All About
Maud Morgan the Artist
Maria L. Baldwin Community Center’s art studio building is named after the noted American abstract expressionist and Cambridge resident Maud Morgan. We own a collection of her original screenprints and works on paper, which are available for exhibition and sale with all proceeds supporting our programs and scholarships.
Maud Morgan, 1903–1999
Maud Morgan was a talented and well-known artist, as well as a Baldwin neighborhood resident. Before settling in Cambridge, Maud was born in New York City in 1903 and spent much of her early life studying in Paris and traveling throughout Europe. While living abroad, she met American artist Patrick Morgan, who became her husband in 1931 and inspired her to take up painting. In 1938, she showed her first-ever exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Soon after, she and Patrick moved to Massachusetts where Maud would remain for the rest of her life.
While living in Andover, Maud became an art teacher at Abbot Academy and continued to grow as an artist and show her own work in the Boston area. Throughout her career, Maud was a source of inspiration for dozens of artists, both young and old. For women artists, in particular, she served as a role model. She encouraged them to pursue their careers without foregoing the privilege and pleasure of family life. Her joie de vivre was infectious and touched the lives of all who knew her. At the age of ninety-two, still vigorous and eager to explore yet another medium of expression, Maud published her autobiography, Maud’s Journey: A Life from Art.
We opened our art center in 2010 and named it after Maud Morgan with the intent to build community through the visual arts. Our studios are focused on the philosophy of process art making, experimentation, and skill development for artists of all ages and abilities. We envision a world where all people are enriched by the visual arts and inspired to explore their own creativity. While Maud passed away in 1999 at the age of 96 and never got to see the art center come to life, her spirit continues to inspire and guide artists of all ages in the Maud Morgan Arts Center.
An Artistic Journey
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Available Art, Exhibitions, and Policies
All prints were created between 1969 and 1980 at Impressions Workshop in Boston. All prints are signed by the artist. We have a limited number of each print.
All proceeds from sales of Maud Morgan’s prints support programs and scholarships at the Maria L. Baldwin Community Center. They do not qualify as a charitable contribution. Please contact us for price and availability. A few prints are already framed.
If you wish to have your print framed, we suggest you contact Stanhope Framers with locations in Boston and Somerville. We will send the print to them for framing, and they will ship the print to you, or you can make private arrangements.
To purchase, please contact Phoebe Sinclair.
Maud Morgan was a prolific artist who experimented ceaselessly with many media over the years. Maria L. Baldwin Community Center has been gifted a number of paintings, drawings and collages by Maud which are available for loan to exhibitions, and occasionally for sale.
All proceeds from sales of Maud Morgan’s artwork support programs and scholarships at the Maria L. Baldwin Community Center. They do not qualify as a charitable contribution. One-of–a-kind work is priced framed.
To purchase, please contact Phoebe Sinclair.
Maria L. Baldwin Community Center owns a small collection of editioned screenprints and one-of-a-kind works on paper and paintings by Maud Morgan.
If you own a piece of Maud’s and are interested in donating it to us, we will consider accepting donations on a case by case basis with the understanding that if it should be sold, all proceeds would benefit the community center.
Collection and Acquisition Policy
Maria L. Baldwin Community Center is a registered 501(C)3 non-profit organization located at the same address: 20 Sacramento Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138.
Collection Description and Purpose: The Maud Morgan Arts building is a studio arts and educational facility and not a museum. It is not in the position to provide museum-standard care, storage, or insurance assessment for art work. On an informal basis, the Maria L. Baldwin Community Center exhibits, acquires, holds and makes available for purchase, the original art work of Maud Morgan.
Collection Objectives: To maintain art works and artifacts specifically related to Maud Morgan as a means for education, public awareness and celebration, and to directly support the programming and operations of the Maria L. Baldwin Community Center. All acquisitions must first be approved for acceptance by the Co-Executive Directors of the Maria L. Baldwin Community Center.
Acquisitions Policy: Art work and artifacts must meet the following criteria before Maud Morgan Arts may acquire them.
- Items must be acquired by unrestricted gift or bequest.
- The item must reasonably satisfy the collecting objectives stated above.
- The current owner should have clear title to the item.
- If possible, the item should have documented or documentable provenance.
- The item shall be accepted for the collection only as unencumbered and unrestricted; its care, exhibition, storage, and disposition is to be determined by MLBCC.
- Shipment, packing and sundry delivery costs are the responsibility of the donor, unless otherwise stated in writing by the Executive Director of MLBCC.
- Under United States IRS regulations, MLBCC cannot accept responsibility for appraisal. The donor is responsible for appraisal.