Like it or not, writing is an important skill that is necessary for communication in the arts. Many artists submit to the convention of the Artist’s Statement under duress. Many feel that it is an indirect and less perfect model for expressing themselves, and that it naturally detracts from the act of creativity. Yet our current professional culture requires them to engage with a multidisciplinary model. To be passionate and yet analytical. What is most important is that a visual artist, despite his or her inherent biases, may choose to see how writing can help them in their process of creativity. Though they may take this fact for granted because it is so internalized, everything that they do as an artist relies upon words, first as thoughts, then as a description of the materials and process which contribute toward the making of the work; during the work, contemplating every movement, and afterwards, offering context and commentary on the success or failure of the overall effort. The purpose of this seminar is to develop the skills necessary to add an extra layer of self-critique to the artist’s process, which will allow them to better communicate with people outside their specific discipline. We may not all share an understanding in art, but we all share language, whether spoken or written. Art needs words to speak for it, and who better than the artist? This program takes the individual artist, no matter their level of proficiency, through a series of exercises that will stregthen their relationship to written language as a means of expressing the content and dimensions of their art practice.