This workshop offers emerging critics and art writers practical skills and strategies, mentorship, guided discussion, 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.