Article: Shopping around: antique villages, outdoor markets and retail stores. (Maryland's African American Culture: A Guide to Maryland's African American Attractions and Events) (Directory)

As Smokey sings, "My mama told me, |You better shop around.'" American Visions takes Mama at her word and sends back this dispatch from Maryland's commercial front, where passion is married to purchasing with grace-particularly for those with an interest in products that reflect and endorse both our African heritage and the African-American accent we've added to the United States.

Original paintings, artists' proofs and limited-edition prints by Frank Frazier, Kathleen Atkins-Wilson, Joseph Holston, Ernie Barnes, Annie Lee, Varnette Honeywood and others can be found at the African-American Art Gallery in Columbia. The gallery has two floors of artwork, an open ...

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