Meet the 2023 Rejewelry Competition Artists
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Rejewely Competition, 2023
Juror-selected applicants purchased RJM donation materials through a private Rejewelry store to create a suite of jewelry.
During NYC Jewelry Week 2023, the Rejewelry Competition works were exhibited at Bario Neal in Brooklyn NY where Rejewelry participant Moniek Schrijer was announced as the competition winner.
Following the NYCJW, Alma’s in Richmond, Virginia hosted a second exhibition of the Rejewelry Competition works.
AWARDS
The competition winner, Moniek Schrijer, received a solo exhibition at Alma's in Richmond, VA, as well as, an invitation to join the RJM Artist Project, which has ongoing exhibition opportunities. See Moniek’s RJM Artist Project page.
Works In progress
Selected Works
This is not a comprehensive collection of all artworks created for Rejewelry, 2023
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Rejewelry Exhibition
New York City Jewelry Week, November 2023
Moniek Schrijer: Trash Collector
Rejewelry 2023 Competition Winner Exhibition
Alma’s Gallery, March 21-May 17, 2024
ABOUT THE JURORS
Sarah Mizer and Alma’s Gallery
Sarah Mizer is a gallery owner based in Richmond, VA. She and her husband opened Alma’s in 2019 as a mixed use space that focuses on contemporary craft practices. The space hosts a rotating exhibition schedule and maintains inventory from over 60 artists in the fields of Craft. Prior to opening Alma’s, Mizer was an internationally exhibiting artist and curator. With a background in glass, she earned her MFA from VCUarts and her BFA from The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Both as an artist and a gallerist she has worked with academic institutions, museums, private and public collections. Within the past year, Alma's has placed multiple works into museum collections and managed a major public art commission.
Alma’s Gallery Website
Sarah “Spee” Parker
Sarah “Spee” Parker is a Richmond-based sculptor and jeweler. She received her MFA from the Department of Craft/Material Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University and her BFA at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. Sarah’s sculptures, installations and jewelry focus heavily on americana, punk, DIY, anti-containment, and questioning authorship through the lens of craft. Spee is part of the Radical Jewelry Makeover Artist Project. She was a 2022 Post-Master’s Teaching Fellow at Virginia Commonwealth University. She was a recipient of the Baltimore Jewelry Center Emerging Artist Residency. She has exhibited regionally and has been a member to several DIY exhibition spaces in both Boone, North Carolina as well as Richmond, VA.
Spee is also a participant in the RJM Artist Project.
See her RJM Artist Project work here
Spee’s Website
