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The Crit Assignment

Online course via Zoom
Faculty: Molly Zuckerman-Hartung

About the course:

The Crit Assignment will consist of 6-class Zoom meetings, lead by renowned artist, Molly Zuckerman-Hartung. 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 Molly and artist peers. Based on the discussion within each crit, Molly 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, TBA, who will give an Artist Talk and be available for Q&A.

Please note: Class sessions will not be recorded. Attendance to all class meeting dates is required and encouraged for the full benefit of this course.

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

Faculty Bio:

Molly Zuckerman-Hartung is a painter, writer and teacher who grew up in Olympia, Washington and participated in Riot Grrrl in her formative years. She attended the Evergreen State College in the 1990s. This introduced her to holistic structural ideas about aesthetics and politics. She worked in used bookstores and bars until her thirties, when she moved to Chicago and attended the School of the Art Institute for graduate school, and now she is working and grocery shopping and taking walks in Norfolk, Connecticut with her wife, Fox Hysen, and dog, Moses.

She is opening her attention to Buckthorn root balls, depth psychology, differance, climate change, ecosystems, permaculture, New England furniture and textiles, dirty whites, rhythm, Sun Ra, the effects of soul lag on humans, L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets, the color of the light on water, and the emotional landscapes of students, friends, colleagues and strangers alongside whom she lives.

She was a full time senior critic at Yale School of Art until 2021, and she is now teaching part time at Yale and SAIC, as well as low res MFA advising at various schools around the country. She has shown at The Blaffer Museum in Houston, TX, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, The 2014 Whitney Biennial, The Program at ReMap in Athens, Greece, Kadel Willborn in Karlsruhe, Germany and many others. In 2013 she received a Louis Comfort Tiffany Award. She is a frequent guest lecturer at many schools across the country, including, in the past few years, Princeton University, The University of Texas at Austin, Cranbrook, University of Alabama, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Low Residency Program, and Columbia University. She is represented by Corbett vs Dempsey in Chicago and Rachel Uffner Gallery in NYC. In 2021 she opened a mid-career survey show at the Blaffer in Houston, Texas, called Comic Relief and accompanied by a monograph.

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.