Stepping Forward: Walking between Art and Thought
Museum of Walking (MoW) is a socially engaged project founded in 2014 by artists Angela Ellsworth and Steven J. Yazzie. MoW is located in the 10’ x 12’ office of Professor Ellsworth on the ASU campus. The project considers walking as an expansive relational activity associated with art, science, philosophy, health, ecology, activism, and sustainability. MoW is a dynamic educational and social resource committed to the act of walking as an agent for change as well as contemplation. The museum’s interest in walking relates to the historical, cultural, and political sites that impact bodies. MoW is inspired by Yazzie’s regional indigenous ancestry and Ellsworth’s western pioneer histories as interrelated points of reference to community and land. Through exhibitions, workshops, guest speakers, and site-specific projects, MoW fosters relationships between people, land, action, and site. www.museumofwalking.org
Angela Ellsworth, Associate Professor, School of Art, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Ron Broglio, Associate Professor, Department of English, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Senior Sustainability Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Heather Lineberry, Senior Curator/ Associate Director, ASU Art Museum, Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts