Deadline: 11 March 2024
Jamaica Art Society (JAS) and Contemporary And (C&) to facilitate a three-day Critical Writing Workshop for emerging art critics based in Kingston, Jamaica.
It will take place at The National Gallery of Jamaica, 12 Ocean Boulevard, Block C, Kingston Mall, Downtown, Kingston, from Thursday, April 11 – Saturday, April 13, 2024.
The workshop is free of charge and open to art writers in the early stages of their career.
Aims
The JAS x C& Critical Writing Workshop aims to:
- Facilitate the circulation of knowledge and experience among participants.
- Discuss arts reporting and critical writing practice.
- Provide the tools of how to write reviews, comments and essays within a given timeframe.
- Mediate how to pitch topics to different media platforms.
- Give insights into the processes of editing.
- Link participants to a network of arts journalists contributing to C& platform with the possibility of publishing on C& magazine and C& América Latina magazine and other outlets.
Eligibility
The participants should:
- Have first journalistic/writing experiences in the cultural field. Senior writers with long-term experience will not be accepted.
- Be interested in a focus on visual arts.
- Be fluent in written and spoken English.
For more information, visit Jamaica Art Society (JAS).
