Group Critique - Nadia Ayari (Mondays)
Instructor: Nadia Ayari
Weekly: October 25, November 1, November 8, November 15, November 29, December 6
Time: 6:45PM - 9:00PM (EST)
Length: 2 Hours, 15 Minutes
Where: Studio in Bushwick, Brooklyn
Vaccination Policy: We require proof of vaccination in the form of an email with an image of your vaccination card or online proof. You will receive an email 2 weeks before the start of the course with further instructions.
Faculty - Nadia Ayari
This group critique class will be held in person in our Brooklyn Studio. Artists will present their work twice to the group and Faculty leader. The class offers each artist the opportunity to present their work for a long critique at 25 minutes for feedback, context and research based prompts. All artists will be paired with a partner in class for out of class studio visits and will receive written and verbal feedback in all presentations of their work. The class is led by Faculty Nadia Ayari and will culminate in a final field trip to a respected NYC artist studio or exhibition for a Q&A and conversation in person.
The dialogue around the critiques is research driven and peer driven. All artists in the group play a valuable role in giving feedback and suggestions that will respectively help each artist presenting. Artists are expected to come prepared for their critique / presentation with essential questions about their work and thinking to help frame the dialogue for them. Artists are welcome to show works in progress, finished work, painting, drawing, video stills, textiles, mixed media, small sculpture and video. The studio is equipped with wifi and a projector to help facilitate any need for the digital.
About this class:
In person classes at our Brooklyn Studio for 6 weekly - 2 hour classes
Receive 2 opportunities for critiques & feedback: one introduction to the class and one 25 min critique / presentation
Collaborate with artist peers in Zoom studio visits OR in person studio visits outside of class.
Receive written feedback from peers and faculty every presentation
Participate in one exchange of peer review edits on artist statements.
Get weekly prompts + challenges to reinvigorate each artist’s approach and artistic practice.
End of the semester field trip to an established artist’s studio or their exhibition for a private artist talk and Q&A in person.
Suggested films, readings and exhibitions to see from Faculty
Jonathan Van Dyke
VanDyke studied at the Glasgow School of Art and the University of Glasgow as the recipient of a Rotary International Fellowship. He received his MFA from The Milton Avery School at Bard College.
He has been a resident at many institutions, including Yaddo, The Hans Scharoun House of the Ferdinand Moller Foundation in Germany, Qwatz in Rome, and at The William Penn Performing Arts Institute through a major Artists & Communities grant from The Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation.
He has been a faculty fellow at The University of Chicago, Illinois State University, The Pennsylvania Governor’s School for International Studies, and Krabbesholm Academy in Denmark; has taught at many institutions of higher education in the US; and has been a visiting artist and critic at many institutions, including CalArts, Florida State University, The Museum School in Boston, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Parsons The New School, Tyler School of Art Rome, and University of Tennessee Knoxville.