Theme: Critique as Pedagogy

This session will be dedicated to the guiding principles of studio and classroom instruction. What are some of the teaching philosophies that art-educators utilize? How are they put into practice? How can critiques honor both process and outcome? And how do they connect to the curriculum at large?

9:00 am - 9:30 am: Keynote Presentation: 

Steven Henry Madoff, An Ethics of the Interrogative and the Pedagogical Pursuit 

9:30 am - 11:15 am: Short Presentations and Breakout Groups

Janet Miller, Critique: Toward Expansive Conceptions of Curriculum and Pedagogy

Dan Serig, An Exercise in Metacognition

Mary Hafeli, Contradictions, Constraints, and Teaching for Independent Judgment

Adelheid Mers, The Braid-Critique as Creative Technique

John Peacock, Seminars, Studio Critiques, and Community Building: A Hybrid, Student-Centered Liberal Arts Course for International Art Students

Sreshta Rit Premnath, Critique as Unlearning 

11:15 am - 11:30 am: Coffee Break 

11:30 am -12:30 pm: Short Presentations Oncluding Workshops in Parallel Sessions

Group A:

Lise Kjaer, Studio Critique: Intersections Between the Spoken and the Written Word

Rhonda Schaller, Study: A Look at Studio Critique Stress and Mindfulness

Beatriz Albuquerque, Critical Techniques: Theater Exercises for the Classroom

Group B:

Cristina Cammarano, Exteriority, Possibility, and Utopia as Steps Against the Trivialization of Critique

Joshua Korenblat, Design Thinking as a Framework for Pedagogy

Tal Beery, Choreographies of Classroom Engagement 

Group C:

Jessica Wexler, Critique as Craft: Design Education, Process and Critique in the Context of Rapidly Evolving Technology

Eduardo B. Duarte, On Covering: Critique as Form of Interpretation and Appropriation in Pedagogy for Art & Architecture Education

Tara Geer, Alternatives to Critique: What Serves Art-Making 

12:30 pm - 1:00 pm: Closing Plenary Session, Student Observations, Send-off