Sacred Places
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
A replica of the Chartres labyrinth, with an artist's circle opposite.
WHERE
Annapolis, MD
SETTING
Neighborhood
PARTNER INSTITUTION
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
Visit
Where it is
801 Chase Street, Annapolis, MD 21401
What happens here
Artists and arts classes use the Artist's Circle regularly, alongside visitors who come to reflect, meditate, and enjoy the outdoors. Much of the Maryland Hall community — students, teachers, parents, neighbours — uses the labyrinth, bench, and circle year round. The space is within walking distance of the Bates Middle School community, the Spa Creek Trail, and greater Annapolis.
HOW IT CAME TO BE
Chartres, in Annapolis.
01
The Need
Founder's Green needed a centrepiece that would serve both the arts community and the wider neighbourhood.
02
The Vision
The labyrinth would be a replica of the one inlaid in the floor of Notre Dame de Chartres Cathedral outside Paris, and the Artist's Circle would sit directly opposite it, giving working artists their own ground within the same space.
03
The Transformation
The labyrinth was constructed in 2002 as the centrepiece of Founder's Green, with the circular Artist's Circle on the opposite side, a majestic elm tree, and benches for reflection.
WHO TENDS IT
Austin Sposato
Firesoul, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
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Kaitlyn Roemer
Firesoul, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
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