Museum of Walking: Spring 2018

Adriene Jenik: Blast Radius
Friday, April 13, 2018
7:30am (PST)
ONLINE

Join MoW and artist Adriene Jenik for Blast Radius, a durational performative walk that is the 4th installment of Jenik's ongoing series, *Data Humanization Performances. Engagement with this walk is through MoW's social media outlets from 7:30am-1:30pm (PST). 

Facebook: @MuseumOfWalking1
Instagram: @MuseumOfWalking
Twitter: @MoW_US

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Maja Kuzmanovic, Trace, 2017

FoAM: Dust & Shadow
Saturday, March 24, 2018
6:00pm-8:00pm
North Shore Vollyball Courts, Tempe Town Lake

Join us in celebrating the arrival of spring with the Dust & Shadow walk. Maja Kuzmanovic and Nik Gaffney (FoAM) invite you to attune, to experience diverse forms of listening, and to practice a geomancy for the age of climate chaos. As we walk in silence through the Sonoran dust in the shadow of civilisation, we may begin to hear the murmur of matter, uncover desert refugia amidst urban life, and forge new connections with the unexpected.

Dust & Shadow walk is designed and hosted by FoAM.Earth, a nomadic studio re-imagining possible futures in the interstices between art, science, nature and everyday life.

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theWALK
Saturday, March 17, 2018 
7AM-11AM
Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area
2439 S Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ

A silent walk all about listening. MoW's second annual fundraising event at the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area.

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Marina Abramovic and Ulay, Relation In Time, 1977

Love Walk
Saturday, February 17, 2018
9am-11am
Bridal Path on Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ

Join MoW on a Love Walk at Bridle (Bridal) Path on Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ. We will be two groups walking towards each other. Once together (somewhere in the middle of the bridle) each participant will share a short story with someone they don't know about someone they love and why.

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Galileo Galilei, Istoria e dimostrazioni intorno alle macchie solari e loro accidenti, 1613, Printed book with engravings, Biblioteca del Museo Corner, Venezia

January Full Moon Walk
Wednesday, January 31, 2018
6:00pm-8:00pm
Javelina Canyon Trailhead, Javelina Trail, Phoenix, AZ 85042

Join MoW on a contemplative Full Moon Walk at Javelina Canyon Trailhead. Participants will meet at 6:00 pm at the Javelina Canyon Trailhead. As a collective, we will walk the Javelina Canyon Trail in silence.

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Joshua Haycraft, Time Transportation Device Plaque, archival inkjet, 2011

Beauty Unbound: One Step Beyond Thought with Ron Broglio
Saturday, January 20, 2018
9:00am-10:30am
Ranger Trail at South Mountain Park

Join Philosopher, English Professor, and CEO of the Animal Revolution Ron Broglio on a walk with Angela Ellsworth, Director, and Co-Founder of Museum of Walking where walking will be utilized to perform foundational philosophical concepts including: being and becoming, property, nomadism, finitude, and the virtual.

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Agnes Martin, Untitled, Oil on Canvas, 1960  

New Year Full Moon Walk
Monday, January 1, 2018
6:30pm-8:30pm
E. Dreamy Draw Bikeway
2421 E Northern Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85020

New Years is a time of personal reflection and hope for what the new year will bring. Join MoW for a New Years walk all about silent contemplation, reflection, and community at Dreamy Draw.
 

Museum of Walking: Newsletter Fall 2017

FALL NEWSLETTER 2017
MUSEUM OF WALKING

Dear MoW Friends, Advocates, and Supporters: 

MoW's programming is heating up now that temperatures are cooling down in Phoenix. Actually, the temperature is still ferociously hot in Arizona but so is our Fall programming! We are featuring a number of walks curated and led by creatives including Jaclyn Roessel, Christopher Jagmin, Adriene Jenik, Julie Hampton, and Ambur Gore. We will continue contemplative full moon walks so be sure to read below for those dates. 

Looking back on the past year, the Museum of Walking had a productive Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 with highly attended full moon walks, a new Dog Walk series, multiple publications and radio interviews, and the successful launch of projectWALK, MoW's multi-city, multi-institutional program — that will occur every five years — focused on the everyday activity of walking. The apex of projectWALK programming was theWALK, MoW's inaugural large-scale contemplative walk and fundraising event at the Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Area in Downtown Phoenix. Almost 500 people attended and we are looking forward to theWALK 2018 happening Saturday, March 17, 2018! 

Warmly,
Angela Ellsworth
Co-founder and Director
Museum of Walking (MoW)

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Hilma af Klint, Series SUW, Group 4, No. 14, Swan, 1915

Full Moon Walk

Sunday, December 3, 2017
Join Museum of Walking for a contemplative Full Moon walk celebrating the Cold Moon. More info in our "Walks" section.

