Words That Work: Writing for Artists & Art Writers

This workshop helps artists and art writers sharpen their craft. We'll cover writing strong artist's statements and bios, then explore three critical lenses for writing about art — formalist, biographical, and iconographical — plus tips for writing for publication. The session wraps with a practical walkthrough of the writing process as applied to art criticism: prewriting, outlining, drafting, revision, and editing. Whether you're an artist shaping your own statement or a writer developing critical work, you'll leave with tools to use right away.

Free with registration.

Originally from Chicago, Richard Allen May III is a 2025 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant recipient, independent curator, and educator at Chaffey College, CSU Fullerton, CSU San Bernardino, ArtCenter College of Design, and Bowie State University — an HBCU in Maryland, where he teaches art history online. He has contributed to Artillery for over eight years and wrote the foreword to AFRICOBRA: Experimental Art Toward a School of Thought (Duke University Press, 2020).