Ecosystem Support 

with Patricia Miranda

Empowering Artists and Artist Communities through Collaborative Visioning

We do this together! 

Email me at info@thecritlab.com

After from many years of teaching writing and professional practice to artists in graduate, undergraduate and professional settings, I have innovated an active method of thinking together, individually and in groups, to build ecosystems that best represent the work. We think through ideas and language, workshop texts in real time together. This method and process crafts strong statements and proposals, and builds the ability to write ever stronger statements in future.

As visual artists - statements are challenging to write - and they are fun to dig into together. Writing accompanies the work as a kind of addendum. The goal is to supplement the visuals - not to replace, explain, generalize, or rationalize.  What would you say about your practice if someone came to your studio? An artist statement is a more formal version. What is essential to know when looking at the work?  Like architecture that surrounds and supports the work, a good statement is like a cut rock, a diamond - clear, concrete, affirmative.

Strong statements offer clarity for both artist and viewer. A good statement supports you in pushing your work forward.

Office Hours:

Consults start with a walk-through of your website, as a space where you have already curated and organized your work.

The focus for website analysis is consideration of if/how the website makes your conceptual vision visible and accessible. This includes critique of the work, analysis of curation, and review of texts. 

Together we review materials, and create simple systems for long and short term planning, all designed around your individual practice. This includes strong artist statements, proposals, and curated portfolios, that best represent the work.

For those wanting to build a website, we discuss the framework above, and craft a plan for making it happen in manageable ways.