The Jewellery Design and Manufacture department within the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture (FADA) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) will host the first Contemporary Jewellery Forum (CJF) seminar on Wednesday, 4 October 2017 at Auckland Park Bunting Road Campus, to provide space for reflective dialogue and the development of discourse around the unique South African variant of art or contemporary jewellery design.

“The aim of the seminar is to create an online repository that can be used as a basis for much needed academic and commercial research,” says Ms Farieda Nazier, Head of Department: Department of Jewellery Design and Manufacture.

This annual forum will engage various key stakeholders in a one-day long conversation on pertinent themes related to the field. The forum performs an educational function providing nuanced learning opportunities to students, graduates and members of industry.