OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN Emerging Curators Retreat in Los Angeles Jamillah James and Meg Cranston, Emerging Curators Retreat 2018. Photo: Paulina Samborska. Priority deadline: January 30, 2019 Otis College of Art and Design 9045 Lincoln Blvd 90045 Los Angeles, CA www.otis.edu Instagram / Facebook / Twitter / YouTube The two-week Emerging Curators Retreat focuses on Los Angeles’ international art scene with powerhouse visiting curators. Perfect for emerging and diverse individuals looking to advance their artistic and curatorial skills. Through a series of talks, conversations, and presentations with professional curators, artists, and thinkers, and site visits to museums, galleries, studios, and alternative spaces, participants will be able to engage with the local art community and advance their careers as curators. This retreat focuses specifically on the Los Angeles’ art scene while participants develop transferable skills as a curator.
Critical Information Graduate student conference, 2012. Photo: Nir Arieli. Courtesy of the MFA Art Criticsm and Writing Department at SVA.
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Critical Information is an interdisciplinary graduate student conference, which provides a platform to assess current scholarship and research at the intersection of art, media, and society. Critical Information is particularly interested in engaging both collaborative and individual papers or projects that address the following issues: Art and Social Theory, Philosophy and Media, Mediated Image Making, the Work of Art in the Information Age, Media and Memory, Identity and Representation in the Mediated Environment, Mediated Intercultural Exchange, Media Excess, and the History and Future of the Image, and more. All themes pertaining to the juncture of media, theory, society and the visual arts will be considered.
Critical Information is open to all current graduate students and those who have received a graduate degree within the last year. It is sponsored by the MFA Art Criticism & Writing Department at the School of Visual Arts.
Submission requirements:
Name, school, department affiliation, academic status
Phone number, email address
Title of paper or project
Abstract including thesis statement and main argument (100–150 words).
Please submit the above information and your abstract within the body of an email to critical.information.sva@
Important dates:
Abstract deadline: June 30, 2014
Decision email: September 30, 2014
Paper deadline; November 1, 2014
Conference date: December 7, 2014
The MFA Art Criticism and Writing Department at SVA offers a two-year course of study leading to an MFA degree. For students who want to improve their writing and advance their knowledge of contemporary art, theory, literature, and history, this concentrated program offers seminars by practicing critics, editors, philosophers, poets, and artists. The focus in writing is on the essay as form, as well as on shorter forms of review, through intensive writing practicums.
We are now accepting applications for the fall 2014 term. Generous departmental scholarships, as well as other forms of assistance, are available on a competitive basis. To download an application, go towww.applyweb.com/apply/svag, or contact us at artcrit@sva.edu, or T +1 212 592 2408 for further information or to set up an appointment.
To see sample programs, faculty bios, news, the Degree Critical online journal, recordings of our popular lecture series, and admissions procedures, go to artcriticism.sva.edu.
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