Sacred Places

Nurturing Nature Garden at Baltimore Clayworks

A clay fountain made collaboratively by the resident artists.

Wooden bench among garden plants and sunflowers beside a brick building at Baltimore Clayworks
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WHERE

Baltimore, MD

SETTING

Neighborhood

PARTNER INSTITUTION

Baltimore Clayworks

Visit

Where it is

5707 Smith Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209

What happens here

The outdoor community space is a place of respite and enjoyment for the Clayworks community and the surrounding Mt. Washington neighbourhood.

Nurturing Nature Garden at Baltimore Clayworks
Nurturing Nature Garden at Baltimore Clayworks

HOW IT CAME TO BE

The artists made the fountain themselves.

01

The Need

Baltimore Clayworks exists to develop, sustain, and promote an artist-centred community providing artistic, educational, and collaborative programs in ceramic arts.

02

The Vision

The Nurturing Nature Outdoor Community Space is described as an integral part of the campus rather than an amenity beside it, and the work in it was made by the people who work in the studios.

03

The Transformation

The space holds sky-reaching plants and flowers, ceramic sculptures, and a clay fountain created collaboratively by resident artists.

WHO TENDS IT

Matthew Hyleck
Matthew Hyleck

Firesoul, Nurturing Nature Garden at Baltimore Clayworks

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Holly Jackson
Holly Jackson

Firesoul, Nurturing Nature Garden at Baltimore Clayworks

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HEAR FROM THE VISITORS

The Little Yellow Journal

The Little Yellow Journal

Journal page with a hand-drawn Tree of Wisdom and handwritten advice at Nurturing Nature Garden
Journal page with a hand-drawn Tree of Wisdom and handwritten advice at Nurturing Nature Garden
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From the Little Yellow Journal

Tree Of Wisdom
Set healthy boundaries for yourself because no one else will!!!
Love yourself & be confident in who you are.. because no one else will!

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

Come sit. Write
something.

Come sit. Write
something.

Come sit. Write
something.