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Her Secret is Patience, Janet Echelman, 2009. (photo credit: Will Novak)

Full Moon Walk

Friday, November 3, 2017
Join Museum of Walking for a contemplative Full Moon walk celebrating the Beaver Moon. More info in our "Walks" Section.

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Writing Desk, Topography of Memory, Tenuta di Spannocchia, Italy

Writing and Walking

With Julie Hampton
Saturday, October 28,2017
8:00am-11:00am
Indian School Park
300 E Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85012
This is a series that utilizes walking as a powerful tool in the creative process. More details to come.

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Diné New Year Walk
with creative activist Jaclyn Roessel
Sunday, October 1, 2017
Kayenta, AZ (About 5 hours north of Phoenix)
9:30am-11:30am
Join Jacyln Roessel, President of Grownup Navajo, on a morning walk honoring the beginning of the beginning of Diné New Year.

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Christopher Jagmin, The History Project, Florence Italy (43.776116, 11.248461), 1996

History Walk

with Artist Christopher Jagmin
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Noriega Livery Stable
5:00pm-7:30pm
Join artist Christopher Jagmin on a special historical walk around Scottsdale.

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Bat Flight Walk

with Artist and Ranger
Ambur Gore
Saturday, September 9, 2017
Arizona Canal, north entrance
6pm
Join Ambur Gore on an informational walk as thousands of Mexican Free-tail bats emerge from the "Phoenix Bat Cave" to forage for insects.

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Museum of Walking: Newsletter Fall 2016

Dear MoW friends, advocates, and supporters: 

The heat of Phoenix and the desert is finally starting to loosen its grip and MoW is ready to walk! There is a lot to share so please grab some coffee, tea, or a cocktail and just think: endurance performance, durational newsletter, or pilgrimage.

The Museum of Walking had a productive and robust Spring 2016 with highly attended walks, talks, new exhibition openings, national publications, and residencies including Carleton College (Northfield, MN) and Platform Projects/Walks (Portland, ME.) 

Most recently MoW was invited to publish a project for Open Space with SFMOMA titled Disembodied States: Walking the Magic Square. The series is curated by New York Times performance critic Claudia La Rocco and we are honored to be included in the series. MoW is also featured in Landscape Architecture Magazine. The article is written by writer and scholar Mimi Zieger who came all the way form Los Angeles to walk with MoW and learn about what we are thinking and doing.

MoW launches projectWALK Spring 2017 as a multi-city, multi-institutional focus on the everyday activity of walking in one of the least walkable cities in the United States. projectWALK addresses walking in relation to contemporary art as well as its larger role within art, history, literature, culture, and place. Through artist-led activities, as well as academic and community partnerships, projectWALK activates spaces throughout the Phoenix metro area. projectWALK collaborates with Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, ASU Art Museum, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Institute for Humanities Research, Combine Studios with ASU Art Museum International Artist Residency, and Phoenix Parks and Recreation to name a few. Activities include projects at the ASU Art Museum, an exhibition at the Museum of Walking (new Phoenix location for Spring) a film series at the Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, an artist-led walk experience, and a transdisciplinary symposium. Two artists engaging with projectWALK are Liz Lerman, choreographer and founder of Dance Exchange, and Hannah Barco, performer and sculptor from Chicago. Our next newsletter will fill you in on what they have planned.

To focus fully on projectWALK we are taking a break from our regular Fall 2016 exhibition schedule.  In Spring 2017 MoW will reopen in downtown Phoenix with a new exhibition. Stay tuned for more info to come!

Coming up soon, we have two contemplative walks scheduled for Fall 2016. The first is a crepuscular walk led by interpretive ranger and cellist, Ambur Gore, and the second is a full moon silent walk led by artist and director of MoW, Angela Ellsworth.  Click here to find out how to RSVP to these walks. 

Warmly,
Angela
Co-founder and Director
Museum of Walking (MoW)

Mow in Residence: Platform Projects/Walks

Platform Projects/Walks Residency, Portland, ME
August 2016

Platform Projects/Walks is a new public project that engages the local community in a series of cross-disciplinary conversations and activated around the idea of walking as creative provocation, practice, and product.

Angela Ellsworth and Museum of Walking were invited to join and engage with 14 walking artists for a two-week residency at Platform Projects/Walks in Portland, Maine. While in residence, Angela presented a lecture at the Institute for Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art on the intersection of art and walking. She also hosted a reading discussion on Deidre Heddon's "Walking Women: Interviews with Artists on the Move." Finally, to conclude her residence, Angela led a contemplative walk through the scenic wilderness hovering along the coast of Maine.  

