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MJSA Vision Awards
If you’re a designer, you know that feeling.
You’ve spent hours in the studio, pouring your skill and creativity into a new design, struggling to turn your vision into reality. Finally, you hold it in your hand—an innovative, finely crafted piece of jewelry that anyone would be proud to wear.
It’s a moment of immense satisfaction, of triumph—and you want everyone to know about it.
Now it’s time to receive the recognition you deserve.
The MJSA Vision Awards Design Competition
Every year, the MJSA Vision Awards celebrate outstanding talent in the field of jewelry design. The winning designers represent the future of the jewelry manufacturing industry, and the Vision Awards competition showcases their creativity and boosts their careers. Some of the industry’s finest designers—Todd Reed, Mark Schneider, Steve Midgett, Lisa Krikawa, and many others—can point to a Vision Award among their exemplary credits.
MJSA ensures the Vision Award winners receive the recognition they deserve throughout the industry. We publicize their triumph through articles in MJSA Journal and in press releases distributed throughout the trade, and we help them to create promotions for their own targeted customers. We take out special full-page ads in such leading trade publications as Instore and Metalsmith magazines to feature their winning designs. We display their finely crafted pieces for thousands of buyers at MJSA Expo New York, and thousands more can see them for the entire year on our website.
We also make sure our winners can help continue their winning ways by providing cash prizes, gift certificates for tools and supplies (courtesy of Rio Grande), book packages, and, for students, scholarships funded by the MJSA Education Foundation.
Vision Award Categories for 2010
Design Excellence
Honors designs that exhibit exceptional creativity, craftsmanship, and marketability.
NEW! Visionary Technical Solution
Honors design in which specific technical challenges--such as combining two non-complementary metals--were overcome to take the piece from concept to completion.
Laser Distinction
Sponsored by LaserStar Technologies Corp.
Recognizes entries in which the design relied upon the use of a laser.
Gold Distinction
Sponsored by Hoover & Strong
Recognizes entries that include a minimum of 75 percent of a gold alloy in the design.
Future of the Industry Award
Sponsored by MJSA Education Foundation
Recognizes the work of students in jewelry-related programs who exhibit exceptional design talent and creativity.
The entry deadline for the 2010 Vision Awards competition has passed.
Winners will be announced March 16 during MJSA Expo New York at the Hilton New York. For more information about the Expo, click here.
To see the winners of the 2009 MJSA Vision Awards, click on the links below.
Professional Category / Student Category / Laser Distinction
Enamel Distinction / Platinum Distinction / Palladium Distinction
Thank you to our 2010 Sponsors:
General Sponsor
