RJM XXI: LU | ODU | VCU, 2024-25
Radical Jewelry Makeover returned to central Virginia, with a donation drive that ended on September 20th, 2024. Students and professionals documented and sorted over 99 pounds of donated material (from 69 individual donors) at the launch party event in Richmond on Sept 27th. The donated material was then sent off to schools to be transformed into radically fresh and responsible jewelry.
A number of events, exhibitions and sales happened through out this RJM Installment.
On Tuesday October 1st, Curtis Arima presented a lecture at Old Dominion University, which was followed by an informal discussion with RJM director Kathleen Kennedy.
ODU held an exhibition, Meta}L{morphosis: A survey of Radical Transformation, at the James A Hixon Art Gallery in Norfolk VA, from Nov 13-20th.
On May 2nd, the ODU team hosted a Radical Jewelry Makeover Pop-Up Sale at the 757 Creative Reuse Center in Norfolk, VA.
Madeover work by the LU team was exhibited Feb 26 - March 19th, 2025 and for sale on March 19 at Longwood University’s Bedford Gallery.
Participating Institutions
Longwood University, Farmville, VA
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Meta}L{morphosis captures the fleeting nature of personal belongings while harnessing metal’s transformative potential to explore concepts of permanence and consumption. Crafted from donated materials and activated by the creativity of Radical Jewelry Makeover participants, these works are reborn with new purpose. Once neglected or forgotten, these jewelry objects have been reimagined to find relevance in the present.
-Emily Culver
