During this workshop, Leah will lead participants in a soundwalk through U-M’s Nichols Arboretum. A soundwalk is a walk where the focus is to listen to the environment. This practice emerged from the members of the World Soundscape Project under R. Murray Schafer and the World Forum of Acoustic Ecology, founded by Hildegard Westerkamp, and has informed the work of Pauline Oliveros, Janet Cardiff, and other sound artists.
Limited to: 15 participants
If you have specific mobility needs, please email in advance and we will prioritize choosing an accessible route. Participants with hearing loss are welcome to join as well.
For questions or to request accessibility accommodations, contact Félix Zamora-Gómez at felixzg@umich.edu.
Leah Crosby (they/them) is a multimedia artist, collaborator, and genre-bender. They are a daydream creator interested in the empathetic potential of fantasy, the use of play and pleasure, the activation of public spaces, and designing participatory events. With cheeky humor and a flair for the devastating, they use the combined forces of dance, narrative storytelling, musical composition, sculpture, puppetry, and experience design to make work that is hilariously sad.
They graduated summa cum laude from Ohio University’s Honors Tutorial College with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography. They are a Licensed Massage Therapist, a Third Degree Reiki Practitioner (master-level), a Certified Yoga Teacher, and they have the blessing of the Royal Thai Ministry of Education to perform Thai Massage. They enjoy petting other people's cats, playing with other people's children, and weeding other people's gardens.
The Arts Initiative, in partnership with Wolverine Wellness, is launching a series of free art-making workshops for the Take Care AY 2024-25 focus. These workshops are an opportunity to create art, brush up on dance techniques, and other artistic forms. No prior experience is required. Led by local and regional artists, the workshops are open to the entire U-M and local community. All supplies necessary will be provided at the workshop.