About

JAC 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 and the MoMA Library.

Read a profile of JAC and its history by Darya Foroohar

2024-25 team

Founder
Mira Dayal

Editor-in-Chief
Georgina Brainerd

Managing Editor
Eva Moscoso

Copy Editors
Eleanor Moseley
Lily Kwak
Oona Hall
Editors 
Carys Chard
Daniel Schneider
Iker Veiga
Isabel Seward
Jade Li
Lila Simchen
Matthew Gay

Designers
Jo Mintz
Oliver Rice

Web Designer
Beatrice Wingfield

Sales Directors
Ashley Zhou
Celine Fong

Funding Outreach and Events Directors
Madeleine Cesaretti
Sophia Joerger




JAC logo and founding art direction by Suze Myers, 2015.

Interested in joining JAC?

Applications open in September for yearly positions. Apply here.

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 any time of year.