Lilly Fitzgerald

Goldsmith/Designer

Education

University of Rhode Island, 1969-71, Liberal Arts course. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada, 1971-72.  Sculpture and painting. School of the Worcester Art Museum, 1972-74.

Business

Sole proprietor, 1976 to present.

Shows

Jewelry U.S.A., 1984-86.  A traveling show co-sponsored by the American Craft Museum and the Society of North American Goldsmiths, which toured the United States for two years.

Golden Jubilee, 1986. Traveling exhibit co-sponsored by Byzantium Gallery, NYC, and the Guild of the New York Metropolitan Opera to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Guild.

Crafts U.S.A., 1985. National competition sponsored by the State University of NY, Buffalo.

Twelve American Jewelers, 1988.  Pritam and Eames Gallery, East Hampton, New York.

Realms of Gold, 1989.  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.

Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show, 1983, 85, 87-98 2000 2001

American Craft Museum Armory Show, 1989-91.

Smithsonian Museum Craft Show, 1992-97

American Craft Expositions 1987-2005

Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Trunk Show in the Museums  Shop Gallery  Sept 1999

Awards & Achievements

Philadelphia Museum of Art: Award for Jewelry Design, 1987-92.

American Craft Exposition: Award for Excellence in Jewelry Design, 1988-91, 93, 94  Award, Best in Show, 1997   Award Best of Jewelry Design 2001

Art Institute of Chicago: Designed pieces for their catalog, 1987, 88.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts: Three pieces in permanent collection, 1988, 89.  Acquired three additional pieces from the Daphne Farago Collection 2008.

Best of Jewelry American Craft Exposition, September 2002

Best of Jewelry Design Crafts Boston/Society for Arts & Crafts, April 2002

Publications

Contemporary American Jewelry Design, Ettagale Blauer, 1991.

Connoisseur  Spring 1991

Lapidary Journal, August, 1987, June 1992.1995 1999

Ornament, Fall, 1987, Summer, 1991, Summer, 1992, Fall 1993, 94. Spring 2000

American Craft Jan 1990

Exhibition in Print, Society of North American Goldsmiths, Oct 1994.

Exhibition in Print. Society of North American Goldsmiths.  Cover Oct. 1999

Metalsmith Spring 2002

Brooches, hardcover book, Lark Publishing, 2007