Let's Talk about Critique

Elissa Armstrong is an associate professor in the Department of Craft/Material Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts and her research focuses on art and design pedagogy and a ceramic studio practice. She received her MFA in ceramics from Alfred University; her BFA in ceramics from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design; her BA in English literature and art history from Queen’s University; and her B.Ed. in English literature and visual arts from the University of Western Ontario. Mariah Doren is the assistant provost for curriculum and learning at The New School, with a research practice that focuses on both art and design pedagogy and a studio practice that includes collage work combining photographs, printmaking, and drawing. Mariah has a Doctorate, College Teaching of Art and Design from Columbia University, an MFA in photography from Pratt Institute, and a BA from Bryn Mawr College.

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Introduction                                                               



 



1. What Is a Critique?                                                     



2. The Critique’s History: How the Contemporary Critique Evolved                



3. The Contemporary Student and the Critique           



4. Critique And Assessment                                          



5. Critique Methods Collection                                        





I:  Non-verbal critiques                                                  


Yun Shin and Emily Stokes
Elissa Armstrong
Nida Abdullah and Denise Gonzales Crisp
Chelsea Coon
Mariah Doren
Susan Jahoda and Caroline Woolard



II:  Play and improvisation critiques


Carol Elkovich
Nida Abdullah and Denise Gonzales Crisp
Jonathon Russell 
Laurie Gatlin
Tyrus Clutter
Jonathon Russell 



III: Pre-, mid-, post- and extended critiques 


Ane Gonzalez Lara
Susan Jahoda and Caroline Woolard
Leslie Bellavance
Susan Jahoda and Caroline Woolard
Elissa Armstrong
Hannah Barnes



IV: Student-centered critiques


Gaia Scagnetti and T. Camille Martin-Thomsen
Denielle J. Emans and Kelly M. Murdoch-Kitt
April Friges
Andrea Marpillero-Colomina
Kristina Bivona
nicole killian
Hande Sever and Alexandre Saden
melissa m button, Matt Nock, and Phil Stoesz



V:  Critique of critiques


Mariah Doren
Maya Krinsky
Andy Broadey and Richard Hudson-Miles
Matt King
Morgan Alford, Alia Ali, Naama Attias, Julia Chai, Casey Chan, Jiayun Chen, Yingtong He, Ashley Hunt, Kaidi Jiu, Keunjae Kwon, Michael Mendoza, Oscar Ochoa, Alexeis Reyes, Ruoyi Shi, Estela Ana Silva, Allison Yasukawa, and Hanzhu Zhang                                                    





Conclusion                                                               

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