Thu, Oct 30
|Normoria (Formidlingssal)
Art Criticism in the Name of Art and Diversity
Join a 90-minute crash course in art criticism—explore its forms and purposes, then put your impressions and opinions into words as an art critic for a day! .
TIME & LOCATION
Oct 30, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Normoria (Formidlingssal), Kongens Plass 6, 6509 Kristiansund, Norway (Formidlingsrommet)
ABOUT THE EVENT
Art Criticism in the Name of Art and Diversity
In this course, you get the chance to be an art critic for a day!
You will participate in a 90-minute crash course on the craft of criticism, exploring its many forms and purposes.
You will also have the opportunity to translate your thoughts, sensory impressions, and opinions from mind to paper.
The course particularly emphasizes using your own lived experiences and knowledge in criticism, as it is the breadth and diversity of these perspectives that make criticism engaging to write, read, and discuss.
No prior knowledge is required—just an active, curious, and open mind.
Grace Tabea Tenga (b. 1994) is a psychologist, dancer, and critic educated at the University of Oslo. She also studied interdisciplinary gender studies there and spent 2019 on exchange at the University of Cape Town. She is a member of the Black female dance collective b16 and writes for Klassekampen, Scenekunst, Shakespeare Tidsskriftet, and Periskop. She serves on the committee for journals and criticism at the Norwegian Arts Council. Her work focuses on decolonial and feminist perspectives in creative practice.
Target audience:Open to all—young writers, journalists, and anyone interested in art and cultural communication.
The course is organized in collaboration with Høstscena.