Visiting Critic Program: Gallery Edition w/ Sam Wilson
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Visiting Critic Program: Gallery Edition w/ Sam Wilson
$915.00
| Mentor: | Sam Wilson |
| Cohort Type: | 💻 Virtual |
| Meeting Day: | 📅 Tuesday |
| Meeting Time: | 🕛 6-9pm (EST) / 3-6pm (PST) |
| 6 Weeks: | January 27 - March 3 |
| Course Dates: |
January 27 February 3, 10, 17 24 March 3 |
| Cohort Size: | 10 Artists |
| Cost per Contact Hour: | $50 per contact hour |
| Total Cost: |
$915 Tuition & Financial Aid |
About This Course
Explore how galleries discover artists and what gallerists seek in this comprehensive 6-week course, 'The Visiting Critic Program'. Gain valuable feedback, exposure, and opportunities to connect with four respected art world professionals.
Led online via Zoom by Sam Wilson, the owner and founding director of Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery in NYC, the course connects artists from around the world. Each visiting critic will introduce themselves with a presentation and Q&A session. Artists will showcase their work through online slideshows, and receive feedback from Sam Wilson, the curated Visiting Critic, and fellow participants.
This program is designed to inspire new directions in your work, thinking, and process. All sessions will be recorded, allowing artists to review talks and critiques, with chat logs available for reference.
Led online via Zoom by Sam Wilson, the owner and founding director of Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery in NYC, the course connects artists from around the world. Each visiting critic will introduce themselves with a presentation and Q&A session. Artists will showcase their work through online slideshows, and receive feedback from Sam Wilson, the curated Visiting Critic, and fellow participants.
This program is designed to inspire new directions in your work, thinking, and process. All sessions will be recorded, allowing artists to review talks and critiques, with chat logs available for reference.
Artists Will:
- Participate in a class size of 10 artists max.
- Meet for 6 weekly, 3 hour classes online on Zoom.
- Connect with 4 art world professionals, including artists, writers, curators + gallerists.
- Enjoy weekly open discussions by visiting critics about art world topics.
- Have work paired with critics who are the best fit for their work and practice.
- Receive 3+ opportunities for critiques & feedback. Two 25 - 30 minute critiques with a visiting critic, faculty and class + two shorter crits/presentations at the start and end of the semester with faculty and class.
- Collaborate with artist peers in zoom studio visits outside of class (optional).
- Get weekly prompts + challenges to reinvigorate each artist’s approach and artistic practice.
- Website / social media and email blast advice and content will be shared.
- Best practices in communication, consignments, representation, exhibitions and more will be discussed.
- End the class with Faculty Sam Wilson for continued dialogue on these topics or a chance to show a new piece or work that has been made / use the space for an open forum to tackle art world related questions.
Guests
Kory Trolio
Visiting Critic
Associate Director, Marianne Boesky Gallery
Photo credit: Macy Rajacich
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Mentor Bio
Sam Wilson is the owner and founding director of Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. Sam co-founded the gallery with two other artists in 2004 in a storefront space on Union Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Initially a weekends-only project space, the gallery expanded under the direction of the three owners into a full-time operation representing artists from across the country and internationally. The gallery relocated from Brooklyn to Manhattan in 2011, and from the Lower East Side to Tribeca in 2022.
Sam attended the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 2001 with a BFA in Printmaking. He maintained an active studio practice in New York for several years until he set aside his own work to focus on running the gallery. In addition to curating and producing hundreds of exhibitions over 20 years, Sam has taught a Professional Practices course in studio art programs at RISD and NYU Steinhardt. He has also been a visiting critic and lecturer at RISD, Parsons, Pratt, Hunter, SVA, and other residency and studio programs around the country.
Sam attended the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 2001 with a BFA in Printmaking. He maintained an active studio practice in New York for several years until he set aside his own work to focus on running the gallery. In addition to curating and producing hundreds of exhibitions over 20 years, Sam has taught a Professional Practices course in studio art programs at RISD and NYU Steinhardt. He has also been a visiting critic and lecturer at RISD, Parsons, Pratt, Hunter, SVA, and other residency and studio programs around the country.
