Cultural Criticism as an Act of Care: The Future of Arts Writing in St. Louis and Beyond

Cultural Criticism as an Act of Care: The Future of Arts Writing in St. Louis and Beyond

Workshop
Virtual

Thursday, November 30, 2023
6-8pm CST

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What if, instead of a funnel for harsh judgment or unending valoration, arts writing was considered as a process of deeper understanding, empathy, and knowledge production? The Luminary is pleased to invite Tempestt Hazel and Christina Nafziger (Sixty Inches From Center) to join in a conversation around arts writing, publishing, and creative critique as an act of care– to survey the processes that have shaped cultural criticism in St. Louis and beyond, and to engage in dialogue about the future for arts writing that we would like to build. 

Tempestt and Christina will start by outlining the history and mission that has shaped Sixty’s ethos and practices. The Luminary’s Kalaija Mallery and Kellen Wright will survey some of The Luminary’s contributions towards arts writing throughout recent years, including the origins that shaped Temporary Art Review and MARCH. In conversation, the group will discuss the futures of arts writing on a local/national level and the sustainability of writing platforms, as well as the possibilities for arts writing as a generative practice, an act of care, and a creative practice in and of itself. The discussion will be open for questions, shared experiences, and active engagement from participants.

Sixty Inches From Center (Chicago, IL) is a worker-led organization and publishing platform that produces collaborative projects about artists, archival practice, art history, and culture in Chicago and the Midwest. We are a collective of arts workers, writers, editors, artists, curators, librarians, and archivists who promote and advocate for the preservation of culture and the artists who create it while prioritizing Indigenous, diasporic, queer, and disability communities of our region.

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