Metro Phoenix Chapter: Field Trip to the Heard Museum
Friday, July 6, 2018
6:30 p.m.
Phoenix, AZ
Richard Chavez is one of the Southwest’s leading jewelry designers. His pieces, which are recognized for complex inlay, architectural sensibilities and striking color patterning, will be featured in a retrospective exhibition for the first time in his more than 40-year career.
Chavez, who has an architectural background, taught himself jewelry making through diligence and trial and error. He entered his first competition, the Eight Northern Indian Pueblo Arts and Crafts Show, in 1976 and won the grand prize for a white mother-of-pearl necklace, ring and bracelet set. This sparked his jewelry design career.
Chavez continues to painstakingly make each item by hand. An artist who enjoys designing, he places an emphasis on stone selection, placement and presentation.
This chapter event is co-hosted with the Arizona AGS Guild and sponsored by Jewelers Mutual Insurance Company.
