Critical Conversations is a nexus space between artists and those who reflect upon and present their work. Our critical writing initiative specifically engages Oregon’s arts writers and cultural producers around currents in society, our region, and the field of art. Commissioned writing comes from a range of perspectives and creative practices, and vary in form from speculative essays, art reviews, and interviews, to photo essays, annotated bibliographies, ekphrastic poems, and editioned multiples. All of this work can be found on the Oregon Visual Arts Ecology Project and some appear in print in our annual thematic publications.