{"id":1616,"date":"2022-05-10T10:33:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T09:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/aalert\/?p=1616"},"modified":"2022-05-12T07:54:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T06:54:31","slug":"online-talk-about-art-practice-featuring-artist-henna-asikainen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/aalert\/online-talk-about-art-practice-featuring-artist-henna-asikainen\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk and Creativity &#8211; two day event about art practice with a number of very interesting contributions including artist Henna Asikainen"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"entry-title\">#WalkCreate Gathering<\/h1>\n<p>Two day event about art practice with a number of very interesting contributions including artist Henna Asikainen<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1617\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/aalert\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/05\/WALK-ART-poster-small-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1100\" height=\"1100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/aalert\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/05\/WALK-ART-poster-small-edited.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/aalert\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/05\/WALK-ART-poster-small-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/aalert\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/05\/WALK-ART-poster-small-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/aalert\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/05\/WALK-ART-poster-small-edited-628x628.jpg 628w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/aalert\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/2022\/05\/WALK-ART-poster-small-edited-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>#WalkCreate Gathering<\/strong> is the final event of the research project, \u201cWalking Publics\/Walking Arts: walking, wellbeing and community during Covid-19\u201d. 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