New virtual series 'Guests and Gusto': Live a creative life with author, art critic Jerry Saltz
Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic and, now, New York Times best-selling author Jerry Saltz stops by for SCAD’s Guests and Gusto series with advice for creatives of all kinds. In this talk and Q&A, Saltz pulls insight from his new book How to Be an Artist and prompts new ways to power through creative blocks, get the most from your materials, navigate career challenges, and, above all, find joy in your work.
About Jerry Saltz
Jerry Saltz is the senior art critic at New York magazine and its entertainment site Vulture. The winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism, he has lectured at The Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, the Whitney, and many other museums, and at Harvard, Yale, and Columbia universities and elsewhere. Saltz lives in New York. Follow @jerrysaltz.
About 'How to Be an Artist'
Art has the power to change our lives. For many, becoming an artist is a lifelong dream. But how to make it happen? In How to Be an Artist, Jerry Saltz offers an indispensable handbook for creative people of all kinds. From the first sparks of inspiration — and how to pursue them without giving in to self-doubt — Saltz offers invaluable insight into what really matters to emerging artists: originality, persistence, a balance between knowledge and intuition, and that most precious of qualities, self-belief. Teeming with full-color artwork from visionaries ancient and modern, this beautiful and useful book will help artists of all kinds — painters, photographers, writers, performers — realize their dreams.
About 'Guests and Gusto'
Tune in to Guests and Gusto, the SCAD series you want with the people you need to know. All quarter long, Zoom in on exclusive virtual hang-outs, real-time talks, and cool digital content with the creators and innovators remaking culture — from big celebs to top pros to boss alumni.
Guests and Gusto is open to all SCAD Card holders.
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