Annapolis in Anne Arundel County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Sally Wern Comport's "Shaping a City"
Annapolis Charter 300 1708-2008
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 10, 2018
1. Sally Wern Comport's "Shaping a City" Marker
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Sally Wern Comport's "Shaping a City". Annapolis Charter 300 1708-2008. Sally Wern Comport's two dimensional artwork "Shaping a City" on the Newman Park fence celebrates the foundation of our city: the working class, its farmers, its watermen, factory workers, carpenters, other highly skilled tradesmen, and suppliers of goods and services who helped build Annapolis and the Naval Academy and fostered the city's vital role in our country's development. City planners and the developers provided incentives or all of the working classes to own property, ultimately providing homes and emancipation to many African American citizens. Take a short walk across the street to the seasonal farmers market or over to bridge to Eastport, a neighborhood rich in maritime history. Visit the boatyards, the Maritime Museum, the Barge House and a vibrant community still retaining its own special identity., Partially Funded by a Grant from the , Art in Public Places Commission, [Aside:] , Sally Wern Comport's dynamic art has been commissioned by some of the most recognized publishing, advertising, institutional and private clients around the globe. She established Art at Large Inc. to produce large scale original works for interior and exterior wall spaces. In addition, Comport is the curator for the current ARTWALK public art exhibits. Her illustration portfolio is represented worldwide by Shannon Associates Inc. Prints and original artworks are available at The Annapolis Collection, 49 West St. , www.sallywerencomport.com , www.artatlargeinc.com, ArtWalk , City-wide Annapolis Public Art Exhibition locations: , 1 Harbormaster City Dock , 2 USNA Craig St. Gate , 3 Newman Park , 4 Donlan's Parking Lot , 5 Attman Glazer Building , 6 Severn Bank Building
Sally Wern Comport's two dimensional artwork "Shaping a City" on the Newman Park fence celebrates the foundation of our city: the working class, its farmers, its watermen, factory workers, carpenters, other highly skilled tradesmen, and suppliers of goods and services who helped build Annapolis and the Naval Academy and fostered the city's vital role in our country's development. City planners and the developers provided incentives or all of the working classes to own property, ultimately providing homes and emancipation to many African American citizens. Take a short walk across the street to the seasonal farmers market or over to bridge to Eastport, a neighborhood rich in maritime history. Visit the boatyards, the Maritime Museum, the Barge House and a vibrant community still retaining its own special identity.
Partially Funded by a Grant from the Art in Public Places Commission
[Aside:]
Sally Wern Comport's dynamic art has been commissioned by some of the most recognized publishing, advertising, institutional and private clients around the globe. She established Art at Large Inc. to produce large scale original
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works for interior and exterior wall spaces. In addition, Comport is the curator for the current ARTWALK public art exhibits. Her illustration portfolio is represented worldwide by Shannon Associates Inc. Prints and original artworks are available at The Annapolis Collection, 49 West St.
www.sallywerencomport.com
www.artatlargeinc.com
ArtWalk
City-wide Annapolis Public Art Exhibition locations:
1 Harbormaster City Dock
2 USNA Craig St. Gate
3 Newman Park
4 Donlan's Parking Lot
5 Attman Glazer Building
6 Severn Bank Building
Erected 2007 by the City of Annapolis. (Marker Number 3.)
Location. 38° 58.574′ N, 76° 29.205′ W. Marker is in Annapolis, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. It is on Compromise Street north of Newman Street, on the left when traveling north. On the grounds of Newman Street Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Newman Street, Annapolis MD 21401, United States of America.
Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), March 10, 2018
Regionally, this marker is in Central Maryland. It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic, in the Chesapeake Bay Region, and on the Eastern Seaboard. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on March 17, 2019. It was originally submitted on March 11, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 317 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on March 11, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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