I'm very excited to facilitate "Open Crit" tonight at Crosstown Arts.  Come join me and three local artists' Katie Diley, Lily Anderson, Judith Dierkes tonight to explore their work through constructive criticism.  

More info below cited here: http://crosstownarts.org/calendar/open-crit-16/:

Artist installation 5:30-6 p.m.

Discussion 6-8 p.m.

Facilitator: Nick Pena

Presenting artists: Katie Diley, Lily Anderson, Judith Dierkes

Crosstown Arts’ Open Crit series, organized in partnership with ArtsMemphis, is a monthly critique event where visual artists are invited to bring new and/or in-progress studio work for critical feedback and group discussion particular to each artist’s practice.

A dedicated facilitator with experience in a group critique setting will guide discussion for each critique event, which will include up to 4 artists’ work, with 15-25 minutes devoted to the work of each.

All visual artists and anyone interested in joining the discussion are welcome to participate regardless of their level of expertise, prior professional art experience or background/education in fine art. Participation is free and open to the public. Input during the critiques from everyone in attendance is welcomed and encouraged.

No formal preparation is necessary for participating artists, who will have an opportunity to introduce and contextualize their work on view at the beginning of each critique. Participating artists are only asked to be open to (and interested in) considering reactions to their work by the group, which will always be done in a supportive, constructive and casual environment, but could at the same time be challenging.