The Eagleheart Center for Art and Inquiry has taken, as a focused part of its mission, the investigation and development of criticism and critical writing within the field of ceramics and relative to criticism in all other expressive arts.

Since its inception in 2003, Eagleheart's efforts under the creative direction of Jim Romberg, have included workshops, symposiums, writings and panels dedicated to this mission. For more detailed information on these projects, please contact us.

Symposium and panel transcripts, editorials and feedback will be posted regularly on this site. We like to think of these efforts as a dialogue. So consider this an invitation to lend your thoughts and suggestions.

The more recent of these are as follows:

Recent Publications
Clay Times, March, 2006. "Critiques and Criticism", an interview of Jim Romberg by Lana Wilson.

Panels
NCECA 2006, "Towards a New Criticism ", Jim Romberg, Brian Gillis, Tony Hepburn. Moderator: Lynette Jennings.
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CODA 2006 Crafts Organizational Development Association Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, June 2006. Panel participation by Lynette Jennings: "Making the Story Visible: Educating our Audience on Craft"; and panel participation by Jim Romberg: "The Need for Critical Discourse: Elevating Craft through Writing."

SOFA 2006 The International Expositions of Sculpture Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, November 2006. Panel participation by Jim Romberg: "Qualities sought in critical writing on studio craft and how it can increase the value of the work of craft artists."

Workshops        
Developing a critical awareness in your work

Since 1984 with a conference on "Criticism and Clay: past practices and future models," held at the Sun Valley Center for Arts and Humanities, Sun Valley, Idaho, and reported in Ceramics Monthly and American Ceramics Magazine, Jim has been interested in and helped develop effective ways to critique ceramics and other arts.  He has conducted numerous workshops that deal with developing constructive ways to evaluate work at both the student and professional level.  Always participatory and full of lively discussion, these workshops have been very successful in giving the student and the professional needed tools for critical evaluation and growth.

These are typically three-day workshops with a formal lecture and slides followed by discussion with participants, critique of actual work, and ending with sessions to investigate how critical frameworks can be developed  in the particular situation of each participant.

Please contact Jim Romberg at the Eagleheart Center for further details on upcoming schedules, opportunities, availabilities, and fees.                                         

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