Many thanks to Julie Poitras Santos for curating such an engaging project and introducing me to all the fabulous artists and walkers in Portland. Click here to read more about Santos and Platform Projects/Walks through an article with The Chart Publication.

MoW in Residence: Carleton College

CARLETON COLLEGE RESIDENCY, Northfield, MN
April 2016

This past April MoW had the privilege of being one of two artists-in-residence interfacing with Carleton College's annual WALK! festival. The other artist was UK-based artist and scholar Phil Smith. This was a two-week long residency leading community walks and discussing peripatetic histories. Director of MoW, Angela Ellsworth, led six contemplative walks, gave talks on walking as political and personal actions, created a 10-mile community walk based on a Northfield urban activist, Arthur Paul David White. She also curated an exhibition with Carleton students, "Re-imagining the Grid." Click here to see images and more information from the exhibition.

The Magic Square

While in residence in Northfield, Angela met Arthur Paul David White, a citizen of Northfield who is passionate about city planning and creating a means in which pedestrians, vehicles, and nature can coexist in a way that is mutually beneficial and sustainable. Through this, he created "Northfield's Magic Square" (as pictured above). Angela met with Arthur every day for two weeks, learning all she could about the magic square and Arthur's vision for the future of Northfield. At the end of her time there she led a durational walk along the path of the Magic Square. Once she returned, Angela was asked to write a piece about the experience that was published on the SFMOMA site. Click here to read the SFMOMA piece.

MoW in residence in Portland, ME at Platform Projects/Walks

PLATFORM PROJECTS/WALKS IS A NEW PUBLIC PROJECT THAT ENGAGES THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IN A SERIES CROSS-DISCIPLINARY CONVERSATIONS AND ACTIVITIES AROUND THE IDEA OF WALKING AS CREATIVE PROVOCATION, PRACTICE AND PRODUCT.

Angela Ellsworth and MoW will be in residence at Platform Projects/Walks August 1-15, 2016.

Museum of Walking: Newsletter Spring 2016

Dear MoW Friends, 
 
Museum of Walking had a busy Fall 2015 with panels, walks, exhibition openings and a radio interview.

Arizona's NPR, Radio KJZZ, visited the Museum of Walking to learn about walking in one of the least walkable cities in America. Listen to the interview here. 

We presented a panel and workshop for the International Sculpture Conference in Phoenix and organized a long walk in Douglas, Arizona/ Agua Prieta, Sonora to experience Postcommodity's thought-provoking Repellent Fence. 
 

Winter 2016 we kicked off the season with a generative visit from art historian and cultural critic Judith Rodenbeck who gave a lecture entitled Bipedal Modernity to a large audience at the ASU Art Museum. In February, internationally recognized walking artist and performer Ernesto Pujol will be with us speaking on Making Conscious Culture. In March we also have Phoenix-based artist Estrella Payton speaking about her current exhibition and artist/ scholar Maria Whiteman talking about her upcoming exhibition, Temporal Turns in the Landscape.

Oh, and of course we have more walks and an expanded network of collaborators. See below for details. 
 
GALLERY HOURS - SPRING 2016
Wednesday from 2pm – 6pm or by special appointment.
  
If you come to the museum on Wednesdays between 2pm – 6pm you will meet our new intern, Emily Thomas, a photography undergraduate student at Arizona State University. Stop by MoW and Emily can introduce you to the recently updated Museum of Walking Research Institute (MoWRI)with more books and maps. 

The Museum of Walking Research Institute (MoWRI) has expanded its library and we have had a lot of visitors. A dedicated walker from Austria stopped by MoW to share her knowledge of pilgrim routes throughout Europe and Japan. We also had a visit from Patty Talahongva, with Native American Connections, to discuss a collaboration around walking, health, land, and specifically the restoration project of the Phoenix Indian High School. Here is a recent NPR interview with Patty about reclaiming the high school and turning it into a cultural center. MoW is excited about this collaboration. 
 
Curated Walks in Spring 2016 include contemplative walks with Angela Ellsworth and Interpretive Ranger, Amber Gore. Amber has a degree in Parks and Recreation Management and is an Interpretive Park Ranger at the Desert Outdoor Center at Lake Pleasant Regional Park. She is also a cellist and vocalist in the chamber folk band North Brother Island and is also owner/stylist at Honeycomb Organic Hair Salon in Phoenix. We are excited to announce that Amber Gore will be joining the Museum of Walking as a Curator of Walking. 

