Mondawmin (current)
2013: Five life-size elephant sculptures to slow down traffic and beautify an intersection.
Our biggest project to date!
One of the exciting results of our creative placemaking workshop with the Mondawmin community, it is their creative solution to a busy, ugly and dangerous intersection in their community.
PNC Bank provided the initial funding for the elephants, which were constructed by local artist, Barbara Thompson–whose studio is within the community–with assistance from local painters and crafts p
eople.
The elephants are stunning. One side is painted–each by a different local artist–and the other side has designs created from recycled materials (bike parts, hub caps, fly wheels, etc). At the bases are mosaic triangles created by Mondawmin residents, Westside Elementary School students, and other community members in year-long workshops we conducted at Rawlings Conservatory.
Broad-based community support for the elephants—including adoptions by The Maryland Zoo, Antwerpen Motors, an anonymous donor, as well as in-kind gifts from National Lumber, P. Flanigan & Sons, and Sherwin Williams—illustrate the extraordinary things we can accomplish in Baltimore through collaboration!
The great news is that we have finally received approval for their installation inside Druid Hill Park on Auchentoroly Terrace between the intersections of Gwynns Falls Parkway (The Intersection!) and Liberty Heights.
An additional $5,000 towards the installation is still needed. We’re hoping for a mid-December installation. [Won’t you be please contribute to this fabulous project?] Thank you!
Our partners and collaborators on this project:
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