This cohort will be run online via Zoom. This terms starts on the 7th January, until 5th February 2025, Saturdays at 11am.

Find your unique voice writing about art in this 8-week intensive, interactive, group workshop!

This short (but punchy) 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, you will be encouraged to find your unique, personal voice and perspectives in art writing.

Through discussion, creative exercises, and close interaction with the course leader, you 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. You will also consider the cultural contexts of your own writing, and receive feedback both from your 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 your own creative and critical practices.What you'll get:

• 3 opportunities for feedback on your work
• 8 weeks of live discursive seminars 
• New texts and writers to explore and engage with
• A cohort of fellow writers

What others have said:

"Engaging and intriguing, I loved this course".

"10/10 it's kicks started some ideas I thought were dead for me".

"Thank you for creating such a rich course, I’ve really enjoyed it. It deserves to be longer...I would welcome a sequel!"

Please note our sessions are via Zoom so you will need a decent internet connection. Sessions can be recorded and shared with consent from the group.