A program of exhibitions showcased the work of artists from Australia, New Zealand, and the Asia Pacific Region.

Venues included the Art Gallery of South Australia, Flinders University City Gallery, JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design, Light Square Gallery, Migration Museum, The National Wine Centre, soda and rhyme | jewellery design studio and Zu Design. The exhibitions were a great success with attendance estimated at 11,870.

Soma Galleries
The Shiny Shiny Blak Bling Artists and Andrea Fisher
Opening: Thursday 24 January 2008, 6pm
Exhibition Dates: 22 January - 5 February 2008
Address: 147 The Parade, Norwood
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Zu Design
Within Without: Contemporary Jewellery from Western Australia
Opening: Thursday 24 January 2008, 6pm
Exhibition Dates: 24 January - 25 February 2008
Address: 102G Gays Arcade Balcony, Twin Street, Adelaide
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Innovation Science Pty Ltd
Coast-Garde 07
Opening: Thursday 24 January 2008, 6pm
Exhibition Dates: 24 - 29 January 2008
Address: 110 Upper Level, Gays Arcade (off Adelaide Arcade), Twin Street, Adelaide
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Adelaide Arcade Ground Floor
Display of Contemporary Jewellery Zoe Veness, Jane Saleeba, Kim Thomson, Justine Austen, Vernon Bowden & Ewa Card
Exhibition Dates: 22-27 January 2008
Address: Between Rundle Mall & Grenfell Street, Adelaide
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Adelaide Arcade (Premises to be confirmed)
Sideshow: An Exhibition by Students from the ANU School of Art, Gold & Silversmithing Workshop
Opening: Thursday 24 January 2008
Address: Between Rundle Mall & Grenfell Street, Adelaide
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Flinders University City Gallery
Chromagoria: A Playful Approach to Japanese Jewellery Keiko Mizoguchi, Shunichiro Nakashima, Miho Noka, Curated by Rui Kikuchi
Exhibition Dates: 21-27 January 2008
Address: State Library of South Australia, North Terrace, Adelaide
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Migration Museum
Moved Rui Kikuchi (Japan), Sun Woong Bang (Korea), Karin Jakobsson (New Zealand), Qi Zhang (China), Jin-Ah Jo (Korea), Suh Jeong Taek (Korea), Curated by Kath Inglis
Opening: Friday 25 January 2008, 1.30pm
Exhibition Dates: 21 - 30 January 2008
Address: 82 Kintore Avenue, Adelaide
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South Australian Museum
Temporary Indigenous Gallery: The Decorated Body: Indigenous Australian Bodily Adornment and Bodily Modification Practices Curated by Dr Christine Nicholls
Works from Galiwin'ku and Maningrida Curated by Alice Whish
Exhibition Dates: 19 January - 18 February 2008
Pacific Collections Room: Rowena Gough and Elfrun Lach
Exhibition Dates: 24 January - 5 February 2008
Address: North Terrace, Adelaide
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JamFactory Contemporary Craft and Design
Gallery 1: fuse: jewellers and artists exploring self and society through diverse technology Kirsty Boyle, Vernon Bowden, Oron Catts & Ionat Zurr, Leah Heiss, Ryota Kuwakubo, Mark Vaarwerk, Nicholas Bastin, Curated by Sean O’Connell
Exhibition Dates: 26 January - 17 February 2008
Click here for the Fuse Exhibition Website

Gallery 2: Flipside - Metal Design Studio Alumni Alisa Dewhurst, Melissa Turner, Lauren Simeoni, Sally Mahony, Tass Joannides, Sim Luttin, Belinda Newick, Kath Inglis
Exhibition Dates: 26 January - 17 February 2008

Atrium: Upsetting the Ingrained Ting-Chun Kuo, Sian Edwards, Tammy Lacy, Nicole Oostwoud, Tamara Same, Rochelle Woods
Exhibition Dates: 26 January - 17 February 2008

Studio Works Retail Gallery: Objects and Jewellery by Seung-Hee Kim
Exhibition Dates: 22 - 31 January 2008

Retail Shop: Jewellery and Objects: a National Survey Jane Bowden, Julie Blyfield, Leslie Matthews, Marian Hosking, Catherine Truman, Sally Marsland
Exhibition Dates: 18 January - 10 February 2008

Opening: Friday 25 January, 6pm
Address: 19 Morphett Street, Adelaide
Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun/Public Holidays 1pm-5pm

