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13 ORNAMENT 38.1.2015 ARIZONA THE PHOENIX ART MUSEUM features "Pattern Play: The Contemporary Designs of Jacqueline Groag" from April 4 through August 9. Following the prolonged trauma of World War II, a renewed public appetite for color and pattern flourished in Britain. Czech-born Jacqueline Groag was one of the most versatile women designers of this period. From the colorful and playful to the abstract and representational, Groag's work contributed to Britain's spirit of renewal and defined the popular "contemporary" style. 1625 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004; 602.257.1880; www.phxart.org. CALIFORNIA JEWELER ALISON B. ANTELMAN is the winner of the 2015 Niche Award Competition in the Silver Category for her Hanging Garden necklace. Antelman's featured necklace, from a collection of the same title, is inspired by the human desire to bring nature into city life; small hollow-form sculptures that adorn the body and draw the eye. THE CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS MARKET hosts its thirtieth anniversary show from June 5 – 7, at the Pasadena Convention Center. More than two hundred craftspeople present their work in a variety of media. This is an opportunity to see some of the West Coast masters, as well as view a wide range of affordable art objects at one of the largest craft shows in Southern California. www.craftsource.org. THE LEGION OF HONOR displays "High Style: The Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection" through July 19. The exhibition provides a rare opportunity to view the evolution of fashion from 1910 to 1980 through more than sixty costumes, thirty costume accessories and an array of related fashion sketches from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection. It focuses on key points of twentieth-century fashion design, in particular rare pieces from French couture houses, and work by seminal American designers from the 1930s and 1940s. Lincoln Park, 100 34th Ave., San Francisco, CA 94121; 415.750.3600; legionofhonor.famsf.org. THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART presents "Earl Pardon's 'Portable Art': Jewelry and Design" through June 6. This exhibition presents a rare display of more than one hundred works by celebrated Southern-born American designer Earl Pardon. On view will be eighty-eight pieces of Pardon's jewelry (which he referred to as his "portable works of art") and a selection of his homeware designs, many of which have never been exhibited together. The assortment of homewares include exceptional examples of production work Pardon created as the assistant director of design for Towle Silversmiths in the 1950s. Shown are a necklace and brooch of sterling silver, enamel, gold, abalone, rhodolite, blue topaz, and amethyst. The necklace differs in that it also has peridot, ruby and citrine. 1280 Peachtree Street, Northeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30309; 404.733.4444; www.high.org. HIGH MUSEUM OF ART