VCC jewellery students inspire through public window displays

From Saturday, May 29 until Sunday, June 13, Vancouver Community College (VCC) Jewellery Art and Design students will be presenting their annual showcase in a new and innovative location – outdoors.

Typically a champagne-and-canapés affair in VCC’s Downtown campus atrium, last year’s jewellery show was shifted to a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While indoor gatherings are still restricted this spring, VCC’s Jewellery Art and Design students were inspired to utilize the large glass walls of VCC’s Broadway campus building B, displaying their famously creative jewellery vignettes inside the building while inviting the public to view them safely from outside.

Twenty-four displays of student-designed and handcrafted pieces will be featured along the building’s covered walkway, which is accessible from East 7th Ave. and Glen Dr.

“It will be viewed from outside the building, and will be well-lit, so visible anytime of the day or night," explains Karin Jones, VCC Jewellery Art and Design instructor and department leader.

Guests are also invited to follow the VCC Jewellery Facebook page to see photos and share comments.

Participating Jewellery Art and Design students

Graduating students

Leah Lang  @westcoastmetalproject
Raquel Campos  @raquelale
Tam Rueter  @anchierrajewellery
Angela Thien Kim Nguyen  @atkimndesigns
Michael Hill  @michaelhilldesigns
Kourosh Mirabian  @kourosh.ca
Sayeh Nourbahksh  @sayehnourjewelry
Chera Kim  @ouri_fine
Kelsea Balata  @kelseabalata
Jing Yang  @echpo.aul

First-year students

Aimée Taylor  @ameli_jewellery
Iris Lo  @ilj.studio
Clemence Beurton
Sebastian Penner  @allparsleyeverything
Evan Matthews
Weiwei Li
Monique Huynh  @moniquehuynhjewelry
Jill Vickers-Kealy  @jillvk.jewelry
Tata Sadeghi
Kale Needham  @triplefivejewelry

Are you coming to VCC’s parking-lot clinic for your COVID-19 vaccine? Pop across the street after your “jab” for some creative inspiration and picture yourself wearing beautiful jewellery again soon!

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Interested in expanding your hobby or making jewellery as a career? Learn more about VCC's two-year diploma in Jewellery Art and Design and apply now for September.