SAA Critique Meetings

Four times a year (February, April, June, and September meetings), SAA schedules critique programs. At each critique meeting, two or three art works (paintings, drawings, sculptures, or carvings) are selected as Art Works of the Month. These pieces are displayed at the last meeting of the year, in October, and from these, we vote for "Art Work of the Year." The winning artist has his/her name engraved on a silver bowl, which the artist keeps for one year until the next October meeting.

Artist Alice Nathan critiques a painting at the June 2008 SAA meeting.

Critique Criteria

  1. The art work must be submitted by 1:30 pin on the critique meeting day.
  2. Artists may submit one piece of art per critique meeting.
  3. The artist must be present.
  4. Art must be dry and ready to hang or display. Watercolors must be matted but do not need to be framed.
  5. The artist's name, the title of the piece, and the medium used must be noted on the back or bottom of the work.
  6. Guests may present art work to be critiqued.
  7. One art work will be selected by the critique artist. Two art works, which may include the work selected by the critique artist, will be selected by vote of the members present.
  8. The winning art works and artists will have their picture taken for the local newspaper.