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Art entertains and teaches civility at AVAM's "Good Sports"

By Ashley Sterner,
Melissa Gerr
Published November 1, 2024 at 10:05 AM EDT
“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through Aug., 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Photo: CAA Champs, by LaVon Van Williams, AVAM
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“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through Aug., 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Photo: CAA Champs, by LaVon Van Williams, AVAM
Dan Meyers Photography
“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through Aug., 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Photo: You're Out! by Morgan Monceaux. AVAM
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“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through Aug., 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Photo: You're Out! by Morgan Monceaux. AVAM
Dan Meyers Photography
“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through Aug., 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Photo: Luche Libre, by Manuel Bauman. AVAM
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“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through Aug., 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Photo: Luche Libre, by Manuel Bauman. AVAM
Dan Meyers Photography
“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through Aug., 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Photo: Hank Aaron, by George Sosnak
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“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through Aug., 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Photo: Hank Aaron, by George Sosnak
“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through Aug., 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Photo: Luche Libre 5, by Manuel Bauman. AVAM
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“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through Aug., 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Photo: Luche Libre 5, by Manuel Bauman. AVAM
Dan Meyers Photography
“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through August 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Art: "Yogi Berra," by George Sosnak. Photo by Ed Pollard. Courtesy of the Chrysler Museum.
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“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through August 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Art: "Yogi Berra," by George Sosnak. Photo by Ed Pollard. Courtesy of the Chrysler Museum.
Dan Meyers Photography
“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through Aug., 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Photo: Roberto Clemente, George Sosnak. AVAM
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“Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play,” runs through Aug., 2025 at the American Visionary Art Museum. Photo: Roberto Clemente, George Sosnak. AVAM

Sportsmanship means playing by rules, civilized behavior and respect for opponents. American Visionary Art Museum’s, “Good Sports: The Wisdom and Fun of Fair Play,” features 150 artists who explore those themes - at a time when we need to hear them! We get a preview from associate curator and grants manager Gage Branda.

Links: American Visionary Art Museum, Creating Art, Creating Change: Art as a Tool for Healing Communities on Nov. 14., Bazaart and other events .

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Ashley Sterner
WYPR's Morning Edition news anchor Ashley Sterner serves up the latest Maryland news and weather every weekday morning, delightfully interspersed with the occasional snarky comment.
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Melissa Gerr
Melissa Gerr is a Senior Producer for On the Record. She started in public media at Twin Cities Public Television in St. Paul, Minn., where she is from, and then worked as a field producer for Oregon Public Broadcasting in Portland. She made the jump to audio-lover in Baltimore as a digital media editor at Mid-Atlantic Media and Laureate Education, Inc. and as a field producer for "Out of the Blocks." Her beat is typically the off-beat with an emphasis on science, culture and things that make you say, 'Wait, what?'
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