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Course Cost: $820
[ $46 per credit hour ]

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About This Course

How galleries find artists & what gallerists are looking for. The Visiting Critic Program: International Gallery Edition offers in-depth feedback, exposure and connections with 4 respected art world professionals. Class is led online via Zoom by Rob Hult, Artist and Owner/Director of Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery (NYC), in company with a strong group of artists from around the world.

Each Visiting Critic will introduce themselves with a brief presentation and Q+A. Next, artists in class present online slideshows of their artwork and prepare questions to receive feedback from Rob Hult, the Visiting Critic and peers. This program helps take one’s work, thinking and process in new and exciting directions.

The final class session will have a focus on transparency in the art world where the artists in the course and the faculty can openly discuss questions on all things communications, social media, out-reach, emails, logistics and even advice on their website etc. The course aims to provide formal & conceptual feedback from critics and faculty but also a look into the thinking and processes of art world professionals to help open doors and opportunities for artists.

Each class will be recorded for artists to review discussions and presentations; in addition the chat will always be saved for those wanting to review notes from their critique or presentation.

Visiting Critics

Artists in this course will:

• Will participate in a class size of 10 artists max

• Meet for 6 weekly, 3 hour classes online on Zoom

• Make connections with 4 art world professionals, such as curators + gallerists

• Learn from and enjoy weekly discussions with Visiting Critics

• Have work paired with critics who are the best fit for their work and practice

• Receive 4+ opportunities for critiques & feedback. Two long 20 minute critiques with a Visiting Critic, faculty and class + two shorter crits/presentations at the start and end of the semester with faculty and class

• Collaborate with artist peers in Zoom studio visits outside of class

• Get weekly prompts + challenges to reinvigorate each artist’s approach and artistic practice

• End class with transparency focused dialogue on the art world, communication, opportunities and social media

Faculty Bio

Rob Hult is an artist, gallerist, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. A founder and co-owner of Klaus von Nichtssagend Gallery in New York, he has also exhibited as an artist internationally and is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant. He has taught courses at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI and at The Cooper Union in NYC.