Mission – Jester Artspace engages, inspires, and connects our community through the arts.
Vision – Jester Artspace is an essential local resource that generates creative energy by providing opportunities for all people to engage with one another and explore the arts. Our unique history and presence in the Brandywine Hundred is valued and supported by our actively involved community.
Values – Jester Artspace prioritizes creativity, promotes community engagement, and approaches every interaction with respect. Available to all, our programming provides access to the transformative power of the arts. We bring people together through innovative experiences. Together, we create a vibrant and inclusive ecosystem. Our success relies on living our values.
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization adaptively repurposed the historic Jester Farmhouse, for local artists of all disciplines and skill levels to use as meeting, working, and gallery space. Jester Artspace, Inc. partnered with the property owner, New Castle County, Delaware in 2015, to renovate the property. In turn, we now operate the house in a manner of direct benefit to the surrounding community. The Jester Farmhouse was deemed to be of significant historic value to the people of New Castle County. Its core stone walls were one of the few remaining modest pre-Civil War farmsteads that were once common in Northern Delaware. The house sits amid 30 acres of original farmland at 2818 Grubb Road, which is among the oldest colonial-era trade routes in the mid-Atlantic U.S.