Initiated in 2018 as an email-based critique group that focused on writing letters to the presenting artist. The Cold Read has expanded through its iterations to include a roster of 15 artists, writers, poets, and musicians throughout the US and has become a community group that collaborates on projects and prompt-based exhibitions.

Affiliated Artists: Melinda Braathen, Rachel Borenstein, Lawrence Chit, Yerrie Choo, Pui Tiffany Chow, Kim Garcia, Nicole Rose Gelormino, Gosia Herc, Jackson Hunt, Laura Judkis, Ellen Khansefid, Amy MacKay, Carol Anne McChrystal, Joshua Ross, Reinhart Selvik, Estelle Srivijittakar, Liz Stringer, Cove Tsui.

In collaboration with San Diego Mesa College’s Sculpture and Museum Studies Program, Friends Collective (Lawrence Chit and Elizabeth Stringer), and the Museum of Contemporary Art.

A collaborative project commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego through their Millennial Engagement initiative. The project turns to the museum’s collection to think about how the art object circulates within the relationships of artist, curator, registrar, and viewer as it shifts in meaning within the dynamics of those roles.