On 16^th September Warwick Creative Exchange invited artists, cultural producers, and Coventry City Council officers to join academics from Warwick and Coventry on a series of walks through Coventry designed to ‘reimagine’ the city and the place of arts and culture within it. The ten walks took participants through Coventry’s varied cityscape of leafy suburbs, ancient buildings, brutal modernism and municipal parks, finally crossing the ringroad into the City Centre where we gathered at EGO performance space to reflect on our journeys. Along the way the walkers visited museums, theatres and local landmarks as well as stopping to talk to local people about the city.

The project was supported by Warwick’s Humanities Research Fund and the Institute of Advanced Study, with the aim of engaging Warwick researchers in the development of a new vision for the city’s arts and culture. The event was facilitated by Warwick Creative Exchange, Coventry Artspace and Warwick Arts Centre. To find out more, please visit the Centre’s blog or the Warwick Creative Exchange website.