Wendy Tarlow Kaplan, The Perfect Fit explores the shoe industry of Brockton, Massachusetts, and addresses topics such as gender, history, sexuality, race, class, and culture. The Museum also features Sculpting Color: Works in Polymer Clay, curated by polymer artist Kathleen Dustin. This exhibition explores this new medium, which has only recently appeared on the historical stage. The exhibit ends November 8.
455 Oak St., Brockton, MA 02301; 508.588.6000; www.fullercraft.org.

THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM presents Iris Apfel: Rare Bird of Fashion, an exhibition featuring more than eighty dramatic ensembles from the personal collections of legendary tastemaker and style icon Iris Apfel. Known for her eclectic mixing of haute couture with costume jewelry and exotic baubles, Apfel has inspired bold developments in the fashion industry through her spirited irreverence and pitch-perfect taste. Now in her eighty-sixth year, she continues to challenge visual culture with radical juxtapositions of disparate influences. The exhibit runs through February 7, 2010.
East India Square, Salem, MA 01970; 866.745.1876; www.pem.org.

THE MUSEUM OF INDIAN ARTS AND CULTURE presents Native Couture II: Innovation and Style, which explores the history of Native fashion from handmade clothing and accessories of the 1880s that influenced the development of a Santa Fe Style, to today’s contemporary Native couturiers. The fashion designers in the exhibition come from a variety of cultural and educational backgrounds. The exhibition ends February 21, 2010.
710 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87504; 505.476.1250; www.indianartsandculture.org.

THE WHEELWRIGHT MUSEUM hosts a sequence of trunk shows featuring renowned Native American fashion designers and jewelers. Native Chic: Partners in Design, will take place on five separate dates, three of which have passed. December 20 will mark the beginning of the display of Patricia Michaels and The Gaussoin Family’s work, and January 31, 2010 will host the jewelry and fashion of Teri Greeves and Keri Ataumbi.
704 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe, NM 87505; 505.982.4636; www.wheelwright.org.

THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART hosts Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156 – 1868, on display through January 10, 2010. Bringing together some two hundred fifteen masterpieces, including thirty-four National Treasures (more than double the number of National Treasures previously allowed to leave Japan for a single loan exhibition), sixty-one Important Cultural Properties, and six Important Art Objects, Art of the Samurai: Japanese Arms and Armor, 1156 – 1868 explores the greatest achievements of this unique facet of Japanese art.
1000 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10028; www.metmuseum.org.

THE MINT MUSEUM OF ART displays The Art of Affluence: Haute Couture and Luxury Fashions 1947 - 2007. This exhibit ends June 30, 2010, and presents selections from the Museum’s holdings of haute couture and luxury garments, along with fashion accessories. Also showing at the museum is Passionate Journey: The Grice Collection of Native American Art. The collection features contemporary New Mexican Native American art pottery, modern Maya weavings, and Mexican masks for performance. The exhibit closes October 17, 2010.
2730 Randolph Rd., Charlotte, NC 28207; 704.337.2000; www.mintmuseum.org.

KENT STATE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM presents Confessions and the Sense of Self: Works by Noël Palomo-Lovinski 2003 - 2009, at the Higbee Gallery. Palomo-Lovinski writes in regards to her work: “Public confession has become increasingly popular in our society as an outlet for individuals to expunge guilt, share personal tragedy, or express secret desires. Confessional outlets range from nationally televised talk shows and confessional websites, to personal communications and intimate journal writing. Women in particular often communicate personal information about themselves to form a sense of community or bonding and as a way to rationalize or accept the feelings that they have.” Her work features quotes from several confessional websites used as decorations on digitally printed fabric. The exhibition ends January 3, 2010.
East Main Street and South Lincoln St., Kent, OH 44242; 330.672.3450; www.kent.edu/museum.

THE HALLIE FORD MUSEUM OF ART hosts Loud Bones: The Jewelry of Nancy Worden, previously shown at the Tacoma Art Museum, from November 21, 2009 to January 17, 2010. Worden uses familiar materials to trigger our memories and emotions. Vintage high-heels, telephone parts, money, credit cards, IBM typewriter balls, hair curlers, and clothespins are blended with the more traditional jewelry materials of copper, silver and gold to emphasize the beauty in everyday objects. The found materials are carefully chosen artifacts from mid- to late-twentieth century American culture to provide the work with a specific chronology and location.
900 State St., Salem, OR 97301; www.willamette.edu/museum_of_art/index.htm.

