Community Investment Recovery Fund
for Delaware Nonprofits
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Community-based nonprofits in Delaware can request funding to support capital projects in Delaware communities hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic through the Community Investment Recovery Fund. Delaware Governor John Carney created the Community Investment Recovery Fund using American Rescue Plan funding. The capital projects must meet the strict federal compliance eligibility standards. The application must be fully completed and submitted by November 30, 2021.
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The Delaware Division of the Arts is currently searching for a Planner IV - Organization Support Specialist. This position's responsibilities include conducting research and developing programs that support nonprofit arts organizations in management, professional development, and grantsmanship. The Organization Support Specialist advises the Director on the nonprofit arts sector, program evaluation, and community arts engagement. This position manages grants, promotes agency programs, and coordinates and participates in strategic planning and policy implementation. Lastly, the Organization Support Specialist manages federal grants and takes responsibility for applications and reporting of federal grants.
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The Delaware Division of the Arts is proud to support the arts sector through Delaware's largest day of giving, Do More 24 Delaware, on March 3-4, 2022. For the second year, the Division will provide up to $400,000 in matching funds to its FY2022 arts organizations in conjunction with the statewide giving day event. The Division's "stretch pool" funds will be awarded to grantees who fundraise through the domore24delaware.org website over the 24-hour fundraising period. Division funds will again be allocated to its participating grantees in proportion to the donations they raise through the Do More 24 Delaware campaign.
Do More 24 Delaware is organized by United Way of Delaware and Spur Impact Association. The Division remains committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life for all Delawareans, and this partnership continues to provide a great opportunity to work together in fostering philanthropy in support of the arts.
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Reminder: Registration for Poetry Out Loud is Open
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The 2021-2022 Delaware Poetry Out Loud program and state finals will be implemented virtually. The Division will provide guidance in running your Poetry Out Loud program and is happy to answer any questions or concerns. The registration deadline for schools and eligible organizations has been extended to November 19, 2021.
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Mid Atlantic Tours Grants Announced
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The following presenting organizations in Delaware received Mid Atlantic Tour grants:
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Cityfest, Inc., Wilmington
- Charlotte Blake Alston (PA)
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The Joshua M. Freeman Foundation, Selbyville
- Charlotte Blake Alston (PA)
- Resistance Revival Chorus (NY)
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Arden Concert Gild, Arden
- Lakecia Benjamin and Pursuance (NY)
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The Choir School of Delaware, Wilmington
- Resistance Revival Chorus (NY)
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The Delaware Tourism Office is hosting the 2021 Delaware Tourism Summit on December 2, 2021 at the Chase Center on the Riverfront in Wilmington. The one-day conference promises to be a day of education, inspiration, and innovation. Attendees will get to hear from nationally renowned speakers while learning about a wide range of topics, providing opportunities for both individual and professional development. Lunch will be provided to attendees.
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On the Mezzanine: Denise Eno Ernest
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Images: Tears on My Grandnother's Braids (detail), 2019, mixed media, 24" x 24" and Prayer Tree In The Bleak Mid-Winter 2021 (detail), 2021, mixed media, 48" x 60"
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In the Between, an exhibition of paintings by Denise Eno Ernest, will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery through November 24, 2021. Ernest is the recipient of a 2021 Emerging Artist Fellowship in Painting from the Delaware Division of the Arts. Guests are invited to attend the artist's free, opening reception on Friday, November 5 from 5-7p.m.
Ernest has been an artist her entire life. Now residing in Newark, Delaware, she has diligently developed a new body of work over the past eight years. As an older artist, Ernest offers, "I bring experience, creativity, and wisdom to my work."
Ernest's work employs either three-dimensional forms attached to her paintings or mixed media to create a three-dimensional landscape. She integrates silk scarves, textiles, and found objects with acrylic and metallic paint to build each art piece. The juxtaposition of these materials, Ernest says, creates both a tension and vulnerability in her art. "The results are visual and tactile works in a language all my own."
One of the signature pieces in this exhibit, Prayer Tree In The Bleak Mid-Winter 2021, incorporates actual tree branches to represent trees in an abstract landscape. "I asked over 28 families across the country to write anything meaningful to them on fabric ribbons I provided," Ernest says of the piece. "They sent back drawings, poems, prayers, Bible verses, famous quotes, and personal messages, which I attached to the tree branches." She describes that many cultures use prayer trees to send spiritual messages out into the world. "This is my interpretation of a prayer tree," she says.
For more information about Denise Eno Ernest and her upcoming exhibition, watch her Meet the Artist video on YouTube.
