Alissa Wilkinson

Critic @nytimes. Author “We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine" (Liveright) & "Salty" (Broadleaf). Teaching @XE_NYU.

[Alissa Wilkinson @alissamarie]

THRILLED to be working with Gina Iaquinta and @LiverightPub again! I'm convinced that if we're to retain our humanity in the face of mounting technocracies and forces that want to make us into little atomized profit units, we've got to re-engage with big, bold, communal art.

[Film at Lincoln Center @FilmLinc]

"A story of a certain sort of wistful foolishness, affectionately told..."

Now a @nytimes Critic's Pick, Kent Jones's LATE FAME is currently playing daily at FLC!

View showtimes and secure 🎟️ at https://t.co/orJr64QOCS

Read @alissamarie's review: https://t.co/I8nc3st2YH

[Alissa Wilkinson @alissamarie]

It remains deeply weird that this thing that originated in like, evangelical publishing and Sunday School classes (love languages) leaked out into the wide world and winds up in movie trailers like this

[One Night Only Movie @1nightonlymovie]

some love languages are impossible to miss. one night only is in theaters august 7.

[Alissa Wilkinson @alissamarie]

@tjfwainwright at least once a year!!

[Alissa Wilkinson @alissamarie]

It was such a pleasure to be interviewed at Women of Letters about my career trajectory, writing habits and more:

https://t.co/adILMfBNs3

[Alissa Wilkinson @alissamarie]

Nolan knows what he's doing (as I pointed out to someone in conversation this week, this one will only benefit from substantive engagement)

[The Hollywood Reporter @THR]

Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey' to Skip Social Media Influencer Screenings https://t.co/PrA7rRnWrY

[Alissa Wilkinson @alissamarie]

I wrote my Documentary Lens column on perhaps the most successful documentary series of all time

https://t.co/xqzd05BaCp

[Alissa Wilkinson @alissamarie]

This Saturday I will sit down with my good friend Isaac Butler and talk about Scorsese's THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST, which kicked up a major maelstrom, and Isaac's book THE PERFECT MOMENT. Come to Astoria, 12:30p at the Museum of the Moving Image.

https://t.co/D6f24cmNdl

[Alissa Wilkinson @alissamarie]

Didion on grammar: "To shift the structure of a sentence alters the meaning of that sentence, as definitely and inflexibly as the position of a camera alters the meaning of the object photographed."

Even talking about sentences, she's thinking in cinema.
https://t.co/gJtBjby59l

[Alissa Wilkinson @alissamarie]

Tomorrow (Tuesday, June 16) is the last day to pre-order a signed paperback of WE TELL OURSELVES STORIES: JOAN DIDION AND THE AMERICAN DREAM MACHINE, which comes out on June 23. Isn't she lovely?

Links to the two preorder options over here:
https://t.co/EQEyGm5B0f

[Haiver @HaiverArt]

Building an art practice is hard.

I'm excited to share tonight at 6pm ET all the ways we've been nurturing artists and helping them grow their practice through @artist_commons year-long development program.

You'll hear from current students about how they've grown.

RSVP👇

[Alissa Wilkinson @alissamarie]

An (online) reviews writing workshop, an event in NYC, paperback preorders and an artist development program! https://t.co/xvle0XPJIs

[Haiver @HaiverArt]

A year can change an art practice.

9 months ago, I launched @Artist_Commons because every time I did a studio visit I kept hearing artists ask for the same few things: more structure and rhythm in their practice, better feedback on their work, practical knowledge about the business of art, mentorship and.

Since then, 40 students from 16 countries have joined our year-long program.

In the last 16 weeks alone, we’ve hosted 34 lectures, panels, and interviews for our students with contemporary artists, curators, critics, philosophers, art historians, collectors, and art world professionals.

Students have heard from artists like Mitchell F. Chan, Sasha Stiles, Jenn & Kevin McCoy, Sarah Rothberg, and Andrew Benincasa. They’ve learned about the business side of art from former Sotheby’s director Brian Beccafico, NYT film critic Alissa Wilkinson, gallery director Adam Heft Berninger, and collector Whitney Hart. They’ve studied what drives their art with philosopher Dr. Rebecca Millsop, and explored the history of contemporary art movements with professors Polina Rud, Amy Raffel, Cristin McKnight Sethi, Cheyenne Rudolph, and many others.

But the heart of the program is what happens week after week: artists bringing their work to their cohort and receiving feedback, developing language for what they’re making, learning to ask better questions, and building a rhythm that can actually sustain their practice.

It’s been a deeply meaningful first year for the artists who joined in January, and we’re still less than halfway through.

Our next batch of cohorts begin in July. The early application deadline is today. Standard deadline is June 15.

If this is the kind of support you’ve been wanting around your work, we’d love to get to know you and your practice.

#ArtEducation #ArtistDevelopment #MakingArt #LearningArt

[Haiver @HaiverArt]

One week left to apply for early admission!

[Artist Commons @Artist_Commons]

Applications are now open for the next Artist Commons cohorts.

Beginning this July, visual artists will spend a full year in conversation with mentors, art world professionals, visiting artists, lecturers, and a small cohort of peers who are serious about building a stronger, more sustainable art practice.

If you’ve been looking for better feedback and more structure for your work, this is your call to apply.

Early Admission Deadline: Monday, May 25

#ArtistCommons #ArtAdvice #ArtEducation

[Alissa Wilkinson @alissamarie]

@2012Ruthie I can imagine! I think it's a great movie, but luckily I've never had a nightmare boss quite like that.

[Artist Commons @Artist_Commons]

The art world celebrates when an artist hits a new milestone, but it lacks important structures to support the people who helped make that growth possible.

Hear independent curator and former Sotheby's director Brian Beccafico (@Arthemort) propose a new model for what a sustainable art world infrastructure might look like.

#ArtWorld #ContemporaryArt #GallerySystem #ArtsLeadership #CreativeEconomy

[Artist Commons @Artist_Commons]

Every quarter Artist Commons has a philosopher of art — who also has an art practice of her own — come in to talk to our artists about the ideas that drive how their art functions and can make meaning.

Here's Dr. Rebecca Millsop (@_noumenal) going over our goals this quarter.

[Haiver @HaiverArt]

I am inspired every week to be working with @_noumenal to build out how our philosophy of art lectures can be practical for artists, and give them ideas to take back into their studio practice.

Our biggest goal in everything with Artist Commons is actionable knowledge.