THE HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT holds the juried exhibition Texas Federation of Fiber Artists: Celebrating Our Creative Spirit, ending December 27. A variety of fiber work selected by juror Tim Harding will be on display, from wearable art to sculptural textiles. Textile artist Tim Harding has been working in fiber arts for over twenty years.
4848 Main St., Houston, TX 77002; www.crafthouston.org.

THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON, in conjunction with the Asia Society presents Arts of Ancient Viet Nam: From River Plain to Open Sea, through January 3, 2010. Highlights of the exhibition include ritual bronzes, terracotta burial wares, fine gold jewelry, Hindu and Buddhist sculptures, and ornaments made of jade, lapis lazuli, crystal, and carnelian. The works have never before been exhibited.
1001 Bissonnet at Main St., Houston, TX 77005; www.mfah.org.

THE RENWICK GALLERY hosts Staged Stories: Renwick Craft Invitational 2009, through January 3, 2010. Sculptural works by Christyl Boger, Mary Van Cline, and SunKoo Yuh will be on exhibit, as well as costume clothing by fiber artist Mark Newport. Newport examines issues of masculinity through knitted superhero costumes that mix adolescent male subject matter with craft techniques usually associated with women.
Pennsylvania Avenue at 17th St. NW, Washington D.C., 20013; www.americanart.si.edu.

THE TEXTILE MUSEUM presents Contemporary Japanese Fashion: The Mary Baskett Collection, ending April 11, 2010. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Japanese designers Issey Miyake, Rei Kawakubo and Yohji Yamamoto shocked the fashion world by introducing avant-garde styles that challenged preconceived Western notions of “chic.” Informed in part by Japanese traditions such as the kimono, obi and the art of origami, these designers produced radical garments with shapes and textures often incongruous with the natural contours of the human body. Also ending April 11, 2010 is Fabrics of Feathers and Steel: The Innovation of Nuno. Japan maintains a rich textile tradition, and in recent decades has emerged as the world’s leading producer of technologically advanced fabrics. This exhibition will showcase textiles from Nuno, a Tokyo-based corporation that exemplifies Japan’s remarkable inventiveness in textile design and production.
2320 S. Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20008; 202.667.0441; www.textilemuseum.org.

THE RACINE ART MUSEUM displays  the Donna Schneier Collection, showing through January 3, 2010. This forty-nine-piece gift by internationally known art jewelry collector, Donna Schneier, covers work from the 1980s and 1990s. Schneier acquired works documenting the two major approaches to art jewelry in the late twentieth century—works in precious metals and adornment created in nonprecious materials and found objects.
441 Main St., Racine, WI 53403; 262.638.8300; www.ramart.org.

FINLAND

THE DESIGN MUSEUM presents The Finnish Jewellery exhibit ending October 1, 2010. This exhibition is the first comprehensive presentation of Finnish jewelry from antiques to contemporary conceptual art jewelry. It will follow changes in the meanings and design of jewelry over the decades. Exhibits include masterpieces made by jewelers of the Fabergé era in St. Petersburg, elegant cameo pieces by Eva Gyldén from the 1920s, uncluttered jewelry design from the 1950s by Elis Kauppi, Bertel Gardberg, Börje Rajalin and Paula Häiväoja, Björn Weckström’s forceful Lapponia jewelry of the 1960s, and the most interesting achievements of the jewelry industry and designers from recent decades.
Korkeavuorenkatu 23, Helsinki, Finland, 00130; 35.89.622.0540; www.designmuseum.fi.

RUSSIA

THE STATE HERMITAGE MUSEUM in St. Petersburg unveils Enamels of the World 1700-2000 from the Khalili Collections. The exhibit will be on view from December 8, 2009 to March 14, 2010, and will feature some three hundred twenty pieces selected from approximately twelve hundred works in the enamel collection. While the history of enamel on metal stretches back more than three thousand years, Professor Nasser D. Khalili deliberately set out to form a collection that takes the innovative approach of viewing the subject in a global context, rather than within the more usual confines of national frontier or individual activity.
2, Dvortsovaya Ploshchad (Dvortsovaya Square) 190000, St. Petersburg, Russia; www.hermitagemuseum.org.

