Design Talks Institute is launching a writing workshop for visual arts writers in Alberta aimed at generating interest in critical discourse around the urban environment. Instigating connections in spatial practice, d.talks invites participants with backgrounds in art, architecture, design, film, theatre, public art, anthropology and geography to respond and contribute to an open contemporary discourse.
The Design Talks program is comprised of three workshops with professional writers and one-on-one mentorships in order to develop a critical essay. It offers opportunities to network with peer critical thinkers and to learn how to situate writing within the publishing industry. Write On is organized by d.talks and made possible with the support of the Rozsa Foundation. Three workshops led by:
 Aaron Betsky (September) is a critic, curator, and President of the School of Architecture at Taliesin. He is the author of more than a dozen books on art, architecture and design including: Architecture Matters,Landscrapers: Building with the Land, Architecture Must Burn: Manifestos for the Future of Architecture, False Flat: Why Dutch Design is so Good, Building Sex: Men, Women, Architecture and the Construction of Sexuality,and Queer Space: Architecture and Same-Sex Desire. He was the former director of the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Netherlands Architecture Institute, and the curator of Architecture, Design and Digital Projects at the SFMOMA. He directed the 11th Exhibitio...