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The Mezzanine Gallery, open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., is located on the second floor of the Carvel State Office Building, 820 N. French Street, Wilmington. Visitors must wear face coverings and maintain 3 feet distance from other individuals not in their household.
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Theresa Angela Taylor
2021 Emerging Professional Fellow, Folk Art: Visual Arts
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For Theresa Angela Taylor, art was a family tradition. When she was three, Taylor's father taught her how to draw, and she often created her own dolls. "I had a great imagination." With two sisters and a brother, Taylor was raised in a creative Harlem family, with the legacy of fabled Harlem Renaissance artists always present.
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Richard Raw
2021 Established Professional Fellow, Folk Art: Music
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Richard Raw is fueled by the written word. This musician, activist, and producer uses his creativity and entrepreneurial drive to both satisfy his spiritual hunger and mix his artistry with service. He passionately believes that his music is "a tool to address social issues and challenge us to think in ways that are unconventional." And he acts on his beliefs.
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Recycled Artist in Residency
RAIR Residency
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Application Deadline: November 14
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Recycled Artist in Residency (RAIR) is accepting applications for its fully-funded 2022 residencies (March-November, 2022). RAIR's mission is "to challenge the perception of waste culture by providing a unique platform for artists at the intersection of art and industry."
There are two different residencies available: the Standard Residency and the Biggie Shortie. Both residencies take place at RAIR's studio space, located in a construction and demolition waste recycling company, and are given access to the site's waste stream for their projects, as well as RAIR's staff. Applicants must be 21 years of age or older and an emerging or mid-career artist.
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ARP Recover & Renew Grants from Delaware Humanities
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Application Deadline: November 19, but organizations are encouraged to apply early
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The Delaware Humanities is currently accepting applications for RECOVER & RENEW Grants. The funding for these grants comes from the American Rescue Plan Act and the National Endowment for the Humanities for redistribution by Delaware Humanities. RECOVER Grants are specifically for organizations that have humanities in the core of their mission. RENEW Grants are for organizations that do humanities programming and activities.
Delaware performing and visual arts organizations are eligible for RENEW Grants if they meet the programming requirements. Delaware Humanities is currently accepting and processing RECOVER & RENEW Grant applications on a competitive basis. The application closes on November 19, but organizations are encouraged to apply early. Visit the RECOVER & RENEW Grant page to learn more about the grants and to apply.
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Rauschenberg Medical
Emergency Grants
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Application Deadline: November 30
for emergencies occurring
April 1, 2021 and later
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Artists in need who are practicing in the disciplines of visual arts, film/video/electronic/digital arts, or choreography and living in the U.S., Tribal Nations, District of Columbia, and U.S. Territories who are seeking support for medical, dental, or mental health-related emergency expenses: the Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants provides one-time grants of up to $5,000 for recent emergencies. This program, supported by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and administered by the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), is designed to serve artists in financial need who otherwise may delay critical treatment or incur substantial and perhaps overwhelming debt. The current cycle is open now through November 30 for emergencies occurring April 1, 2021 and later.
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Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
USArtists International 2021-2022 Grants
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Application Deadline:
December 1, 2021 for projects taking place between March 15, 2022
and March 14, 2023
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USArtists International supports performances by U.S. dance, music, and theater solo artists and ensembles invited to perform at important cultural festivals and performing arts marketplaces anywhere in the world outside the United States and its territories. This grant program has recently expanded to accept applications for virtual performances (live-streamed or pre-recorded) at eligible international festivals. USArtists International grantees reflect the vibrant diversity of U.S. artists and creative expression in the performing arts. The next program deadline is December 1, 2021.
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Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists
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Letter of Inquiry Deadline:
December 8, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. EST
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Dance/USA announced a new round of Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists (DFA). As our society grapples with unprecedented challenges and increasingly recognizes the inequity and injustice of our systems, Dance/USA is reaffirmed that the work of supporting artists who engage in art for social change is pivotal and overdue. DFA offers direct support to individual artists who have a sustained and intentional practice of working through dance or movement-based modalities to address social change.
DFA will award 30 Fellowships of a minimum of $30,000 per artist by August of 2022. Fellowship funds may be used at the artist's discretion. Artists are invited to submit a Letter of Inquiry by December 8, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. EST.
