News and events

Heinaaeg.Igaviku igatsus. banner väike formaat

Group Exhibition “The Hay Season. A Longing for Eternity”

We warmly welcome you to the opening of the group exhibition  “The Hay Season. A Longing for Eternity” on 11 November at 6:30 PM,  at Manufaktuuri 7/2, Tallinn. From 12. November to 18. December 2025, artists Martin Mikson, Anna-Liisa Pärt, Paul Aadam Mikson, and Juulia Aleksandra Mikson present a joint exhibition “The Hay Season. A Longing for Eternity” at Manufaktuuri Quarter, Tallinn. “The ...
KT_TV_1920x1080

“Wasted Light”

On Thursday, May 15th at 5:30 pm jewellery and blacksmithing students of the Estonian Academy of Arts will open the group exhibition “Wasted Light” on two floors at Roosikrantsi 8b. The exhibition features contemporary jewellery and metal works that explore wear and tear as a slow but constant process through time and change. The exhibition connects the past and present day, offering a ...
Bianca Triinu Toots_In Search of Inaudible Sounds_ear jewellery, silver_2024

Jewellery Exhibition „Mets sosistab / Metsä kuiskaa“

The Forest Whispers is a unique jewellery exhibition that brings Estonian jewellery to Finland for the first time. The exhibition of contemporary Estonian jewellery, Forest Whispers, tells the story of the relationship with nature, the forest and its meanings for Estonians. The jewellery opens up the relationship with the forest and nature from different perspectives: through mythology, the ...
Ehte ja sepakunst

Jewellery and Blacksmithing Artists Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the specialty with “Blackout”

This year, the Jewellery and Blacksmithing Department of the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA) is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a representative international exhibition "Blackout", from October 26 to December 1, at the Narva Art Residency. Although both the university and the specialty have changed their names several times in the last hundred years, the fact remains that metal art has ...
Antwerpeni show50

Creations of EKA alumni and students at the fashion show of the Cumulus Association conference in Antwerp

City of Fashion let international fashion institutions present their students’ creations at the closing night of the Cumulus Association conference organized by the University of Antwerp. From the EKA Student Works Fund EKA Jewellery and Blacksmithing alumni Bruno Lillemets' bracelets and Anni Voll's earrings and a necklace were exhibited at the Cumulus conference along with Liisa Torsus‘ ...
Elav Hõbe näitus_Kaileen Palmsaar foto_Riina Varol

EKA designers at World Design Capital Valencia 2022 exhibition

The exhibition of Estonian sustainable design "Second Chance", organized by the Estonian Association of Designers and the Estonian Academy of Arts, will be opened in Palacio de Colomina in Valencia, on May 9th, featuring innovative sustainable design solutions from more than 20 Estonian designers. The curator of the exhibition is the President of the Estonian Association of Designers, Ilona ...
künnis_

“Threshold” group exhibition

Department of Jewellery and Blacksmithing opens “Threshold” on Friday, September 4, at 18.00, The group exhibition features works by six young artists who are currently studying in the Department of Jewellery and Blacksmithing at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Each seeks to delineate the physical boundaries and conceptual possibilities of thresholds or their inherent potential for ...
Kadri Mälk_brooch_Soul. The Crackled Soul_black tourmaline, silver, dark blue sapphires_2018

Estonian artist´s in Hangzhou Contemporary International Jewelry and Metal Art Triennial

21 Grams, 2018 Hangzhou Contemporary International Jewelry and Metal Art Triennial Under the title 21 grams Ruudt Peters has organized a jewelry exhibition where a large number of artists where asked to make a jewel with the weight and content of the soul 21 grams, to develop specifically for this exhibition. There will be an equal number of western and eastern artists invited to take part at ...
  • Our Jewellery and Blacksmithing department is really strong in the field of contemporary jewellery. I learned not only technical or artistic approaches, but also the philosophy of jewellery art. In addition to being remarkable artists and teachers, Kadri Mälk and Tanel Veenre also give great business advice, like artist-gallery etiquette, image development, professionalism, etc.
    Sofia Hallik
    MA Jewellery and Blacksmithing '15
    Current PhD student