Baltimore American Indian Center

The Baltimore American Indian Center, Inc. (BAIC) is a center for American Indians that is located in Upper Fell's Point, Baltimore, Maryland. The center was founded in 1968 as the "American Indian Study Center" to serve the growing Native American community in Baltimore. In 2011, the Center reestablished its museum for American Indian heritage.[1]

Baltimore American Indian Center, Inc.
Founded1968
TypeNative American community center
Location
Area served
Baltimore
Key people
Linda Cox (Chair), Juan Boston (Vice Chair)
Websitebaltimoreamericanindiancenter.org

The center hosts the Native American After School Art Program, founded by community artist and Lumbee Tribal member Ashley Minner in 2007.[2]

In 2015, local artist Dean Tonto Cox, grandson of one of the founders of the Baltimore American Indian Center, Elizabeth Locklear, repainted an outside mural of the center.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "American Indian Center to debut new museum". Dundalk Eagle. Archived from the original on 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
  2. ^ "Native American After School Art Program". animatingdemocracy.org/. Retrieved 2015-12-09.
  3. ^ "Fresh Paint on the Baltimore American Indian Center". BMore Art. November 26, 2015.
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Walkway through the garden, along the side of the Baltimore American Indian Center, to its main entrance