An Artist's Guide to Critiquing Your Own Work, Working with Feedback and Dealing with Not-So-Constructive Feedback
A 3-Hour Workshop with Adam Lodzinski, Ph.D.
There is nothing more potentially helpful to artistic growth and development in any field than constructive feedback. However, as many artists in the visual, literary, or performing arts know first hand, criticism in the arts can be far from ideal and not always particularly rational, fair or constructive. The key lies in recognizing and being open to informative feedback, while at the same time recognizing and being more resilient to that which is unfounded.
This three-hour interactive workshop (which comes with a helpful guidebook for participants) will provide artists in any field with concrete strategies, steps, insights and tips for how to evaluate their own work, how to get the most out of valid and constructive feedback and how to prevent problematic feedback from being taken to heart.
It's a great opportunity to develop a key set of skills that every artist - and teacher - in every art form can use and should have in their professional "tool box." Topics covered include:
How to critique your own work
- Key questions you need to ask yourself about your work
- How to debunk the inner voice of vague and negative criticism
- How to deal with perfectionism
- Setting your own bar and charting your own path
- Keeping the creative process moving
How to work with one-to-one feedback
- Identifying the purpose and goals of seeking feedback from others
- Preparing yourself for receiving feedback
- Understanding the dynamics of the feedback situation
- Recognizing common biases
- Tips on minimizing defensiveness when dealing with critical feedback
- Putting rejection and negative feedback into perspective
- Questions to ask and ways of reaching mutual appreciation
If you are interested in taking this workshop or would like to know more about it:
Contact me at adamlodz@rogers.com. I run this workshop in Toronto on an ongoing basis when I have enough participants. The cost is $50, including the guidebook. I am happy to provide a discount for students and those artists who are in financial need.