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  10.13.2008 | by Stacy Hillmer

  "Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry"

  Interested in the jewelry people wore in the past? I mean way, way in the past? Then you won’t want to miss “Masterpieces of Ancient Jewelry: Exquisite Objects from the Cradle of Civilization,” an exhibit sponsored by The National Jewelry Institute .More Tags: culture, history, museums

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  07.11.2008 | by Ann Dee Allen

  Enter a Bead Society jewelry-design contest

  The Bead Society of Greater Washington and the Bead Museum in Washington. D.C. have launched the first annual International Juried Jewelry Design Competition. The contest has 12 categories and a deadline of July 25, 2008, so you have a little time toMore Tags: Creativity, metal clay, competition, jewelry design, crystal jewelry, bead stitching, seed beads, culture, history, beadwork, Jewer

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  12.26.2007 | by Ann Dee Allen

  Maps notate territories and ideas

  I was fortunate to be in Chicago over the holidays for the citywide Festival of Maps and its multiple exhibits about the role that maps play in human relations and history. Highlights for me were the large installation at the Field Museum and an equallyMore Tags: culture, Field Museum, Maps, Chicago, history