Award Winners XXVI Opens in Historic Odessa on September 1! | | |
Biggs Museum of American Art
Now open thru August 16
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Historic Houses of Odessa
September 1 -
October 25
Reception: Thursday,
September 17 I 6-8pm
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CAMP Rehoboth
Community Center
November 4 -
January 8
Reception: Saturday,
November 7 I 2-4pm
| | 2027 Poetry Out Loud Registration Opens Soon | | |
Poetry Out Loud (POL) is a national program that encourages the study of great poetry by offering educational materials and a dynamic recitation competition to high schools across the country. POL uses a pyramid structure that begins at the classroom level. Winners advance to a school-wide competition, then to a regional and/or state competition, and ultimately to the National Finals in Washington, DC. More than 100,000 students are expected to take part in POL nationwide each year.
Registration for Delaware high schools begins August 24, 2026.
Deadline to register is October 30, 2026.
| | | August 24, 2026 | Registration Opens | | October 30, 2026 | Registration Deadline | | September-December 2026 | Classroom Instruction/Competitions | | December 18, 2026 | Deadline to Report School Winners | | February 18, 2027 | Delaware State Finals | | | Bring Delaware’s Poets Laureate to Your Community | | |
Looking to bring the power of poetry to your school, organization, or community event? Delaware’s Poets Laureate, Nnamdi Chukwuocha and Albert Mills, known as the Twin Poets, are available for appearances throughout the state.
As Delaware’s Poets Laureate, the Twin Poets serve as advocates, educators, and presenters of poetry, engaging audiences of all ages through readings, conversations, workshops, and special events.
Invite the Twin Poets to inspire, connect, and engage your students, audiences, or community at an upcoming event. Submit an appearance request to the Delaware Division of the Arts to get started.
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Coming Soon: National Arts in Education Week!
September 13-19, 2026
National Arts in Education Week is a nationwide celebration of the transformative power of the arts in education. Passed by Congress in 2010, this week is designated to highlight the benefits of and need for the arts in education so that elected officials and educational decision-makers nationwide can find ways to support equitable arts access for students of all backgrounds.
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Delaware Art Education Association presents their 2026 State Arts Conference
The Delaware Art Education Association (DAEA) is a non-profit organization that promotes visual arts education in the State of Delaware.
Teachers, artists, and advocates of visual arts are encouraged to attend.
When: Tuesday, September 15 from 7:30am-3:30pm
Where: Dover Middle School 1 Patrick Lynn Dr, Dover, DE 19904
Cost: $40 per educator
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Submit your upcoming events to DelawareScene.com
DelawareScene.com 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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Upcoming Grant Deadlines at the National Endowment for the Arts
The NEA is committed to supporting excellent arts projects for the benefit of all Americans. Activities funded through Grants for Arts Projects (GAP) enable Americans throughout the nation to experience the arts, foster and celebrate America’s artistic heritage and cultural legacy, and benefit from arts education at all stages of life. We also support arts and health programs, including creative arts therapies, that advance the well-being of people and communities.
Visit NEA website for important dates and deadlines.
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On the Mezzanine:
Teddy Osei's Shifting Grounds
The Delaware Division of the Arts’ Mezzanine Gallery is pleased to present Shifting Grounds, a solo exhibition of new ceramic work by Teddy Osei, on view August 7 through September 4, 2026.
For Shifting Grounds, Osei presents a group of ceramic vessels and sculptures that grew out of thinking about the quiet ways we change when we move between places and cultures. The work sits in the unsettled space between one version of home and another that is still forming. Osei begins with clay because it holds memory in a physical way, keeping the record of every touch while staying open to being reworked. He moves between the potter’s wheel and hand-building with slabs and coils, letting each form take on its own irregularities, then brings in rope, found objects, and old photographs that already carry their own histories. The materials do not sit together comfortably, and that friction is part of the point.
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Jon Chaiim McConnell
Literature: Fiction
"I'm always thinking, 'What's the part of this idea that I don't think I already know how to do?'"
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Teddy Osei
Visual Arts: Crafts
"Everything begins with clay, as it holds memory and answers every touch.”
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Susan Isaacs
Visual Arts: Sculpture
“My art process is a joyous, frenzied dance while deconstructing the idea of ‘craft’"
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Dayesla Ixtli
Visual Arts: Interdisciplinary
"My practice as a visual artist is rooted in the transformative use of the human form as a living canvas."
| | | | | 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. | | | | |
