contemporary jewelry

Alchimia awards partial tuition merit scholarships to help talented students realize their dreams of becoming professional artists. Two Scholarships of 50% are primarily available to full-time students seeking admission to The MFA program in Contemporary Jewellery and Cultural identity for the academic years 22-24, based on academic and creative merit.[..]

Course Schedule: 13th – 15th May 2022                                         Fri: 17– 19,30 pm, Sat – Sun: 10-13 am *14-17 pm Price: 550 € (Tools and non-precious materials, as well as handouts on the course, are included) Deposit to be paid to secure the place: 100 € INTRODUCTION & PROGRAM: This course[..]

We warmly invite you into our world… 12 March 2022 11,00 am Alchimia opens the door to all the visitors If you are in Florence: come to join us and get your free jewellery making experience under our teacher’s guidance from 2,00 pm – to 5,00 pm If you are[..]

Every five years, the largest and supposedly most important festival of contemporary art, called Documenta, transforms the small, buttoned-down town of Kassel in the middle of Germany into the epicenter of the global art world. The 100-days long event was established in 1955 in an attempt to revive Germany’s and[..]

1. Everything happens for a reason When I finished Alchimia I went into an Exchange program at Hiko Mizuno (Tokyo) I really, really wanted to learn Japanese techniques in jewellery. What a surprise when I discovered that there were no Japanese techniques. I was in a mixed class: jewellery, bag[..]

Daria Olejniczak – lighting designer with an over 10-years- long career in architectural lighting, who freshly graduated in contemporary jewelry at Alchimia, curated Light Matters, a group exhibition taking place during the Munich Jewellery Week at the Erco Showroom with works by Daria Borovkova, Maria Ignacia Walker, Lavinia Rossetti, Lena[..]

Marissa Ryan Racht's new body of work titled Farview, outcome of a two-year research developed within the MA program of Alchimia, exists on what she defines as "the fine line between fear and empathy that defines us as human beings, and the methods we use to conceal them or protect[..]

Alchimia: Can you tell us what is the core of your teaching at Alchimia? Marzia Rossi: The aspect that is most valued in the courses we propose, in my opinion, is the discovering and enhancing of the essence of the materials that are chosen each time. Trying to understand through[..]