Lastly, the Museum of Walking will be in Residence at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota for a campus-wide WALK FEST! The residency will culminate in a mighty durational walk. 

Warmly,
Angela Ellsworth
Museum of Walking (MoW)

MUSEUM OF WALKING WISHES YOU WOULD TAKE A HIKE

The Muesum of Walking's Artistic Director, Angela Ellsworth, spoke with Arizona's local public radio KJZZ about the fundamental thought-processes and inspirations behind the museum, including the philosophy of walking as an art practice. Hear Ellsworth and KJZZ senior producer, Sarah Ventre, discuss walking in one of the least walkable cities in America here.

NEW MoW EXHIBITION:
2,219 MILES MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE

November 3, 2015 - March 9, 2016
Hours: Wednesdays, 2pm - 6pm
Museum of Walking
Tower Center Suite 206
123 E. University Drive Tempe, AZ 85281

Opening Reception: Tuesday November 3, 2015, 6pm - 8pm

Join us for the opening reception of MoW’s new exhibition, 2,219 Miles Makes All the Difference, on Tuesday November 3, 2015 from 6pm to 8pm at the Museum of Walking location in Tempe.
 
2,219 Miles Makes All the Difference is an exhibition that reflects a desire to physically connect to a place of cultural identity through an intentional walk along the southern coast of Puerto Rico. Separated from the island of her birth and raised in a land-locked Midwestern city, visual artist Estrella Payton reflects on the significance of the miles of her personal separation, the invisible histories instantly erased by tides, and the indelible traces of colonialism.
 
Estrella Payton is an interdisciplinary artist currently based in Phoenix, Arizona.
 
For more information on this exhibition and full artist biography click here.

Museum of Walking: Newsletter Fall 2015

Dear Friends,  

With a summer full of research and exploration under our belts, the Museum of Walking is excited to enter the Fall 2015 season with new treads.  

To kick-off the season, Museum of Walking is partnering with Phoenix New Times, Scottsdale Public Art, and Arizona-based writers to present a special edition of the new hit literary series Bar Flies. The storytellers will be reading about a prescribed walk they were asked to take in downtown Phoenix in the middle of an Arizona summer. Then, the sweaty and crumpled scripts from the Bar Flies: Take a Walk event at Crescent Ballroom will be hung in an upcoming exhibition, Talking Walking, opening on October 6th, 2015 at the MoW location in Tempe.  

If you missed the Radius exhibition there is still time to catch it before it closes. Your last chance will be Wednesday September 30th, 2015 - the day of Bar Flies: Take a Walk, so you can have a full day of MoW fun! Stop by MoW in Tempe before strapping on your walking shoes for the evening event.  

Gallery hours for the Museum of Walking are every Wednesday from 2pm-6pm for Fall 2015. Our new intern, Kyle Daniels, an Intermedia undergraduate student at Arizona State University, will be around the museum during regular hours on Wednesday afternoons. So, stop by to meet him and he can introduce you to the recently updated Museum of Walking Research Institute (MoWRI). 

On October 10, 2015 MoW will gather in Douglas, AZ to walk Postcommodity's Repellent Fence installation. As fans of this work we are inspired to experience this land-based artwork and socially engaged project. MoW is also looking forward to other public events planned for October 9-12, in conjunction with Postcommodity's installation.  

MoW is participating in two regional conferences this Fall with talks and walks led by Angela Ellsworth, Adriene Jenik and Heather Lineberry. Adriene and Heather will conduct an interactive presentation, Desiring Lines: Women Walking As Making, as part of the tenth biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference at ASU this October. With women and walking as the focus we will engage another walk for the 25th International Sculpture Conference in November led by Angela, Adriene, and Heather. In addition to the walking tour for the ISC, Angela will speak as part of a panel discussion entitled Outwardly Mobile: Wanderlust and Physical Mobility in Contemporary Sculptural Practice, where the itinerant foundation of the Museum of Walking will be discussed.   

Silent Walks this year will be organized by Curators of Walking and local artists, Laurie Lundquist and Angela Ellsworth. Join them at various times throughout the year to explore our desert surroundings and participate in these unique experiences. More details can be found below or on our website.  

Warmly,
Museum of Walking (MoW)
Angela Ellsworth

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Phoenix New Times, Museum of Walking, and Scottsdale Public Art presents:

Bar Flies: Take a Walk

Wednesday, September 30, 2015
5pm - 9pm

***Event starts at Valley Bar at 5:00pm // Guided group walks to Crescent Ballroom start at 6pm // Stories at Crescent start at 7:00pm***

The Phoenix New Times literary series Bar Flies is on the move for a special Best of Phoenix event presented in collaboration with the Museum of Walking and Scottsdale Public Art.

