The Critic as Artist / The Artist as Critic:
An Art Writing Workshop
Description
“I would call criticism a creation within a creation.”
Oscar Wilde
In this workshop we will explore the art of writing about art. We’ll proceed with a dose of lightness and experimentation, allowing our writing the same playfulness we permit ourselves when working in visual forms.
Over two days of exercises, readings, and discussion, we will treat critical writing in all its forms, from “serious” reviews to poetry, art writing, flash stories and non-fiction fiction. When we change the form or genre of our writing, does the content follow suit?
Students will leave class with ideas for investigating and developing their own style. “Your style is you,” Truman Capote says. But how can we tease out a personal voice from all of the “other stuff” around the object of our attention—a work’s value, press text, the canon?
The workshop is designed for anyone who enjoys art or writing. No prior experience necessary.
Faculty
Details
Upcoming Workshops:
2-day Intensive Course
July 13th & 14th, 2024
Saturday and Sunday
11:00 - 16:00 CET (Berlin time) with a break for lunch
Location: Alt-Tempelhof, Berlin
Cost: 170€
Instructor: An Paenhuysen
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Testimonials
Best in the business...
“The instructors at the Berlin Writers' Workshop are among the best in the business: brilliant writers, thorough editors, thoughtful teachers, and insightful critics. That all this literary talent has descended on Berlin is tremendously exciting.”
— Carmen Maria Machado, author, Her Body and Other Parties
Enormously helpful...
"Whether offering me practical guidance about how to restructure a story, recommending a book or essay that I might find useful, or simply encouraging me to keep going, their intelligence and mentorship have helped me and my writing enormously."
— Ariel Lewiton, Director of Marketing and Publicity, Sarabande Books
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