Rehoboth Art League Host Docent Open House

REHOBOTH BEACH, DE – On March 25, 2020 from 1-3pm, the Rehoboth Art League invites community members with an interest in history, the arts, or both, to attend the Docent Open House, which will held in the Peter Marsh Homestead on the art league’s historic Henlopen Acres campus. The Homestead, one of five buildings operated by the Rehoboth Art League, is on the National Register of Historic Places, and was built by Peter Marsh in 1743. It was maintained by the Marsh family until 1863 and was later sold to the Dodd family before becoming host to the founding of the Rehoboth Art League in 1938. The Homestead endures as a unique example of the architecture of its era and remains one of the oldest buildings in Sussex County still standing on its original foundation.

The Homestead Docent Program for the Homestead, in concert with the mission of the Rehoboth Art League, is committed to telling the story of the house and gardens to visitors and contributing to its maintenance and enhancement. RAL’s Docent team staffs the Homestead on a volunteer basis from May through October. Docents are frequently the first face for new visitors to the RAL campus and are tasked with sharing the history of the building and the people who lived and worked there. They promote the history of the Rehoboth Art League through sharing information about the organization’s founder, Louise Corkran, and her husband Col. Wilbur Sherman Corkran, who developed the Town of Henlopen Acres around the property. Docents promote RAL artists and exhibitions, and encourage visitors to explore the Homestead’s formal garden, as well as the rest of the campus and its historic buildings. Interested community members are invited to the Docent Open House on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 from 1-3pm to learn more about the Docent program or go to RAL’s website for other volunteer opportunities.

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The Rehoboth Art League is a membership-based nonprofit arts organization dedicated to teaching, preserving and inspiring the arts in the region. For additional information on the league, its classes, events, and exhibitions, visit the website at rehobothartleague.org, or call 302.227.8408. Connect with the league on Facebook and Instagram.

The Rehoboth Art League is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on www.DelawareScene.com