After a six-month saga involving attempts to pay off its debts, Baltimore Clayworks’ board of directors decided yesterday to close the 37-year-old nonprofit ceramic arts center for good, the Baltimore Sun reported today. “We’ve had to make the difficult decision to file Chapter 7 [bankruptcy] and shut down operations,” interim executive director Devon Powell said. Facing $1 million-plus debt, the Clayworks board of directors announced last winter a plan to relocate and sell the organization’s studio and gallery buildings in Mount Washington. Last week saw the collapse of a deal to sell Clayworks’ facilities for $3.7 million to Itineris, a Baltimore nonprofit that provides job training for adults with autism.
