Head, Heart, Hand: Demystifying Writing About Art with Craig Francis Power
March 18, 1pm, in-person, Eastern Edge, 72 Harbour Drive
“If you’re anything like me—and I really don’t suppose you are—you may have read some piece of writing about art in a journal, periodical, or exhibition catalogue, and wondered what the writer seemed to be trying so very hard to say.
Likewise, you may have come across a review in which some other writer did nothing more than literally describe an artwork’s formal qualities without delving into the political and historical context in which a given work was made, or for that matter, some wider relevance a work may have.
Notorious both for impenetrable art-jargon word-clouds and facile trivialities, writing about art can be simple. But it’s never easy. How does the art writer see and think and feel deeply about art and communicate effectively to an audience their experience in a way that is true to the art, and to the writer themselves?
Up to six participants are asked to bring in for discussion some short piece of art writing they love (or hate), while Craig Francis Power (he/him) attempts to guide us through what works, what doesn’t, and why.”
This workshop will be hosted by Craig Francis Power.
Craig Francis Power (he/him) is an artist and writer who has written extensively about contemporary art for journals in Canada and the USA. The award winning author of three novels, he is a previous nominee for the Sobey Art Award.
This workshop has a registration cap of 6 people. If you register and then later realize that you will be unable to attend, please let us know so that we can give your slot to someone else. Thanks!
