MONDAY - The Crit Assignment - Will Gabaldón
MONDAY - The Crit Assignment - Will Gabaldón
ONLINE - 6 weeks w/ a one week break
Payment Plans + Financial Aid
Day of the week: Monday
Class Dates: September 25, October 2, October 9, October 23, October 30, November 6
[ No class on October 16 ]
Time: 6:00-8:15pm (EST) / 3:00-5:15pm (PST)
Length: 2hrs + 15 min.
The Crit Assignment
Online course via Zoom
Faculty: Will Gabaldón - New NYC Crit Club Faculty!
About the course:
The Crit Assignment will consist of 6-class Zoom meetings, lead by renowned artist, Will Gabaldón. In this course, artists will have the opportunity to present their work twice to the class. In the first round of critiques, artists will receive feedback from Will and artist peers. Based on the discussion within each crit, Will will provide each artist with an individualized assignment. The assignment is intended to challenge and help reinvigorate each artist’s approach and artistic practice. All artists will have two weeks to respond to the assignment before their second critique.
The Crit Assignment is an excellent course is you are seeking constructive feedback and fresh perspectives on your work. It is especially fruitful if you are needing help out of creative block! This course will encourage you to discover new materials, seek new methods of making and dive into new conceptual ventures. At the end of this course, artists will receive a visit from a Guest Speaker, Alex Paik, Artist + Founder of Tiger Strikes Asteroid, who will give an Artist Talk and be available for Q&A.
Artists in this course will:
Will participate in an intimate class size of 8 artists max
Receive 2 opportunities for 30 minute critiques & feedback from faculty + peers
Each artist will be provided a personalized assignment based on the feedback from their first critique
Receive the opportunity to collaborate with artist peers in Zoom or in-person studio visits outside of class
Receive written feedback from peers and faculty every presentation via Zoom chat
Learn about new artists, suggested films, readings and exhibitions to see
Have a Guest Artist Talk + Q&A w/ Alex Paik
Guest Speaker:
Alex Paik is an artist, community builder, curator, and writer based in Los Angeles. His modular, paper-based wall installations explore the adaptability, impermanence and interdependence of forms, color, and structures. He has exhibited in the U.S. and internationally, with notable solo projects at Praxis New York, Art on Paper 2016, and Gallery Joe. His work has also been featured in group exhibitions at BravinLee Projects, Ruschman Gallery, and MONO Practice, among others.
Paik is Founder and Director of Tiger Strikes Asteroid, a non-profit network of artist-run spaces and organizes Correspondence Archive, an online series of conversations between artists of color.
Faculty Bio:
Will Gabaldón (b. 1978 Belen, New Mexico, lives and works in Chicago) received his B.F.A. in painting from the University of New Mexico and his M.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to moving to Chicago, he lived and worked in Brooklyn, NY. While living in New York City, he was a painting assistant for Jeff Koons, founding member of the artist run exhibition space TSA Gallery and was actively exhibiting work in many group exhibitions in New York. He has held solo exhibitions at The Journal Gallery, New York; Galería Mascota, Mexico City; Various Small Fires, Los Angeles and Seoul; TSA Gallery, Brooklyn, New York; and Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Recent group exhibitions include Make Room, Los Angeles; Venus Over Manhattan, New York; Ackerman Clarke at NADA Miami, Florida; Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, New Mexico; He currently lives and paints in Chicago, Illinois with his wife and two daughters.
Financial Aid is available. NYC Crit Club provides payment plans, BIPOC scholarships and additional aid based on extenuating circumstances. Please click here to learn more before enrolling.
