Great Escape: Bellevue Arts Museum's INDULGE - an Avant Garde Jewelry Show - This Weekend

Love art? Don't just look at it -- wear it.

The Bellevue Arts Museum is holding , its showcase of avant-garde jewelry by independent designers, this weekend. The event will feature contemporary collections by 20 independent designers and – new this year – leading art jewelry galleries, all hand-picked by Bellevue Arts Museum's curators.

Tickets are $10 Marketplace or $14 for the Marketplace and BAM admission.

It's a good weekend to check out the exhibits at BAM, with the closing weekend of George Nelson: Architect, Writer, Designer, Teacher (closes Feb. 12) and with a new exhibit, Knitted, Knotted, Twisted & Twined: The Jewelry of Mary Lee Hu. (Hu's work will also be available in INDULGE at the Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery booth.) There's also an Artist Tour of the new Push Play exhibit led by Marge Levy, co-chairperson of the 2012 NCECA Annual Conference on Feb. 12 from 2 - 3 p.m.

If you go

INDULGE is from Friday - Sunday, Feb. 10 - 12 from 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tickets are $10 for the jewerly marketplace and $14 for the marketplace and museum admission.

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