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#somethingnewsaturday
A new OUTDOOR exhibit opened at The Delaware Contemporary! If you need a new location to get your art fix, a walk down the riverfront afterwards wouldn’t be remiss either!
(All social distancing requirements and COVID precautions should be taken for your health and safety.)
The Delaware Contemporary
ON VIEW through November 30, 2020
In three monumental outdoor banners commissioned by The Delaware Contemporary for the debut of its Platform Gallery, Theresa Chromati has created exuberant and bold visions of female bodies. The psychological charge of Chromati’s beings is intense. Taken together the three banners describe, in the artist’s words, an “ambiguous journey” as a central figure attains “balance and then power.”
LEARN MORE: decontemporary.org/theresa-chromati
All great recommendations! Especially "The Art of Urban Sketching". If you like that, check out our friends at Urban Sketchers Delaware. www.facebook.com/urbansketchersdelaware/
#FridayFun
5 Cheap(ish) Things to Get Started Drawing
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Hello Delaware friends and neighbors, just a reminder your #TipTuesday that today is the Primary Election! You can find your local polling area by following this link: ivote.de.gov/voterview
Just a reminder that this amazing limited collection number print signed by the artist is available as a thank you gift for your $50 donation as well! Make your donation here for your copy today: bit.ly/2O0aQ8z
Silkscreen isn't my strongest medium! A few photos of the talented Susan Benarcik helping me print it...
#whatshappeningWednesday #wewanttoknow
Since things are starting to open, so we want to know: would you come to a following all the current guidelines indoor sketch night? Add why or why not in the comments below!
Not comfortable indoor with other people yet. Virus is not controlled and our contact tracing is not good. But, I’m interested in outside events.
Too soon. I'd think about outdoors, though.
I'd love to attendan outdoor event.
No, this could be done via zoom. Not the best but I think ppl would feel safer.
I avoid indoor spaces
For those who were interested in an outdoor event, we have found a location and have scheduled a pop up sketch morning! See more details here: facebook.com/events/s/outdoor-sketch-morning-at-rock/1416604835198667/?ti=icl
Fascinating deep dive into the science of creativity. One simple definition offered: "Novelty that works". Thoughts?
Season 9, Episode 39 - Freakonomics
freakonomics.com
There are thousands of books on the subject, but what do we actually know about creativity? We talk to the researchers who study it as well as the artists and pathbreakers who live it every day: Elvis Costello, Jennifer Egan, Margaret Geller, and more. To find out more, check out the podcast from wh...
#sundayfunday #artiseverywhere
If you need a little creative boost and some fresh air, you can visit the Copeland Sculpture Garden at the Delaware Art Museum featuring 9 acres of art including the kinetic sculpture "Three Rectangles Horizontal Jointed Gyratory III" by George Rickey, which moves in the wind combining both art and science so it almost never looks the same. You can also walk the labyrinth in the Anthony N. Fusco Reservoir.
See more information here: www.delart.org/collections/copeland-sculpture-garden/
Special note from the Museum: Even the lightest touch can damage a work of art. Please do not touch or climb on the art or outside sculptures. Be careful to keep your hands, bags, bodies and other people accompanying you a safe distance from the artwork. Your great-great-grandchildren will thank you.
I think this may be the only sculpture garden in Delaware!?
Rita Comarnitsky DiDonato- another place to visit
#whatshappeningwednesday #itwouldhavebeenaworkshop
Today we bring you a detailed video about Linocuts and why the process is so versatile. If you like what you see, don't forget to hit that #donate button to support future programs.
#ThrowbackThursday
Did you know New Castle County has owned the Jester Farm since April 1974? We are so excited to give it new life!
Check out the deed here: www.jesterartspace.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/deed_040574.pdf
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#TipTuesday
This one goes out to the caregivers: a simple craft to do with your children make a beautiful bouquet of flowers for the moms, grandmothers, aunts, or whoever else in your life just in time for #MothersDay
nontoygifts.com/handprint-flower-bouquet-kids/
Handprint flower bouquet for kids to make
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You will usually see handprint flower bouquet ideas popping up when looking for Mother's
Thats so simple and great!
Nick Liberatore maybe for the grandmothers?
#funfactfriday
Did you know that the original name for Delaware Art Museum was Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts?
Check out this two page document celebrating the Museum's Centennial: www.delart.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Centennial_History2.pdf
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What a great story about the little art society that grew into a phenomenal museum!
I guess a museum sounds more grand than a society
Yes.
New month, new doodle challenge! Be sure to post your doodles and tag us. We are so excited to see them!
#doodlechallenge #jesterartspace
#artanywhere #rememberthis #whatshappeningwednesday
In another installment of #itwouldhavebeenaworkshop, we bring you a Mother's Day linocut print #howto! Create these elegant cards to send a note to your favorite "Mother" to remind them how they are amazing before May 10th!
Be sure to check out the shopping list and the downloadable template from our website: jesterartspace.org/lessons
The start of a new month in quarantine is coming so we thought we’d share an activity to keep everyone entertained in the rainy week ahead!
Live jazz performance tonight courtesy of Delaware Art Museum! #funfriday
Performance Watch Parties will start at 6:30 p.m. sharp and stream from the Museum’s Facebook page. Hit the reminder button because you don't want to miss this performance!