UNITED KINGDOM

THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM presents Maharaja: The Splendor of India’s Royal Courts, through January 17, 2010. The show explores the extraordinary culture of princely India, showcasing rich and varied objects that reflect different aspects of royal life. The exhibit will include both Indian and Western works, featuring paintings, photography, textiles and dress, jewelry, jeweled objects, metalwork, and furniture.
Cromwell Rd., London, United Kingdom SW7 2RL; 44.0.20.7942.2000; www.vam.ac.uk.

DE NOVO GALLERY displays the work of Wilhelm Buchert in a three day show from November 6 – 8. Buchert creates minimalist jewelry designs using gold and platinum, combined with precious gems, and will be arriving from Germany to show his newest work. Buchert’s studio is a collaborative effort, with wife/designer Ute Buchert-Büge imprinting textile-like textures onto the metal surface.
250 University Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301; 650.327.1256.

VELVET DA VINCI GALLERY hosts Puako: Jewelry by Kay Sekimachi and Kiff Slemmons, running until November 29. Work in this exhibition is inspired by the beach combings of fiber artist Kay Sekimachi and jeweler Kiff Slemmons during their stays at Puako, Hawaii.
2015 Polk St., San Francisco, CA 94109; 415.441.0109.

SIENNA GALLERY presents The Stimulus Project, an ongoing opportunity for handmade jewelry and objects to be accessible to a larger audience and to stimulate the flow of income for artists working across the United States and Canada. Eighty artists currently participate and have contributed wonderful one-of-a-kind pieces that range in price from one to five hundred dollars. The participating artists work in a variety of media and range from the established to emerging.
80 Main St., Lenox, MA 01240; 413.637.8386.

MARIPOSA GALLERY hosts new work by Debra Colonna from November 6 – 30. Colonna’s work is inspired by the textures found in the desert landscapes of New Mexico, the attention to detail in the adornment of ancient civilizations and a true love for her craft. Each piece is hand-fabricated.
3500 Central Ave. SE, Albuquerque, NM 87106; 505.268.6828.

PATINA GALLERY displays the jewelry of Petra Class in CLASSical. Using high karat gold and raw diamonds, Class creates pieces which are elegant and understated. The exhibition ends November 8.
131 West Palace Ave., Santa Fe, NM 87501; 505.986.3432.

THE POTOMAC CRAFTSMEN FIBER GALLERY announces a name change to the Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery. A juried show will be on display at the gallery until November 15. Jewelry, sculpture, clothing, and wallpieces are among the items which will be exhibited.
Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 N. Union St., Studio 18, Alexandria, VA 22314; 703.548.0935.

STONINGTON GALLERY presents Joan Tenenbaum, Fifty years of Jewelry Making: The Depth and Breadth of a Fifty Year Passion. This exhibit celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of Tenenbaum’s occupation as a jeweler. Her beginning work from 1959 and the early 1960s will be juxtaposed with stunning new creations. An opening reception takes place November 5, and the exhibit ends November 29.
119 South Jackson St., Seattle, WA 98104; 866.405.4485.

LESLEY CRAZE GALLERY holds its twenty-fifth anniversary exhibition, featuring the work of twenty-five artists who have each created a unique piece to celebrate the occasion. Among the displaying artists are Michael Becker, Helen Carnac, Sonia Cheadle, Angela Cork, Joel Degen, Gerda Flockinger, Nora Fok, Daphne Krinos, Jo Hayes-Ward, Herman Hermsen, and Yasuki Hiramatsu. The exhibit runs from November 4 – 21.
33 - 35a Clerkenwell Green, London, United Kingdom, EC1R 0DU; 44.0.20 7608.0393.

FLORIDA SOCIETY OF GOLDSMITHS NORTHEAST CHAPTER hosts a Winter Workshop from January 4 – 8, 2010, at the Plaza Resort & Spa in Daytona Beach. Instructors include Pauline Warg, who will be teaching Hydraulic Press Bracelets and Making Metal Beads, and Tom McCarthy, who teaches Sensual Jewelry: Fabricating Beads, and Designing with Pearls. Two and three day workshops are available.
www.esva.net/~evergreen/website.

THE TEXTILE SOCIETY OF AMERICA presents their 2010 TSA Symposium Textiles and Settlement: From Plains Space to Cyber Space at the recently remodeled Cornhusker Marriott Hotel in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. The keynote speaker for the symposium this year is Sheila Kennedy, an architect, whose Portable Light project creates new ways to provide renewable power in solar textiles that can be adapted to meet the needs of people in different cultures and global regions. The conference runs from October 6 – 9, 2010.
www.textilesociety.org/symposia_about.htm.

SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICAN GOLDSMITHS holds their 2010 conference entitled Going to eXtremes from March 10 – 13, 2010, at the Hyatt Regency Houston. On opening night there will be the traditional pin swap event, where artists are encouraged to make and bring pins to swap with other attendees. This year’s keynote speech will be by Caroline Broadhead, artist/Course Director for Jewelry at Central St. Martins, London. Program speakers include Robert Baines, who will be giving a talk on Extremities of the Bogus and the Authentic and Goldsmith Spaces in Between, and Gabriel Craig, who will be lecturing on Altruism, Activism, and the Moral Imperative in Craft.
www.snagmetalsmith.org/Events/Conferences.

THE LOS ANGELES ASIAN AND TRIBAL ART SHOW will be showing at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium from November 14 – 15. This event features top international dealers specializing in Asian and Tribal arts from China, Japan, Korea, India and South Asia, and Africa, as well as American Indian, Bornean, Naga, Oceanic, and Sumatran art. Works displayed will range from jewelry and clothing to furniture and sculptures.

THE SCULPTURE OBJECTS & FUNCTIONAL ART FAIR hosts the sixteenth annual SOFA Chicago at the Navy Pier Festival Hall. Along with masterworks from top international galleries and dealers, the Chicago fair features special exhibits by renowned museums, universities and arts organizations, as well as an extensive lecture series, all included in the admission price. New this year is SOLO at SOFA, dedicated areas on the show floor featuring installations by individual artists outside of the more formal structure of the representing gallery’s exhibit booth. The exposition runs from November 6 – 8.
www.sofaexpo.com.

PIEDMONT CRAFTSMEN, INC. presents the forty-sixth Piedmont Craftsmen’s Fair from November 21 – 22. More than one hundred thirty fine artisans from across the southeastern United States will fill the booths at the Fair. This year’s Fair is the keystone event in City of the Arts Fest: Six Days in November, a week-long celebration of art and culture in Winston-Salem. Exhibitors include craft artists working in clay, wood, glass, fibers, metal, photography, printmaking, and mixed media. Fair proceeds support the programs of the nonprofit Piedmont Craftsmen.
601 North Trade St., Winston-Salem, NC 27101; 336.725.7101; www.piedmontcraftsmen.org.

THE LARSON GALLERY issues a call for entries for its new biennial national juried exhibition, Nature By Design: New Directions in Fiber and Jewelry. This year’s jurors are Lou Cabeen, Associate Professor of Fibers at the University of Washington and Sharon Campbell, co-founder of Art Jewelry Forum. Approximately three thousand dollars in prize money will be awarded.
www.larsongallery.org.

THE WASHINGTON CRAFT SHOW hosts its twenty-second annual exposition from November 6 – 8, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. One hundred ninety leading craft artists gathered from thirty-four states and D.C. will attend this year. Thirty-six of the exhibitors are jewelry artists, with thirty wearable artists also presenting their work. Some artists include jewelers Linda Kindler Priest and Jeong Ju Lee, and fiber artist Britt Rynearson. This year’s show will be presenting Artisan Craft/Artisan Foods, a special program that makes connections between slow studio craft and the slow food movement, as producers of organic foods and featured artists discuss their work and demonstrate how to display these complementary arts together vibrantly. Roving talks will feature artists’ eco-friendly and other pieces.
www.craftamericashows.com.

THE SMITHSONIAN WOMEN’S COMMITEE presents its 2010 Smithsonian Craft Show from April 21 – 25, 2010. The annual Smithsonian Craft Show is a juried exhibition and sale of contemporary American crafts. Three jurors who are experts in the field and newly selected each year choose one hundred twenty artists from a large pool of applicants.
www.smithsoniancraftshow.org.

THE AMERICAN CRAFT COUNCIL announces the resignation of its executive director, Andrew Glasgow. The action, requested by Mr. Glasgow for medical reasons, is effective November 1, 2009. The American Craft Council will begin a search for an executive director later this fall. Helene Blieberg, who has been serving as interim director since June, will continue in that role during the transition.
www.craftcouncil.org.

ART WORKSHOPS IN GUATEMALA is offering the sequel to its Weaving, Textiles and Craft Tour. Led by artist, author and weaver Karen Searle, this workshop will take place from November 11 – 20. The tour will travel to Antigua, Quetzaltenango, Totonicapan and other locations to learn about various aspects of traditional Mayan weaving.
www.artguat.org.