WGS Resident Artist, John Henderson, has been creating artwork that enriches the Baltimore area.
Holy Nativity/St. John’s Development Corporation received a competitive Neighborhood Initiative Competitive Grant from Baltimore City to install outdoor sculptures along Park Heights Avenue, in Baltimore City.
John Henderson has been creating public art as part of a beautification initiative targeting vacant lots and communities undergoing redevelopment.
The Project “Arts on the Avenue” is a place-based public art beautification initiative targeting vacant lots and communities undergoing redevelopment. Artists will design and paint Ndebele design motifs on transparent panels that will be inserted into a steel frame. Ndebele design originates from South Africa and is still practiced today. The Ndebele technique is primarily geometric using vibrant colors and symbols.
Each sculptural steel frame will contain a solar device that will provide illumination at sunset.
John Henderson
John Henderson, a studio artist at the WGS and resident of Maryland, is leading this project. John and fellow artist Sean Hennessey recently completed an outdoor obelisk titled “Inspire” through a BOPA/Lots Alive competitive grant from Baltimore City.