ASJRA Co-Directors
Photo courtesy Tadema Gallery, London
Ms. Karlin is the author of Jewelry and Metalwork in the Arts & Crafts Tradition, the definitive book on the jewelry of the Arts & Crafts Movement, co-author of Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry, author several other books, and a well-known lecturer who writes for a number of publications.
Yvonne J. Markowitz was a research fellow in the Egyptian section, Art of the Ancient World, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for many years. In 2006 she was appointed the Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry. The first curatorship of its kind in America, Ms. Markowitz oversees the museum's exceptional collection of jewelry. She is also an Adornment editor.
She has published extensively in the areas of ancient and contemporary jewelry, is co-author of Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry, and co-editor of American Luxury: Jewelry from the House of Tiffany.
Together Ms. Karlin and Ms. Markowitz have authored a number of articles on jewelry history and are currently collaborating on two additional books—on the jewelry of the American First Ladies, and another of Jacques Costume Jewelry, Ltd. Their most recent collaboration was the book Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Ms. Karlin and Ms. Markowitz are co-directors of The Annual Conference on Jewelry & Related Arts.
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