info@lorettafontaine.comAlbany,
New Yorkphone:
518-438-4751
Loretta Fontaine Jewelry has moved to a new larger studio space in Spring 2008. The phone number (518) 438-4751 and address (P.O. Box 3191, Albany, N.Y. 12203) will remain the same.
An elegant pair of Loretta Fontaine Jewelry 14K gold earrings graced the March 2008 issue of Victoria magazine. Paired with a wisteria-hued sweater from Kenneth Cole and a Rachel Comey dress, the text declares "Blossom by blossom, Spring has begun..."
Argentum Jewelry of Bloomington, Indiana featured Loretta Fontaine Jewelry for Valentine's Day! Pictured in their advertising is the Theresa necklace in sterling silver with Pale Pink Rose.
Loretta
Fontaine Jewelry's 14K gold Robin earrings with Crimson Rose
grace the June 2007 issue of National Jeweler Magazine.
Editor Beth Braverman says of the season's newest looks, "Big
bold gold pieces are more crucial accents than ever!"
The World Gold Council is highlighting Loretta Fontaine as one of fifteen featured designers at the Jewelry Information Center's Annual Editor's Luncheon. The event gathers over 80 editors and reporters from leading fashion and trade media to thank them for their coverage of fine jewelry.
Loretta
Fontaine Jewelry was featured on a 2007
Mother's Day television segment on ABC7 by Amanda
Gizzi of the Jewelry Information Center.
The
just released Lark Books publication 500 Earrings: New Directions
in Contemporary Jewelry, edited by Marthe Le Van
and juried by Alan Revere, features two pieces of Loretta's
work.
Taboo
Studio Holiday Show: "WINTER MAGIC", Featuring the
work of Steven Brixner, Tami Dean, Diane Dolan, Loretta Fontaine, Catherine
Grisez, Mary Kanda, Deb Karash, Lyn Licay, Micki Lippe, Rick McCormack,
Valerie Mitchell, Norika Takada and Diane West. Taboo Studio,
1615 1/2 West Lewis Street, San Diego, California (619) 692-0099
Winter
Show Featuring 35 artists in fine arts, photography, ceramics
and jewelry. Firlefanz Gallery, 292 Lark Street, Albany,
NY 12210
Loretta
presented, "Define Your Line", for
the Arts Business Institute seminar "Flying
High With ABI". Moderator Marilyn Ulen and co-presenters
Debra Anderson and Alisha Vincent livened up the early (very early!) morning
seminar with a vintage airline theme.
Lark
Books Jewelry and Metals editor Marthe Le Van
and juror Charon Kransen have chosen Loretta's bracelet
"Eva
On The Beach" to be published in the book
500 Bracelets: Inspiring Adornments For The Body.
The
ring "Eva by the Lake" was published
in the book 1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornment for the Hand
by Lark Books in 2004. Esteemed juror Robert Ebendorf chose 1000 rings
for this beautiful book with an international scope of artists. ...more
on 1000 Rings
Robert
Ebendorf invited Loretta Fontaine to participate with seventy other artists
in the museum exhibit "Rings" at the
Cannon Gallery of Art and Design in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Fontaine submitted the a ring she made especially for the exhibition.
A Special Opportunity Stipend Grant from the New York State Council for the Arts was awarded to Loretta Fontaine in to further her goldsmithing studies with a mentorship under master goldsmith James Stroupe.
Loretta
often writes on the arts. Read her article Opening
Night at SOFA New York: Craft in the International Art Market,
which follows three artists on the opening day of SOFA (Sculpture, Objects,
and Functional Art) on Park Avenue in New York City. Glass artist Steven
Weinberg, jeweler Lisa Gralnick and ceramic artist Laura DeAngelis are
interviewed.