Strapped for cash and facing a sizable amount of debt, Baltimore’s only community nonprofit devoted to the ceramic arts is looking to sell one or both of its historic properties and potentially leave its Mount Washington campus behind.
In a letter sent out on Sunday to community members, Baltimore Clayworks board president Kathy Holt announced the organization’s intentions to sell at least one of its Smith Avenue buildings.
Clayworks purchased its original studio building, formerly an Enoch Pratt Library branch, from the city in 1980. It houses 15 kilns, 13 artist studios, three large classroom studios, a semi-private studio space and two glaze rooms. The Saint Paul Companies donated Clayworks’ second building, located at 5707 Smith Avenue, in 1999. A former convent built in the late 19th century, it now holds the organization’s gallery, shops, and administrative offices, among other facilities.
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