THE 2019 CALL/WALKS
Baltimore: Nest + Flow
Artist Jann Rosen-Queralt and ecologist Lea Johnson highlighted the way species, water and energy move through the landscape, exposing ecological patterns and processes often overlooked or unseen.
Connecting Water and Art in Garden Homes
Artist and designer Fatima Laster & engineer Jerome Flogel, lead a walk exploring the historic Garden Homes Neighborhood and the green infrastructure/water features that surround it.
Restoration and Reclamation in the 30th Street Corridor
Artist Portia Cobb & environmental engineer Tory Kress lead a walk engaging the public in envisioning the future of Milwaukee’s 30th Street Corridor. Formerly the industrial powerhouse of City, many the manufacturing jobs have since left, leaving economic hardship and vacant land in this area.
NYC: Mapping Chinatown’s Food System
Urbanist and Designer Stephen Fan and Economic Botanist Valerie Imbruce lead nearly 100 participants through Chinatown’s narrow streets to explore the Food System that sustains an entire region, and the challenges it faces.
NYC: The Tree & I
Artist Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo and Ecological Project Manger John Butler lead a contemplative walk through Van Cortlandt Park exploring the deep connection between people and nature.
Pittsburgh: Walking the Urban Wilderness
Artist Natalie Settles, Biologist Charles Beir, and Landscape Architect Kara Smith explore Hays Wood, a former industrial mining site which has returned to the wild and is soon to become a city park.
Santa Fe: Atomic Stories
Artist Andrea Polli organizes a walk with nuclear Historian Luis Campos and Activist Tina Cordova on the impact of the atomic bomb on the landscape and people of New Mexico.
Washington DC: Breaching Waterways Along the Anacostia River
Arist Katie Kehoe organizes a walk with climatologist Jagadish Shukla and performance artist Heloisa Escuerdo exploring the impact of climate change and sea level rise in the lowlands of the United States’ capitol city. This walk was hosted by George Mason University Provisions Library.
CALL/WALKS 2013-2018
