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Community Based Public Art 
*Scroll down to see projects

Aurora Borealis, Mosaic Wall Project, Baltimore Maryland, 2014

​Aprox 2,300 sq ft glass, mirror, recycled bottle mosaic created with incarcerated youth in the Maryland Dept. of Juvenile Services


Jan Gleason Memorial, Seattle, WASHINGTON, 2012

Environmental Works, Coyote Central and Fire Station #7
Created with youth, 13-18 years old, in honor of Jan Gleason, an acclaimed Seattle based architect who spent her life career dedicated to working for the community. She considered herself a "social worker in 3-dimentions"

American Visionary Art Museum Mosaic Wall Project, Baltimore, MD, 2007

1,920 sq ft mirror and glass mosaic created with youth in the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services, students from a local high school and college interns.

Read and listen more about the project HERE

American Visionary Art Museum Mosaic Wall Project documentary

Mini documentary about the young men in MDJS who worked on the mosaic wall

We Live Together Day and Night, Baltimore, MD, 2004

8' x 4' glass tile mosaic
Created with youth 6-15 years of age.

Circle of Friends, Patterson Park Public Charter School, Baltimore, MD, 2006

5’ x 5’ ceramic mosaic mural made with 3rd graders
Installed at the entrance of the school.

Underwater Magic, 2005

7' x 4'  glass tile mosaic with ceramic “pop-outs”
Created with youth, 10-16 years of age.
Installed on the Patterson Park Pool House, Baltimore, MD

CommUNITY, Baltimore, MD, 2006

45’ x 3.5’ glass tile mosaic with ceramic “pop-outs”.
Created with youth, 10-16 years old

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  • Home
  • About
    • About Mari
    • Contact
  • Community- Based Art
    • International >
      • Swaziland >
        • Tibi Tendlu
        • Unheard Voices
        • Orphanage
      • Botswana >
        • Viewfinder Project
      • Brazil
    • Community Based Public Art
    • Sculpture
    • Room Transformations
    • Installations >
      • African Refugee Youth: A Self Portrait
      • Unheard Voices (Timbutini)
    • Video >
      • Documentary
      • Public Service Announcements
  • Public Art
    • American Embassy, Swaziland, Southern Africa
    • American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland >
      • Aurora Borealis
      • Sunset and Daybreak Wing
      • Day to Fade
    • Baltimore Convention Center Hilton Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Glazer Children's Museum, Tampa, Florida
    • OHL Orthodontists, Dover, Delaware
  • Fine Art
    • Sculpture >
      • Redemptive Meditation
      • Portrait of a City Series
      • Nana I Ke Kumu Series
      • On Man and Nature Series
      • African Refugee Youth: A Self Portrait
    • Photography >
      • Dignified Faces
      • Tibi Tendlu
      • Unbreakable
    • Installation >
      • Samsara
      • Nana I Ke Kumu (Look to the Source)
      • Hut
      • Teen Dreams
    • Decorative Works
  • Video
    • Documentary
    • Small Jobs