Become a Museum Member and you can visit the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington during exclusive Member-only days from July 1 until the public opening on July 15, 2020. As a Member, you will be one of the first to experience Layered Abstraction: Margo Allman & Helen Mason, an exhibition featuring two female artists who […]
Continue ReadingGrant to support 2021 restaging of the 1971 exhibition “Afro-American Images” Wilmington, DE – National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved an Art Works award of $25,000 to the Delaware Art Museum for the 2021 restaging of Afro-American Images 1971. This is one of 1,015 grants nationwide that the agency has […]
Continue ReadingWilmington, DE – The Delaware Art Museum is pleased to announce Creative Spacers, a project that encourages social distancing through art, in the coming months. The Museum has commissioned local artists to each create a series of five works of art, which are then converted into vinyl decals and installed in spaces where social distancing […]
Continue ReadingWilmington, DE – Anyone who has visited the Delaware Art Museum Store over the past two years has noticed the store’s evolution from a traditional gift shop to a vibrant community bookstore, selling a variety of books for children and adults right alongside a unique selection of gifts, stationery, work from local artists, and other […]
Continue ReadingWilmington, DE – The Delaware Art Museum may be closed, but you can still visit the Museum and its collection of over 12,000 works of art through a variety of innovative tours across email and social media. The Museum recently launched “The View from DelArt,” an email highlights tour of the collection, in which staff, […]
Continue ReadingDear Friends of the Delaware Art Museum: Nothing is more important to us than your health and safety, and we take seriously our responsibility as a civic institution that serves the public good. With that in mind, we will close to the public effective Saturday, March 14, 2020. We will continue to monitor developments with […]
Continue ReadingA message from the Delaware Art Museum, Just yesterday we communicated that, based on the COVID-19 (coronavirus) information at hand, the Delaware Art Museum would remain open and all scheduled programs would continue as planned. However, as the situation continues to develop, and out of deep concern for the welfare of our guests and staff, […]
Continue ReadingWilmington, DE – The Delaware Art Museum is excited to announce the reinstallation and reinterpretation of eight main-floor galleries housing its permanent collection. This project encompasses the Museum’s spaces dedicated to American art and illustration, Howard Pyle, John Sloan, and the Bancroft Collection of Pre-Raphaelite Art. Between April and November 2020, over 8,000 square feet […]
Continue ReadingBlue Blaze Associates presents Conversations with Women Making a Difference on April 23, 2020, at the Delaware Art Museum. The inspirational event features a panel discussion with three influential women offering career highlights, life stories, and hard-earned wisdom. All proceeds are donated to local nonprofits. The three panelists for April 23, 2020, are: Melody Phillips […]
Continue ReadingWilmington, DE – The Delaware Art Museum is proud to continue spotlighting impactful local artists with its latest exhibition, Julio daCunha: Modernizing Myths, which opens Saturday, February 29, 2020 and runs until Sunday, May 10, 2020. DaCunha, who originally hails from Bogotá, Colombia, has a storied history in Delaware, teaching at the University of Delaware […]
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