Sacred Places at Baltimore Clayworks
Clayworks’ first Sacred Place, located in front of our studio building, was installed in the summer of 2011. The flagstone pathway, bluestone stairs, and native plantings provide an inviting portal to the Nurturing Nature Fountain Garden. Here visitors can access mosaic garden benches and the Nature Sacred bench and journal.
Now in 2024, we are restoring the fountain in this space and developing a second Sacred Place in front of our Gallery building. As we activate this new space with plantings, seating, and programming, we hope it will be heavily used and become a valued resource for the community.
How can you support the Sacred Places at Baltimore Clayworks
If you are interested in supporting Clayworks’ Sacred Places, you can make a donation here. We appreciate gifts of any size. If you would like to donate your time, ideas, or become actively involved please contact for more information.
Holly Jackson
Development Associate
Holly.jackson@baltimoreclayworks.org
410.578.1919, x218
Attention: Mosaic Artists - Request for Qualifications
Application Deadline: November 1, 2024
Baltimore Clayworks is accepting Requests for Qualifications (RFQ) from Maryland mosaic artists to design, create, and oversee the installation of an accessible outdoor mosaic seating area on Clayworks’ campus. The installation will be a distinct feature of the “Sacred Place” that Clayworks is currently developing in partnership with Nature Sacred.
Yoga in the Garden
BenchTalk Program
Sacred Place Fountain Restoration
This summer, Baltimore Clayworks is restoring the fountain in our Nurturing Nature Sacred Place. The garden’s central fountain, completed in 1997 by artist Maman Rikin with support from artists-in-residence, needs repair due to many years enduring MD’s harsh winter weather. Maman is graciously overseeing the fabrication and assembly of new tiles for the fountain with the help of Clayworks’ artists. In early June, 16 of our studio artists came out to support a maker session. They created pots that are now being mounted to 7 new tiles that will be used to replace damaged tile on our fountain. Please stay tuned to hear more updates on this project.
A New Sacred Place
Clayworks is creating a second Sacred Place outside our galleries. Landscape Design for new site coming soon.
We imagine a space that ignites curiosity, sparks conversation, and joins people, nature, and clay, from their ancestral roots to their hopeful future. It will be a place for grounding and reflection, an accessible and joyful garden in which all people in our community can feel they belong.
We hope this space will provide a welcoming spot in front of the BCW’s gallery where people passing by and those visiting BCW will have the chance to engage with nature. We foresee this space to be an area in which new arts programming can take place that will broaden BCW’s offerings and community engagement.
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