National Arts & Humanities Month!
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National Arts and Humanities Month (NAHM) is an annual coast-to-coast collective celebration of culture in America. It’s a chance for communities across the United States join together to recognize the cultural gems surrounding them.
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Five Action Steps for Arts & Humanities Month
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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.
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If you're 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, you can
request an interview.
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DelawareScene.com is your main source for arts events in Delaware. Find arts and cultural events happening now, soon, and near you. DelawareScene.com allows organizations, businesses and individual artists to submit their public events to the calendar, as soon as they are scheduled.
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Life is an ever-rolling stream. As we float along, the myriad currents bring people into our lives, only to carry them off again in divergent directions. It is this dynamic of life that brings the news that Katie West will be moving on from the Division in early January to pursue new adventures.
While Katie has only been with us for a little less than five years, her imprint on the organization has been considerable. Taking on social media and public relations when she first arrived, she also spearheaded an effort to bring Delaware presenters together through meetings and regular communication channels. Within a year, she had taken charge of the agency’s grant application and review processes, managing all organization grants. Under her leadership, the Division launched into its newest technological feat, the implementation of our new grants management system, smARTDE.
We will greatly miss Katie for her positive energy, expansive knowledge, and consummate professionalism. While we do plan to re-fill the position through the
Delaware Employment Link, once we’re authorized to do so, we know Katie’s will be a tough act to follow.
We are preparing to wish Katie the best, but in the meantime, we’ll do all we can to get as much work out of her as we can in her remaining months with us!
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The Division's new smARTDE online system is open! smARTDE offers a much more robust, user-friendly, and stable platform for all users – grant applicants, reviewers, onsite evaluators, and staff. All of the previously submitted grant application data has been transferred to smARTDE.
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There is no better time to take stock in the value of the arts in economic development, education, and quality of life, than during National Arts and Humanities Month. In my 22 years with the Division of the Arts, I have been impressed with the support that the arts receive in Delaware at both the state and federal level. Having served under four governors and an ever-changing state legislature, the recognition of the importance the arts play in our lives remains constant, due in large part, to the great work of the arts community and the valiant efforts of the Delaware Arts Alliance and advocates across the state.
Recently, Americans for the Arts released their
2018 Congressional Report Card, identifying pro-arts legislators at the national level.
Delaware was identified as one of the “Lucky 13,” states that received both 100% pro-arts grades of B or better in the House, and
double “Thumbs Up” in the Senate. Delaware is fortunate to have leaders who recognize that the arts are not a nicety, they are a necessity.
From Yorklyn to Selbyville, and Hartly to Bowers Beach, opportunities in the arts abound. This month and throughout the year, show your support for the arts by taking time to take in a concert, visit an exhibition, go to a festival, or attend a play. I promise, you’ll be glad you did!
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Established Professional, Visual Arts: Sculpture
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Sculptor Dennis Beach began his studies as an engineer, a skill that enables him to transform wood – his material of choice – into the sinuous and complex shapes that are his hallmarks. Keenly observing nature, Beach likes to abstract and synthesize its shapes, colors and repetitions into works that are “both visually exciting and contemplative.”
Read more
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Emerging Professional, Literature: Fiction
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Shannon Connor Winward’s potent imagination, one that is spiced with a love of magic and the unexplained, gives the Newark resident the freedom and impetus to write her way into other worlds. Believing that we are “all in between one version of our self and another,” Winward writes works that feature themes of myth, magic and spirituality.
Read more
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In the Studio by
Charles Allan Guerin
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Still Life with Pileated Woodpecker and Yellow Pencil, 2018, Prismacolor pencil on paper, 22″ x 30″
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In the Studio, an exhibition of drawings by Charles Allan Guerin, will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from October 5-26, 2018. Guerin received a 2018 Honorable Mention from the Delaware Division of the Arts for his works on paper. The artist will host a free opening reception on Friday, October 5 from 5-7 p.m. Complimentary wine tastings provided courtesy of Breakthru Beverage Delaware, in partnership with Out & About.
Guerin’s current drawings are pure trompe-l’oeil, a slight-of-hand mixture of the real with the illustrated; two-dimensional perspective with three-dimensional illusion. They are still life drawings that capture the process of drawing, mixing the subject with the resulting drawings, but in a setting typical of the daily work environment of the studio. In these works, the viewer loses sight of the reality of what is depicted as the subject often becomes confused with content and process.
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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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Free Teen Writing Workshops
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The Delaware Writing Region Affiliate of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is sponsoring FREE writing workshops to Delaware students in grades 7 through 12.
Students are encouraged to bring one short piece of prose or one poem to share and get feedback. They will also take part in a mini writing exercise and have an opportunity to register for the Scholastic Awards program. You may attend more than one workshop.
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Appoquinimink Library, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2-4 pm
Workshop leaders: David Kozinski and Maggie Brumit
To register call: 302-378-5588
Bear Library, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018, 2-4 pm.
Workshop leaders: E. Jean Lanyon and Maria Keane
To register call: 302-838-3300
Bridgeville Public Library, date & time to be announced
Workshop leaders: Tara Elliott and Elissa Gordon
To register call the library at 302-337-7401
Newark Library, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, 2-4 pm.
Workshop leaders: Jane Miller and Ramona deFelice Long
To register call: 302-731-7550
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Route 9 Library, Sunday, Nov. 4, 2-4 pm
Workshop leaders: E. Jean Lanyon and Maria Keane
To register call: 302-657-8020
Lewes Library, date and time to be announced
Workshop leaders: Taralee Morgan and Eileen Wilkinson
To register call: 302-645-2733
Georgetown Library, Saturday, Nov. 10, 11 am to 1 pm
Workshop Leaders: Tara Elliott and Elissa Gordon
To register call: 302-856-7958
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DANA Upcoming Trainings & Events
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DANA is committed to enhancing and strengthening the nonprofit sector by providing low cost education, consulting, and advocacy support for nonprofit leaders and boards of directors. Selected upcoming events include:
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Meet and Greet:
The Impact of Emerging Leaders
Oct. 16, Wilmington,
5:30-7:30 p.m.
Oct. 23, Dover, 8:30-10 a.m.
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Culture of
Collaboration
Nov. 6, Wilmington
Nov. 7, Dover
Nov. 8, Georgetown
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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Succession Planning & Organizational Continuity
Nov. 13, Wilmington
Nov. 14., Dover
Nov. 15, Georgetown
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
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Training for Artists/Administrators in Healthcare and Creative Aging
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This week-long training, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, will focus on the role of the arts in healthcare and creative aging, providing theoretical and didactic approaches to implementing and sustaining high-quality arts programming in a variety of settings serving people living with illness and older adults across the aging spectrum. Applications due December 28, 2018.
Apply now
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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 2018-19 events as soon as they are scheduled, and no later than the recommended deadlines below.
Submit now
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Event Date
November & December
January & February, 2019
March & April, 2019
May & June, 2019
July & August 2019
September & October 2019
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Submission Deadline
As soon as possible
November 15, 2018
January 15, 2019
March 15, 2019
May 15, 2019
July 15, 2019
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Ongoing Division Grant Deadlines
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Please note: All new applications for grants will 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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