MOCA Cleveland’s Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Critics Program
providing critical dialogue and national exposure for artists living
and working in our region and introduces our guest critics to the
wealth of artist talent in Northeast Ohio. Additionally, through public
lectures, these Visiting Critics connect Greater Cleveland audiences
to new ideas and emerging trends they’ve observed in contemporary
art around the country and through their experiences with artists.
Twice a year, MOCA invites a nationally recognized critic, curator
or scholar to Cleveland to conduct studio visits with artists in the
region who have been selected by the Visiting Critic based on their
portfolio submission. Past critics have included Shamim Momin from
The Whitney Museum of American Art, Amada Cruz formerly of Artadia
in New York, Dominic Molon from the MCA Chicago and James Elaine from
the UCLA Hammer Museum. Additionally, Art Forum contributing editor
Katy Siegel, Valerie Cassel Oliver, curator at CAM Houston, and LA
Times art critic David Pagel have also visited Cleveland as part of
the Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Critics Program.
Open Submission Process
The Visiting Critic conducts studio visits with artists during two
consecutive days. The Visiting Critic personally selects those artists
whose studios he/she would like to visit. During these critiques,
artists can expect to receive professional advice and critical feedback
from Visiting Critics. Applicants must live in the Northeast Ohio
region (Cuyahoga County and its contiguous counties). Enrolled students
must have completed at least one year of MFA study to apply to this program.
Winter / Spring Submission Deadline
Studio Visit
February 28, 2008
Interested artists should submit the following:
 10-20
slides or digital files in PC format only
Artist Bio or Resume
Artist Statement of no
more than 500 words
Any relevant press regarding
the work
Self-addressed, stamped
envelope for return of the materials
Regretfully, proposals not fitting the above requirements or those
received after the deadline will not be considered. Electronic submissions
will not be accepted.
Submissions
Electronic or late submissions will not be accepted.
MOCA Cleveland
Attn: Nesnadny + Schwartz Visiting Critics Program
8501 Carnegie Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44106
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Winter / Spring 2008 Visiting
Critic Gregory Volk
Studio Visits March 19 and 20, 2008
Public Lecture March 19, 2008
" Pushing the Envelope"
About Gregory Volk
Gregory Volk is a New York–based art critic and independent curator.
A regular contributor to Art in America, Volk has written for numerous art periodicals
and exhibition catalogues over the course of his distinguished career. In addition to his work
as a critic and curator, Volk is also an associate professor at the School of the Arts at
Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
Public Lecture
Pushing the Envelope
Wednesday, March 19 / 6pm
FREE and open to the public
Art is an adventure. For this lecture, Gregory Volk will focus on a handful of
emerging, mid-career, and established artists who journey boldly into unexplored
terrains of contemporary art. Up for discussion are the vibrant hallucinatory abstract
paintings of Ati Maier, the elaborate foam dreamworlds sculpted by Folkert de Jong, and
the ecstatic-cum-brutal cartoon paintings of Joyce Pensato, among others. Volk will
also offer a "behind the scenes" look at the work of the art critic, homing in on the
role of art writing today.
Special thanks to the artists who conducted studio visits with Fall 2007 Visiting
Critic, Dan Cameron: Chad Hansen, Sarah Kabot, Matthew Kolodziej, and Barry Underwood.
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