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June 1999 Professional Insider:In The Industry Education The 20th Anniversary Antique & Period Jewelry & Gemstone Conference will be held July 21-27 at Rhode Island College, Providence, RI. Plans call for tailored courses and hands-on seminars designed to enhance participants' knowledge of antique and period jewelry as well as the conference's "Jump Start" program (July 21-23) for the beginner and novice. Among the 20+ faculty members are antique jewelry expert David Callaghan of London and author C. Jeanenne Bell. Representing the increasing jewelry-oriented presence in major museums will be curator Ulysses Grant Dietz of the Newark Museum, Yvonne Markowitz of the Boston Museum of Fine Art and Joanne Lyman of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Gemologist Antoinette Matlins and jewelry historian Christie Romero will introduce the basics of gemstone identification skills. A dealers night will give participants a chance to buy and sell jewelry from other participants and to a select group of members of the Charitable Rhode Island College Foundation. Contact Joyce Jonas at (212) 535-2479, jwlrycamp@aol.com. The Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, CA, has introduced its Graduate Diamonds Diploma program in China in association with the National Gemstone Testing Center in Beijing. The program includes two distance education courses – diamonds and diamond grading – and the completion of GIA's diamond grading extension class. National Gemstone Testing Center, 15 Yangrou Hutong, Xisi, Beijing, 100034, China; (86-10) 6616-5566, fax (86-10) 6616-9337. Jewelers of America and Stuller Settings are jointly offering the 1999 JA Bench Jewelers Certification Scholarship Program. The scholarship covers 50% of the cost of obtaining professional certification through the BJC program. It's available to bench jewelers who are JA members or work for JA members in Alabama, Arkansas, Maine, Oregon and Pennsylvania. Candidates must enroll by July 30 and pay their portion of the fees at registration. All certification requirements must be completed by Oct. 1. The BJC program sets standards for evaluating talent, ability and proficiency as well as professional knowledge and traditional bench skills. To be certified, the candidate much demonstrate proficiency to an acceptable national standard. Jewelers of America Inc., New York City; (212) 768-8777, fax (212) 768-8087, jewelersam@aol.com, www.jewelers.org. The American Gem Society's Jewelers Education Foundation, Las Vegas, NV, has named Lynn Diamond, executive director of the Diamond Promotion Service, to its board of governors. Diamond was formerly editor in chief and associate publisher of National Jeweler magazine. She has received the American Defense League's Torch of Liberty Award and the ORT Community Achievement Award.
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