ATHENS JEWELRY WEEK is a festival. It is an institution that creates a space where artists and audiences from the Contemporary Jewelry field can meet and exchange ideas, network, and develop future collaborations. The works exhibited during AJW, are not only art pieces that express states of being, provoke discussions and comment on current sociological structures and tendencies, but are also a means to an end. The strong connections that are formed between individuals and groups coming from different cultures, support AJW, and become the source for new and progressively, more impactful actions.