a walk is ___
spring 2025 term syllabus
May 5 course overview & a very brief history of walking art
assignment: walking piece #0 a walk is ___

May 7 observational walking

exercise: walking sketch books by Access Art


exercise: read soundwalking by Hildegard Westerkamp

May 12 ritualistic walking
exercise: leave a Trace by Ellen Mueller
exercise: found drawings by Ellen Mueller
exercise: shape walk by Ellen Mueller
May 14 open studio
May 19 NO CLASS
May 21 open studio
May 26 [exhibition tour] walk with Azadeh Pirazimian


May 28 [artist talk] Billy Gauthier




June 2 critique: artist book
assignment: walking piece #1 a walk is a sound is a word is a line is a fold

June 4 deep-sense field walks

June 9 deep listening
exercise: the Tuning Meditation by pauline oliveros
June 11 [artist talk & workshop] soundscape with Jason Doell


June 16 open studio
June 18 critique: deep listening gathering
assignment: walking piece #2 imaginary landscape


June 23 deep-time field walks

June 25 [workshop] photo transfer
June 30 NO CLASS
July 2 worldview mood board
July 7 open studio


July 9 critique: becoming with more-than-human
assignment: walking piece #3 becoming with
July 14 deep-critique field walks
July 16 counter-mapping
July 21 open studio
July 23 open studio
July 28 critique: walking scores
July 30 critique: walking scores
assignment: walking piece #4 walking the unmapped