Collaborate in the Community
Visiting Artist Program
Baltimore Clayworks is passionately committed to and nationally recognized for providing access to hands-on art making activities year round to economically and socially marginalized citizens in the greater Baltimore community. We accomplish this goal by collaborating with organizations and community institutions who understand that their own values and objectives can be advanced by including arts participation in their programs. By hosting visiting artists, the Community Arts program at Clayworks is able to further this goal through intensive residencies which engage a community in an empowering art making experience. Grants from organizations such as the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation and Artvantage fund such projects and encourage the fulfillment of Community Arts’ goals in the community.
Through collaborations among Baltimore Clayworks, visiting artists, and local communities
- Marginalized communities in Baltimore receive authentic hands on art making experiences.
- Visiting artists advance their careers by taking on leadership roles and playing a major creative roll in the project
- The studio environment at Baltimore Clayworks is enhanced with a fresh perspective and exchange of ideas
- Communities benefit from working with a master artist who is committed to collaboration and nurturing creativity
- Public art becomes a permanent mark of the residency, the community, Baltimore Clayworks, and the collaboration between the three