MARYLAND CELEBRATES "CLAY DAY"

Baltimore, MD - All things clay will be celebrated by Marylanders on Thursday Saturday March 3, 4, 5th, as Governor Robert Ehrlich names that day, Clay Day. As part of Tour de Clay, Clay Day is designed to encourage Marylanders to learn about clay by visiting the hundreds of exhibits throughout Maryland.

Exhibitions will be holding special openings and reception in celebration of Clay Day. Thursday March 3rd in Mt. Vernon and Friday March 4th in Fells Point.

Specifically on Friday, March 4th, students at schools throughout Baltimore will participate in clay activities with artists at all levels from beginners to gifted sculptors. BACVA will host clay demonstrations and clay representatives will hand out balls of clay at various businesses and shopping centers as well as tourist attractions throughout Baltimore encouraging Baltimoreans to explore the possibilities of clay.

What: Maryland "Clay Day"
When: Friday, March 4, 2005
Where: Locations across Baltimore
Additional Information: 410-578-1919 www.tourdeclay.com

Clay Days 2005

MARCH 4th, 2005

ART ACITIVITIES:

• ALL DAY March 4th @ Mondawmin Studio (Baltimore Clayworks satellite location) in West Baltimore
  All day clay activities including Americorps volunteers working in mosaics to complete the neighborhood sign for Parkway;Seniors from local senior centers working from 10:30 – 2:30 on clay projects and mosaic tiles; and students from Connexions and Robert Coleman Elementary in afternoon and after-school clay activities.
• Keswick Multicare – Clay day workshop with seniors from 10 – 11:30 pm
• Artist Demos @ BACVA Visitors Center from 11 – 1 pm
• Artist Demos and Hands on Clay Station @ Baltimore Clayworks 3 – 5 pm
• McDonough school – multicultural day and art reception – 7 pm
  A group of McDonogh lower, middle and upper school students, led by Middle School art teacher Denise Wolf and nationally known artist Gilda Oliver, will work in teams to create clay coil pots depicting the diversity of McDonogh School community as well as the diversity of academic, athletic, artistic and leadership programs offered at the school. McDonogh School’s Clay Day activity is part of the School’s weeklong multi-cultural celebration, which culminates with an hour-and-a-half performance at
  7 p.m. that evening.

CLAY BALL GIVE AWAYS:

• Bank of America Headquarters Lobby, 100 South Charles Street – 7:30 – 9 am
• Office Building, St. Paul Traveler’s, @ 111 Schilling Circle, Hunt Valley from 11:30- 12:45 pm
• BACVA Visitor’s Center @ Inner Harbor from 11-1 pm
• Baltimore Clayworks in Mt. Washington @ 5706 Smith Avenue ALL DAY
• The Evergreen @ Cold Spring – 9am – 10am

ARTIST LED ONE DAY PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS:

• Baltimore City
  • Gwynn Falls Elementary
    2700 Gwynn Falls Parkway
    Baltimore, MD 21216
    10—12 noon; Shallie Murphy, community artist/teacher
  • Medfield Elementary
    4300 Buchanan Avenue, Baltimore MD 21211
    410 — 396 — 6460
    9:40 —11:15 am —  Kindergartners and 1st graders — Samuel Wallace, Jamaican artist teacher
  • Barclay Elementary School
    2900 Barclay Street , Baltimore MD 21218
    1:40-2:30 – 5th Graders – Alice Yutzy, sculputor and ceramic artist
• Baltimore County
  • Shoshana S.Cardin Jewish High School
    7310 Park Heights Ave
    Pikesville, MD 21208
    12 – 3 pm – Samuel Wallace, Jamaican artist, working with 9th and 10th grade students on tile project
  • Riderwood Elementary
    1711 Landrake Road
    Baltimore, MD 21204
    1-3 pm - 4th and 5th graders 1 – 3 pm --Mary Cloonan, artist/teacher
  • McDonogh School
    8600 McDonogh Rd.
    Owings Mills, MD 21117-0380
    9:15 – 11:30 pm –Select students from throughout the school– Gilda Oliver, artist/teacher

Opening Receptions on March 3rd and March 4th – Clay Days

• March 3rd - First Thursdays in the Mt. Vernon Cultural District (Opening reception)
• Thursday, March 3 from 5 – 8pm — venues in the Mt. Vernon Cultural District will hold opening receptions for their exhibitions
• March 4, 2005 — First Fridays in the Fells Point Neighborhood (Opening receptions)
• Friday, March 4 – venues in the Fells Point neighborhood will hold opening receptions for their exhibitions

Opening reception - Emanations: Works from The Clay Art Center

• March 4th - 5-7pm
  Gallery: Cecil County Arts Council
  135 E. Main Street
  Elkton, MD 21921