Please join us in welcoming Kathleen Dinsmore as the Division’s newest Program Officer. Most recently, Kathleen was the grants manager for foundations and government relations at the Barnes Foundation art museum in Philadelphia. Prior to that, she spent six years at the National Endowment for the Arts as a grants administrator for dance and opera companies and later as the museums and visual arts program specialist. Kathleen studied Art History and Arts Administration at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and majored in French literature at Georgetown University.
Kathleen will be in charge of organization support including the following grant categories: General Operating Support, Project Support, StartUp and Arts Access. She will also be the point of contact for all smARTDE questions.
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New State Email Addresses
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Please note that all Division emails have changed to
firstname.lastname@delaware.gov. Email sent to the @state.de.us addresses will continue to be received and delivered for the time being. This change does not affect any other email addresses such as @destatehousing.com, @SchoolDist.k12.de.us, @us.army.mil, @cj.state.de.us.
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Twenty-two writers from around the state attended the Division’s 2018 Delaware Seashore Poets and Prose Writers Retreat. In addition to giving writers time to write, the Retreat featured guest instructors Sandra Beasley and Leslie Pietrzyk who led workshops and gave craft talks.
A collection of poetry and prose written by the 2018 Delaware Seashore Poets and Prose Writers Retreat attendees is currently being edited by Billie Travalini and John Newlin.
Here’s what some of the writers said of the experience...
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"I was able to work with diverse participants, obtain really constructive feedback on my work and learn new frameworks for improving my skills."
"I loved the retreat, sharing work with other writers and having that time to immerse myself in my work. I wrote for hours and hours, happily."
"I came home feeling uplifted, like I'd accomplished something important and new in my own writing and I felt very connected to the other writers and think this will be a lasting thing as we meet again during the coming year at readings, workshops, etc."
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State Employee Art Exhibition
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More than 270 state of Delaware employees and their family members have registered for this year's exhibit The exhibition will be open from February 25 to March 18 at the Delaware State University Art Center/Gallery.
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The Delaware Arts Alliance (DAA) will hold the 4th Annual Delaware Arts Advocacy Day at Legislative Hall in Dover on March 28. Arts advocates from across the state will meet with legislators to discuss issues impacting the arts and arts education. Advocates and legislators will discuss how the arts improve quality of life and address the social, economic, and educational needs of communities. In recognition of March for the Arts, arts educators will be delivering art work and messages to legislators from students in their districts. DAA invites you to attend and share how you are making a difference in your community through the arts.
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2019 Poetry Out Loud Semi/Finals
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The Delaware Poetry Out Loud State Final Competition is right around the corner. The Semi-Final Competition was held on Tuesday, February 5 in the Palmer Room at the Modern Maturity Center. The
Final Competition will be held Tuesday, February 26 at Smyrna Opera House. The Finals are free and open the the public.
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Masters Fellow, Literature: Fiction
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Billie Travalini has been awarded this year’s Masters Fellowship in Literature: Fiction. Travalini, an internationally award-winning writer and educator, teaches English and creative writing at Wilmington University. In 2014, Travalini received the Governor’s Award for the Arts for her extensive career and work in education. Travalini, co-founder and coordinator of the Lewes Creative Writers’ Conference, is currently working with Fort DuPont to have the children of Governor Bacon remembered by serving the children of today. Her passion for creative writing has led her to “promote the need to include everyone in the conversation.”
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Visual artists who are interested in being considered for a solo exhibition in the Mezzanine Gallery in 2020, must submit an application by March 15, 2019. For more information and to access the online application form, visit the
Mezzanine Gallery Application page.
Please note: Artists who completed an Individual Artist Fellowship application in 2018 and selected "yes" to the Mezzanine Gallery question will automatically be considered by the Gallery Panel and do not need to complete the application.
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The Mezzanine Gallery will be closed during February for building renovations and will reopen in March 2019.
We will provide periodic updates throughout the construction, so please visit our website below.
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The Mezzanine Gallery, open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., is located in the
Carvel State Office Building, 820 N. French Street, Wilmington.
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Grant Deadline March 1, 2019
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The deadline for Division grant applications is quickly approaching. This includes the following grant programs for Delaware-based organizations:
- Arts Stabilization Fund – for eligible arts organization with capital projects
- Education Resource – for arts organizations and public schools or school districts collaborating with professional arts organizations or artists to enhance school-based arts education programs
- General Operating Support – for eligible arts organizations
- Project Support – for community-based organizations (non-arts) offering arts activities
- StartUp – for emerging arts organizations
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smARTDE to be down on Feb. 28
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Important: SmARTDE i.e. SmartSimple will be unavailable for a short period on February 28th, per the vendor's note below. This will impact any applicants trying to work on applications at that time.
Upgrade Details: Due to our regularly scheduled system upgrade, there will be a brief disruption in service to your SmartSimple server on Thursday, February 28th, 2019 between 22:00 and 23:59 local server time. During this time, the server may not be accessible.
Date: Thursday, February 28th, 2019
Time: 22:00 - 23:59 local server time
Duration: up to 30 minutes
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Log in to smARTDE, and click on “Opportunities” to access applications for which your organization is eligible.
For Grant Program Guidelines, instructions for smARTDE, and a 30-minute video demonstration, please visit our
Grant Overview page. Be sure to read through the appropriate program guidelines carefully prior to application and contact
Division staff members if you have questions.
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Delaware Teaching Artists
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The Division and the University of Delaware Partnership for Arts and Culture (PAC) are seeking to identify and create a network of Teaching Artists in Delaware.
Please take a few moments to complete a brief survey to assess the needs of this field. Please see below for artist/teaching artist and organization surveys. Deadline to reply: February 28
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The Delaware Division of the Arts engages Delaware citizens to review and make recommendations on grant applications for state funding of the arts. The Division selects panelists based on their knowledge and experience in the arts, in business and nonprofit management, and in their community.
To be considered for service, you may nominate yourself or someone else. Nominations are accepted year round; the next panel review meetings take place in early May 2019. Please visit
smARTDE for more information on the grant review process and use this nomination form to nominate yourself or others.
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The Division has embarked on a year-long digital advertising campaign to increase reach and engagement on
DelawareScene.com
. We remind and recommend that organizations, businesses and individual artists, submit their 2019-2020 events as soon as they are scheduled, and no later than the recommended deadlines below.
Submit now
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Event Date
March & April
May & June
July & August
September & October
November & December
January & February 2020
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Submission Deadline
As soon as possible
March 15
May 15
July 15
September 15
November 15
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Ongoing Division Grant Deadlines
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Please note: All applications for grants must be submitted through
smARTDE.
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Artist Residency: rolling deadline, submitted at least 6 weeks prior to start of scheduled residency
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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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