Location: George St Parking Lot [3] (where George St turns into Blair Rd) at the head of the Grand Trunk/Walter Bean Grand River Trail. 

Bring your camera and set out on this informal hike in search of snakes. Barbara Hobot (a non-expert snake-enthusiast) will lead you through the trails of the rare reserve, as you quietly snoop for chance spottings of slithery reptiles. Novice snake identification will be attempted using guidebooks. The photos of your findings may end up in the gallery space at Queen’s Square as a trace of this shared experience. 

This public activation is part of the Of Containers and Firestarts [4] exhibition. 

Barbara Hobot is a Kitchener-based artist. Her sculptures and drawings have recently been shown at the University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, and Cambridge Art Galleries, with upcoming shows at Forest City Gallery (London) and McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton). Her community-based and collaborative artwork has been featured at CAFKA, the Art Gallery of Windsor, and as the Artist-in-Residence for the City of Waterloo. Her work is represented by Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto.