Students, staff, and the community are invited to join us for an artist walk through Colonel Samuel Smith Park, led by artist, educator, and Arboretum staff member Benjamin Verdicchio. Starting at the L Space gallery this is an informal walk meant to look at the park with an expanded and critical lens. Topics of art, architecture, landscaping, design, politics, social sciences, philosophy, and many more will be casually discussed in and amongst the parks' vast and varying landscape.
Please be advised that portions of this walk will involve natural terrain and some moderate hills.This event is hosted in partnership with the Humber Arboertum.
About Benjamin Verdicchio. Benjamin is currently an Environmental Education Assistant and Bilingual Nature Interpreter at the Humber Arboretum and Center for Urban Ecology. He has a BFA in Sculpture & Installation from OCAD University and a BA in Geography: Human Environment from Concordia University. Benjamin’s works in sculpture, installation, drawing, and performance investigate our various relationships to place and how cultures evolve to shape the present, frame the past, and project the future.