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American Visionary Art Museum Sculpture Garden

Carved stone heads, each one spouting water.

Curved bench among sculptures, a fountain and yellow giraffe at American Visionary Art Museum
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WHERE

Baltimore, MD

SETTING

Neighborhood

PARTNER INSTITUTION

American Visionary Art Museum

Visit

Where it is

800 Key Highway, Baltimore, MD 21230

What happens here

The garden serves as both meditation and sculpture garden, standing at the heart of a 1.1-acre urban wonderland campus that welcomes locals of all ages alongside museum visitors from around the globe.

American Visionary Art Museum Sculpture Garden
American Visionary Art Museum Sculpture Garden

HOW IT CAME TO BE

Designated by Congress.

01

The Need

AVAM was designated by the US Congress as a national museum wholly devoted to exploring creative intuition, and its campus needed a garden that matched that.

02

The Vision

Nature Sacred partnered with AVAM to include a cascading and illuminated water fountain wall as the garden's centrepiece.

03

The Transformation

The fountain wall carries multiple humorous carved stone heads, each spouting water, created by visionary elder artist Ted Ludwiczak.

WHO TENDS IT

Gage Branda
Gage Branda

Firesoul, American Visionary Art Museum Sculpture Garden

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Gage Branda
Gage Branda

Firesoul, American Visionary Art Museum Sculpture Garden

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Valerie Williams
Valerie Williams

Firesoul, American Visionary Art Museum Sculpture Garden

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Valerie Williams
Valerie Williams

Firesoul, American Visionary Art Museum Sculpture Garden

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Illustration of a wooden bench in front of a green leafy tree

Come sit. Write
something.

Come sit. Write
something.

Come sit. Write
something.