From the Chair

Mar 9, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair

On Finishing An essay, a project, a sentence, a thought, a drawing… How do we know when any of these things are finished? And what does it mean to finish a project or a life for that matter? In On the Creation of Art (1965), the philosopher Monroe Beardsley writes...

From the Chair

Mar 2, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair

Works which demand to be ‘seen and read’ absorb the dialogues and refusals between visual and written communication, and explicitly ask for us to reappraise how we consume literature and art. —Elizabeth Benjamin and Sophie Corser, Literature and Art: Conversations and...
Comic genius by Jay Rath

Comic genius by Jay Rath

Feb 27, 2020 | News

Lynda Barry’s Making Comics is part memoir, part self-help, and a passionate call for introspection. Most of all it’s about creativity. Call it yoga for your head. Also, it’s about comics. “Have you given up on drawing?” asks the note scrawled on the back cover,...