WEDNESDAY - The Crit Assignment: Abstraction and The Unconscious - Sharmistha Ray [ JOIN THE WAITLIST ]
WEDNESDAY - The Crit Assignment: Abstraction and The Unconscious - Sharmistha Ray [ JOIN THE WAITLIST ]
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The Crit Assignment: Abstraction and The Unconscious
Sharmistha Ray
ONLINE - 6 weeks, with a one week break halfway through the course
Day of the week: Wednesday
6 Weeks of Classes: May 24, May 31, June 7 — No Class on June 14 — June 21, June 28, July 5
Time: 6:00-8:15pm (EST) / 3:00-5:15pm (PST) / 8:00-10:15am (Australia)
Length: 2 hrs. + 15 min.
Course Cost: $790
Payment Plans, Financial Aid + BIPOC Scholarships are available. Learn more here
About this course:
New NYC Crit Club course!
The Crit Assignment: Abstraction and The Unconscious will consist of 6 class Zoom meetings, lead by renowned artist and writer, Sharmistha Ray. 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 Sharmistha and peers. Based on the discussion within each crit, Sharmistha 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. During this course, artists will receive a special presentation on Hilma’s Ghost, by co-founders Sharmistha Ray + Dannielle Tegeder.
“Abstraction and The Unconscious” is the overarching theme of this course designed by Sharmistha. All artists who are interested in exploring this theme are welcome to enroll, whether you make work that is 2D or 3D, or work within figuration to abstraction.
Special Presentation:
For the past two years, the Hilma’s Ghost has conducted experimental pedagogy, transcultural dialogue, and collectivity through the lens of feminism and spirituality to build community and reckon with patriarchal art histories that have excluded women, trans, and nonbinary practitioners. Hilma’s Ghost collaborated artistically on ABSTRACT FUTURES TAROT, consisting of 5 paintings, 78 drawings, and an original limited-edition tarot deck that was exhibited at The Armory Show 2021. The exhibition was shortlisted as one of the exhibitions to see by Will Heinrich at The New York Times. In January 2022, the duo curated Cosmic Geometries, a group exhibition of 25 artists at EFA Project Space, which Jillian Steinhauer of The New York Times called “a knockout exhibition.” CHROMAGICK, a series of new collaborative drawings using color magic and crystals was recently exhibited at Expo Chicago 2022. Hilma’s Ghost projects have been positively reviewed in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, and Artnet.
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 Sharmistha + 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
Hilma’s Ghost Artist Talk + Q&A with Sharmistha Ray + Dannielle Tegeder
Hilma’s Ghost, “The fantasy is over, this is your reality check: you faked it until you made it so you know what this costs, but do you recognize your value?”, 2022, gouache, watercolor, ink, and colored pencil on Fabriano Murillo paper, 39 x 27 in
Faculty Bio:
Sharmistha Ray’s art practice delves into the complex inheritance of multiple cultures through the lens of their queer identity, personal migration, and modes of abstraction, both Western and non-Western. Working primarily in painting and drawing, they also engage in sculpture, installation, curation, criticism, and pedagogy. In addition to their solo work, they co-founded the spiritualist feminist art collective Hilma’s Ghost with artist Dannielle Tegeder, which acts as a collaborative model for research, artistic production, pedagogy, and community.
Ray’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions nationally and internationally in the United States, India, and Singapore, and has been reviewed in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, Artnet, and Art India, among others. They are the recipient of a Joan Mitchell MFA Grant, Montblanc Young Artist Worldwide Patronage Award, and TED Fellowship. Residencies include Wassaic Project and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. Ray received a BA from Williams College and a dual MFA in Painting and MS in Theory, Criticism, and History of Art, Design and Architecture from Pratt University. They have previously taught at Parsons School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, and Carnegie Mellon’s School of Art.
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 checking out.
