Group Critique & Painting Logic - Lumin Wakoa (Tuesdays)
Instructor: Lumin Wakoa
Weekly: October 26, November 2, November 9, November 16, November 30, December 7
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 - Lumin Wakoa
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 and see multiple demonstrations to improve understanding of surface, materiality and color. 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 Lumin Wakoa 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
Artists recieve demonstrations on painting, surface and color by Lumin Wakoa
Artists will generate small painting / drawings based on prompts given after demonstrations for further practice
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
Loie Hollowell
Originating in autobiography, her work explores themes of sexuality, pregnancy and birth. Hollowell’s geometric compositions use symbolic shapes such as the mandorla, ogee, and lingam to build her distinctive visual lexicon. In referencing her own personal experiences, Hollowell’s paintings are at once personal and universal in their fierce vulnerability. Her use of symmetry – often anchoring her compositions in a central, singular axis – relates her paintings to her own body as well as the natural world.