Academic seminar was held in the Amber Museum

Academic seminar “Integration of jewellery with contemporary art and design. Challenges and advantages" was held within the Second All-Russian Contest of Jewellery Art in Kaliningrad at the Amber Museum. The event was opened by Tatiana Suvorova, director of the Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum, art expert, member of the Union of Russian Artists, Honoured worker of culture of Russia.

Reports were made by:

• Valentin Skurlov, Moscow, expert in evaluation of artistic values of the Ministry of Culture and Massive Communications of Russian Federation, Academic Secretary of the Russian Memorial Carl Faberge Foundation, candidate of art history, full holder of the Faberge order, Honoured Worker of Decorative and Applied Art.
• Irina Perfilieva, Moscow, leading research associate of the Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts, candidate of art history, member of the Union of Russian Artists. Jury member of the Second All-Russian Contest of Jewellery Art in Kaliningrad.
• Andrey Gilodo, Moscow, art historian, manager of department of metal and stone of the All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art, expert of Russian Ministry of Culture, member of British Royal Society of Jewellery Historians, member of National organization of art experts, honoured artworker of Russian Federation;
• Nadezhda Gundyreva, Nizhniy Tagil, head of the department "Ural art" of the Nizhniy Tagil Museum of Fine Arts. Curator of the Second All-Russian Contest of Jewellery Art in Kaliningrad;
• Galina Sharonova, Togliatti, professor of the department "Decorative and Applied Art", supervisor of the Sharonov's School of the Togliatti State University, member of the international association "Union of Designers", member of the Creative Union of Russian Artists, cavalier of the Carl Faberge Order and Small Medal of Franz Bierbaum Order. Curator of the Second All-Russian Contest of Jewellery Art in Kaliningrad;
• Olga Litvinenko, Rostov-on-Don, deputy director of the Rostov Regional Museum of Fine Arts. Curator of the Second All-Russian Contest of Jewellery Art in Kaliningrad;
• Igor Pronichev, Kostroma, associate professor of the Kostroma State University of Technologies department, member of the Art and Expert Council for Arts and Crafts of Kostroma oblast, member of the International Association of Fine Arts AIAP UNESKO. Jury member of the Second All-Russian Contest of Jewellery Art in Kaliningrad;
• Elena Toropova, Kaliningrad, associate professor of the I.Kant Baltic Federal University, candidate of art history, member of the Union of Russian Artists, member of Association of Art Experts. Jury member of the Second All-Russian Contest of Jewellery Art in Kaliningrad;
• Lyubov Zhukova, Saint Petersburg, director of the Institute of Applied Art of the Saint Petersburg State University of Technology and Design, head of the department of technology of artistic treatment of materials and jewellery items, professor. Honoured worker of higher school, Doctor of engineering, member of the union of Russian Designers. Curator of the Second All-Russian Contest of Jewellery Art in Kaliningrad;
• Tatiana Galkina, Kostroma, member of the Union of Russian Artists, teacher of technical mastery in the Krasnoye Selo College of Artistic Metalwork – branch of the Moscow State S.Stroganov Academy of Industrial and Applied Arts;
• Irina Toropova, Kaliningrad, deputy director for research of the Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum, candidate of pedagogical sciences, art expert. Jury member of the Second All-Russian Contest of Jewellery Art in Kaliningrad;
• Vyacheslav Mishin, Kaliningrad, jewellery artist, member of the Union of Russian Artists;
• Pierre Marie Bernard, Paris, jewellery artist, honorary President of the National Crafts and Creation Federation, director of the Committee “Franceclat”, President of creative commission of the committee “Franceclat”, teacher of the jewellery craft at the school "BJO Formation". Jury member of the Second All-Russian Contest of Jewellery Art in Kaliningrad.

Kaliningrad Regional Amber Museum expresses gratitude for the support to the contest sponsors:

•  State Unitary Enterprise "Kaliningrad Amber Combine";
• Kaliningrad branch of the All-Russian creative public organization "Union of Russian Artists";
• Kaliningrad regional branch of the Creative Union of Russian Artists;
• Emelyanov and Sons Amber-Redwood Manufactory;
• Commercial manufacturing enterprise "Alk";
• hotel "House of the Story Teller";
• LLC "Konigsland";
• LLC "Bezkai";
• travel agency "Yunona";
• travel agency "Amber Mosaic";
• restaurant "Reduit";
• Agricultural productive cooperative "Flor" and flower shops chain "Rosa";
• Kaliningrad Regional Public Organization of Entrepreneurs "Amber Union";
• PE M.Simukov;
• PE S.Shishov;
• PE A.Trusov.