The Crit Lab AltMFA 2020

An Alternate Critical Community for Working Artists

The First Crit Lab AltMFA will be Virtual

Founder Patricia Miranda & Co-Director Gaby Collins-Fernandez.

Faculty include Jonathan Van Dyke, Nicole Archer, Caroline Wells Chandler, Meena Hasan, Shervone Neckles, Lucinda Bliss, Amy Theiss Giese, Jason Stopa, Chris Kaczmarek, Andrea Kantrowitz, Angie Brew.

Meet the Faculty!

Cost and registration info HERE.

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Schedule:

Thursday November 12, 6-8:30pm

Intro and welcome: Crit Lab Founder Patricia Miranda & AltMFA Co-director Gaby Collins-Fernandez.

Friday November 13

9am-10:15: Lecture: Grief and Mourning in Contemporary Art; Patricia Miranda

10:30am-1pm: Critique: Small group critiques: 4 artists led by Critic. All invited to observe.

Critics: Lucinda Bliss, Jason Stopa

Lunch 1-1:30pm

1:30-2:45pm Gaby Collins-Fernandez Baroque Folding in Contemporary Expressive Form

2:45-5:15pm: Critique: Small group critiques: 4 artists led by Critic. All invited to observe.

Critics: Gaby Collins-Fernandez, Amy Giese

5:15-6:30pm: End of day Simultaneous Drawing + Discussion

Saturday, November 14

9am-10:30: Keynote: Jonathan VanDyke Artist Talk

10:30- 1:00pm: Critique: Small group critiques: 4 artists led by Critic. All invited to observe.

Critic: Nicole Archer, Gaby Collins-Fernandez

Lunch 1:00-1:30pm

1:30-2:45pm: Lecture: Dr. Nicole Archer Pattern Recognition

2:45-4: Simultaneous Drawing with Dr. Andrea Kantrowitz & Dr. Angie Brew, Thinking Through Drawing founders

4- 6:30pm Critique: Small group critiques: 4 artists led by Critic. All invited to observe.

Critic: Jonathan Van Dyke, Meena Hasan, Amy Giese

6:45-7:30 End of day recap discussion group

Sunday, November 15

9-10:15am Shervone Neckles Artist Lecture

10:30am-12:30pm Chris Kaczmarek: Zoom Walking Project

12:45-2pm Meena Hasan:

Artist Lecture/Studio Visit discussion

Lunch 2-2:45pm

2:45-5:15pm. Caroline Wells Chandler Artist Talk and Simultaneous Drawing

5:30-7:30pm AltMFA Celebration / Zoom Drawing / Walking Presentations / Discussion / Cocktail Party!

The Sunday Walking Project and Drawing Collaborations will culminate in permanent digital artworks and catalogue authored by participants and led by Chris Kaczmarek, Caroline Wells Chandler, Andrea Kantrowitz and Angie Brew.

The Lab is excited to announce the first Crit Lab AltMFA, a 4-day intensive focusing on visiting artist lectures, interactive virtual collaborations, and faculty-led group critique. Building on the language and rigor of the Crit Lab, AltMFA expands this critical community of noteworthy contemporary art topics and discourses. AltMFA is designed for working artists at every level and background, with or without a degree, who are serious about their work; artists hungry for critique and lively, in-depth discussion.

The full, four-day experience is built to be intense, cumulative and immersive. You will have exclusive access to all of the programming and content of the weekend; you will also, and perhaps more importantly, undergo an experience akin to a residency. The sustained contact of artists thinking and creating together over time generates unexpected connections where new ideas are born and flourish. This magic links us as a community and nurtures our individual practice.