Open Crit at the Hyde Park Art Center
Submissions Due by March 24, 2010 for next cycle
Calling all artists: Not sure what is next for your artwork? Feeling bogged down in your work and not sure of its effectiveness or what to do next? For artists looking to take that next big step in their work and career, here’s an opportunity to discuss current works in progress with some of Chicago’s most notable curators, critics, dealers and artists.
The Open Crit program asks you to identify and explain the critical discourse surrounding your work to a public audience. What challenges are you facing in the content or style of your work and what is the best way to resolve the work and make it more successful? Designed to be useful for artists who really want to progress to the next level in their career, each artist will have up to 40 minutes of dedicated discussion with our co-facilitators and the audience. The session will provide critical response to actual works brought in for the evening. This is an opportunity to get real honest feedback, a chance to become part of the critical artistic discourse, and definitely not for the squeamish!
Artists will be chosen based on applications to the program series that show an ability to talk about artwork coherently and grow from the conversation. Submit a CV, artist statement, 10 images for consideration, an image list (including size of work and media), and a brief statement answering the question, What do you hope to gain from participating in a professional critique session? to Ray Yang, 4833 Program Director at ryang@hydeparkart.org.