About
JAC (ISSN 3066-4330) was the first undergraduate journal in print devoted to art criticism. Founded in New York at Barnard College in 2015, the journal is published annually and includes critical writing and art made by undergraduates internationally. Connecting the ideas of students across institutions, the journal is also a network of young and established critics. While students create, review, and edit work for JAC, a group of alumni and professionals support production.
We stock print copies in NY at McNally Jackson (SoHo and Williamsburg), Printed Matter, Perrotin Bookstore, and others, and are collected by the Barnard College Library (Columbia Libraries Catalog), Amherst College Library (Five Colleges Catalog), and the MoMA Library.
Our 2026 Call for Submissions is live! We are accepting submissions until January 25.
To submit, email: journalofartcriticism@gmail.com
Press
“At the Journal of Art Criticism, Students Bring Their Razor-Sharp Analysis to an Off-Campus Audience,” Darya Foroohar, Literary Publishing @ UChicago
“Journal of Art Criticism celebrates 10th anniversary with cake and conversation,” Taylor Graham, Columbia Daily Spectator
2025-26 team
Founder
Mira Dayal
Editor-in-Chief
Lila Simchen
Managing Editor
Matthew Gay
Copy Editors
Oona Hall
Valentina Merrow Garral
Editors
Carys Chard
Daniel Schneider
Jade Li
Valentina Alioto Pier
Gaya Pyne-Ergo
Janet Dong
Ashley Zhou
Designers
Aaliyah Wang
Digital Coordinators
Isabel Viola
Jane Byun
Sales Directors
Celine Fong
Ashley Zhou
JAC logo and founding art direction by Suze Myers, 2015.
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Interested in submitting for publication?
Our Call for Submissions for our print journal is published each November, with works due in January. Submit here.
Between print issues, we accept pitches for exhibition reviews/short essays to be published on our website & substack on a rolling basis. Please email us a concise pitch and a short writing sample any time of year.
Consignment/library collection requests?
Thank you for supporting undergraduate art & criticism! Please email us at journalofartcriticism@gmail.com.
Between print issues, we accept pitches for exhibition reviews/short essays to be published on our website & substack on a rolling basis. Please email us a concise pitch and a short writing sample any time of year.
Consignment/library collection requests?
Thank you for supporting undergraduate art & criticism! Please email us at journalofartcriticism@gmail.com.
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