YEAR ONE : CRITICAL WRITING

CRITICAL SEMINAR 1 & 2

Having a grounding in illustration history and an understanding of contemporary illustration practice are essential to an illustrator's education. Critical Seminar places emphasis on critical thinking, research and writing about illustration to enable the students to understand and locate themselves within the world of illustration. The course focuses on readings, discussion and essay response in Critical Seminar 1, and curation and writings for a virtual exhibition in Critical Seminar 2. Our students' writings are published on the Norman Rockwell Museum's Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies website. In Critical Seminar 2, students curate a virtual exhibition on a topic of their choice.