07-16-2023 Baltimore's Best - Flipbook - Page 16
16 The Baltimore Sun | Sunday, July 16, 2023
BALTIMORE SUN’S BEST READERS’ CHOICE 2023 ACTIVITIES & ARTS
BEST GALLERY
BEST MUSEUM
BEST TOURIST ATTRACTION
BEST WEDDING VENUE
The American Visionary Art Museum
of Baltimore. DAN MEYERS
AMERICAN VISIONARY
ART MUSEUM
800 Key Hwy., Baltimore. 410-244-1900. avam.org
Jenenne Whitfield has dubbed American
Visionary Art Museum as “the people’s museum.”
The people seem to agree. AVAM has been
selected over the years as Baltimore’s Best
Museum so many times that the category probably ought to be retired.
“AVAM disrupts the typical museum experience,” said Whitfield, who in September became
the second director in the museum’s 28-year
history. She succeeded AVAM founder, Rebecca
Albin Hoffberger, who retired in April 2022.
“At AVAM, our visitors can get up close and
personal with the art,” Whitfield said. “They see
how someone can take an everyday useful item
like aluminum foil and fashion it into an amazing
creative statement.”
AVAM is debuting at least two exhibits in next
three months. On July 2, the museum opened
“The Secrets Within,” a small solo exhibit of the
fiber art of the late Judith Scott. The Ohio-born
artist had Down’s Syndrome, was deaf and was
nearly mute. That didn’t prevent her from exhibiting internationally.
Then, on Oct. 7, AVAM will open its next yearlong themed exhibit, “If You Build It, They Will
Come.” The exhibit takes its title from “Field of
Dreams,” the 1989 baseball film starring Kevin
Costner.
“What many people don’t know is that the
works in our collection come from preexisting
art environments,” Whitfield said.
“We’re going to take objects by five or six
artists and show the environment in which they
were created, whether that was in their backyard
or inside an institution.”
For the first time, “If You Build It” is being
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GALLERY
AMERICAN VISIONARY
ART MUSEUM
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Honorable mentions:
Walters Art Museum
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curated not by an individual but by AVAM’s staff,
and is based entirely on objects already in the
museum’s collection.
“I am committed to continuing the beautiful work that Rebecca has done,” Whitfield said.
“People always tell me that I have big shoes to fill.
“And, I do. But I’m going to step into them and
keep walking.”
— Mary Carole McCauley
The Pride of Baltimore
II goes through prerace maneuvers before
the start of the Great
Chesapeake Bay Schooner
Race. Chesapeake Bay
Association Inc. was voted
Best Charity/nonprofit.
PAUL W. GILLESPIE/
CAPITAL GAZETTE
CHARITY/NONPROFIT
CHESAPEAKE BAY
ASSOCIATION INC.
GOLF COURSE
Honorable mentions:
The Baltimore Animal Rescue and
Care Shelter (BARCS)
Dede’s Gift Inc.
Maryland Family Network
Honorable mentions:
Eagle’s Nest Country Club
Maryland Golf & Country Clubs
Fox Hollow Golf Course
BULLE ROCK GOLF COURSE
MUSEUM
TOWSON UNIVERSITY
AMERICAN VISIONARY
ART MUSEUM
Honorable mentions:
Harford Community College
University of Maryland, College Park
Loyola University Maryland
Honorable mentions:
Baltimore Museum of Art
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore Museum of Industry
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY
Notre Dame Preparatory School
The John Carroll School
PARK
PATTERSON PARK
Honorable mentions:
Annie’s Playground
Oregon Ridge Park and Nature
Center
Angel Park
PUBLIC SCHOOL
BALTIMORE SCHOOL FOR
THE ARTS
LOYOLA BLAKEFIELD
Honorable mentions:
Harford Technical High School
Baltimore City College
West Towson Elementary School
Honorable mentions:
Calvert Hall College High School
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