ASJRA Co-Directors

Photo courtesy Tadema Gallery, London

Elyse Zorn Karlin is the publisher and editor-in-chief of Adornment, The Magazine of Jewelry and Related Arts. She is the past president of the American Society of Jewelry Historians and was the editor of the organization's newsletter for nine years. Ms. Karlin is the author of Jewelry & Metalwork in the Arts and Crafts Tradition, the definitive book on the jewelry of the Arts & Crafts Movement, author of 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 the past editor of the Journal of the American Society of Jewelry Historians and editor of Adornment. She has published extensively in the area of ancient and contemporary jewelry and is the co-author of a forthcoming book on Tiffany jewelry.

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 book, Imperishable Beauty: Art Nouveau Jewelry will be published in summer 2008.

Ms. Karlin and Ms. Markowitz are co-directors of The Annual Conference on Jewelry & Related Arts.

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