SPRING 2024 Advanced Critique GROUP
ONLINE with Stacy Mehrfar
April 15, May 6, May 20, June 10 & June 24, 2024
Mondays, 6:30-9:00pm ET
LEVEL: ADVANCED
LIMITED TO 4 STUDENTS
ENROLLMENT: By Recommendation or Application
CLASS FEE: $750
ABOUT THE CLASS
Are you an advanced photographic artist working on a long-term body of work? Are you looking for a supportive community of like-minded photographers to work closely with to hash out ideas to strengthen your practice? Are you seeking guidance from an artist experienced in bookmaking and large-scale exhibitions to share their expert knowledge?
This online critique course, led by Stacy Arezou Mehrfar, will provide the structure and the feedback necessary to develop and refine your project(s). In this supportive and engaging group, limited to four students, we will focus on the strengths of your work, what might be missing, and how we can include research and critical thinking to expand our current practice.
COURSE FORMAT:
Students will share a selection of their ongoing work for feedback from Stacy and the group every class session. Each student will also receive a one-hour private portfolio review, dates TBD.
WHO IS THIS CLASS FOR:
This course is ideal for advanced photographers currently engaged in a long-form photography project in any stage of development.
Stacy Mehrfar is a first-generation Iranian-American artist. Drawing from personal history, her photographs, video installations, and photobooks raise questions about how we build and sustain 'community.' Central to her practice is examining the interdependent relationship between the individual and the group and how landscape shapes identity. Mehrfar has exhibited her works at TEDxSydney, ClampArt, International Center of Photography (ICP), Australian Centre of Photography, and State Library of New South Wales. She is the recipient of several grants, including the Australian Postgraduate Award and Australian Artist Grant. Stacy has received positive press coverage by Collector Daily, L'œil de la Photographie, and BJP, and her works are published in Der Greif, Aint Bad, Fraction. She holds an MFA (Research) from UNSW School of Art & Design in Sydney, Australia, a BA from UW Madison, and a certificate in Creative Practices from ICP in New York. Her second photobook, The Moon Belongs to Everyone, published by GOST Books, London (2021), was named one of Photo Eye's Best Books of 2021. Most recently, Stacy was nominated for the 2022 Silver List. Stacy currently resides in NYC.