Fireside: Art Criticism in Focus

Thu Sep 04 2025 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-04:00

750 Marguerite Dr, Winston-Salem, NC, United States, North Carolina 27106 | Winston Salem

NCMA Winston-Salem
Publisher/HostNCMA Winston-Salem
Fireside: Art Criticism in Focus
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In an era of disappearing local editorials, who is left to champion the arts? In this Fireside chat, we'll tackle the growing need for local and regional arts writing, and why robust criticism is essential to a healthy creative ecosystem. Featured guests Sarah Higgins, Robert Alan Grand, and Colony Little will discuss what's at stake when these voices go quiet, and how we can build new models to support arts dialogue in our communities. The conversation will be moderated by Jerstin Crosby.
Register to attend → https://visit.ncartmuseum.org/18078/20738

MEET THE SPEAKERS
SARAH HIGGINS is Executive + Artistic Director of Art Papers. Previously, she was curator at the Zuckerman Museum of Art at Kennesaw State University from 2015-2018. Higgins has curated over 40 exhibitions for institutions such as the Hessel Museum of Art, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, and Atlantic Center for the Arts.
ROBERT ALAN GRAND is a writer and photographer in Winston-Salem, NC. His writings on art and culture have appeared in Art in America, Brooklyn Rail, The Bitter Southerner, and the Oxford American, among others, and his photographs of the rural South have appeared in numerous exhibitions and regional publications. Grand is the Carolinas editor-at-large at Burnaway.
COLONY LITTLE is a writer and critic based in Raleigh, NC. She is the founder of Culture Shock Art, a contemporary art blog dedicated to amplifying the voices of Black artists and artists of color. She is a 2020 recipient of the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant and her work is featured in Artnet News, ARTnews, CARLA, Hyperallergic, The Art Newspaper, Arts.Black, W Magazine, and Walter Magazine.

FIRESIDE: ARTIST CONVERSATIONS
Fireside is an intimate and casual conversation series that invites you to connect with working artists and dig into ideas that challenge the way we think about creativity. It's your chance to ask questions, share your perspective, and contribute to meaningful dialogue around our changing relationship with art.
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750 Marguerite Dr, Winston-Salem, NC, United States, North Carolina 27106, 750 Marguerite Dr, Winston-Salem, NC 27106-5826, United States, Winston Salem

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