At the hands of a skilled artist, jewelry can transcend adornment to become a piece of fine art, but it requires the keen eye of a jeweler, deft hands of a metalworker and the creativity of a sculpture artist. Discover the intricate artistry, traditional craftsmanship and innovation that goes into crafting jewelry.
Category: Art Discovery Series
3/21/2025: The New Old West
Modern and Western are two words that don’t often appear together in the art world. But there are some artists who challenge this notion, introducing a vibrant, modernist twist on art of the West. Meet the artists who, whether through color, style or subject matter, are breaking the rules and exploring new possibilities to create […]
3/14/2025: Journey Inside the Creative Process
Bringing a piece of art from start to finish is often a multi-layered process that may involve travel and exploration, collecting objects, photography, digital tools, and layers of substrates, techniques and other media. Discover the layered journey these artists take to create a single work of art.
3/7/2025: Artificial Intelligence vs. Emotional Intelligence
AI has officially infiltrated various aspects of our daily lives. Most of us interact with it in some capacity without even knowing it. But when it comes to art, where does AI fit in? Should it fit in? Or should art remain our connection to true handcraft––to emotional intelligence vs. artificial?
2/28/2025: Vitamin (A)rt: How Art Promotes Well-being
The creation of art has long been used as a healing mechanism, but it turns out, viewing it has super powers too. Discover how color, texture and the subject matter impact our cognition and overall well-being.
2/21/2025: The Art of Collecting and Showcasing Your Collection
Part of the joy of collecting art is building a collection that expresses your personality and story, and often that means mixing genres and mediums. Discover how to bring it all together to make the most of your collection.
2/14/2025: Drawing on Experience
Drawing skills are the foundation of design and have been used as a form of communication since the beginning of time. It is one of the most fundamental creative disciplines associated with observation and problem solving. Discover the importance of this technique and how artists have mastered it.
2/7/2025: Heavy Metal
For those who choose metal as their media, they must combine the art of design, fabrication and sheer grit to massage the rigid and cold metal into graceful works of art by cutting, grinding and assembling. Discover how they bring together grit and creativity.
1/31/2025: Faces & Figures
Capturing the emotion and soul of the human spirit in a portrait or figurative painting is a gift. It takes both skill and intuition to convey the feelings, emotions and intricacies of the human form. Learn from some of our expert interpreters.
1/24/2025: Flower Power
Humans have a unique connection to flowers––biologically, emotionally, socially and aesthetically. They are symbols of abundance, life, affection, beauty, joy, and positivity. Their complexity––texture, color, shape, behavior––is magnetizing and creates limitless opportunities for enjoyment and exploration through art.
