Walking as Practice: A Six-Week Generative Writing Workshop – Thursdays (Online)

​Title
Walking as Practice: A six-week generative writing workshop exploring walking as a way of making new work.

​Instructor
Alex Wolfe

Duration
6 weeks

Location
Online

Schedule
Thursdays, 7:00–9:30pm ET
March 26 — April 30, 2026

Price
$400

Scholarships Available
Two reduced-tuition spots ($250) are available for students from underrepresented backgrounds and for those for whom the cost of the class is a barrier. Scholarships will be awarded to applicants who share why the class feels meaningful to them and how it connects to their creative path. Applications are open through March 19.

​Description
In this six-week generative writing workshop, we’ll explore walking as a way of making new work. Through discussion, short readings, and generative prompts, we’ll consider how movement shapes attention and how those observations can be developed into writing on and off the page.

This workshop emphasizes generative writing rather than formal critique. Participants will be encouraged to walk between sessions to gather source material and return with notes, observations, and drafts to build from.

​Each session includes:

• A brief introduction and group discussion
• Focused in-class writing time with prompts
• Space for sharing and reflection

​Drawing on writers and artists who incorporate walking into their practice, we’ll touch on questions of memory, mapping, documentation, archiving, performance, and attention. We’ll take inspiration from short readings by writers and artists including Matsuo Bashō, Virginia Woolf, W.G. Sebald, Teju Cole, Esther Kinsky, Adrian Piper, Francis Alÿs, Yuji Agematsu, Werner Herzog, and Gaston Bachelard, among others.

​Writing in this workshop functions both as an expressive practice in its own right and as a foundation that can translate into work across other media.

​Writers and artists of all levels who are curious about the relationship between movement, observation, and writing are welcome.

​By the end of the workshop, students will leave with:

• A body of new writing
• Sharper observational tools
• Practical strategies for gathering and shaping material
• A renewed awareness of how movement and environment can inform creative work
• A flexible framework for using walking to research and generate writing

​About the Instructor
Alex Wolfe is a writer and artist based in Brooklyn, NY. His work explores the relationships between movement, memory, and the built environment through writing, walking, and photography.

​He is the founder and former editor of Pedestrian, a magazine dedicated to people who like to walk and move. His long-distance walks include Brooklyn to Philadelphia, across Los Angeles, the length of Long Island, and a 400-mile, 30-day walk across ten East Coast cities.

​His writing has appeared in The New York Times, and his work is held in the collections of the New York Public Library and the Joan Flasch Artists’ Book Collection. His projects have been featured in BOMB, Grist, Untapped Journal, and on NPR. He has led workshops and walks for organizations including Princeton University, the Swiss Institute, the Municipal Art Society of New York, and Parsons School of Design. He is currently at work on his debut novel, Repeater.