Critical feedback is an essential component of the Academy’s curriculum, and the basis of instruction in Independent Project coursework. Conversations with Faculty, Senior Critics, Thesis Advisors, Visiting Critics offer new perspectives and approaches to inspire and advance the creation of more thoroughly conceived and masterfully executed work. Critiques include one-on-one exchanges, group presentations, discussions of aesthetic philosophy and demonstrations of applied technique.

Click here for a list of the Academy’s recent visiting critics.