a walk is ___

winter 2026 term syllabus

Jan 5 course overview & a very brief history of walking art

assignment: walking piece #0 a walk is ___

Jan 7 walking piece #01 intro & exercise

Jan 12 observational walking

exercise: found drawings by Ellen Mueller

Jan 14 ritualistic walking

exercise: The City as Written by the City by sarah cullen

Jan 19 Wildlife Winter Tracking Workshop * the Ecology Lab

Jan 21 [artist talk] TBA

Jan 26 open studio

Jan 28 critique: artist book

assignment: walking piece #1 a walk is a sound is a word is a line is a fold

feb 2 walking piece #02 intro & exercise

exercise: the Tuning Meditation by pauline oliveros

feb 4 sound drawing

feb 9 sound mixing

feb 11 open studio

feb 23 critique: deep listening gathering

assignment: walking piece #2 imaginary landscape

feb 25 walking piece #03 intro

Sepcimen Research Workshop * the Ecology Lab

march 2 worldview mood board

march 4 multimedia installation

march 9 open studio

march 11 open studio

march 16 critique: becoming with more-than-human

assignment: walking piece #3 becoming with

march 18 walking piece #4 intro & exercise

exercise: shape walk by Ellen Mueller

march 23 event score

march 25 locative media

march 30 open studio

april 1 critique: walking scores

april 6 critique: walking scores

assignment: walking piece #4 walking the unmapped