![]() ![]() "Mother Mary Lange," "Bob Marley," and "Baltimore Pieta" by Wayman Scott IV at Baltimore Clayworks on January 14. I thought it was important to highlight.” “The tenacity and power and strength and grace and faith. ![]() It went all against the social norms,” he told BCM concerning Lange. “Somebody in the early 1800s in a slave state, founding in order of nuns, creating a school for young women of color so that they can learn. Both are images that Scott says aren’t emphasized often enough in the telling of American history. Scott has said that his work “highlights the story of the marginalized using Baltimore City as a tapestry,” and a previous Black pieta he created-on a much smaller scale-was featured in Catholic News Service last year.Ī smaller work in his new exhibit depicts Servant of God Mary Lange, a Baltimorean who founded the nation’s oldest order of Black Catholic nuns and oldest Black Catholic school, while a second depicts a young Frederick Douglass. 3gzNErA86c- Nate Tinner-Williams January 15, 2023 Black Catholic artist based here in Baltimore. Stunning "Baltimore Pieta" by Wayman Scott IV at the debut of a new exhibit including several of his works. “While both models have different experiences, they both support the movement for Black Lives,” Scott wrote. The striking piece is modeled on two Black individuals connected to both sides of the issue, including a victim of police harassment and a woman with two brothers who work in law enforcement. His sculptures include the “Baltimore Pietà,” a life-size piece inspired by incidents of police brutality in the United States, specifically the killing of unarmed African Americans. They are Scott’s contribution to the studio’s winter exhibitions, for which an opening reception on January 14. ![]() “ EARTH and LIFE,” a set of five works, will be on display at Baltimore Clayworks through March 25. The deadline for proposals to restore the Miller murals is May 27.A new temporary art exhibit in Maryland features a Black Catholic in Wayman Scott IV, a grief counselor who works part-time creating clay sculptures reflecting his faith and culture. According to BOPA spokesperson Tracy Baskerville, casino impact funds were used about two years ago to commission artists to create murals on Warner Street, near the casino. This is one of the first times that casino impact funds are being used for artwork in South Baltimore. The Horseshoe Casino on Russell Street has an agreement with the city to share a portion of its proceeds for projects that benefit south Baltimore, including Cherry Hill. The “Tom Miller Mural Restoration Project” is a collaboration of BOPA and the Baltimore Local Development Council, with financial support from Casino Local Impact Grant funds provided by the City of Baltimore. The shopping center is owned by Catholic Charities. The murals are part of the Baltimore Mural Program’s collection and were created under the direction of the Mayor’s Advisory Council on Arts & Culture. “Tom Miller was a prolific Baltimore artist…and we are thrilled to be able to honor his legacy by restoring his work back to its original glory.” “As a city with hundreds of murals, some dating back to the 1970s, there are most definitely several murals within our collection that our office would love to see restored,” said Maggie Villegas, BOPA’s Public Art Project Specialist. According to BOPA, both are in poor condition “due to the effects of age, environmental wear, and vandalism.” Since Miller isn’t alive to restore them, the agency wants others who can. The interior mural is nine feet wide and 27 feet high. The outdoor mural is painted on a two-story-high brick wall and faces the football field at Dr. He became known for a distinctive “Afro-Deco” style of painting and used his work to fight racial stereotypes of African-American communities in Baltimore. Miller, an African-American, painted them in 1987, which makes them nearly 30 years old. BOPA wants to restore two murals that Miller painted at the Cherry Hill Shopping Center in south Baltimore, one on the northeast façade and one in an interior stairwell.
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