About the Faculty Summer Institute

Critique, historically described as the process of presenting and reviewing work for feedback, has longserved as a foundational pedagogical practice in art and design education. At RISD, we refer to our “culture of critique.” But how is critique at RISD really defined? How do we define critique within acommunity as diverse as ours? What various forms of critique, dialogue and feedback emerge in ourclassrooms? In what ways does this culture intersect with our inclusive teaching methods? What are the pitfalls, challenges and opportunities for critique to evolve? How has the practice of critique evolved over the past decades? During this Faculty Summer Institute, Re-Imagining Critique, we will collaboratively examine these prescient questions.