JV Collective was founded in 2016. We are a group of seven art jewelers anchored in Philadelphia but national in scope. We are friends, makers, mothers, facilitators and educators. Our home studio is located in the former Edward Bok Vocational High School in South Philadelphia which was decommissioned in 2013. Years later the building has taken on a new life as a space for artists, small businesses, non-profits, and the like. This location was the inspiration for In-School Suspension.

In response to their Fall 2020 curatorial project In-School Suspension, members of JV Collective dredged up their own feelings of nostalgia and angst for a time in life that is often messy and transformative: High School. Each member reflected on those formative years and the items that once adorned their bodies. This series of work, Homeroom, is a snapshot of adolescence and will make its virtual debut during Munich Jewellery Week 2021.