Jewelry from American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) Spectrum Awards Photo Shoot Lets Tichina ...

One-time Broadway performer and star of the new TV show "The Neighborhood," Tichina Arnold, has found her material match in the jewelry selections from this year's American Gem Trade Association Spectrum Awards photo shoot "Tichina has an incredibly glowing personality that held up to the jewelry-it added to her persona instead of taking away from it," stated Douglas K Hucker, CEO of AGTA, who was present during her photo shoot with the 2018 winning pieces.

A Queens native and a self-professed jewelry lover with a penchant for pieces as big as some of the characters she portrays, Arnold fell hard for the "Phoenix Rising" necklace, a vibrant piece featuring mandarin Garnet, Paraiba and other color Tourmalines, Sapphires, fire Opals, Rubies, tsavorite Garnet, and Turquoise made by Ricardo Basta for E Eichberg that took the "Best Use of Color" prize Some of the strong female characters portrayed by Arnold on TV wear equally big-albeit less colorful-silhouettes.

PR Newswire states that during the AGTA shoot, nearly all of the jewels and their makers were new to Arnold, save for the handiwork of Erica Courtney, maker of the oversize pendant necklace set with a variety of verdant gems-a piece that took an Honorable Mention recognition As per the release, Arnold uses jewelry to complete outfits and play up moods Arnold's favorite colored stone is Amethyst, but she also loves Citrine and Emeralds. Source