What Is Legacy Made Of? Found Objects and Material Culture in the Sculptures of Valerie Maynard – VIA Baltimore Museum of Art

Multidisciplinary artist, archivist, and culture worker MacKenzie River Foy served as Valerie J. Maynard Legacy Intern in 2023–24, in the inaugural cohort of the collaborative internship program created by the Valerie J. Maynard Foundation and the Baltimore Museum of Art. The internship honors artist Valerie J. Maynard (1937–2022; pictured above), a pioneering member of the Black Arts Movement and beloved icon of the Baltimore arts community, whose multidecade practice engaged with the complexity of Black identity and experience.

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