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IAC's primary activities are conferences, publications, and exhibitions.

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Initiatives in Arts and Culture (IAC) sponsors four conferences each year, covering gold; American Art; the Arts and Crafts Movement; and Fashion, Design, and Jewelry. Initiatives in Arts and Culture (IAC) is an organization committed to educating diverse audiences in the fine, decorative, and visual arts as well as architecture. These take an interdi

sciplinary approach, considering issues related to fabrication, connoisseurship, cultural patrimony, cultural preservation, and the future of culture.

07/30/2025

Join us for IAC's 2025 ARTS & CRAFTS CONFERENCE (Sept 17 - 21)

Exploring the key figures in the Syracuse arts and crafts movement including:
Gustav Stickley, Adelaide Alsop Robineau, Irene Sargent, Ward Wellington Ward, and more!

With lectures, site visits, studio tours and discussions featuring curators, scholars, local art historians and preservation architects.

A block of rooms has been reserved at The Courtyard and Residence Inn Syracuse Downtown at Armory Square, 300 West Fayette Street, Syracuse, New York. The hotel’s central location will facilitate easy access to downtown sites.

For More Information: https://artinitiatives.com/2025-arts-crafts-conference-central-new-york/

To Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/27th-arts-crafts-conference-in-central-new-york-syracuse-and-environs-tickets-1128157281799?aff=oddtdtcreator

Program subject to change.

The Stickley Museum Everson Museum of Art Landmark Theatre

07/11/2025

We’re so excited to welcome so many International participants at our 15th Annual Gold + Diamond Conference!

Featuring:
Ivor Agyeman-Duah, The Manhyia Palace Museum (Ghana)
Steven Benson, CIBJO (Israel)
Charlie Betts, Betts Metals (UK)
Edward Bickham, World Gold Council (UK)
David Block, Sarine Technologies (Israel)
Rachel Brandrick, 886 by The Royal Mint (UK)
Laurent E. Cartier, Swiss Gemmological Institute (Switzerland)
Gaetano Cavalieri, CIBJO (Italy)
Emefa Cole, Jeweler, V&A (UK)
Gina D'Amato, Alliance for Responsible Mining (Colombia)
Ute Decker, Artist / Jeweler (UK)
Estelle Levin-Nally, Levin Sources (UK)
Raj Mehta, Watch & Jewellery Initiative 2030 (Belgium)
Jennifer Moriconi, iTraceiT, (Belgium)
John Mulligan, World Gold Council (UK)
Longo Mulaisho-Zinsner, Jewellery and Gemstone Association of Africa (Zambia / UK)
Jaasi Munanka, AngloGold Ashanti (South Africa)
Ruby Stocklin-Weinberg, De Beers Group (UK)
Giorgio De Tomi, University of São Paolo (Brazil)
Feriel Zerouki, De Beers Group (UK)

Join us July 14-16th.
For more information: https://artinitiatives.com/2025-gold-diamonds-conference-eye-on-the-prize/
To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-annual-international-gold-and-diamond-conference-tickets-1143172021289?aff=oddtdtcreator

07/08/2025

We’re so excited to welcome so many amazing women at our 15th Annual Gold + Diamond Conference!

Featuring:
Rachel Branderick, Marketing Director, 886 by The Royal Mint
Brecken Branstrador, Editor-in-Chief, Gemworld International
Emefa Cole, Jeweler/Curator, Victoria and Albert Museum
Gina D’Amato, Executive Director LATAM, Alliance for Responsible Mining / Alianza por la Minería Responsable
Ute Decker, Artist-Jeweler
Elizabeth Ferry, Professor of Anthropology, Brandeis University
Shari Gittleman, senior Director, Newmont
Kathy Hillelson, CEO, OWL Financial Group
Lisa Koenigsberg, Founder & Director, Initiatives in Art and Culture
Estelle Levin-Nally, CEO & Board Member, Levin Sources
Holly McHugh, Vice President, Sustainability & Social Impact, Mejuri
Jennifer Moriconi, Chief Sustainability Officer, iTraceiT
Barbara Palumbo, Journalist, Creator/Editor WhatsOnHerWrist
Rachel Perks, Sr Mining Specialist, Energy & Extractives unit, World Bank
Jean Z. Poh, Chief Business Officer & Head of Compliance, Clover II Corporation
Kyle Roderick, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, BIJOUXreview
Ruby Stocklin-Weinberg, Program Manager, GemFair
Christina Villegas, Founder and Director, Nature’s Wealth
Laurie Watt, co-founder of Mayer and Watt
Lorraine West, Jewelry Designer and Member of BlacK in Jewelry coalition
Katherine Weymouth, Diamond and Jewelry Services, SCS Global Services
Sara Yood, CEO & General Counsel, Jewelers Vigilance Committee

Join us July 14-16th.

