{"id":347176,"date":"2026-06-04T23:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T23:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/347176\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T23:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T23:01:07","slug":"artisan-fine-jewelers-opens-at-fig-garden-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/347176\/","title":{"rendered":"Artisan Fine Jewelers Opens at Fig Garden Village"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1140\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/artisan-fine-jewelers-fresno.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"store sign on top of building\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"attach_desc\">Artisan Fine Jewelers is open at its new Fresno location, with a grand opening planned for Thursday, June 11, starting at 5 p.m. at 724 W. Shaw Ave. in Fig Garden Village (Contributed photo)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tpublished on June 4, 2026 &#8211; 3:00 PM<br \/>Written by <a href=\"https:\/\/thebusinessjournal.com\/byline\/ben-hensley\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ben Hensley<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/artisanfinejewelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Artisan Fine Jewelers<\/a> will celebrate its grand opening at Fig Garden Village, revealing its new showroom and reopening the longtime jewelry destination under new ownership.<\/p>\n<p>A ribbon cutting ceremony will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, at 724 W. Shaw Ave., featuring complementary jewelry cleaning, refreshments, giveaways and a grand prize drawing, according to a company news release.<\/p>\n<p>The business occupies the former location of <a href=\"https:\/\/thebusinessjournal.com\/the-vault-fine-jewelers-to-close-after-nearly-40-years-in-fig-garden-village\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The Vault Fine Jewelers, a longtime Fresno jewelry retailer that closed its doors earlier this year<\/a> following the retirement of owners Gary and Elaine Yervan.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Kim, owner and store manager of Artisan Fine Jewelry, previously worked as a sales associate at The Vault for two decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust as many members in our community, I too was heartbroken when Gary and Elaine Yervan announced their retirement and the closing of their store after decades of being in business,\u201d Kim said. \u201cAs a former Sales Associate at The Vault for 20 years, I felt a personal calling to continue their legacy, so when opportunity presented itself to re-open the store in the same location under a new name, I went for it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The opening represents the continuation of a longtime retail presence in one of Fresno\u2019s most prominent shopping centers. Fig Garden Village was voted <a href=\"https:\/\/thebusinessjournal.com\/bestofsurvey\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cBest Shopping Center\u201d in The Business Journal\u2019s 2025 Best of Central Valley Business Awards<\/a>, marking the first time the shopping center received the honors.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Artisan Fine Jewelers is open at its new Fresno location, with a grand opening planned for Thursday, June&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[142333,90963,112,114,113,142334,142335],"class_list":["post-347176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-artisan-fine-jewelers","tag-fig-garden-village","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-kelly-kim","tag-the-vault-fine-jewelry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}