-People remember what they say much more than what they hear.
-Group critiques offer a unique-some say "utopian"-situation in which everyone focuses on the student's work with a mandate to understand it as deeply as possible.
-"No technique before need." It used to be said that some art colleges instructed their students only "up to the wrist," while CalArts educated its artists only "Down to the wrist."
-The prevailing belief is that any artist whose work fails to display some conceptual rigor is little more than a pretender, illustrator, or designer.
-Politics is central to the conversation that go on in Post-Studio.
-Crits may be opportunities to hash out communal meanings, but that doesn't mean that students finish the semester with uniform values.
-Group crits are such an established part of the curriculum in the United States, and to a lesser extent in Europe and elsewhere, that only a few teachers reject them.
-Many believe that artists shouldn't be obliged to explain their work.
-Artists often don't fully understand what they've made, so other people's readings can help them "see at a conscious level" what they have done.
-Perhaps creativity is not on the agenda at art school because being creative is tacitly considered the unteachable core of being an artist?
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