Saelan Twerdy
This workshop will take place over two sessions:
Tues. February 18, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tues. February 25, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
$20, no one turned away
Max. 12 participants; priority to articule members
RSVP: outreach@articule.org
Workshop in English, bilingual instructor
This workshop offers emerging critics and art writers practical skills and strategies, mentorship, guided discussion, peer exercises, and the opportunity to build community and solidarity among like-minded cultural workers. Participants will gain insight into the professional realities of art writing as well as current debates and discourses in criticism.
Topics covered will include:
The art publishing landscape in Canada and abroad
Who is criticism for, and what purposes does it serve?
What makes for good (and bad) art writing?
Imagining and strategizing your career as an art writer
How and where to pitch your writing
The people you meet: navigating art-world etiquette among artists, curators, editors, other writers, dealers, collectors, and more.
Saelan Twerdy (he/him) is a writer and editor and a PhD candidate in Art History at McGill University. He is currently the Managing Editor of RACAR, the official journal of the Universities Art Association of Canada. Since 2014, he has been a contributing editor at Momus, and his writing has appeared in venues such as Canadian Art, Esse, C magazine, Border Crossings, Blackflash, and The New Inquiry. He has also contributed to books and exhibition catalogues published by the Darling Foundry, Concordia University’s FOFA Gallery, Fogo Island Arts/Sternberg Press, and the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (now MOCA Toronto), among others.