“Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty” Reception, Film, Lecture, and Workshops
Saturday, March 7, 2020
5:00 – 7:00 pm Reception, Serious Bling: Radical Jewelry Makeover — The Artist Project
6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner available for purchase from Tasteful Adventures in the Museum Café
6:00 pm Gallery tours of Serious Bling: Radical Jewelry Makeover —The Artist Project and Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty.
7:00 pm Screening of River of Gold with introduction by filmmaker Sarah Dupont
Narrated by Academy Award winners Sissy Spacek, and Herbie Hancock, “River of Gold” is the disturbing account of a clandestine journey into Peru’s Amazon rainforest to uncover the savage unraveling of pristine jungle by illegal small scale gold mining. In this documentary film by the Amazon Aid Foundation, Ron Haviv and Donovan Webster, two war journalists, led by Peruvian scientist and activist Enrique Ortiz, bear witness to the apocalyptic destruction in the pursuit of illegally mined gold with consequences on a global scale.
8:15 pm Panel discussion
Following the film screening will be a discussion about the gold supply chain, ethical solutions for metalsmiths and jewelers, and ways in which all consumers can encourage responsibly sourced gold. Confirmed panelists: Susie Ganch, artist, educator, Radical Jewelry Makeover co-founder, and Chair, Craft/Material Studies Virginia Commonwealth University; and Christina T. Miller, Sustainable Jewelry Consultant and Ethical Metalsmiths co-founder. Additional panelist(s) and Moderator: TBD