NIADA
Annual Conference

visiting artistAll Visiting Artists are welcome to participate in a NIADA Artist Critique. A critique offers the opportunity to display work, discuss problems, and interface with a NIADA Artist member.

Participation in a critique is by separate registration and available ONLY to conference registrants with official registration numbers.

Registrants may register for more than one critique, and the fee for EACH critique is $25.00. Critiques are done on a one-to-one basis with a NIADA artist.

Requests for specific artists will be accommodated when possible but is not guaranteed.

 

Areas which may be discussed during a Critique: visiting artist

  • Craftsmanship: How the medium is handled, attention
    to detail, painting, wig technique, construction, and
    base support.
  • Design: Use of color, composition, and scale.
  • Anatomy: Proportion, bone structure, and facial rendering.
  • Concept: Originality, approach, feeling evoked by concept.

Dolls critiqued will be available for viewing by all registrants
during a scheduled exhibit. Each piece is allotted a table
space of no larger than 15” square.

Participating Visiting Artists need to provide any base necessary to support their work, and it must fit in the allotted space.

The Critique Registrar will be the contact person for your critiques. This year's critiques will be scheduled directly with your artist/critiquer at a private-time arranged sometime during the convention between you and your artist. They will have a list of your artist at the convention for your to contact.

What the Critique Registrar needs from you:

  • the medium in which you work
  • an artist with whom you wish to have your critique
  • area in your work you wish to discuss

The Critique Registrar will do their very best to get you matched-up with your chosen artist but remember not all artists give critiques! If you have any questions before, during, or after the convention please contact the Critique Registrar: Heather Maciak critique@niada.org

PLEASE NOTE: Although sales during conference and at all conference locations and rooms are limited to NIADA artists' work only, it is worthwhile for visiting artists to bring samples of their best pieces. There are opportunities to show that work. There is a critique, the critique exhibit, and the challenge exhibit. Many times these exhibits have been covered in the press. Also at panel discussions, during classes, demos and workshops, it is perfectly appropriate to use your work to discuss techniques and presentations.

*REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE and VISITING ARTIST CRITIQUE*

Non-Member
$300.00

Visiting Artist Critique
$25.00

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