Allison Geremia

Selected research

• Blind peer editor, Jaws Journal, specializing in jewelry and photography theory, 2021
• Research assistant to Thomas Stubblefield, Associate Dean, UMass Dartmouth, 2019
• Research assistant to Morgan Sedgley, Curator, Sotheby's Home, 2016–19
• Junior cataloguer, Portsmouth Abbey School and Monastic Library, 2017–18
• Research assistant to Kirsten Swenson, Professor of Art History, UMass Lowell, 2014
• Library assistant at the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 2013–14
• Research Fellow to Emily Zilber, Curator of Contemporary Craft, at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2012

Selected publications

• "From Meaningful Narratives to Beautiful Objects: Collection considerations for historical books and manuscripts," Sotheby's Books & Manuscripts, Sotheby's, June 7, 2022.
• "Two American Silver Greats: Tiffany & Co. and Gorham Manufacturing set the American Standard," Sotheby's Interiors, Sotheby's, March 22, 2022.
• "Four Ways to Rethink Mid-Century Modem Decor: A closer look at the different expressions of mid-century," Sotheby's Interiors, Sotheby's, Feb. 24, 2022.
• Maker, Wearer, Viewer, Object: The Reflexive Destabilisation of Brooches in a Contemporary Jewellery Making Practice, University of Plymouth PhD Thesis Archives, 2020.
• "PRIED at the Society of Arts and Crafts Boston," Metalsmith (39.4) Society of North American Goldsmiths, 2019, pp. 52–53.
• "Through the Lens of a Jewellery Practice: The Role of Photography in a Practice-Based PhD," JAWS (4.1) Intellect Publications, 2018, pp. 17¬–29.
• Jewelry Perspectives, Parsons M.A. Thesis Archives, 2014.

Selected conferences and lectures

• Artist Talk+ Introductions for the TT Pecha Kucha series. Presented at Transact Institute New York residency, 2021.
• "Methods+ Applications.," micro-workshop for the Transact Institute New York residency program at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, 2021.
• "Writing as a Jeweler: Your Voice Belongs Here," presented at Workshop 1: New York City Jewelry Week (NYCJW 2020), via Zoom, 2020.
• "Welcome Series: Preparing for your PhD," presented at Transact Institute for Creative Practice and Liverpool St. John's University, via Zoom, 2020.
• "On Practice: Methods," presented at Art in General, Brooklyn, NY, 2020.
• "Practice and Methods," presented at Anna Dempsey's Graduate Methodology Class at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Star Store Campus, New Bedford, MA, 2019.
• "Jewelry within a Practiced-Based Research Model," presented at Transact Institute for Creative Research in conjunction with the College Arts Association conference, New York, NY, 2019.
• "Ephemeral Archives," presented at Juried Exhibition at Emerge Gallery in conjunction with the East Carolina University 'Material Topics Symposium,' Greenville, NC, 2019.
• "Anonymous Brooklyn," participant and showing at Brooklyn Metalworks in conjunction with the inaugural NYC Jewelry Week, Brooklyn, NY, 2018.
• "Application of Practice-Based Research in the Context of Grant Distribution," presented at Center for Craft, Creativity and Design, Asheville, NC, 2018.
• "Normative Structure within a Reflexive Jewelry Making Practice," presented at SOMA Mexico City CDMX, 2018.
• "Sociological Adaptation within a Practiced-Based Research Model," presented at Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, 2017.
• "Artist Talk and Research Development," presented at Uferstudios, Berlin, DE, 2016.
• "The Disappearance of Object," presented at Destruction of Art: Past and Present, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, 2016.
• "Evolution of the Functional Object," presented at Rhode Island College, Providence, RI, 2015.
• "Projection and Self-Surveillance," presented at exhibition at Heizhaus hosted by Uferstudios, Berlin, DE, 2015.
• "Research and Practice: Building Bridges," presented at Uferstudios, Berlin, DE, 2015.
• "Consuming Contemporary Jewelry in the Museum," presented at Fusing the Past and Present: Art in the 21st Century, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dartmouth, MA, 2015.