The Museum of Walking, along with Scottsdale Public Art, invites you to observe a section of our urban landscape as you take a guided group walk from Valley Bar to Crescent Ballroom. Upon arriving at Crescent, you will be invited to post a map of your own walk before listening to the night’s featured writers read works inspired by their walks of the same route.

Bar Flies Readers: Becky Bartkowski, Rebecca Fish Ewan, Brandon Ferderer, Tania Katan, Laurie Notaro, Sativa Peterson

Click here for more event details, directions and tickets.

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FULL MOON CANAL WALK

Sunday, September 27, 2015
8pm
Arizona Canal Trail
***Meeting point is at Arizona Falls which is located within G.R. Herberger Park along Indian School Road between 56th and 58th Streets*** 
Easy, 3 miles, 1 hour

Full Moon Silent Canal Walk
We will meet at Arizona Falls by 8pm, there is free on-site parking until 10pm, and then together we will mindfully meander along the Arizona Canal Trail in silence to Soleri Bridge and Plaza at the cross-section of Scottsdale and Camelback Roads. For more details click here. 

Interested participants should RSVP in advance in order to receive additional information. Email: info@museumofwalking.org
Subject Line: Silent Canal Walk

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Inspired by Postcommodity's
REPELLENT FENCE
MoW will walk portions of the balloon installation

Saturday, October 10, 2015
8am
Airport Park, E. Geronimo Trail, Douglas, AZ 85607
***Meeting Point is Airport Park located at the corner of Airport Road and Geronimo Trail (15th Street turns into Geronimo Trail). Restrooms and a large parking lot are available to the east of Airport Road***
Moderate, Plan on 5-10 miles, Approximately 2 hours

The Museum of Walking is a huge fan of Postcommodity's and as such we are planning to attend their public events that are taking place in conjunction with the Repellent Fence installation October 9-12, 2015. As supporters of this work MoW will gather on Saturday, October 10 to walk portions of the Repellent Fence, as well as up D (Douglas) Mountain, to experience this socially engaged work. From D Mountain we will have a view of the long line of balloons that intersect the border. 

In order to participate in the walk with us you will need to bring the following:

• Passport - VERY important as we will be walking through the Port of Entry
• Water
• Good walking shoes
• Sunscreen, hats and other sun protection

Those interested in joining this walk should RSVP in advance in order to receive additional information and updates. 
Email: info@museumofwalking.org
Subject Line: Repellent Fence

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FEMINISMS AND RHETORICS CONFERENCE 2015
DESIRING LINES:
WOMEN WALKING AS MAKING

Saturday, October 31, 2015
1.30pm - 2.45pm
Memorial Union, Arizona State University Tempe Campus, 301 E. Orange Street, Tempe, AZ 85287 

A collaborative interactive presentation by Adriene Jenik and Heather Lineberry, created in association with Angela Ellsworth.

As part of the Tenth Biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, Adriene Jenik and Heather Lineberry will invite conference participants to walk with them in a unique interactive experience.

Adriene and Heather, will lead participants on a silent intentional walking procession through a thoughtfully chartered accessible route from the conference location through the Diane and Bruce Halle Skyspace Garden (designed by landscape architect Christy Ten Eyck) to Air Apparent the contemplative, intimate architectural environment created by public artist James Turrell, located on the north-west corner of the ASU Tempe Campus. 

Upon arrival the collective silence will be broken in order to share observations of this silent group walk, read reflections on walking, and share information about women artists who have used walking as a means to create political, poetic, and environmental works. 

For more general information on this discussion and details of the wider Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, of which this panel is associated, click here.

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25TH INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CONFERENCE: NEW FRONTIERS IN SCULPTURE
OUTWARDLY MOBILE: WANDERLUST AND PHYSICAL MOBILITY IN CONTEMPORARY SCULPTURAL PRACTICE

Friday, November 6, 2015
10am - 11.15am
Arizona State University Tempe Campus

A panel discussion with Angela Ellsworth, Steve Rossi and Richard Saxton. Moderated by Emily Puthoff. 

Bringing together artists who each incorporate aspects of wanderlust and physical mobility in their creative process, this panel will discuss the specific strategies and experiences of artists who situate their works in a nomadic context as part of the exploration of New Frontiers in Sculpture for the 25th International Sculpture Conference being held in Phoenix November 4-7, 2015.

Reacting against the historically permanent and monumental nature of sculpture, many artists are incorporating mobility into their practice as a way to actively engage a variety of populations. This physical mobility allows the artists to transgress economic and cultural barriers to forge new networks and insights along the way.

