BURNAWAY’s annual professional development intensive, Art Writing Incubator, will return for its seventh cycle in Summer 2019. Over the course of five weeks in July and August, selected participants will strengthen their abilities as writers, develop professional practices for editorial environments, and study the history of magazines and alternative publishing within the broader context of contemporary art.
In addition to an introductory session facilitated by BURNAWAY Editor Logan Lockner, participants will take part in four day-long workshops led by guest critics and curators from some of the world’s leading contemporary art publications and institutions.
Tausif Noor, Spiegel-Wilkins Curatorial Fellow at ICA Philadelphia and Contributing Editor at Momus
Andrew Durbin, Senior Editor for the Americas at frieze, Co-founder of Company Gallery
Aria Dean, Artist and Assistant Editor of Net Art and Digital Culture at Rhizome
Katie Geha, Director of the Dodd Galleries at the University of Georgia, Contributor to Artforum and ART PAPERS
Applications for the 2019 Art Writing Incubator will open on April 1 and close on May 6. Selected participants should expect to be contacted by the end of May. The Art Writing Incubator begins on Saturday, July 13, with day-long workshops taking place each Saturday through August 10. A series of public lectures and events will be hosted in conjunction with the Art Writing Incubator—stay tuned for further details.
To apply for the 2019 Art Writing Incubator, please send the following items to [email protected] by May 6:
- Completed Application form. [Download Here]
- A CV or résumé
- A letter of intent
- A letter of recommendation
- Two writing samples (~500 words each)
Additionally, please select an article published by BURNAWAY in the past six months and write a brief paragraph describing how it relates to your ambitions for and/or impressions of critical art writing.
