Key learning points

1. Feedback provides a broader range of interpretations and helps identify issues that might otherwise be missed.
2. Critiques offer insight into how an audience might perceive your work, revealing what is communicated effectively.
3. The process helps creatives learn what makes work successful and develops their ability to assess and self-assess.
4. Group critiques foster connections leading to potential collaborations, mentorships and a supportive community.
5. You can learn from the critiques given to others, absorbing insights and vocabulary that can inform your own work.

Keywords

• Critique - giving helpful feedback about someone’s work, highlighting what is good and suggesting ways to improve

• Percieve - to notice, see, or become aware of something through your senses or thoughts

• Constructive - giving helpful and positive advice that can help improve someone’s work or skills

Common misconception