Afternoon Walking Tour: Ground/work 2025

Join us for a walking tour of the outdoor sculpture exhibition, with each artist stationed beside their work to present a ten to fifteen-minute talk with exhibition curator Glenn Adamson. Ground/work 2025 artists include Yō Akiyama (Japan), Laura Ellen Bacon (UK), Aboubakar Fofana (Mali), Hugh Hayden (USA), Milena Naef (Switzerland), and Javier Senosiain (Mexico). The exhibition explores global interpretations of craft—the ways artists transform their surroundings through materials and techniques. There will be a fifteen-minute window (with two exceptions) between each talk, providing time to walk between sites.
Schedule
2:00 pm: Introduction at the Senosiain sculpture
2:05–2:20 pm: Artist conversation between the curator and Javier Senosiain
2:35–2:50 pm: Artist conversation between the curator and Aboubakar Fofana
3:05–3:20 pm: Artist conversation between the curator and Laura Ellen Bacon
3:35–3:50 pm: Artist conversation between the curator and Milena Naef
4:00–4:15 pm: Artist conversation between the curator and Hugh Hayden
4:20–4:35 pm: Artist conversation between the curator and Yō Akiyama
4:35–4:45 pm: Closing remarks

Please note: tour attendees must be able to walk our trails, which cover varied terrain. Due to limited cart availability, the Clark is not able to make special accessibility accommodations for this event. However, if you are unable to participate in the walking tour, we encourage you to watch the video tour of Ground/work 2025, which will be made available this summer.
Free. Meet at Schow Pond, the site of Javier Senosiain's sculpture. In the case of inclement weather, the artists will offer a panel discussion with exhibition curator Glenn Adamson in the Manton Research Center auditorium.