Critical Explorations with Tom Csaszar
Sense and Structure: Studio Work and Explorations
Join artist, writer and educator Tom Csaszar for critical dialogues on specific elements of the structure and potential of visual works.
Each participant should bring in the medium of their choice to work with in the studio. They should also bring in 5-8 works to view and discuss. At least one work should be a work that has reached a stage of completion and at least one should be unfinished or incomplete.
In the morning, more focused on studio work, we will briefly look at and discuss each participant’s work. And then work on something brought in or start something new in response to a previous work which we discussed, responding and developing a work in relation to the development of works through stages of completion.
In the afternoon after a break, focusing more on discussion and critique, we will finish working in the studio and then spend the remaining time looking again at the works brought in and the works just made, discussing and comparing works through our responses.
As colleagues we can compare the impact of works in relation to each other and the development of goals that emerge as works are made. The making of visual art involves planning, improvisation, and reevaluation. Group studio work and critique is an excellent means of both dispelling feelings of artistic isolation or uncertainty and finding inspiration in the ideas and artwork of others in a supportive environment. Ideal for artists of all levels in all media including oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, and any other media.
This workshop will explore how to see and develop emotion and meaning in the richness and potentials of your works. An expansive experience of your works can be explored through the relations between your works, the works of others, and the considered responses of other viewers in the class.
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Date: Saturday, October 17, 2026
Time: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Fee: $95
Register by: October 9 (space is limited)
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An artist, writer, and lecturer based in Philadelphia, Tom Csaszar has been on the graduate faculties of the University of the Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for over twenty years. He has written numerous pieces over the last twenty-six years for The Journal of Art, Artnews, Art in America, American Crafts, The New Art Examiner, Sculpture, Title Magazine.com, Artcritical.com and various gallery catalogues. His paintings have been shown regionally and locally for over thirty-five years. A Contributing Editor of The New Art Examiner from 1993 - 2001, he is a member of the International Association of Art Critics, and the College Art Association. He has developed and taught seminars in graduate programs at the University of the Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts since 2000.