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Critical Writing

The Critical Writing program commissions emerging writers to pursue the underlying themes and ideas that inform individual Session projects, initiating meaningful exchanges between artists and writers and facilitating the mutual production of new work.

Fellows are given editorial support and a $1000 honorarium. Editorial support for Critical Writing provided by Kemi Adeyemi.

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September 2023

BLESSED BE OUR CARE!

Chinyere Okafor

written in conjunction with artist Suhyun Choi's Session project, Memorial for Laptop.

June 2023

Everyday Objects, Complicated Histories

Kleaver Cruz

written in conjunction with artist Francheska Alcántara's Session project, Secure the Bag, Mint the Soaps and Throw the Bones.

March 2023

Rehearsing Repair

Lisa Hsiao Chen

written in conjunction with artist Jean-Marc Superville Sovak's Session project, Can a Sculpture feel Pain?/ Columbus Confessionals.