For more information on this panel discussion and full artist biography's click here. 

Outwardly Mobile: Wanderlust and Physical Mobility in Contemporary Sculptural Practice is one component of the larger 25th International Sculpture Conference: New Frontiers in Sculpture being held from Wednesday November 4 to Saturday November 7 in Phoenix, Arizona. For more general information on the conference, a guide to travel and accommodation, full schedule of events and registration details click here. 

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25TH INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE CONFERENCE: NEW FRONTIERS IN SCULPTURE
DESIRE LINES:
WOMEN WALKING AS MAKING

Friday, November 6, 2015
2pm - 5pm
Old Main, Arizona State University, 400 E. Tyler Mall, Tempe, AZ 85281 
***Please meet in the lobby of Old Main at Arizona State University to join this tour***Moderate, 6 miles, 2-3 hours

A participatory walking tour with Angela Ellsworth, Adriene Jenik and Heather Lineberry. 

Join local artists Angela Ellsworth, Adriene Jenik and Heather Lineberry on a contemplative walk from the Museum of Walking to artist Jody Pinto’s Papago Park City Boundary Project. Upon arrival, share observations of the group walk and information about women artists who have used walking as a means to create political, poetic, and environmental works. 

All conference participants are invited to join this activity. A light snack and a bottle of water will be provided. A wide-brimmed hat, durable walking shoes, sunscreen, and additional bottled water are recommended. 

Desire Lines: Women Walking as Making is one component of the larger 25th International Sculpture Conference: New Frontiers in Sculpture being held from Wednesday November 4 to Saturday November 7 in Phoenix, Arizona. For more general information on the conference, a guide to travel and accommodation, full schedule of events and registration details click here. 

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MORNING WALK WITH ARTIST
LAURIE LUNDQUIST

Saturday, December 5, 2015
8am
Location, duration and intensity TBD

Morning Walk with Laurie Lundquist
We are excited to announce that local artist, Laurie Lundquist, will be joining the Museum of Walking as a Curator of Walking. Throughout the year Laurie will create and lead walks of varying lengths and challenge, exploring the desert landscape and indulging our desire for complete freedom, that can only be found when in nature. 

The location, duration and intensity of this walk are to be determined. For updates click here or RSVP in order to receive additional information.
Email: info@museumofwalking.org
Subject Line: Morning Walk

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NEW MoW EXHIBITION:
TALKING WALKING

October 6 - 29, 2015
Hours: Wednesdays, 2pm - 6pm
Museum of Walking, Tempe
Tower Center Suite 206
123 E University Drive Tempe, AZ 85281

Opening and Reception: Tuesday October 6, 2015 6pm - 9pm

At the end of the Bar Flies: Take a Walk event, the readers stories will be collected in all their original glory in order to become part of the new exhibition at the Museum of Walking in Tempe.

Whether covered in sweat, beer or scribbles the scripts will be gifted to MoW exactly as the writers have them in the final moments of the storytelling event. The scripts will then be exhibited on the walls of MoW while the sounds of the walks being described fill the space around you. 

Bar Flies Readers include: Becky Bartkowski, Rebecca Fish Ewan, Brandon Ferderer, Tania Katan, Laurie Notaro and Sativa Peterson.

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DISAPPEARING EXHIBITION:RADIUS 1

March 24 - September 30, 2015
Hours: Wednesdays, 2pm - 6pm
Museum of Walking, Tempe
Tower Center Suite 206
123 E University Drive Tempe, AZ 85281

The last chance to see Radius 1 will be Wednesday September 30, 2015 during regular museum hours 2pm-6pm.

Museum of Walking: Bar Flies "Take a Walk"

With a summer full of research and exploration under our belts, the Museum of Walking is excited to enter the Fall season with much to look forward to. We have many opportunities for participation, including walks, talks and special events. To kick-off the season, put on your walking shoes and join us at this one-of-a-kind event in which Museum of Walking is partnering with Phoenix New Times and Scottsdale Public Art to present a special edition of the new local hit literary series Bar Flies. 

Phoenix New Times, Museum of Walking, and Scottsdale Public Art Present:

Bar Flies: Take a Walk

Wednesday September 30, 2015
5pm-9pm

***Event starts at Valley Bar at 5:00pm // Guided group walks to Crescent Ballroom start at 6pm // Stories at Crescent start at 7:00pm***

What might you see, smell, hear when walking that you would otherwise miss in a car? What new thoughts might you have?

The Phoenix New Times literary series Bar Flies is on the move for a special Best of Phoenix event presented in collaboration with the Museum of Walking and Scottsdale Public Art.

