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DESCRIPTION:Panel of Critics, Artists, and Curators Discuss “Bias in Art Criticism” 
 Nov 30\n\nNovember 30, 7:30pm\nSan Francisco Art Institute, Lecture 
 Hall\n800 Chestnut Street\nFree to SFAI Students\n$3 suggested donation for 
 general public\n\nEpicenter: Arts and San Francisco Art Institute present a 
 panel that confronts the conflicts of interest of the art 
 writer.\n\nPanelists include Kenneth Baker, art critic for The San 
 Francisco Chronicle; Jeff Kelley, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Asian 
 Art Museum of San Francisco; Alla Efimova, Chief Curator at the Judah L. 
 Magnes Museum; Jonathon Keats, artist and writer; Jordan Essoe, artist and 
 writer; and moderator Scott Shafer of KQED radio's The California Report. 
 They will discuss the role of art criticism in the creation of cultural 
 taste, and how the perspective of the critic is shaped and 
 influenced.\n\nIn most cases, the very credentials that qualify an art 
 critic’s authority can appear to carry with them specific conflicts of 
 interest. There is no traditional path or formal education that leads to 
 high arts journalism, and it is almost always a craft practiced in tandem 
 with another occupation. More and more, working contemporary artists are 
 the voices behind reviews and essays, and while this is a long running 
 historical tradition, it continues to spark a certain amount of 
 controversy. Jonathon Keats and Jordan Essoe will share their unique 
 perspectives on the process of critiquing an art world within which they 
 are also practitioners.\n\nArts curators often write copiously in support 
 of their own programs and exhibitions. Is the horse’s mouth the most 
 trustworthy source for complete information? Jeff Kelley, who was professor 
 of art theory and criticism at UC Berkeley for over a decade, and Alla 
 Efimova, Liberal Arts Graduate Faculty at San Francisco Art Institute, will 
 explore the role of education in exhibition catalogues and address the 
 differences and similarities between bias and expertise.\n\nThe rare writer 
 who can claim arts writing as their full time passion is usually a high 
 profile critic dominating the arts newshole for a national magazine or 
 large urban newspaper. This position also presents a critic with a 
 following, and therefore a certain amount of acknowledged power. After 20 
 years of service to the paper, Kenneth Baker will describe his political 
 location as the sole art critic for The San Francisco Chronicle.\n\nA 
 20-minute Q & A will immediately follow the panel discussion. A reception 
 in Pete's Cafe with drinks and refreshments will follow, wherein press is 
 cordially invited to continue the conversation informally with the 
 panelists.\n\nPhotographs available upon request.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/11/27/18333672.php
SUMMARY:Panel of Critics, Artists, and Curators Discuss “Bias in Art Criticism”
LOCATION:San Francisco Art Institute\n800 Chestnut 
 Street\n415-771-7020\nwww.sfai.edu
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/11/27/18333672.php
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