University of California Berkeley Attendance of Artist Talk Letter

NOTE: FOR LETTERS 3 + 4 you are required to make a connection to one of the readings in class. If you have difficulty in doing this, just contact me!

You are required to attend 4 artist talks + lectures throughout the semester and write a 200 word letter to them. The eligible talks are listed in the syllabus. The future in class artists talks, 2 (TBA), are also eligible. These letters may be submitted here, and are due the following week, or, within a week of the talk you attended.

TIPS:

• Speak “nearby,” literally!
• List any questions, concerns, things that their presentation brought up for you, anything that it connected to in class, your reflections, etc.
• You are welcome to be critical, in fact, you are encouraged to think critically about their work. Being critical has nothing to do with whether you like their work or not, it is about situating the presentation within an identified context or framework and in service to furthering a dialogue, rather than judging the individual. This framework will likely be the overlap or blindspot between something the artist identifies and something you identify or see inside or outside of the work.
• You can focus on a specific work that they shared, the overall presentation, or the conversation as many of the presentations are panel discussions.
• Spend time with their work before and after the presentation! It is ok to bring up works not presented, if you are making a connection to the presentation.
• If none of the listed artist talks work with your schedule, please send me a note. I will be adding some additional options.

Letters to Artists / Attendance of Artist Talk is worth a total of 200 points. Each is worth 50 points.