Presented in partnership with Northwest Designer Craftsmen
In celebration of Ron Ho: A Jeweler's Tale, join BAM and NWDC for an evening exploring the pioneering group of Northwest artists who began creating jewelry from found objects. Jewelry artist Kiff Slemmons presents a lecture on this movement, started by Ramona Solberg and carried on by artists like Ron Ho, Laurie Hall, Nancy Worden, Nadine Kariya, and Slemmons herself. The lecture will be followed by a screening of the NWDC Living Treasures film, Ron Ho: Becoming Chinese, A Jeweler's Tale.
This event is at capacity. Please email [email protected] or visit the Front Desk to be put on the waiting list.
Bellevue Arts Museum
BAM & NWDC Members: Free | Non-members: $5
About Kiff Slemmons
Kiff Slemmons lives and works in Chicago. Self-taught as a metalsmith, she has exhibited nationally and internationally for over 35 years, including a retrospective The Thought of Things in 2000 at the Palo Alto Art Center in California and a traveling exhibition Re:Pair and Imperfection originated by the Chicago Cultural Center in 2006.
Her work has been published regularly in American Craft and Metalsmith, as well as in anthologies of American and European jewelry. In 2007 she was interviewed for the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art. Most known for conceptual work with non-precious materials and found objects, she has worked for 18 years with artisans in Oaxaca, Mexico to produce paper jewelry.
