September 21 - December 7, 2024
Opening Reception: September 21, 3pm - 5pm

Curated by Patricia Miranda, Founder of MAPSpace and The Crit Lab, Artist, Educator, Curator
&
Livia Straus, President/Co-Founder Hudson Valley MOCA, Board Member ISC, Curator, Collector, Philanthropist

Artists for the exhibition Crit Ecologies have been participants in The Crit Lab, a graduate-level critique seminar program for working artists after and outside academia. The Lab is an alternate critical community for artists to come together in ongoing, sustained, contact, with empathetic listening, radical optimism and rigorous dialogue, in an act of hope over destruction. The structured pedagogy was developed by Miranda to focus and deepen discussion beyond common subjective reactions, and to support ethical structures in which artists’ practices can thrive. The Crit Lab structure was designed in response to the opinionated and personal nature of much critique, often clouded by the unremarked power dynamics of gender, class, race, etc.

Curated in a competitive juried process from Crit Lab participants from Fall 2023-Spring 2024, selected artists have the benefit of exposure through an exhibition at Hudson Valley MOCA, an institution whose reputation is partially based on a successful record in identifying extraordinary talent early in an artist’s career.

Accompanying talks

September 21, 1pm-3pm
Art Educator Panel

Before the opening reception for Crit Ecologies: Artists, Community, Criticality, art educators Jeanne Silverthorne (Artist + Guggenheim Fellow), Patricia Miranda (Artist + Founder, The Crit Lab), and Carla Rae Johnson (Artist + NYFA Fellow) will be addressing the benefits and the need for artists to create communities for ongoing critique and growth. Join the Art Educator Panel from 1pm-3pm!

Moderator: Livia Straus: Co-Founder, President HVMOCA.

November 21, 11am-8pm
Marks on Paper: A Drawing Marathon

Join us for an interactive day at HVMOCA, with drawing in the exhibition space and black box theater: live model, munchies and wine, and great comradery. 

Special For The Day:
Word Art Workshops with champion Slam Poet Nick Powers 3pm-5pm

Bring your own food, we supply the drinks and the teacher crits - Stay the day!
Non-members: $45.00
HVMOCA Artist Members and Crit Lab Participants: $40.00