Meet The 2024 Artist Fellows in Greater Detail! | |
Annually, the Delaware Division of the Arts provides profiles for its Individual Artist Fellows. Take a closer look at your fellow Delawareans, and learn about the creativity that is in your community! | |
Join Us for Award Winners - April 18 | |
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The Delaware Division of the Arts is thrilled to announcethe exhibition, Award Winners XXIV, marking the 24th consecutive year of hosting this exhibition in partnership with the the Biggs Museum of American Art. Showcasing the exceptional work of Delaware's Individual Artist Fellowship recipients, the exhibition will be on view from April 18 to July 28. An opening reception, awards ceremony, and public performances will be held on April 18 from 5-9pm. The performances will be hosted in partnership with Delaware State University at the Schwartz Center for the Arts, a short walk from the Museum. The Opening is free to attend and promises to be an exciting celebration of artistic excellence.
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Make Your Voice Heard!
April is National Poetry Month!
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National Poetry Month was inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. Over the years, it has become the largest literary celebration in the world with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital place in our culture. | | |
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Each week, we’ll reveal our poet and poem of the week. National Poetry Month content will be available on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, so follow along on your favorite platform.
We kick off National Poetry Month with a 2024 Individual Artist Fellow in the discipline of poetry. Joyce Enzor Maust reads her poem, ’Stitches of Silence and Strength,’ 2024.
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Good luck Maiss as she competes in the nationwide competition!
Maiss will represent Delaware and advance to the Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, National Finals in Washington, DC on April 30-May 2, 2024 where $50,000 in awards and school stipends will be distributed.
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That's a Wrap! Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition Winners | | |
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Congratulations to our 2024 Delaware State Employee award winners! This year's Celebration Weekend was well attended and allowed participants to mingle and share their work. Snacks, activities, special giveaways, and certificates were provided during the weekend.
The image to the left portrays this year's Best in Show painting by Hyo Lee.
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Thank you Governor Carney!
Many thanks to Governor Carney who stopped by the exhibit and spoke with Division Director Jessica Ball, Division Deputy Director Kristin Pleasanton, Gallery Manager Jennifer Gunther, and other DSU students who work in the gallery.
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DoMore24 Congrats!
Congratulations to the 64 participating organizations that raised funding during DoMore24Delaware! Overall, DDOA general operating organizations raised $485,989 from 4,434 gifts.
Overall the day raised $2,320,770 for 500+ organizations from 20,500 donors from 48 states.
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Love the Arts? Serve as an On-site Evaluator
If you love the arts and actively participate in programs or attend events, you may be a candidate to serve as an on-site evaluator for the Division. We are currently seeking to expand our list of potential evaluators who are dependable, articulate observers with knowledge in one or more art form (you do not need to be professionally trained in the arts).
If interested, please complete the On-Site Evaluator Self-Nomination Form available on smARTDE.
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Submit your
upcoming events!
DelawareScene is a comprehensive, up-to-date website calendar featuring Delaware’s arts and cultural events and attractions in and around Delaware. Acquaint yourself with one of Delaware’s many artists, get carried away by the magic of a theater performance, frequent one of Delaware’s world-renowned museums, experience one of Delaware’s many unique festivals.
REMINDER: All grantees MUST list all events on DelawareScene.com as soon as they are announced.
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Request an interview!
Delaware State of the Arts is a weekly podcast that presents interviews with arts organizations and leaders who contribute to the cultural vibrancy of communities throughout Delaware. Delaware State of the Arts is provided as a service of the Division of the Arts, in partnership with NEWSRADIO 1450 WILM and 1410 WDOV.
Click below to request an interview for your organization this upcoming year.
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On the Mezzanine - E. Schwinn
The Mezzanine Gallery presents E. Schwinn's "Within the Intimate Realm", on view April 5-26. Schwinn creates patterned collages that incorporate found images, saved fragments, half-finished drawings, abandoned paintings, and collected patterns.
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Each month we feature arts and community-based organizations and their programs and projects funded by the Delaware Division of the Arts. | |
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Jester Artspace
Movable Murals for Mental Mobility
Arden, General Operating Support
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Southern Delaware Chorale
Choral Hills Billboard Concert
Rehoboth Beach, General Operating Support
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Four Youth
Art in the Garden
Wilmington, Project Support
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The Delaware Division of the Arts is an agency of the State of Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, the Division administers grants and programs that support arts programming, educate the public, increase awareness of the arts, and integrate the arts into all facets of Delaware life. Funding for Division programs is provided by annual appropriations from the Delaware General Assembly and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. For more information about the Delaware Division of the Arts, visit arts.delaware.gov or call 302-577-8278. | | | | |
