2019 Delaware Arts Summit: Almost Here!
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The 2019 Delaware Arts Summit will be held at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino on Monday, October 28, 2019, from 8:45 am - 4:00 pm. Register now! The early-bird registration price of $45 is available through Monday, October 7. After that, registration is $55. Registration includes breakfast, lunch, refreshments, and all of the day’s activities.
Click here to register!
Come participate in workshops on important topics like attracting and keeping audiences, financial wellness for artists, and digital marketing. View a series of performances throughout the day, including the Twin Poets. And, enjoy a Keynote Address from Alysia Lee, Founder and Artistic Director of Sister Cities Girlchoir. Finally, join us for a reception from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm.
Click here for the full schedule and more details.
We will see you there!
(Online registration will remain open through October 22.)
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2019 Governor's Awards for the Arts
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You are invited to join us for the 2019 Governor's Awards for the Arts, which pay tribute to distinguished individuals and organizations that have had a profound and lasting impact on the state’s artistic and cultural life. The ceremony will be held
at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino on Monday, October 28, 2019, at 4:00 pm, following a reception from 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm. This event is free and open to the public.
We are pleased to announce that First Lady Tracey Quillen Carney will be in attendance and will present the awards to the recipients!
The recipients are:
Arts Administration:
Raye Jones Avery
. Arts Education:
Charles J. Conway
. Arts Patron, Corporate:
M&
T Bank
. Arts Patron, Individual:
Carla Markell
. Community Engagement:
Art Therapy Express
. Peggy Amsterdam Award for Outstanding Achievement:
Debora Hansen
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The 2019 Governor’s Awards for the Arts were coordinated by the Delaware Division of the Arts in conjunction with the Delaware State Arts Council and the office of Governor John C. Carney.
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Poetry Out Loud
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. School Registration is now open! See more important dates below.
November 1, 2019
School Registration Closes
Oct.– Dec. 2019
Classroom/School Competitions
January 21, 2020
Deadline to Report School Winners
February 2020
State Semi-Finals
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The arts are as vibrant and colorful as the fall foliage around us. Delaware’s cultural palette is endless: with concerts, theater, exhibitions, films, festivals, and more. There’s no better time to get out and explore the cultural richness that Delaware has to offer!
Take time to visit
DelawareScene.com
, which features more than 150 historical and cultural events monthly. From festivals and exhibitions, to lectures, plays, dance, and concerts, Delawareans have abundant opportunities to experience the diversity of its people and talents.
In recognition of National Arts & Humanities Month, Governor John Carney has signed a proclamation designating the month of October as
Delaware Arts & Humanities Month
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During this month, we commend the more than 1 million individuals who engage in the arts annually. We hope that you will add to that number!
On behalf of the arts and culture sector, we wish to express our appreciation to our patrons, the business community, and elected officials, for their recognition of the value of investing in the arts in Delaware.
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Paul Weagraff, Director, Delaware Division of the Arts
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Emerging Professional, Literature:
Creative Nonfiction
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In a recent artistic shift from creating her nationally recognized and widely published works of fiction, Mary-Margaret Pauer has begun to delve deeply into the process and challenges of writing creative non-fiction. Pauer is developing “another skill, another way of using the word, the story, the universal experience in another form.”
Read more.
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Established Professional, Literature:
Fiction
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Don Foster has been a resident of Dover for 13 years now, but his uncles and cousins are carpenters, farmers and watermen in the land of his childhood – Maryland’s Eastern Shore. That still-potent connection with the region and its denizens continues to fuel his vivid short stories.
Read more.
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For information about upcoming events featuring the 2019 Fellows, please visit:
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Last Chance:
Award Winners
Exhibition at
Cab Calloway School of the Arts
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The Award Winners group exhibition featuring the 2019 Individual Artist Fellows is on view until October 18. This is the exhibition's final stop, after traveling to the Biggs Museum of American Art and CAMP Rehoboth.
Contact the school
for visiting hours.
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Art with Purpose
by Leah Beach
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Image: "We Don't Fix Teeth, We Pull Teeth" (detail), 2019.
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"Art with Purpose," an exhibition of photographs and paintings by Leah Beach, will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from October 4-25, 2019. The artist will host a free opening reception on Friday, October 4, from 5-7 p.m. She received an
Individual Artist Fellowship in 2018
from the Delaware Division of the Arts as the Emerging Professional in Visual Arts: Photography.
"Art with Purpose" is about inspiring social change through the power of creative vision.The exhibition features photographs from a trip to Haiti made in partnership with a local hospital and a U.S.-based community health organization.
Beach uses her photography to empower people in the developing world in partnership with non-profits. “When you can change the perspective of a single person to be passionate about a cause after viewing your artwork,” Beach says, “you are well on your way to making a difference in the world.”
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The Mezzanine Gallery, open weekdays from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, is located in the
Carvel State Office Building, 820 N. French Street, Wilmington.
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Visitors to the Gallery should enter via the main doors on 9th and French Streets.
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Delaware Arts Educators Conference
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The Delaware State Arts Conference will be held at Middletown High School on Friday, October 11, from 8:00 am - 3:30 pm. Information regarding sessions, schedule, and more is available
on this website for music
and
on this website for visual art.
This should be a wonderful day of professional development and camaraderie with fellow arts educators.
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Delaware Libraries Performers Showcase & Expo
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The annual Delaware Libraries Performers Showcase & Expo will be on Monday, October 21. This event offers an opportunity to meet, preview, and evaluate a variety of performers in a wide variety of disciplines to help you book talent for future programs (with an emphasis on youth and family-friendly programming). This day-long event incorporates several kinds of forums for audience and performers to connect with one another.
Employees and volunteers at libraries, presenting venues, schools, and other performance spaces are invited to attend.
For more information about attending, or to be considered for a future Performers Showcase, contact Marie Cunningham at
marie.cunningham@delaware.gov
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Grammy Museum's 2020 Grant Program
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The GRAMMY Museum is now accepting Letters of Inquiry for their 2020 grant cycle. With funding generously provided by the Recording Academy, the GRAMMY Museum Grant Program awards grants each year to organizations and individuals for audio preservation projects, as well as scientific research efforts. The program’s aim is to advance the archiving of the recorded sound heritage of the Americas and to explore the impact of music on the human condition.
Grant funds have been utilized to preserve private collections as well as materials at the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian and numerous colleges and universities. Research projects have studied the links between music and early childhood education, treatments for illnesses and injuries common to musicians, and the impact of music therapy. To date, more than $7 million in grants have been awarded to over 400 recipients.
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The
Delaware Artist Roster
is a resource for anyone looking for artistic talent in Delaware! You can find literary, media, performing and visual artists available to create, exhibit, perform, or present programs in venues across the state and throughout the region. Would you like to be listed on the Artist Roster?
Click here to learn more.
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Ongoing Division Grant Deadlines
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Artist Opportunity
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deadline 1/1/20, for activities happening between 2/15/20 - 5/15/2020.
Artist Residency
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rolling deadline, submitted at least 6 weeks prior to start of scheduled residency.
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Please note:
All applications for grants must be submitted through
smARTDE
.
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The Division has embarked on a year-long digital advertising campaign to increase reach and engagement on
DelawareScene.com
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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
October
November & December
January & February 2020
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Submission Deadline
As soon as possible
October 15
November 15
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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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