Strategies for Dealing with Critiques At the end of each term,
critiques become a key activity at art schools across the
country. Though essential to the art education experience, these
feedback and evaluation sessions can be stressful for many
students. Here’s some tips for dealing with the challenges and
opportunities of critique season. Prepare as much as possible
ahead of time For criticism to be effective, a student must be
confident they’ve put their best foot forward. This doesn’t just
mean spending time completing work that successfully
demonstrates technical and intellectual talent; it means
preparing to discuss your work as well. Try your very best not
to complete work the day (or night) before; use this time to
strategize how you will speak on the work. This includes having
some text prepared on the process, inspiration and references
present in the work. You should be able to recite this verbally
rather than reading it out loud, but do bring some kind of
printout: you can fall back on this if you