March 2026 we are holding 3 online Map Scrambles, in which artists will be discussing when and why they use maps or mapping to document their walking art. Map Scramble 1 (Monday 23 7pm GMT)   Map Scramble 2 (Wednesday 25 7pm GMT) Map Scramble 3 (Thursday 26 7pm GMT) Each events part of the

CHICAGO — Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look at “The Art of Ferris Bueller,” you could miss it. On Nov. 22, Kelli Marshall will take guests Source: Visit the same artwork as Ferris Bueller on his day off at ‘The Art of Ferris Bueller’ walking tour | Entertainment News | recorderonline.com

In Zachary Cahill’s book Unicorn Death Moon: Paris Guidebook, the artist combines Charles Baudelaire’s poetry with his own drawings and poems. Source: Walking with Baudelaire – Chicago Reader

With Shore Land, JeeYeung Lee has created a sound walk that contemplates Chicago's lakefront as a liminal space between land and water, simultaneously a public good, treaty violation, and strategy to suppress insurgence.

As part of the release of my book, Walking as Artistic Practice (pre-orders now open for softcover shipping in April!), I’m going to be publishing some brief interviews with the various artists, authors, researchers, creatives, collectives, and platforms whose art practice, written material, or other works I cite and mention. My 23rd interview in this […]

As part of the release of my book, Walking as Artistic Practice (pre-orders now open for softcover shipping in April!), I’m going to be publishing some brief interviews with the various artists, authors, researchers, creatives, collectives, and platforms whose art practice, written material, or other works I cite and mention. My 21th interview in this […]

During the past many summers, I’ve explored the relationship between walking and writing. As Kathleen Rooney, our flâneuse laureate of Chicago, wrote “A walk is almost never the fastest way to get somewhere. But both walks and poems can afford a more textured and deep experience of space and time.” Source: The Privilege of Walking

I lived for a decade in Chicago, where I could only walk in the Midway Plaisance—a wide boulevard with a fat-bellied, grassy middle—in Hyde Park. The 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition was held in Hyde Park and the Plaisance was a covered walk with concessions and private entertainment decked around it: markets from Algeria and Tunis, an ‘Indian’ village, an Oriental (Chinese) village and theatre, an Indian bazaar, a Moorish palace, a street in Cairo. The official guidebook told the white ‘walkers’ that they should expect to bump into an ‘Indian’ family making their bread or a Pathan sepoy waxing his moustache. Franz Boas, later to lead Columbia’s anthropology department, was the main force behind the 1893 Chicago Fair and had been hired by Frederic Putnam, then director of Harvard University’s Peabody Museum.… Continue reading A step in New York/A footfall in Lahore →

As summer in Chicago draws to a close, the animated West Loop shows no signs of slowing down. A traveler’s guide to the top spots, including where to stay, eat, shop and sample Guinness ice cream. Source: A Walking Guide to Chicago’s Buzziest Neighborhood: the West Loop – WSJ

“Muskrat Theories, Tobacco in the Streets, and Living Chicago as Indigenous Land” is a structurally interesting essay; it is built around the figure of the muskrat, an animal that lives in wetlands. Wetlands are typically drained as settlers arrive, and that was the case in Chicago, “formerly known as Shikaakwa, among other names of this … Continue reading Megan Bang, Lawrence Curley, Adam Kessel, Ananda Marin, Eli S. Suzukovich III and George Strack, “Muskrat Theories, Tobacco in the Streets, and Living Chicago as Indigenous Land” →

How one composer turned a classical music festival into an immersive outdoor audio walk.We’re looking back at some of the ways creators on our platform have combined their artistic vision with audio storytelling. Diving into the world of classical musi...

Chicago has a robust public arts scene. While The Bean might hog most of the shine, the city’s collection of outdoor murals is perhaps even more deserving. Source: The Ultimate Chicago Outdoor Mural Crawl – InsideHook

Jim Bachor has been filling up Chicago’s potholes with beautifuld and durable mosaics for years. He has become known as the city’s Pothole Artist. Source: Chicago’s Pothole Artist Turns Road Hazards Into Works of Art

Walking to is a gentle, easy way to de-stress, exercise, gain new perspective, meditate, and practice self care. Source: Dealing with the pandemic one step at a time: Practice walking as self-care – Streetsblog Chicago