AICA-USA MAGAZINE
AICA-USA MAGAZINE
AICA's magazine represents a selection of new and historical criticism by, about, and for art writers. Proposals for submissions are accepted at info@aicausa.org.
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The Art Writing Workshop is a partnership between The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant and AICA-USA. This program pairs ten emerging art writers with eminent voices in the field, facilitating deep critical engagement with art in regions across the US. 2020 Art Writing Workshop participants were invited to contribute a piece of writing that emerged from their work in the program for publication with AICA-USA's online magazine.
Floral Facades by Kayla Anderson
Marvelous Survival: 20 Years of SITAC by Kimberlee Córdova
On Rage and Silenceby Charlene K. Lau
2020-2021: Art Amidst Chaos by Rehema C. Barber
In Praise of Meandering by Eva Recinos
Interviews with Art Writers on Writing Art by Danni Shen
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Art Critics on Emergencyis a real-time collective diary by AICA-USA members about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on art critics, artists, arts institutions, art education, and the arts at large. AICA-USA members are invited to submit journalistic reflections and critical observations about this moment as it unfolds.
#1 - Cooking in a Time of Plague by J. Patrice Marandel
#2 - Thoughts in and on Quarantine by Janina Ciezadlo
#3 - Corona Time in SoHo by Ilka Scobie
#4 - Bette Alexander by David Berger
#5 - Thoughts on Doomby Eleanor Heartney
#6 - The Virtual Critic: A Thought Experiment by Franklin Einspruch
#7 - Feast & Fast for neither the Fittest nor the Fattest but a Frugal Futurist by Q aka Kyo Lee
#8 - Reflections From Laguna Beach by Liz Goldner
#9 - The Day the World Stopped By Gail Gelburd
#10 - Art and Impermanence: An Interview with Jessica Dessner by Paul Maziar
#11 - Missing Museums by Tom L. Freudenheim
#12 - On Viewing Rooms: Displaying Pictures Void of Contexts, Absent Deliberation By Sue Spaid
#13 - Videodeath: Powderhorn Explodes The Image World by Terry Smith
#14- An Interview with Julia Schwartz By Paul Maziar
Floral Facades
By Kayla Anderson
Kayla Anderson on the work of Joiri Minaya and colonial legacies in the United States.
Marvelous Survival: 20 Years of SITAC
By Kimberlee Córdova
Kimberlee Córdova provides a critical retrospective look at the past 20 years of Mexico's SITAC conference.
On Rage and Silence
By Charlene K. Lau
"No radical change ever came of doing as you are told."
2020-2021: Art amidst Chaos
By Rehema C. Barber
Rehema C. Barber reviews the tumultuous last year and a half and asks: how can we move forward to create a new world together?
In Praise of Meandering
By Eva Recinos
Eva Recinos reflects on how the pandemic has shifted her approach to art writing.
Interviews with Art Writers on Writing Art Interviews
By Danni Shen
Danni Shen connects with fellow art critics on the importance of the interview format.