Saturday, October 1, 2016 10 am–3:30 pm LACMA | Brown Auditorium Beyond Bling: Jewelry Matters 11:15 am | Panel Discussion Chain Reactions: Jewelry in and Among the Arts Glenn Adamson, moderator Independent scholar, New York City Kerianne Quick, panelist Assistant Professor of Jewelry and Metalsmithing, San Diego State University Garth Clark, panelist Chief Editor, cfile.daily 12 pm | Q&A 12:30 pm | Break Lunch break and opportunity to visit the exhibition. Brown Auditorium doors will reopen at 2:15 pm. Please retain your symposium ticket for entry into the Brown Auditorium and the Beyond Bling exhibition throughout the day. The exhibition will be open to symposium ticket holders from 10 am to 7 pm. 2:30 pm | Keynote Address Why Jewelry? Gijs Bakker Images: Left: Mirjam Hiller, Loperenias brooch, powder-coated stainless steel, 2012, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Lois and Bob Boardman, © Mirjam Hiller, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA; Right: Bernhard Schobinger, Smoky Quartz on Countersink Nail ring, 2010, gold and smoky quartz, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Lois and Bob Boardman, © Bernhard Schobinger/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ProLitteris, Zürich, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA The symposium Beyond Bling: Jewelry Matters is made possible in part by the Creative Industries Fund NL. This exhibition was organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Support was provided in part by the Pasadena Art Alliance and the Society of North American Goldsmiths (SNAG). The catalogue was made possible by the Rotasa Foundation, Typecraft, the John and Robyn Horn Foundation, and the Decorative Arts and Design Council of LACMA. All exhibitions at LACMA are underwritten by the LACMA Exhibition Fund. Major annual support is provided by Kitzia and Richard Goodman, with generous annual funding from Louise and Brad Edgerton, Edgerton Foundation, Emily and Teddy Greenspan, Jenna and Jason Grosfeld, and Lenore and Richard Wayne. Program 10 am | Welcome Rosie Mills The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Associate Curator Decorative Arts and Design, LACMA Bobbye Tigerman Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross Associate Curator Decorative Arts and Design, LACMA 10:15 am | Talk The Many Meanings of Diamonds Susan Falls Professor, Savannah College of Art and Design 10:45 am | Talk Gilding the Lily: Glamour to Grillz Emily Stoehrer Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston