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Applause
The Music School of Delaware was awarded the inaugural City of Wilmington ACCESS Award. Mayor James M. Baker presented the award in recognition of the Music School’s long-standing tradition of serving people of all ages with special needs.
The National Endowment for the Arts announced that it is appointing Laura A. Scanlan, principal with Creative Cultural Strategies and former executive director of the Delaware Division of the Arts, as the agency's director of state and regional partnerships.
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April in the Mezzanine Gallery
Hunter Clarke - April 7-30, 2010. Reception
scheduled for Friday, April 9th from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Click here for more information.
Untitled (2009)
Mixed media on panel
8" x 8" x 2"
2010 Writers Retreat
Applications are now being accepted for the 2010 Delaware Poetry and Nonfiction Writers Retreat.
Spend a weekend of writing with JoAnn Balingit, Delaware’s Poet Laureate and writers Tama Baldwin and Frank Giampietro. Activities will include discussions, workshops, writing, and more.
Sixteen individual Delaware artists are being recognized for the high quality of their artwork in the visual arts, literature, music and folk arts. Artists were selected from towns throughout the state including Ardencroft, Bear, Middletown, Newark, Dover, Rehoboth Beach, and Wilmington. Click here to read more.
Learn about Federal Grant Opportunities
The best way to learn about federal grants, including those from the National Endowment for the Arts, is to go to Grants.gov,
the federal government's grant-making portal, to sign up for an RSS feed that notifies you when grant
opportunities are open.
Resources for the Arts
in Economic Hard Times
"Delaware's philanthropic sector is a
complex tapestry of organizations and individuals, rich with
history, that is an integral part of this three-county state…The
philanthropic sector in Delaware is solid, reserved and
traditional. Unfortunately, today’s world is not." Read
more in
Philanthropy in the First State.
The Kresge Foundation announces today a new national strategy for its Arts and Culture Program that fosters the long-term financial stability of arts and cultural organizations, supports artists’ services, and helps to integrate arts and culture institutions and activities into effective community building. The deadline for pre-application email submissions is Monday, May 17, 2010 at midnight Eastern Standard Time. Details…
The Nonprofit Finance Fund has created a comprehensive "Tough Times" Package of rapid-response services available to nonprofit organizations, regardless of size, to assist them in dealing with the recession.
The Meyer Foundation based in Washington, D.C. has created a web portal that lists learning opportunities, tips, tactics, and strategies to help nonprofits navigate through the current economic downturn.
Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative is a program designed to provide planning assistance and consulting to struggling arts organizations throughout the United States. Visit www.artsincrisis.org
DE State of the Arts Podcasts
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April 24, 2010
An interview with Ruth Brown and Marsha Amato-Greenspan about
upcoming Eastern States Theatre Festival at Chapel Street
Players in Newark.
April 17, 2010
An interview with Guillermina Gonzalez, Executive Director of
the Delaware Arts Alliance, discussing recent National Arts Advocacy Day in Washington DC.
April 10, 2010
A re-broadcast interview with Guillermina Gonzalez, Executive Director of
the Delaware Arts Alliance, discussing the newly formed arts
advocacy organization.
April 3, 2010
An interview with Maxine Gaiber, Executive Director of the Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, discussing Michael Kaiser's recent visit to Delaware on his Arts in Crisis tour.
March 27, 2010
An interview with Sylvia Cowell and Sandy Conner, discussing the upcoming month-long celebration of Duke Ellington at the Schwartz Center and other venues.
