Exhibition Guide

A person stands on a wooden dock wearing a colorful dress with a waterfront and industrial buildings in the background.

Dr. Lisa A. Cooper Standing On The Baltimore Waterfront Promenade At The Patapsco River. LaToya Ruby Frazier: More Than Conquerors: A Monument for Community Health Workers of Baltimore, Maryland 2021-2022 (Detail). 2022. The Baltimore Museum of Art: Gift of Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland, BMA 2023.114

A person stands on a wooden dock wearing a colorful dress with a waterfront and industrial buildings in the background.

Dr. Lisa A. Cooper

  • Audio

    Listen to excerpts of the testimony featured alongside Dr. Lisa A. Cooper's portrait, providing an opportunity to hear about their life and experiences as a community health advocate.

    Selections from Dr. Lisa A. Cooper's Testimony

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  • Video

    Tackling Ethnic Health Disparities: Lisa Cooper at TEDxBaltimore 2014

Additional Images

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor Dr. Lisa Cooper of the Division of General Internal Medicine and Department of Medicine at the School of Medicine, the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, and the School of Nursing. Image courtesy of Dr. Lisa Cooper.

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Art Object Info

Medium:
18 stainless steel IV poles; 66 inkjet prints, pigment-based
Date:
2022

Visual Description:

This visual description uses language that reflects how the community health advocate described themselves during discussions with BMA staff.

A middle-aged woman with short brown hair and medium brown skin stands confidently with her hands on her hips. She is outdoors in front of the harbor, standing on the wooden boardwalk at the Baltimore Waterfront Promenade, on the edge of the Patapsco River. She wears a floor-length yellow dress with an African-inspired red abstract floral pattern and smiles at the camera. In the distance, there are industrial buildings with smokestacks, a pier, and large cranes.

Gift of Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland BMA 2023.114 

Dr. Lisa A. Cooper

LaToya Ruby Frazier
(, 1982-)
Date:
2022
Medium:
18 stainless steel IV poles; 66 inkjet prints, pigment-based

Visual Description:

This visual description uses language that reflects how the community health advocate described themselves during discussions with BMA staff.

A middle-aged woman with short brown hair and medium brown skin stands confidently with her hands on her hips. She is outdoors in front of the harbor, standing on the wooden boardwalk at the Baltimore Waterfront Promenade, on the edge of the Patapsco River. She wears a floor-length yellow dress with an African-inspired red abstract floral pattern and smiles at the camera. In the distance, there are industrial buildings with smokestacks, a pier, and large cranes.

Gift of Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland BMA 2023.114