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Exhibition Guide

Helen Owhonda Standing In Hanlon Park. 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

Helen Owhonda

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    Listen to excerpts of the testimony featured alongside Helen Owhonda's portrait, providing an opportunity to hear about their life and experiences as a community health worker. This story addresses domestic violence. Please listen with care.  

    Selections from Helen Owhonda's Testimony

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Art Object Info

Visual Description:

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

An African American woman wearing a sleeveless, camouflage-patterned dress and white sneakers looks toward the camera. She  stands outdoors in Hanlon Park, Baltimore, next to a tall, rusted metal fence. Her left foot is propped on a broken concrete ledge at the base of the fence. Greenery and a large body of water are visible through the fence in the background.

Medium:
18 stainless steel IV poles; 66 inkjet prints, pigment-based
Size:
Date:
2022
Gift of Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland BMA 2023.114 

Art Object Info

Visual Description:

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

An African American woman wearing a sleeveless, camouflage-patterned dress and white sneakers looks toward the camera. She  stands outdoors in Hanlon Park, Baltimore, next to a tall, rusted metal fence. Her left foot is propped on a broken concrete ledge at the base of the fence. Greenery and a large body of water are visible through the fence in the background.

Medium:
18 stainless steel IV poles; 66 inkjet prints, pigment-based
Size:
Date:
2022
Gift of Glenstone Museum, Potomac, Maryland BMA 2023.114