2020 Art Writing Workshop Participants Announced

AICA-USA is pleased to continue its partnership with The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. This program pairs ten emerging art writers with eminent voices in the field, facilitating deep critical engagement with art in regions across the US.

Over the course of a six-month period, from January to June 2021, the workshop participants will explore conversations, ideas, thinking, writing, style, and voice that are crucial to the future of criticism.

2020 RECIPIENTS

Kayla Anderson
Rehema Barber
Kimberlee Córdova
Leah Gallant
Elizabeth Hamilton
Charlene Lau
Minh Nguyen
Eva Recinos
Ana Tuazon
Simon Wu

2020 MENTORS

JD Pluecker
Holland Cotter
Hannah Black
Emmanuel Iduma
Paul Chaat Smith
Kaelen Wilson-Goldie
Chris Kraus
Claudia LaRocco
Sharon Mizota
Jace Clayton


AICA supports art writers around the world through public programs and membership that includes free access to museums across the globe. Since its formation in 1950, AICA has been committed to elevating the values of art criticism as a discipline, and acting on behalf of the physical and moral defense of works of art.
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AICA supports arts writers around the world through public programs and membership that offers free access to museums across the globe. AICA-USA represents the largest national section of AICA International with over 450 distinguished critics, curators, scholars, and art historians working throughout the United States. As part of the international organization, we benefit from a global reach in presence. AICA-USA is intent on international communication, elevating the values of art criticism as a discipline, and acting on behalf of the physical and moral defense of works of art.

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AICA's membership card is recognized for entrance to museums around the world. Members are invited to attend the annual AICA International Congress, hosted each year by a different member nation, and the AICA-USA annual meeting.

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Featured Programs

Every fall, in cooperation with the New School's Vera List Center for Art and Politics, AICA-USA presents a Distinguished Critic Lecture.

Organized in collaboration with CUE Art Foundation, this program matches emerging critics with experienced AICA-USA members who guide them through the process of writing a catalogue essay.

A partnership between The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant and AICA-USA that gives art writers the opportunity to strengthen their work through one-on-one consultations with leading art critics.

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