Robert Atkins

Lecture: Monday, August 8
Workshop: August 8 - 12

Robert Atkins is a writer and activist, art historian and media producer. A former columnist for The Village Voice, he has written for more than 100 publications throughout the world and received numerous awards for art criticism. He is the author of the best-selling ArtSpeak: A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements and Buzzwords and From Media to Metaphor: Art About AIDS, among other books. A pioneering commentator about digital and online art, he founded TalkBack! A Forum for Critical Discourse http://talkback.lehman.cuny.edu/tb, and served as editor-in-chief of the Arts, Technology, Entertainment Network, a NY Times start-up company. He is a co-founder of Visual AIDS, originators of Day Without Art and the Red Ribbon, and 911—The September 11th Project: Cultural Intervention in Civic Society. He is currently co editing Censorship in Camouflage: The Arts & Free Expression Today for The New Press.

Workshop: Writing Your Art
Writing is difficult, but it's another essential form of communication for any artist. Are you satisfied with your Artist's Statement? Your Biography and CV? You will leave this lively workshop with a new version of each and a new vision of how the artworld actually works. Robert Atkins, a recent emigré from New York, is prepared to answer (almost) any question youπve long pondered but been afraid to ask! Youπll acquire new abilities to make the most of studio visits by curators, critics and collectors, as well as information likely to elicit acceptances to your studio-visit invitations. This workshop is designed not only to help sharpen your writing skills, but to deepen your understanding of your own art.

Call for workshop application at 424 5050, or download online
Scholarships available.