For more information: https://artinitiatives.com/2025-gold-diamonds-conference-eye-on-the-prize/

To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-annual-international-gold-and-diamond-conference-tickets-1143172021289?aff=oddtdtcreator

07/03/2025

Join us as we explore the most pressing issues and key debates in the world of diamonds with important voices from throughout the industry.

Featuring:
Rob Bates , News Director, JCK Magazine
David Block, CEO, Sarine Technologies
Kathy Hillelson , CEO, OWL FINANCIAL GROUP
Stuart Samuels, president, DMIA
Matthew Schamroth, VP, World Diamond Council (WDC)
Amish Rajendra Shah, Founder & CEO, Altr Created Diamonds
Feriel Zerouki, Senior VP of Corporate Affairs, De Beers Group and President, World Diamond Council (WDC)

Join us July 14-16th.
For more information: https://artinitiatives.com/2025-gold-diamonds-conference-eye-on-the-prize/

To register: https: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-annual-international-gold-and-diamond-conference-tickets-1143172021289?aff=oddtdtcreator

06/23/2025

Some Reasons to join us for our 15th Annual Gold + Diamond Conference!

We thank:

Edward Bickham, Senior Advisor, World Gold Council
&
Arien Gessner, President, Rio Grande Jewelry Making Supplies

For their wonderful quotes!

Join us July 14-16th.

For more information: https://artinitiatives.com/2025-gold-diamonds-conference-eye-on-the-prize/
To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-annual-international-gold-and-diamond-conference-tickets-1143172021289?aff=oddtdtcreator

06/20/2025

We’re thrilled to announce our award recipients for the 5th annual Diamond + Gold Conference: Eye on the Prize.

Ute Decker, Artist-Jeweler. Recipient of IAC’s 2025 award for
Leadership in Responsible Practice in Jewelry, for her passionate advocacy for responsible jewelry making practice paired her impressive creative vision.

David Block, CEO, Sarine Technologies. Recipient of IAC’s 2025 award for
Extraordinary Contributions to the Diamond and Jewelry Industries, for his leadership in pioneering innovative diamond grading and tracking approaches.

Join us July 14-16th.

For more info: https://artinitiatives.com/2025-gold-diamonds-conference-eye-on-the-prize/

To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-annual-international-gold-and-diamond-conference-tickets-1143172021289?aff=oddtdtcreator

06/19/2025

We’re thrilled to announce our wide range of amazing presenters at the 15th annual Diamond + Gold Conference: Eye on the Prize.

Including:
Emefa Cole, jeweler / Curator, V&A Museum
Ivor Agyeman - Duah, Bank of Ghana, Director of the Manhyia Palace Museum
Ronnie VanderLinden, VP, World Diamond Council
John Mulligan, Head of Sustainability Strategy, World Gold Council
Laurent Cartier, Swiss Gemological Institute, Co-Founder, Sustainable Pearls
Gaetano Cavalieri, President, CIBJO
Lucian Simmons, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Sara Yood, CEO, Jewelers Vigilance Committee
Nicolas Luchinger, CEO, Buccellati

Join us July 14-16th.
For more information: https://artinitiatives.com/2025-gold-diamonds-conference-eye-on-the-prize/

To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-annual-international-gold-and-diamond-conference-tickets-1143172021289?aff=oddtdtcreator

05/09/2025

It’s the Art Olympics in NYC this week! What better way to stay current with American art than attending the Initiatives in Arts & Culture “Crafting the Dream” conference? Today Friday May 9th is the last day - there’s still time to register. See you there! - 445 Park Ave

05/07/2025

This year’s American Art Conference, taking place in New York City May 7 through 10, and titled Crafting the Dream, is no exception. Loosely inspired by the 100th year anniversary of the publication of André Breton’s Manifesto of Surrealism, IAC founder and president Lisa Koenigsberg has organized the 2025 conference around the relationship(s) between “the dream” and art-making, and all of the manifold ways we can thinkabout both. This is another great set of seminars and lectures art lovers won’t want to miss!

The 29th Annual American Art Conference
Heritage Auctions
445 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
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Shown: George E. Ohr (1857-1918), Bowl, ca. 1897-1900, made in Biloxi, Mississippi. Earthenware, 3 3/8 x 6 15/16 in. Metropolitan Museum of Art , gift of Robert A. Ellison Jr., 2018; 2018.294.164.

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