International Art Medal Federation
Fédération Internationale de la Médaille d'Art
Home | FIDEM News | Medal News | Shop | Membership| Contact | Archives | Database of Exhibitions

 

lectures and workshops

Two plenary papers were presented during this congress. One was over the Belgian Coin Cabinet and collecting medals and the second one was about the extremly talented Ghent sculptor and medallist, Geo Verbanck (1881-1961)

All the lectures will be published in Médailles Magazine 2016.

PLENARY PAPERS 
Johan van Heesch  The Coin Cabinet - collecting medals and the fate of the medal editors in Belgium
Anthony Demey  Geo Verbanck (1881-1961) - an extremly talented Ghent sculptor-medallist

STRICKING MEDALS: ARTISTS AND MINTS I
Ira Rezak  Mints and Artists - medallic representations of engagement
Mark Jones William Wyon at the Mint of London
An Wang The actual situation of the art of the medal in China
Stefan de Lombaert Medal production in Belgium, 19th-21st centuries
Gilles Perret Paul Huguenin et les artistes-médailleurs
Luc van Eeckhoudt Laurent-Joseph Hart (Antwerpen, 1810 - Brussels, 1860)   

MAKING MEDALS: PEOPLE AND PLACE
José S. Teixeira Modernity and actuality on Helder Batista's work 
Javier Gimeno  Ramón Ferran (1927-2015) - une vie vouée à la médaille
Nikoleta Ivanova Emil Bachiyski - artist an variety
Raimo Jaatinen  An artist's experiences during his 45 year long career as a caster of medals
James MaloneBeach The creation of a medal
Line Bjerg Space and heavenly commemoration

CASTING MEDALS: ARTISTS AND FOUNDRIES
Tetsuji Seta As an artist and as engineer 
Elly Baltus Bronze as part of the language of conceptual medal art
Mark A. Benvenuto  Bryan Paulsen and Shelby Maurice: The nexus of art and science - cast medals, graphite molds
Irene Gunston  A tale of British art school foundries
Marcy Leavitt Bourne Fine art foundries in the United Kingdom - a brief overview
Jeanne Steven-Sollman and Steven Brown Thirty years of casting, learning, sharing techniques, working together

INTERPRETING MEDALS: MESSAGES AND MEANINGS
Sylvie de Turckheim-Pey  Récréation numismatique contemporaine
Jan Pelsdonk Whodunnit? - hidden hints on medals 
William Eisler The Dassiers and their world - themedal and its dissemination in the 18th century 
Martin Tunefalk Controversies and censorship - commemorative medalsand the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities during the 18th century
Julia Krasnobaeva Creation on medal as the capture of time - the emblematic language of the medal on the opening of Gotha Coin Cabinet
Evgeny Ushankov The series of medals on the famous events of 1812-1814 by the projects of A. N. Olenin from the collection of the State Historical Museum, Moscow

STRICKING MEDALS: ARTISTS AND MINTS II
Susan Taylor The art of winning - through innovation and team work
Ingrid Austlid Rise Models for struck medals and coins in proofquality
Vineta Skalberga Stories of coins - an overview of contemporary Latvian nuismatics
Nicolas Salagnac Deux techniques d'édition de médailles 

MAKING MEDALS: TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS
Lecture2Paul Huybrechts La médaille contemporaine en Belgique
Joao Duarte The evolution and identity of the medals of Helder Batista produced at Gravarte-Industria de Gravura Lda
Mihaela Kamenova Iron as an alternative material in Bulgarian sculpture - medals and inspiration
Antanas Olbutas (presented by Lina Kalinauskaite) Past and present of medal making in Lithuania

DISPLAYING MEDALS: PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL
Alan Fossion The numismatic collection of the Archeological Museum, Namur
Hanna Jelonek Medals of the Asia Pacific Museum in Warsaw
Uliana Volkova Medals by Andrey Mishin in the collection of the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Herman Gerritsen Taking a medal collection to the web - the case of NEPK
Amanullah Haiderzad A medal & art museum in Kabul iniated by Amanullah Haiderzad

 

top

 

 

Lecture1

Photo: M. Pelsdonk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photo: D. Scarinci