The Creative Life

Jerry Saltz - Tuesday, March 24 at 7pm

Jerry Saltz is one of the most influential-and popular-culture writers working today.  Since 2006, he has been senior art critic and columnist for New York Magazine. Formerly the senior art critic for The Village Voice, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism in 2018 and was nominated for the award in 2001 and 2006. He has also contributed to Art in America, Flash Art International, Frieze and Modern Painters.  

For two seasons, he was a judge on Bravo's Work of Art: The Next Great Artist. Saltz served as a visiting critic at The School of Visual Arts, Columbia University, Yale University, and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the New York Studio Residency Program, and was the sole advisor for the 1995 Whitney Biennial. Saltz’s new book, How to Be An Artist, is full of practical inspiration for creative people of all kinds - brimming with dozens of brand new rules, prompts, exercises and tips designed to break through creative blocks, ignite motivation, conquer bad habits and help artists of all kinds to realize their dreams.

Before the conversation, there will be a book signing and reception at the University Art Museum starting at 6pm.

_{Photos above: 
Philippe Petit by Matthew Banister & Keith Bomely DBOX
Rakim, photo by Michael Wong Photography
Jhumpa Lahiri, photo by Liana Miuccio
Jerry Saltz, photo courtesy of Pulitzer Foundation}