Blog Archive


Date Posted: November 12th, 2020

Division Seeks Your Input for Strategic Plan

The Delaware Division of the Arts has partnered with the Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement to develop a new strategic plan for FY2021–FY2025 that identifies and incorporates the ideas, issues and initiatives of Delaware’s arts community including its artists, organizations, audiences and educators. This strategic plan will reinforce and recognize the value of the arts […]

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Date Posted: November 5th, 2020

Arts Spotlight: November 2020



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Date Posted: October 30th, 2020

In Memoriam: Ramona DeFelice Long

Ramona DeFelice Long, an accomplished writer and editor, will be remembered for her involvement in Delaware’s writing community and her generous spirit. She was a frequent literary judge, workshop presenter, and reader throughout the state. Ramona received numerous awards from the Division and most recently, in 2016, the prestigious Masters Fellowship in Literature: Fiction. In […]

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Date Posted: October 15th, 2020

Arts E-News – October 2020

  The October issue of Arts E-News features SMU DataArts’ Arts Vibrancy Index Report, National Arts & Humanities Month, Fellowship artists Nicholas Serratore and Constance M. Simon, On the Mezzanine with Aaron Paskins, and Arts Spotlight with CoroAllegro, Delaware Celebration of Jazz, and the UD Resident Ensemble Players.

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Date Posted: October 2nd, 2020

Arts Spotlight: October 2020

Each month we’ll feature a handful of arts and community-based organizations and their programs and projects funded by the Delaware Division of the Arts in our Arts Spotlight which will be included on our monthly e-newsletter, Arts E-News and online. If you haven’t signed up yet for Arts E-News, please do so here. Funding for […]

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Date Posted: September 29th, 2020

Wilmington Ranked #6 Most Arts-Vibrant Community in the U.S.

Wilmington Delaware-MD-NJ was named the sixth most arts-vibrant, medium-size community in the United States, making the list for the first time in the history of this annual report! The SMU DataArts’ Arts Vibrancy Index Report ranked more than 900 communities across the country, examining the level of supply, demand and government support for the arts […]

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Date Posted: September 6th, 2020

Arts E-News – September 2020

  This month features: Artist Fellows Aaron Paskins and Guy Miller; COVID Relief funding opportunities, Arts Spotlight, and On the Mezzanine: Chloe McEldowney  

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Date Posted: September 3rd, 2020

Arts Spotlight: September 2020

Each month we’ll feature a handful of arts and community-based organizations and their programs and projects funded by the Delaware Division of the Arts in our Arts Spotlight which will be included on our monthly e-newsletter, Arts E-News and online. If you haven’t signed up yet for Arts E-News, please do so here. Funding for […]

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Date Posted: August 6th, 2020

Arts E-News – August 2020

This month features: Arts Sector Update from Delaware Arts Alliance, Library Performing Arts Series, Mid Atlantic Tour Engagements in Delaware,  Award Winners XX, and On the Mezzanine: Chloe McEldowney, New Section: Arts Spotlight

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Date Posted: August 3rd, 2020

Arts Spotlight: August 2020

  Each month we’ll feature a handful of arts and community-based organizations and their programs and projects funded by the Delaware Division of the Arts in our Arts Spotlight which will be included on our monthly e-newsletter, Arts E-News and online. If you haven’t signed up yet for Arts E-News, please do so here. Funding […]

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