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Orfebres fad
(Barcelona, Spain)

_New member of Klimt02.
Orfebres FAD nace en el 1979. Es una asociación cultural sin ánimo de lucro que se dedica a potenciar y promocionar la faceta cultural de la joyería contemporánea.

Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V.
Place: Hanau
(Hanau, Germany)

_New member of Klimt02.
Founded in 1932 the aims are: the promotion of contemporary design trends in jewelry, hollow- and flatware, the preservation of traditional gold- and silversmith techniques through competitions, the support and encouragement of young gold- and silversmiths and the organization and maintenance of an archive on art jewelry, hollow- and flatware design.

AGC, Associazione Gioiello Contemporaneo
Place: Trieste
(Trieste, Italy)

_Member of Klimt02
AGC is organizing the first First Edition of the Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Jewellery at Roccaraso for 2008: Fuori Luogo.

11th Ars Ornata Europeana 2007: Inside Out
Place: Manchester
(Manchester, United Kingdom)

_The 11th edition of the international symposium will provide a platform for jewellery artists to converge and explore new horizons across the field of contemporary jewellery and beyond.

The Crafts Council
(Islington,
London, United Kingdom)

_Member of Klimt02
An organisation that believes in the importance of craft to society and believes in the importance of preserving the British tradition of fine craftsmanship.

Association for Contemporary Jewellery (ACJ)
(London, United Kingdom)

_Member of Klimt02
(...) established in 1997 with the aim of promoting an understanding of contemporary jewellery, offering a structure to enable its many enthusiasts to come together and discuss (...)

40th Schmucksymposium Zimmerhof
Place: Zimmerhof / Bad Rappenau
(Bad Rappenau, Germany)

_The 40th meeting of goldsmiths, jewellery designers and jewellery makers, designers and theorists is coming up at Zimmerhof.
What happened in the last 40 years? … In the world?… In jewellery?… At the Jewellery symposium Haldenhof/ Zimmerhof? What changed what ? What events really made lasting changes?

Foerdergesellschaft Neuer Schmuck e.V.
Place: Munich
(Munich, Germany)

_The objective of this association is to promote art in the field of contemporary jewelley, and the aim is increasing the awareness and familiarity of this sector of applied art in the public eye.

korutaideyhdistys
(Lappeenranta, Finland)

_(...) The association aims to promote contemporary jewellery in Finland and to improve its recognition as an art and design form. (...)

American Craft Council
(New York, United States)

_(...) The mission of the American Craft Council is to promote understanding and appreciation of contemporary American craft (...)