This progressive event starts at Valley Bar, takes a walk, and ends at Crescent Ballroom. A walk, you say? Yes—how often do you give a walk your full attention?

The Museum of Walking, along with Scottsdale Public Art, invites you to observe a section of our urban landscape as you take a guided group walk from Valley Bar to Crescent Ballroom. Upon arriving at Crescent, you will be invited to post a map of your own walk before listening to the night’s featured writers read works inspired by their walks of the same route.

Bar Flies Readers: Becky Bartkowski, Rebecca Fish Ewan, Brandon Ferderer, Tania Katan, Laurie Notaro, Sativa Peterson

CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS $10

Need help getting there? Check out the parking and transportation information here.

Spring Newsletter - March 9, 2015

Dear Friends, 

With walks, talks, exhibitions, and donations, Fall 2014 was a busy time for the Museum of Walking. The exhibition Notes for Friends, shifted and eventually disappeared as books were recalled and relocated to shelves in libraries across Phoenix over five months. We also had a generative conversation with our MoW librarian, Kathryn Wood (San Francisco) and writer / performer Claudia LaRocco (New York) about how a library of walking might physically engage a participant in order to retrieve a book. How far would you walk to read a book? 

The Museum of Walking would like to thank artist Mark Dion for his donation of Field Notes and Handbooks (2002-2014) to our library. We could not be happier with this donation and how beautifully the books suit our walking and thinking. We would also like to thank artist Micol Hebron for her donation of the book Walking to Work: Tramps in America 1790-1935 and artist Robert Flynt's donation of a book on Steps...dance steps.

In April artist Angela Ellsworth will be speaking with Senior Curator/ Associate Director Heather Lineberry from the ASU Art Museum about the histories of walking as a contemporary art practice at the School of Nutrition and Health Seminar for PhD students in the College of Health Solutions. We are looking forward to learning about their research and how this group thinks about walking.

There are two new exhibitions opening (MoW and MoW SITE2) and two upcoming walks you might like to participate in during Spring 2015. Please read further to learn when and where all these are happening.

On a final note, Ellsworth's seminar at Arizona State University, On Walking, has fifteen graduate students from various schools across the university. They meet at 7:30 am once a week to walk and talk about walking in relation to contemporary art, literature, activism, philosophy, sustainability, and contemplative practices. During Spring Break (on Wednesday, March 11) we will be walking an eleven-mile loop along canals connecting Tempe, Phoenix, and Scottsdale. All are welcome to join. See details below.

Warmly,
Museum of Walking (MoW)
Angela Ellsworth

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BOOK DONATIONS

Mark Dion's recent donation to Museum of Walking! Field Guides and Handbooks from 2002-2014. MoW is going on a long walk this week to celebrate. Thank you Mark.

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TRI-CITY CANAL WALK

Wednesday, March 11, 2015
7:30 am
Please meet at CSB parking lot by 7:30 am.
Directions here: http://www.asu.edu/tour/tempe/csb.html

This will be an eleven-mile loop along canals connecting Tempe, Phoenix, and Scottsdale. 

email: info@museumofwalking.org
subject line: tri-city walk 

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FULL MOON HIKE

Sunday, April 5, 2015
8 pm 
Papago Park, West Parking Area, Double Butte Trail 
Easy, 2.4 miles, 1.5 hours

Full Moon Walking Meditation
Group silent hikes are a unique experience. As we walk together in silence, we can more acutely feel the presence of others and hear ourselves as we move through the land. These hikes, of varying length and challenge (from easy to strenuous) are open to all ages. Each walk will begin with a brief gathering welcome, proceed with a period of silent walking, and conclude with the opportunity for open exchange as desired. - Adriene Jenik

Adriene Jenik has been a desert dweller for almost 20 years. She has logged countless hours hiking and backpacking the desert and as a volunteer at Joshua Tree National Park.

Interested participants should rsvp in advance in order to receive additional information.
email: info@museumofwalking.org
subject line: silent hike

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EXHIBITION: RADIUS

March 24 - May 15, 2015
Opening Reception: March 24, 2015 
6-9 pm
Museum of Walking
Arizona State University campus, Tower Center Suite 206, Tempe, Arizona, 85287
Other hours by appointment.

“People have a kind of mental radius of how far they are willing to go on foot that seems to be shrinking . . .” - Rebecca Solnit
 
In civic planning circles, 15 minutes represents the amount of time people are willing to walk to reach a location by foot.  Radius explores what lies within that zone which is deemed “walkable.”
 
Radius is a group exhibition produced by students in the graduate seminar, On Walking, with Angela Ellsworth and MoW. Starting from a common point (Tower Center Suite 206 at Arizona State University, home of the Museum of Walking) Radius participants took a prescribed 15-minute walk mapping their experiences.
 
