{"id":111,"date":"2009-07-09T21:07:22","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T02:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyjewel.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/2009\/07\/09\/judges-set-for-agta-spectrum-awards\/"},"modified":"2009-07-09T21:07:22","modified_gmt":"2009-07-10T02:07:22","slug":"judges-set-for-agta-spectrum-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/2009\/07\/09\/judges-set-for-agta-spectrum-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"JUDGES SET FOR AGTA SPECTRUM AWARDS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_dYOW3_y9xoY\/SlZGi60AufI\/AAAAAAAAB7w\/lGbU6TVP3kA\/s1600-h\/animatedawardspageimage.gif\"><img style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;width: 192px;height: 320px\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyjewel.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/1fd49_animatedawardspageimage.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/><span><\/p>\n<p>July 8, 2009 \u2013 Dallas, TX: The American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) announced the judges for the 2010 AGTA Spectrum Awards\u2122 competition. They are:<\/p>\n<p>Design consultant\/writer Marlene Richey<\/p>\n<p>Gem artist John Hatleburg<\/p>\n<p>Jewelry designer Mish Tworkowski of Mish New York<\/p>\n<p>Jewelry editor Nicole Keating of Women\u2019s Wear Daily and W magazine<\/p>\n<p>Antique jewelry expert Ben Macklowe of The Macklowe Gallery <\/p>\n<p>Jewelry designer Cecelia Bauer.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We really wanted to bring a broad range of perspectives to the judging process,&#8221; stated Douglas K. Hucker, AGTA CEO. &#8220;This panel of judges brings a wealth of knowledge and keen sense of jewelry design.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The AGTA Spectrum Awards\u2122 is the premiere colored gemstone and pearl jewelry design competition in the world. The competition is in its 26th year of existence and sets the bar for jewelry designers and lapidaries. The winning designs are featured in consumer and trade press. Furthermore, all entries get tremendous exposure through the competition\u2019s Editor\u2019s Day in New York City, where many pieces are requested for subsequent photo shoots.<\/p>\n<p>The competition judges jewelry designs in five categories: Evening, Business\/Day Wear, Classical, Bridal and Men\u2019s Wear. Once again this year, Platinum Guild International (PGI) will select a design from each category to receive Platinum Honors, with the winners receiving an incredible value-added promotional package. The Cutting Edge division judges excellence in gemstone faceting, carving and objects of art.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and entry forms for the 2010 AGTA Spectrum Awards\u2122, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.agta.org\/awards\">www.agta.org\/awards<\/a> or call 1-800-972-1162. The deadline for entries is September 25, 2009.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/dailyjewel.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/1fd49_4698837677539896356-6883791130805750493?l=dailyjewel.blogspot.com\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 8, 2009 \u2013 Dallas, TX: The American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) announced the judges for the 2010 AGTA Spectrum Awards\u2122 competition. They are: Design consultant\/writer Marlene Richey Gem artist John Hatleburg Jewelry designer Mish Tworkowski of Mish New York Jewelry editor Nicole Keating of Women\u2019s Wear Daily and W magazine Antique jewelry expert Ben [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/dailyjewel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}