In 2026 we are teaming up with over 40 jewelry classes from all over the world, covering all five continents and involving 24 different countries, to celebrate the future of young contemporary jewelry. The classes have taken it upon themselves to mastermind and present a pop-up exhibition specially for the Friday evening of the Jewelry Weekend, which will only be on show there on that one evening.

From 10 p.m. onwards the band SASEBO will give a live concert with musicians well-known from the jewelry scene: David Bielander, Yutaka Minegishi, and as a special guest Mari Ishikawa.

Classes that are participating:

ARGENTINA – Buenos Aires, Taller Eloi ● AUSTRALIA – Melbourne, School of Art, Gold and Silversmithing, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology RMIT ● BELGIUM – Antwerp, Royal Academy of Fine Arts ● CHINA – Beijing, Jewelry Program, School of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts CAFA ● CZECH REPUBLIC – Liberec, Department of Design, Technical University of Liberec TUL // Pilsen, Metal and Jewelry Studio, Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art, University of West Bohemia // Prague, K.O.V., Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague UMPRUM ● ESTONIA – Tallinn, Jewellery and Blacksmithing, Estonian Academy of Arts EKA ● FINLAND – Lappeenrata, LAB University of Applied Sciences ● FRANCE – Limoges, Ensad Limoges jewelry, National School of Art and Design // Strasbourg, Atelier Bijou in the Art-Object department. Haute école des arts du Rhin ● GREAT BRITAIN – Glasgow, Silversmithing and Jewellery Design, Glasgow School of Art // London, Jewellery and Metal, Royal College of Art RCA ● JAPAN – Kobe, Jewelry & Metalworking, Kobe Design University // Tokyo, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry // Tokyo, Tokio University of the Arts Geidai // Tokyo, Department of Crafts, Tama Art University ● KOREA – Seoul, Department of Crafts, Seoul National University ● LITHUANIA – Vilnius, Metal Art and Jewelry Program, Academy of Arts ● MEXICO – Guadalajara, Hard To Find ● NETHERLANDS – Amsterdam, Jewellery – Linking Bodies, Gerrit Rietveld Academy // Maastricht, Class of Maastricht, Academy of Arts Maastricht ● NEW ZEALAND – HANDSHAKE Project ● NORWAY – Oslo, Metal and Jewellery, National Academy of Arts ● POLAND – Gdansk, Experimental Design Studio, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk ● PORTUGAL – Lisboa, Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual ● SLOVAKIA – Bratislava, Studio Metal and Jewel, Academy of Fine Arts and Design ● SPAIN – Barcelona, Escola Massana-Centre d’Art i Disseny, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB ● SWEDEN – Gothenburg, HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design, University of Gothenburg // Stockholm, Konstfack, University of Arts, Crafts and Design ● USA – Bloomfield Hills, Metalsmithing Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art // Rhode Island School of Design RISD // Providence, Rhode Island School of Design // New Paltz, State University of New York, SUNY New Paltz
 ● GERMANY – Düsseldorf, Peter Behrens School of Arts – Hochschule Düsseldorf // Halle, Schmuck Halle, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design // Hildesheim, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst // Idar-Oberstein – Department of Gemstones & Jewellery, Trier University of Applied Sciences // Munich, Jewellery and Hollowware, Akademie der Bildenden Künste München // Nuremberg, Die Klasse für Bildende Kunst/Jewelry and Artefacts, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg // Pforzheim, Berufskolleg Design Schmuck & Gerät, Goldschmiedeschule und Uhrmacherschule Pforzheim // Wismar, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Technology, Business and Design
Visitors will receive a booklet into which each class can stamp its seal or glue a sticker when attending so that you know which class you have already attended.
The “1st Summit of Jewelry Classes” is being generously supported by Münchner Freiheit in the form of sweet finger food and by Showtec with its technical equipment.

Graphic designers Carlota Barberan Madruga and Anna Schreiber developed the logo and the print medium for the “1st Summit of Jewelry Classes.”