Radius examines whether there are amenities that sustain us? Are there pathways, walkways, and spaces that nourish city dwellers? How do we know when we’ve reached the edge of our own walkable range?
 
Artists:  Maria Aponte, Heather Couch, Madison Creech, Cecily Culver, Colleen Donohoe, Thomas Hobbs, Katherine Horvat, Bill Jamison, Holly Nicolaisen, Estrella Payton, Sativa Peterson, Courtney Richter, Kara Roschi, and Priya Thoresen

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EXHIBITION: RADIUS 2

April 23, 2015
7-9 pm (one night only)
MoW SITE2
Livery Studio Space, 3804 North Brown Avenue, Scottsdale, AZ 

Radius 2 is an extension of Radius in Tempe and is a participatory exhibit in collaboration with Scottsdale Public Art. Radius 2 asks visitors/ participants to take a 15-minute walk away from this starting point (the Livery) to map their own experiences. It asks participants to return to the Livery at the end of their walk to be a part of a collective mapping of this ‘radius.’ 

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DISAPPEARING EXHIBITION

Image from final week of exhibiton, Notes for Friends, curated by Dana Buhl.

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Fall Season Wrap Up!

Museum of Walking: November 11, 2014 

MoW is wrapping up its Fall 2014 season with three enticing events: A conversation with MoW’s librarian Kathryn Wood and writer / performer Claudia La Rocco, an evening of performance and the everyday in Scottsdale, and a video installation / discussion with artist and co-founder of MoW Steve Yazzie. More details below.
Cheers,
Angela Ellsworth and Steve Yazzie

A Conversation with Kathryn Wood and Claudia La Rocco. Moderated by Angela Ellsworth.

Kathryn Wood, Claudia La Rocco, and Angela Ellsworth will discuss the possibilities of a meandering library system and an experiential archive designed for the Museum of Walking. After the talk we will walk "A" mountain. 

Tuesday, November 18, 2014 

Talk 7 - 8pm, Walk 8 - 9pm

MoW is open 6 - 9pm on this evening. 
Location: Arizona State University Campus, Tower Center A, Suite 206, 123 E. University, Tempe, Arizona, 85287, Entrance on University or upstairs in the back of building

Kathryn Wood (MLIS) is the librarian for the Museum of Walking. Kathryn mastered the art of walking sometime in 1970. A few years later, she quick-stepped through a degree in theatre from UC Irvine, and eventually meandered into a Masters of Library and Information Science from San Jose State University. She has perambulated for over two decades in San Francisco, well-known for being a rewarding walking city.  She prefers urban landscapes to pastoral ones, and believes that the perfect walk ends with a good lunch and an excellent book.
 
Claudia La Rocco is a poet, critic and teacher whose work frequently revolves around interdisciplinary projects and performances. Recent collaborators include the performance company Findlay//Sandsmark, the composer Phillip Greenlief and The Bureau for the Future of Choreography. She contributes regularly to Artforum and The New York Times, runs ThePerformanceClub.org and is a member of the Off the Park press.  She is the author of The Best Most Useless Dress (Badlands Unlimited, 2014) a selection of writings encompassing a decade's worth of poetry, essays, performance texts and reviews. La Rocco is currently guest teaching artist at Arizona State University’s School of Film, Dance and Theatre.

Souvenir

Thursday, November 20, 2014
7 - 9pm

Location: MoW SITE2: Livery Studio Space, 3125 N. Brown Street, Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona

What gives a memory value? What will you walk away with? Join 9 artists in a collaborative quest to explore the notion of a souvenir in Old Town Scottsdale on the Artwalk Thursday, November 20th,
7-9pm.

This event is sponsored by Scottsdale Public Art Residency, School of Art and Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University, and the Museum of Walking.

Looking for Tsosido

Thursday, December 18, 2014
7 - 9pm

Location: MoW SITE2: Livery Studio Space, 3125 N. Brown Street, Old Town Scottsdale, Arizona

Steven J. Yazzie's 2013 video installation "Looking For Tsosido" explores the polymorphous mythologies of self through the process of hiking a Navajo Sacred Mountain, Sis' najinni (Blanca Peak), Colorado.  The work utilizes extreme backpacking, video documentation, and the backdrop of a sacred mountain as a lens and framework to build on personal and cultural histories in a confluence of actions and revelations that occur over time. 

Join MoW for this one night video installation at the MoW SITE2 location in December.  
For more information about the work visit:  www.stevenyazzie.com

For event calendar go to www.museumofwalking.org

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