Writing Art

Course Description

This eight-week course explores the close relationship between art and writing, reflecting on how language shapes our understanding of visual culture, and how art can inspire and inform the written text. By engaging with a wide range of art writing forms, from critical essays and exhibition texts to autotheory and experimental writing, including influential readings from writers such as John Berger, Maggie Nelson and Olivia Laing, participants will be encouraged to find their unique, personal voice and perspectives in art writing. Through discussion, creative exercises, and close interaction with the course leader, they will consider how art writing can transcend mere description to become a form of art itself, as well as transmuting other visual languages into text. They will also consider the cultural contexts of their own writing, on which they will receive feedback both from their fellow course members and the course tutor, reflecting on how different social and cultural backgrounds can influence the ways art is interpreted and written about, ultimately opening up new possibilities for their own creative and critical practices.

Cancellation Policy

We'll be happy to refund fees in the event you change your mind, as long as you let us know up to seven days before your first workshop.

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