The recent proliferation of university-level curatorial programs inspires Gabrielle Moser to interrogate the necessity of curatorial training in the latest issue of C Magazine. Although Moser dedicates most of her essay to graduate-level programs, I thought I’d post some of my thoughts as an undergraduate student of OCAD’s Criticism and Curatorial Practice (CRCP) program. Here [...]
There is, at least in my mind, a huge distinction between museums and galleries. What separates the two institutions primarily is their responsibility to education. The display of history and the display of visual art are simply not the same, where errors made in the former have much graver consequences. Offending an artist by improperly [...]
The more conceptual an artwork becomes, the more impossible it is to understand it, or derive meaning from it, just by looking at the piece. Conceptual art is driven by idea, and these ideas are often manifested in ways wherein aesthetic considerations take a back seat. This is not to say that conceptual work isn’t [...]
Having explained why I think art education is effective, I suppose I should also note what I think art education is sorely lacking. Currenly, aspiring artists can attend a post-secondary institution and have access to studio education, history, and networking. However, one of the most critical aspects of achieving and maintaining success as an artist [...]
Art education has always been a kind of paradox in my mind. Without qualifying my own thoughts, it never made sense to me to “teach” artists–I believed artistic talent was innate (and still do, though I’ve modified my position on art education itself.) It is actually comical that I not only go to art school, [...]
