Gareth Fuller: "Walking the Streets of Washington, DC to Create a Unique Map of Place"

Location: In person at The George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum, 701 21st Street, NW, Washington, DC

Agenda:

3:00 - 4:00 pm ET: Lecture by Gareth Fuller on Walking the Streets of Washington, DC to Create a Unique Map of Place

4:00 - 5:00 pm ET: Kasey M. Sease presents Guided Tour of Artifacts from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection

5:00 - 6:00 pm ET: WMS Social Gathering at Tonic Restuarant (see separate event listing for details and registration)

Title: Walking the Streets of Washington, DC to Create a Unique Map of Place (3:00 - 4:00 pm ET)

Speaker: Gareth Fuller, artist and explorer, London, England

Summary: Gareth walks hundreds of miles to create vast, hand-drawn portraits of place. From London and Beijing to Pyongyang and Washington, D.C., his work reveals stories and identities of landscapes, capturing their personal, geographical, and social essence in what he calls ‘maps of the mind. In this presentation he will tell us the story of creating the artwork for his recent map of Washington, DC.

Title: Guided Tour of Artifacts from the Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection (4:00 - 5:00 pm ET)

Speaker: Kasey M. Sease, Curator, Albert H. Small Washingtoniana Collection, The George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum

Summary: This will be a lightly guided tour featuring a small selection of maps from the Albert Small collection, which will be presented by Kasey Sease.

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