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National Endowment for the Arts and Mid-America Arts Alliance
Creative Forces Community Engagement Grants
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Application Deadline: December 15, 2021
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The Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant program is part of the Creative Forces®: NEA Military Healing Arts Network and managed in partnership with Mid-America Arts Alliance. This grant program aims to improve the health, well-being, and quality of life for military service members and veterans exposed to trauma as well as their families and caregivers through support of non-clinical arts engagement projects. Matching grants of $10,000 to $50,000 are available to eligible organizations for emerging and established projects that take place after July 1, 2022. Deadline for applications: December 15, 2021. Read the Creative Forces Community Engagement Grant full press release for more information.
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Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Creative Fellowships
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Application Deadline:
January 15, 2022
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The Virginia Center for Creative Arts (VCCA) is currently accepting applications for Fall 2022 residencies (September 1-December 31, 2022) at Mt. San Angelo. All Delaware writers, visual artists, and composers who apply for a two-week or one-month long VCCA residency at Mt. San Angelo are eligible for a fully-funded residency through the Mid Atlantic Arts Creative Fellowships program, supported by the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. All fellows in residence are provided with a private individual studio, a private bedroom with an en-suite bathroom, and three meals a day in a community of cross-disciplinary artists. Delaware writers, visual artists, or composers who complete the Application for a Mt. San Angelo Residency by the deadline of January 15, 2022 will automatically be considered for a Mid Atlantic Arts Creative Fellowship.
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National Endowment for the Arts
Big Read
Managed by Arts Midwest
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Application Deadline: January 26, 2022
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Bring the NEA Big Read to your community! Fifteen books representing a diverse range of contemporary themes, voices, and perspectives are available for organizations interested in applying for a National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read grant to hold a project between September 2022 and June 2023. An initiative of the NEA in partnership with Arts Midwest, the NEA Big Read supports programs held around the country, each designed around a single NEA Big Read book selection with the goal of inspiring meaningful conversations, artistic responses, and new discoveries and connections in each community. The deadline for applications is January 26, 2022.
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The Theater Project's
Think Fast Short Play Fest
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Submission Deadline: November 26, 2021
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The Theater Project is currently accepting submissions for its THINK FAST Short Play Fest. Adult playwrights, age 18 and up, are invited to submit a short play, either a drama or a comedy, that is no longer than 15 minutes running time. Eight to ten of the submitted short plays will be selected for the festival.
There is no fee to submit a play for consideration, but there is a fee if chosen to participate in the festival. The playwright whose play is chosen as Best Play during the festival wins a $500 prize.
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MLK VOICE 4 YOUTH Contest
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Registration Closes:
Friday, December 17, 2021
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Registration for the MLK VOICE 4 YOUTH contest, presented by the YWCA Delaware and Christ Church Christiana Hundred, is now open. The MLK VOICE 4 YOUTH contest is a statewide, spoken word contest for high school students in grades 9-12 that challenges students to reflect and creatively share how Dr. King's legacy guides their response to today's challenges. The contest's mission is "to empower, inform, engage, and value youth voices to promote a just, inclusive, and equitable society."
Free workshops are available to help contestants prepare for the competition.
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Each month we feature a handful of arts and community-based organizations and their programs and projects funded by the Delaware Division of the Arts. Funding for Division of the Arts grants is provided by the Delaware General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts. To view past grants awarded (2000 to present), please visit our Grants Awarded page.
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Capital Ringers
We NEED a Little Christmas
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photo credit: Krista Valla photography
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Delaware Dance Company
The Nutcracker
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University of Delaware
Master Players Concert Series
2021-2022 Season: Prisms of Sound
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Second Street Players
It's a Wonderful Life
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The Division recommends that organizations, businesses, and individual artists submit their 2021 and 2022 events as soon as they are scheduled, and no later than the recommended deadlines below. Submit an event to DelawareScene now.
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Event Date
November 2021 - January 2022
February & March 2022
April & May 2022
June & July 2022
August & September 2022
October & November 2022
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Submission Deadline
As soon as possible
December 1, 2021
February 1, 2022
April 1, 2022
June 1, 2022
August 1, 2022
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Delaware State of the Arts Podcast
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Do you have an exciting arts program, project, or story to share? Are you interested in being interviewed, either to promote an upcoming event, your work in the arts, or an issue relevant to Delaware’s arts and entertainment sector? Send an email to delarts@delaware.gov with "DE State of the Arts Podcast" in the subject line.
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Ongoing Division Grant Deadlines
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Arts Access Grants: rolling deadline, submitted at least 6 weeks prior to project start date
Artist Opportunity: deadline 1/3/2022, for activities occurring between 2/15/2022-5/15/2022
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Please note: All applications for grants must be submitted through smARTDE.
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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.
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