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2023 Race Photos & ResultsSee our Complete coverage of the 2023 Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race!
Plan ahead!Next year’s race will be Saturday May 4, 2024. The theme will be Monuments & Masterpieces. Put it on your calendar! Kinetic Forum Temporarily DownDue to our webhost’s migration in progress, the Kinetic Forum is currently unavailable. What’s a Kinetic Sculpture Race? Kinetic Sculpture Racing began in Ferndale, California in 1969 when artist Hobart Brown upgraded his son’s tricycle into a 5-wheeled pentacycle and was challenged to a race down Main Street. (Hobart did not win.) Over the decades since, the California race evolved into a 3-day all-terrain Kinetic Grand Championship including treacherous sand dunes, water crossings, and elaborate sculptures and costumes. You can learn more on Wikipedia including a list of other races nationwide. For more about the Baltimore race, browse the race photo results in the left menu. Where can I see Kinetic Sculptures?You can go to a Kinetic Sculpture Race on race days, or the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. AVAM displays Fifi and their other sculptures year round in the dedicated Sculpture Barn. How to Build a Kinetic SculptureLearn from Elliot’s How To Build a Kinetic Sculpture reference guide. |
The Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race is sponsored and run by the American Visionary Art Museum. KineticBaltimore.com is the volunteer work of Tom Jones. If you have suggestions about making this site better, or questions, e-mail Tom at tjones@spril.com. |