Advanced Critique Workshop With Kari Orvik

SF Camerawork is thrilled to partner with San Francisco-based artist
and educator Kari Orvik to offer an advanced portfolio critique series.

Kari Orvik, The Stud (before it closed), 2020, image copyright and courtesy of the artist.

CLASS DESCRIPTION

This 10-session series with Kari Orvik is a critique-based workshop with instructor-led group discussions. It is intended to provide an extension of the SF Camerawork monthly critique program and is aimed at photographers who want more in-depth discussion and development of their work.  This is perfect for anyone interested in pushing their photography to a higher level through focused, constructive group critique and discussion. Participants will also gain experience in discussing the work of others. Classes meet via Zoom with screen share, Mondays from 5:30 - 8:30 PM.

The critique series will focus on:

  • Assessing the way your work currently communicates

  • Discovering and identifying your personal voice

  • Establishing artistic goals

  • A better understanding of your work and potential through group discussion

CLASS SIZE
10 students

MEETING DATES
All classes meet online from 5:30  - 8:30 PM PDT

Monday, July 11
Monday, July 18
Monday, July 25
Monday, August 1
Monday, August 8
Monday, August 15
Monday, August 22
Monday, Aug 29
Monday, September 5 - No Class (Labor Day)
Monday, September 12
Monday, September 19

FEE

$375 for 10 classes
SF Camerawork members $350; please add discount code at check out! Member discount code will be sent via a separate email.

The workshop is sold out. To add your name to the waitlist for possible openings, register at the link below.

SF Camerawork will host another Advanced Critique workshop this fall featuring Chris Johnson. More information coming soon!

Enrollment is on a first-come, first-served basis— space is limited! Enrollment is immediate upon receipt of tuition payment in full, there is no refund/cancellation period. Should you need to cancel, SFC will attempt to fill spaces from the waitlist if possible, in which case a refund will be negotiated. Should SFC or the instructor cancel the workshop, all fees will be 100% refunded.

ABOUT KARI ORVIK
Kari Orvik is a photo-based artist and educator. Through film and found materials, her work is often site-specific, and engages ideas of presence and absence, exploring what we hold onto, what we let go of, and where we place value. She exhibited her solo show Geneva at SF Camerawork in 2019. Her work has shown at the SFO Museum, Oakland Museum of California, the Petersen Museum in LA, and at the Berkeley Art Museum, where it is held in their permanent collection. A graduate of Stanford University and UC Berkeley’s MFA program, she has held residencies at Recology SF (the dump), Rayko Photo Center, and the Headlands Center for the Arts. She operates a tintype portrait studio in San Francisco, and has taught photography at Stanford University, San Francisco Art Institute, City College of San Francisco and UC Berkeley.

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