New Public Sites Spring Tours

New Public Sites Spring 2019 tours
New Public Sites Spring 2019 tours

The Graham Projects’ walking tour program New Public Sites is excited to offer four tours this spring in Baltimore City and Arlington, VA. Baltimore City tours are offered in partnership with Baltimore Heritage. Arlington tours are offered as part of the Arlington Public Art and Rosslyn BID programming. Check back for updates on registering for the tours in Arlington.

Auchentoroly Terrace by Foot

Auchentoroly Terrace by Foot walking tour

April 20, 2019, 10:00 am – 12:00

Free to neighborhood residents:
RSVP: graham@grahamprojects.com

$15 general public. Tickets & Info:
https://baltimoreheritage.org/event/auchentoroly-terrace-by-foot-a-historic-neighborhood-a-changing-druid-hill-park/

Originally named Auchentorolie after the ancestral estate of the area’s first owner, George Buchanan, today’s Auchentoroly Terrace neighborhood is made up of wonderful houses built at the height of the Victorian era. It is also at the forefront of change. The drinking water reservoir in neighboring Druid Hill Park is undergoing a dramatic shift and neighborhood leaders are working with city officials to improve the park’s accessibility by transforming its encircling highways into complete streets.

Join local resident and public artist Graham Coreil-Allen, a community leader working on neighborhood and park planning, on a walking tour to learn about the history of Auchentoroly Terrace and Druid Hill Park, as well as the direction they both are heading in the near future. Local leaders and heritage advocates Ms. Barbara Anderson-Dandy, Ms. Sandra Almond Cooper and Ms. Donna Cypress will also speak about the neighborhood’s significant African American history.

West Columbia Pike

Wandering the West Pike

Saturday, May 11 (rain date Saturday, May 25) • 11 am – 1 pm

Meet at Arlington Mill Plaza • S. Dinwiddie Street & Columbia Pike

Free! Click here to RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wandering-the-west-pike-tickets-59713828669

All visionaries are invited to attend the “Wandering the West Pike” walking tour with artist Graham Coreil-Allen to explore and reimagine the public spaces of Columbia Pike’s West End.

Highlights:

  • Experience the history, urban design, and current uses of Columbia Pike.
  • Learn about transportation improvements currently under construction.
  • Share about your own natural, secret and informal public spaces.
  • Imagine the future public art projects taking place along the Pike, including  “The Pike” by Donald Lipski.

Rosslyn Public Art

Rosslyn Public Art Walking Tour

May 11, 2:30-4pm & June 6, 6-7:30pm

Free! Click here to RSVP: https://www.rosslynva.org/do/rosslyn-public-art-walking-tour

Tours meet at Central Place Plaza: 1800 N Lynn St, Arlington, VA 22209

Join one of Arlington County’s Public Artists in Residence, Graham Coreil-Allen, for a free Rosslyn Public Art Walking Tour. During this 90 minute tour, participants will discover the history, design, and purpose of Rosslyn’s celebrated public art collection. Taking advantage of Rosslyn’s pedestrian-friendly character, the tour will also explore a robust network of spectacular, hidden, and new public spaces. Throughout the tours Coreil-Allen will create opportunities for playful interaction and inclusive discussion. Highlights include Liquid Pixels, Cupid’s Garden, the new Rosslyn Parklet and Street Furniture, and Dark Star Park.

The 2019 Rosslyn Public Art Walking Tours are presented by Rosslyn BID.

Druid Hill Park by Bike

Druid Lake Wallace Construction

June 8, 2019, 9:30am-12pm

Tickets $15. Purchase tickets and find out more:
https://baltimoreheritage.org/event/the-nooks-and-crannies-of-druid-hill-park-by-bike/

Escape the sensory overload of the big city and spend a quiet, serene June morning exploring the nooks and crannies of beautiful Druid Hill Park with amateur historian Ralph Brown and public artist and park neighbor Graham Coreil-Allen.  Find out why a “Know Nothing” party mayor in the late 1850’s left this magnificent gift to Baltimore. Discover the hidden zen garden of Druid Hill Park and meet its creator. Explore Baltimore’s history of segregation through testimonials present in the park today. Learn how Druid Lake has provided drinking water for nearly 150 years and behold the sublime piles of dirt that preview its recreational future. See how the park has changed in its appearance since it was established back in 1860 and what the hopes are for improved resident access going forward. If you can ride a bike you can do this ride since it will be on mostly flat dedicated, safe bike trails

Balto East Bike Tour Rolling Success

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With seventeen participants discovering invisible sites with abandon, the Balto East Bike Tour proved to be a rolling success. In a spirit of radical pedestrianism, we stuck together for more than an hour and a half and over four plus miles while navigating traffic conditions from serene to challenging. Thanks for everyone who participated for your bravery and endurance, and asking thoughtful questions and offering helpful commentary. From the Cork Seer Crossing and Greektown Alleydrift to Expressways Amalgamated and the O’Donnell St Bohverlook, we explored  an array of public spaces while learning from our everyday surroundings and each other. Special thanks to The Creative Alliance for hosting the event and Liz Donadio for documenting the ride.

Click here for the full post.

Bike Tour Oct 5 & Emerge Oct 3-6

Two awesome New Public Events on the same weekend!

Balto East Bike Tour

New Public Sites – Balto East Bike Tour

Saturday, October 5th | 1-2:30 p.m.
the Creative Alliance
3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore MD 21224

Adv. Mbr. $15, Adv. Reg. $20 / Day-of Mbr. $20, Reg. $25

Travel Eastern Ave, O’Donnell St America!

Take a guided bicycle tour from Highlandtown to the Travel America Center and back, that will explore how the urban design of “invisible” public spaces affects our everyday experiences of eastern Baltimore. The tour will investigate the architectural dynamics and social conditions that make places such as the Eastern Avenue Underpass and the O’Donnell Street Interchange as mundane and confounding as they are fascinating and beautiful. A version of this tour was featured on the podcast 99% Invisible. All participants will receive a limited edition, signed 11″ x 17″ tour map.

Click here to download the official press release. Check newpublicsites.org/baltoeast for updates. Meet at the Creative Alliance and bring your bicycle, helmet and radical pedestrianism! Space is limited so reserve your tickets today.

Click here to register for the tour at the Creative Alliance website or call 410-276-1651.

Shards of Site at (e)merge art fair

October 3-6

Capital Skyline Hotel
10 “I” Street, SWWashington D.C., DC 20024
www.emergeartfair.com

Prints, poster-paintings, shards and more!

Join myself and the other print/collect artists as we travel our show down to DC for the (e)merge art fair at the Capital Skyline Hotel October 3-6. Check out (e)merge art fair website to find out more about international roster of 80 exhibitors presenting works by 150 artists from 30 countries. In addition to my Shards of Site print, I will also be showing a new series of New Public Sites “poster-paintings” inspired by Ed Rushca’s typographic works. Copies of my book, The Typology of New Public Sites, will be available for $10, plus free shredded pavement souvenirs serving as mementos of place (certificate of authenticity included).

OPENING PREVIEW
Thursday, October 3: 7pm – 9pm: Preview Party 9pm – 11pm
FAIR HOURS 
Friday, October 4: 12pm – 7pm / Saturday, October 5: 12pm – 7pm / Sunday, October 6: 12pm – 5pm
ADMISSION
Opening Preview: $35 advance purchase, $50 at the door
Daily: $15 ($10 Seniors and Students w/ valid ID)