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Light Square Gallery
Graduate Metal XI – emerging ideas in jewellery & objects
Opening: Friday 25 January, 7-9pm
Exhibition Dates: 25 January - 14 February 2008
Address: TAFE SA Adelaide Centre for the Arts, 39 Light Square, Adelaide
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Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre
Beyond the Infinity II: Seoyoun Choi (Korea)
Opening: Friday 25 January 2008, 6pm
Exhibition Dates: 25 - 31 January 2008
Address: Lion Arts Centre, Corner North Terrace and Morphett Street, Adelaide
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New Land Gallery
Outside In – An Exhibition of Regional Jewellers: Alisa Dewhurst, Margot Douglas, Marcus Foley, Rut Froehlich, Gretchen Hillhouse, Sylvia Nevistic, Sean O'Connell, MJ Ryan Bennett, Dore Stockhausen, Zoe Veness Curated by Melissa Turner
Opening: special viewing Monday 28 January 2008 as part of Conference Bus Tour
Exhibition Dates: 18 January - 29 February 2008 Address: 2 McLaren Parade, Port Adelaide
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Red Poles
Just a Spoonful of Silver...Sarah DiMauro, Renee Damiani, Katrina Freene, Sarah Howard, Anne Mercer, Sandra Naulty, Amy Worth, Melissa Puust
Opening: Preview Monday 28 January 2008 as part of Conference Bus Tour
Exhibition Dates: 26 January - 24 February 2008
Address: McMutrie Road, McLaren Vale
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Soda and Rhyme | Jewellery Design Studio
South Island - Ten Jewellers from the South Island of New Zealand
Victoria McIntosh, Elfi Spiewack, Kay Van Dyk, Jennifer Braithwaite, Lyn Kelly, Chaim Cleavin, Penny Hughes, Koji Miyazaki, John Z Robinson, Rob Upritchard. Curated by Caroline Billing
Special viewing Monday 28 January 2008 as part of Conference Bus Tour
Exhibition Dates: 22 January - 20 February 2008
Address: 4 Walter St, North Adelaide
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Adelaide Festival Centre Foyer
Australia, Asia, Pacific: Vicki Mason (Australia), Mari Ishikawa (Japan/Germany), Ilse-Marie Erl (New Zealand)
Exhibition Dates: 15 January - 3 February 2008
Address: King William Street, Adelaide
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Art Gallery of South Australia
Gallery 10: Contemporary Australian Jewellery from the Rhianon Vernon-Roberts Memorial Collection
Exhibition Dates: 19 January - 17 February 2008
AGSA Bookshop: Retail Display of South Australian Jewellers
Exhibition Dates: 10 January - April 2008
Address: North Terrace, Adelaide
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Arts SA Windows
Window Greg Healey, Christian Hall and Lauren Simeoni
Exhibition Dates: 25 January - February
Address: 110 Hindley Street, Adelaide
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Bay Discovery Centre Mezzanine Gallery
Ebb and Flow: an exhibition by the South Australian Glass Bead Artists
Opening: Thursday 24 January, 6pm
Exhibition Dates: 17 January - 23 March 2008
Address: Glenelg Town Hall, Mosely Square, Glenelg
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Greenhill Galleries
The Good Earth Christine Pyman
Opening: Monday 28 January, 2.30pm
Exhibition Dates: 28 January - 19 February 2008
Address: 140 Barton Terrace West, North Adelaide
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Liverpool Street Gallery
Artifact and Identity: Works by Jan Donaldson
Exhibition Dates: 25-27 January 2008
Address: Liverpool Street, Adelaide
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National Wine Centre of Australia
Profile: The 1st JMGA NSW Award Exhibition for Jewellery Object + Metalsmithing Members Show
Exhibition Dates: 23 January - 3 February 2008
Address: Corner of Botanic and Hackney Roads, Adelaide
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South Coast Regional Arts Centre
Silent Epiphanies: Kim Thomson
Opening: Sunday 10 February 2008
Exhibition Dates: 26 January - 24 February 2008
Address: Old Goolwa Police Station, Goolwa Terrace, Goolwa
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Urban Cow Studios
Essence: Metal Circus
Opening: Thursday 24 January 2008, 6-8pm
Exhibition Dates: 24 January - 2 February 2008
Address: 11 Frome Street, Adelaide
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Murray Bridge Regional Gallery
Water of Life
Exhibition Dates: 7 January - 3 February 2008
Address: 27 Sixth Street, Murray Bridge
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Miss Gladys Sym Choon
JMGA Fringe: Daniel Schutt
Exhibition Dates: 25 January - 13 February 2008
Address: 233 & 235A Rundle St, Adelaide
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Flightpath Architects Windows
Escaping the Body: Anika Williams
Exhibition Dates: 25 January - 13 February 2008
Address: 101 Hindley St, Adelaide
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Adelaide Airport Cabinet
Necklace: JamFactory Alumni
Exhibition Dates: 13 January - 7 February 2008
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