Online writing workshops with art critics Laura Robertson and Mike Pinnington (UK)

On the 26th of June Finnish Art Agency is happy to host two workshops online with professional art critics and writers Laura Robertson and Mike Pinnington. The two sessions are held online (zoom) and you can purchase them by e-mailing your enrolment to info ( at ) finnishartagency.com. In the e-mail you can write if you want to participate both workshops or only one of them.

About the workshops:

At 4pm (Finnish time) on the 26th of June (2h):
Every time I write, I create myself with Laura Robertson
The workshop will give you a confidence boost as a writer. You can focus on your creative practice and let Laura’s fantastic guidance help you verbalise your processes through writing exercises and practical info. The workshop will inspire you to find your voice in your writing. Laura will make you write but you don’t have to share your texts. The workshop is an inspirational journey for you who desires to verbalise and write more about your artistic practice. Best part of this workshop is that you are positively challenged to write and guided how to keep writing! You can let your inner-critic rest for a while, at least for this workshop!

At 6:30pm (Finnish time) on the 26th of June (2h):
Statement as Bridge for the Audience – and you
Approaches to writing about your practice with Mike Pinnington
The workshop is full of practical and helpful ideas and examples. During the workshop you will understand the meaning of different text types and the power of your tone of voice as a writer. Mike will help you build skills in categorising your texts for different requests. In the workshop you will understand how you as an artist can write material about your own art with less stress.

More about Laura and Mike:
Laura Robertson (The Double Negative co-founder, contributing editor) is a writer and critic based in Liverpool. Her work has been published in Frieze, Elephant, Hyperallergic, Art Monthly, ArtReview and a-n amongst others; is a critical writer-in-residence at Open Eye Gallery; and graduate of the 2018-20 MA Writing cohort at the Royal College of Art. Trustee and former director of The Royal Standard Gallery & Studios. Laura is also a freelance guest critic for this national, live arts and culture debate The Front Row BBC Radio 4 programme since 2018.

Mike Pinnington (The Double Negative co-founder, full-time editor) is a writer based in Liverpool, and has been published most recently by Art Review, Ocula and byNWR. From 2013-2018 he held the role of Content Editor at Tate Liverpool, working with the exhibitions and communications teams to deliver the galleries’ interpretation, web content, and in-house zine, Compass.

Sign up for the workshops at info (at) finnishartagency.com and let us know if you want to participate both of the workshops or just the other!

Practical information:
You will get the zoom-link on the same day as the workshop is held. It will be send to your e-mail.
You will need a pencil and some paper/notebook for the workshop.

Signing up:
When you sign up by emailing to info(at)finnishartagency.com, please let us know which workshop/s you want to attend.
You will access the workshops once you have made the payment. To sign up, we would like to know your full name, postal address and if you wish to pay with a business ID (y-tunnus) please do include your business id number also to your information.

Price:
Both workshops 250€+vat
One workshop 130€+vat