Jason Farago is critic-at-large for The New York Times. Before joining the Times in 2017, he was the first US-based art critic for the Guardian, and he has been a regular contributor to the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books, Artforum and other publications. Farago was also the editor and cofounder of the art and culture magazine Even, whose run is anthologized in Out of Practice: Ten Issues of Even, 2015–18 (Motto Books, 2018). He has published catalogue essays on the art of Sheila Hicks, Simon Hantaï, Julia Dault, Meleko Mogkosi, and others, and in 2017 he was awarded the inaugural Rabkin Prize for art criticism. His last name, often mispronounced, rhymes with "Chicago."

Photo credit: Jason Farago, Courtesy of the writer.

The Graduate Art Seminar is a forum for graduate students and members of the ArtCenter community to enter into dialog with internationally recognized artists, critics, and art historians. The Seminar is a core component of ArtCenter's Graduate Art program. The Seminar is also free and open to the public.

ArtCenter's Graduate Art program is based on intensive studio practice and rigorous academic coursework. The program is distinguished by its low faculty-to-student ratio that provides students with the attention and feedback they need to refine and achieve their artistic goals. Faculty and students are artists working in all genres—film, video, photography, painting, sculpture, performance and installation. A significant number of alumni have achieved national and international acclaim and often return to share their insights and expertise as visiting faculty and guest lecturers.