Untitled (Walking)

An arduous 2-day, 20-mile walk through all of Providence. Level: Moderate / Strenuous / Very Strenuous.

Join us on a two-day collaborative walk through Providence. We are ditching the guide books and traditional walking tour format to create a make-as-we-go experience that will take us through every single one of Providence’s twenty-five neighborhoods over two intense days. And yes, you can sign up for just one day! Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/untitled-walking-tickets-60141359425

Walking is an important but often invisible part of art-making — think about the Impressionists, carrying easels and art supplies through meadows and fields to arrive at the perfect spot, the mileage that went into “street photography,” and conceptual art practices that use walking to produce art or produce walking as an artistic medium. Walking has long been a powerful tactic in social justice movements for uniting individuals in common cause and symbolizing the progress that is being fought for. Walking has special resonance today, with the rise of forced or strategic migration, as walking can often be the only way out of traumatic places. We will consider all of these reasons for walking as we shape our walk, together.

Would you like to be part of this? Please register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/untitled-walking-tickets-60141359425. And please plan to attend a planning meeting on Wednesday, May 1 from 5-7pm to get to know each other, to pick our locations, and to create our list of route prompts.

Questions? Contact Marisa Brown  at marisa_brown@brown.edu or Molly Pailet at molly_pailet@brown.edu.

This event participates in Jane’s Walk Providence and is part of the Year of the City: www.yearofthecity.com.