Critical Writing Academy (2015) was first held in Murmansk in 2015 and marked the beginning of a series of events for creative writers.
Dedicated to enhancing the art of critical writing and creating a community of writers across the Barents region, this workshop was aimed at emerging and mid-career writers, critics, bloggers, theorists and journalists in arts and culture from the Barents region (which encompasses the northern parts of Norway, Sweden and Finland, and Northwest Russia).
Invited experts: Arne Skaug Olsen (Norway, Bergen) — curator, art critic and writer. Rosa Menkman (Netherlands, Amsterdam) — artist, theorist. Furqat Palvanzade (Russia, Moscow) — curator, co-founder of syg.ma.
Video documentation of the first edition of Critical Writing Academy