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Date Posted: May 9th, 2018

Attention Current and Former Grantees

We’re excited to announce that beginning this summer, the Division will be moving to a new online grant application and management system – smARTDE (SmartSimple). This system will replace the eGrant system, offering a much more robust, user-friendly, and stable platform for all users – grant applicants, reviewers, onsite evaluators, and staff. You will be […]

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Date Posted: May 4th, 2018

2018 Writers’ Retreat Application Now Open

  The 2018 Writers’ Retreat application is now open!! Spend four days writing at the beach in the company of fellow writers at the Indian River Marina. The nearby beaches at Delaware Seashore State Park or the surrounding coastal wetlands will lend tranquility and intimacy to your writing retreat. In addition to blocks of uninterrupted […]

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Date Posted: May 3rd, 2018

Arts E-News – May 2018

This month’s features: National Endowment for the Arts, 2018 Individual Artist Fellowship exhibition, Cross-Sector Arts Partnership

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Date Posted: May 1st, 2018

Remembering Wilmington in 1968

Wilmington 1968 is a community-wide reflection 50 years after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Following Dr. King’s death, an emotional public response and demonstrations led to a nine-month occupation of Wilmington, Delaware by the National Guard – the longest occupation of an American city to date. Over the past year, community representatives and […]

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Date Posted: April 18th, 2018

Congratulations Delaware Theatre Company!

  Congratulations Delaware Theatre Company on receiving a Cross-Sector Arts Partnership (CSAP), a one-time grantmaking opportunity made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts to support exceptional cross-sector partnership projects. Delaware Theatre Company will work with non-arts partner: Ingleside Homes, Inc. on a project entitled: “Delaware Theatre Company Senior Playwriting Program,” a 12-16 week […]

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Date Posted: April 12th, 2018

Arts E-News – April 2018

This month’s features: 2018 Individual Fellows, Wilmington 1968 Initiative,  National Poetry Month

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Date Posted: April 3rd, 2018

Congratulations to the 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Medalists

Congratulations to the 20 Delaware high-school students that received 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Medals.   About the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to identify students with […]

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Date Posted: March 22nd, 2018

Artist Opportunity Grant Deadline April 1

Artist Opportunity Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to support unique professional and artistic development and presentation opportunities for artists. Examples include: materials to complete work for a specific show or program; the cost to rent a facility for a performance; study with a master for a specified period of time. Evaluation criteria include: anticipated […]

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Date Posted: March 9th, 2018

Arts E-News – March 2018

This month’s features: 2018 Poetry Out Loud State Semi-Finals/Finals, March for the Arts, In Memoriam: Robert Fitzgerald

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Date Posted: March 7th, 2018

Artist Opportunity Grant Deadline April 1

Artist Opportunity Grants are awarded on a competitive basis to support unique professional and artistic development and presentation opportunities for artists. Examples include: materials to complete work for a specific show or program; the cost to rent a facility for a performance; study with a master for a specified period of time. Evaluation criteria include: anticipated […]

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