Rebekah Frank

NYC Jewelry Week

Queering Masculinity

November 16-22, 2020

What happens when sports, masculinity, and violence collide with meticulous beading? Find out how ideas of body and adornment can question ideas of masculinity and maleness all while moving across disciplines in this conversation between Rebekah Frank, Demetri Broxton, and matt lambert, two artists who apply meticulous surface texture to unexpected objects. This recording will be available throughout NYC Jewelry Week, with a special informal event to connect with the artists on Discord (TBA).

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Demetri Broxton (he/him) @dbroxtonstudio

Demeti Broxton is a mixed media artist of Louisiana Creole and Filipino heritage who was born and raised in Oakland, CA. His textile sculptures reflect his connection to the sacred art of the Yoruba people of Nigeria, the beading traditions of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians, and his love of hip hop and graffiti. Broxton holds a BFA with an emphasis in oil painting from UC Berkeley (2002) and an MA in Museum Studies from San Francisco State University (2010). His work has been exhibited internationally and most recently at SFMOMA Artists Gallery (2019) and UNTITLED, Art Fair (2020). His work is held in several private collections and the permanent collection of the Monterey Art Museum. He is represented by Patricia Sweetow Gallery in San Francisco, CA.

matt lambert (they/them) @matt_lambert_studio

matt lambert is a non-binary, trans multidisciplinary collaborator and coconspirator working towards equity, inclusion, and reparation. They are a founder and facilitator of The Fulcrum Project and currently are a PhD student between Konstfack and University of Gothenburg in Sweden. Their research engages with the relationship of craft to nation structure, gender, indigeneity and nomadism. They hold a MA in Critical Craft Studies from Warren Wilson and an MFA in Metalsmithing from Cranbrook Academy of Art. They have exhibited work nationally and internationally and have actively contributed writing to Art Jewelry Forum, Garland, Metalsmith Magazine, Norwegian Craft and the Athens Jewelry Week catalogues. lambert in collaboration with Lauren Kalman are currently curatorial fellows with The Center for Craft. Their curated exhibition Desire Paths will open at The Center for Craft located in Asheville, North Carolina in early 2021.

Rebekah Frank (she/her) @rebekahgailfrank

Rebekah is a jewelry artist based in the Mission of San Francisco. Her chosen material is steel, a fascination discovered through a challenge received when she was 18, and her creative practice has focused on that material ever since, working as a blacksmith, a welder, a machinist, and, currently, a jeweler. She received her MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2012 and a BFA from Texas State University in 2010. She compliments her art practice with writing and lecturing on topics related to the field and her essays can be found on AJF as well as in Metalsmith magazine and Surface Design Journal. She enjoys traveling the world in search of interesting experiences to fuel both her art and writing practices.