AJDC Awards New Talent Winner

Staff -- JCK Online, 6/1/2001 2:00:00 AM

The American Jewelry Design Council (AJDC) has announced that Sasha Samuels is the grand winner of its New Talent competition for 2001. She will receive a one-of-a-kind trophy created by Michael Good at a presentation ceremony at the Jewelers of America International Jewelry show in New York.

Samuels earned a BFA degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and has studied in New York City and Santa Fe, N.M., as well as with Italian masters in Rome and Florence, Italy. Her designs will be exhibited in the New Designer Gallery at the JA show in July.

The New Talent competition is one of several programs developed by the AJDC to recognize and promote jewelry of original design as art. AJDC is a not-for-profit educational organization composed of 30 of North America's most notable jewelry designers.

Talkback

We would love your feedback!

Post a comment

» View All Talkback Threads

Related Content

• Topics
• Author

AJDC Opens New Talent Contest

11/12/2009

Third Annual New York Jewelry & Watch Show

06/17/2009

Landaw Receives Grand Prize in New Talent Contest

03/05/2007

Coral Conference in New York

09/23/2009

Basharova Earns Top Award in AJDC Contest

03/18/2008

Also by this author

• IDE Re-elects Avi Paz

• CIBJO Leader Addresses Corporate Social Responsibility

• Jewelers Mutual Offers Tips to Avoid Shipping Losses

• Christie Brinkley Launches Jewelry Line

• De Beers Owner Turns Down Merger

>>MORE

Sponsored Links