Discover how, why, when and where heat moves through the city, what an urban heat island is and how our bodies are impacted by it. Create unique artworks of the city through experimental drawing and creative writing.
Join one of our free guided art walkshops around Queens, Brooklyn and Manhattan with Melting Metropolis, an international research project looking at the history of heat in the city. Led by artist Bryony Ella and historian Dr Kara Schlichting, Drawing Heat will be a playful, embodied mark-making experience that explores our sensory experience of summer in the city.
This is event is part of the COAL+ICE: Visualising the Climate Crisis program at the Asia Society in New York.
LOCATIONS
JUNE 1: Queens, Meeting at Queens Public Library at Long Island City, 37-44 21st Street
JUNE 7 + 8: Manhattan, meeting at Asia Society, 725 Park Avenue
JUNE 15: Brooklyn, meeting outside Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway
All materials provided and no art experience or historical knowledge of New York is necessary! This is an outdoor activity suitable for adults (14yrs+) who are comfortable walking / standing for up to 1 hour at a time. We will be walking a maxium of 1.25 miles per workshop and the majority of our time will be spent outside under shade. However as these are a walking workshops please do ensure you feel able to participate. We will provide water and picnic blankets. No pets, please (not everyone is comfortable with dogs).
