Exhibition Brochure, Arline Fisch, 1971

Exhibition Brochure, Arline Fisch, 1971

Brochure for the exhibition “Adornments by Arline M. Fisch,” held at Goldsmiths Hall, London, England, 1971, text by Mimi Shorr, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NY, printed in Denmark

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This brochure is part of a larger collection of ephemera related to the San Diego-based artist Arline Fisch (b. 1931). This collection includes exhibition postcards, announcements, newsletters, pamphlets and a booklet from various museums and galleries that featured (or feature) her works. This brochure is promotional material that accompanied one of her earliest solo exhibitions in London. Pictured are six works including a sterling silver portrait cup and a pomander. On the far right, Arline models one of her leaf collars. Arline Fisch believes that her work should contribute to the joy, beauty and delight of the individual who wears it. She has said, “All jewelry is and must be wearable, or it is not jewelry but something else. I want to wear everything I make at least once, and I want other people to wear my work and to enjoy a positive experience.” Arline Fisch’s works are included in a number of Museum collections around the world, including Mingei International Museum, San Diego. She has worked with Mingei International on several lectures, workshops and exhibitions of her work. Her sterling silver jewelry is part of the Museum’s permanent object collection. Born in Brooklyn, in 1931, Fisch was inspired by childhood trips to the Met and other museums, as well as the theatrical, musical, and architectural history of New York City. Fisch studied painting at Skidmore College and received a BS in Art in 1952. Two years later, she earned an MA in Art from the University of Illinois, Urbana, where she first learned to make jewelry. An internationally-renowned artist, Fisch was declared a Living Treasure of California in 1985
and her work is included in many public collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Museum of Arts and Design in New York and the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. In 1956, Fisch was awarded a Fulbright Grant to study jewelry and modern design in Copenhagen for 10 months. Greatly influenced by the Danish approach to metalsmithing, which stressed precise workmanship, simplicity of form, and mastery of materials, Fisch gained the technical expertise in jewelry design and fabrication that she so desired. She studied weaving with the American textile designer Jack Lenor Larsen at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine in 1959, which informed her later experimentation with textile techniques in metal. Teaching positions would occupy Fisch for nearly 45 years: a two-year stint at Wheaton College, followed by four years at Skidmore College, until 1961, when Fisch was asked to establish and head-up a newly created jewelry program at San Diego State University, a position she held until retiring in 2000. Arline Fisch continues to create and exhibit her work and discuss her artistic practice in public forums.

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22 3/4 x 7 3/4 in

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