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Your guide will be: Ursula Ziegler

I was born and raised in Villingen, a town in the Black Forest in the south west of Germany.
In 1993 I moved to Scotland with life unfolding in the outdoors and in the arts. I arrived here in the USA
in 2006, where I have had the great opportunity not only to study at Boston's School of the Museum of Fine Art, but as well to enjoy travel and the outdoors by hiking, kayaking, and camping.

Artist Biography:

Current
M.F.A. candidate School of the Museum of Fine Arts

Past (Selection)
•     Earthworks of the American West: Travel Seminar, School of the Museum of Fine Arts.  
      Travel Projects:     #1 Ashland/Montana, Performance,
                                  #2 Que Mado/New Mexico. Performance Sculpture.
•    Visiting Artist at The Ruskin School of Fine Art/Oxford UK:
         Time Tip, Cornmarket Street/Oxford, Performance Sculpture.    
•    coming-continuation-process-going, Carsaig, Isle of Mull, Scotland, Performance.
•    Residency at An Tobar Arts Center/Highland Renewal/Isle of Mull/Scotland.
         Invigilating The Land’, Tireragan, Isle of Mull, Performance Act:
•    Act of Passing, Glasgow, Performance Act.

Education
B.A. Glasgow School of Art
M.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts

Summary
Solid experience in Arts, Outdoor Activities and Education. Artist Practice aims at emphasis in creating awareness for our everyday environment. Interest in how arts and outdoors can complement each other and help us establish values. International freelance art practice includes public performance projects in rural and urban environments: Isle of Mull, Glasgow, Oxford/UK, Boston, Montana, New Mexico/USA. Work
represented in Group and Solo shows.
Participation in international conferences ‘Reconsidering The Spiritual in Art’, and ‘Contemplations on the Spiritual’/Glasgow. Invited for  artist residencies with TinCAN/Scotland, and An Tobar Arts Center/Highland Renewal/Scotland. Stone-carving practice including numerous private commissions in Germany and UK.
Awards received: SMFA Graduate Travel Grant, SMFA Scholarship, Torran Group Travel Sponsorship/USA, Princes Scottish Youth Business Trust Grant, and Argyll & Islands Enterprise Grant.

Guided City Hikes > Support > Institutions, Organizations, and Individuals:

Thank you to the following individuals, institutions, organizations for making Guided City Hikes possible:

School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
Tufts University
Tufts University Art Gallery, Amy Schlegel, Doug Bell, Jeanny Koles, Kristen Heintz-Perkins

Sponsorship, involvement and hands-on-help gratefully received from:
Torrangroup, Steve Herbert
LEKI USA, Lindy Spiezer
Hull Lifesaving Museum, Ed McCabe
MIT Sailing, Francis Charles
DCR Boston, Hatch Memorial Shell, Angelo Tilus
Office for the Arts at Harvard, Memorial Hall, Raymond Traietti
Tufts University Ground Maintenance, John Vik
Frogpond Studios, Steve Herbert, Sound and Photography
An anonymous Boston fur and fashion establishment
Sabrina Reed, Performance Participation
Andrew Barco, Performance Participation
ArtForce! - Cambridge Public Art Lab/CAC Gallery
Neil Horsky, Driving and Artwork Transportation


And to all fellow students and colleagues at SMFA who have given time and help to this project !!

For advice and support:
Faculty at SMFA: Bonnie Donohue, Mary Ellen Strom, Tony Schwensen
Faculty at Tufts: Monica McTighe
SMFA - Institute for Art and Civic Engagement, Andrew Barco
MIT Sailing, Greg Dolan
Community Boating Boston, Charlie Zeckel
Appalachian Mountain Club, Highland Center, Tim Bray
Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of MA, Inc.



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(To be completed as Project develops)

For Financial Support/Sponsorship: