The SA+C is pleased to announce Bella Neyman as a member of the juror group for The Nature of Imperfection: Jewelry and Adornment. (Submission deadline: 3/15/2024)
Bella Neyman is the co-founder of New York City Jewelry Week (NYCJW), a city-wide celebration held annually in November. She is also an independent curator, lecturer, and writer specializing in contemporary jewelry. Most recently she served on the Curatorial Advisory Committee for “45 Stories in Jewelry: 1947 to Now” at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York.
Since graduating with a Master’s Degree in Decorative Arts and Design History from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum & Parsons, The New School for Design in 2008, she has worked for some of New York City’s leading design galleries. Bella’s articles have been published in The New York Times, American Craft, and the Magazine Antiques. She is also a frequent contributor to Metalsmith magazine. Bella lectures on topics related to the history of jewelry at the 92NY Jewelry Center and Christie’s Education. She is on the Board of Art Jewelry Forum. Bella and her family reside in Brooklyn.
Founded in 2018, NYCJW is a cultural platform dedicated to the celebration of jewelry. The hybrid hub delivers jewelry culture directly to an engaged audience through content, events, strategic initiatives, and an annual jewelry week, in support of their mission — jewelry for all.
Each November, during an annual week-long, city-wide celebration a global audience is invited to experience the world of jewelry. The week is free and open to the public, modernizing the way the world thinks about jewelry by bringing together everyone from the window shopper, to the avid collector. The 2024 event will take place November 18-24, in-person and online.