Category: Division of the Arts

Timeline: DDOA Dover office opened

[row] [column md=”6″] [/column] [column md=”6″] In 2003… It’s hard to believe it’s already been sixteen years since we opened the Delaware Division of the Arts Dover office. [/column] [/row] This post is part of the Division’s 30th Anniversary Timeline series.

February 9, 2019

Timeline: 2 Year Term for Poet Laureate

[row] [column md=”6″] [/column] [column md=”6″] In 1964… The State of Delaware amended the position of Poet Laureate to a two-year term to perform duties as requested by the Governor. At this time, from 1963-1965, Mother M. Aloysius Peach of Wilmington (pictured) was the Delaware Poet Laureate. [button type=”default” size=”lg” link=”https://arts.delaware.gov/poet-laureate/about/”]About the Poet Laureate Program […]

February 5, 2019

Timeline: First Poet Laureate of Delaware

[row] [column md=”6″] [/column] [column md=”6″] In 1947… The Delaware General Assembly passed a resolution authorizing an annual appointment by the Governor (Walter Bacon, pictured) of a Poet Laureate for the State of Delaware. The first Poet Laureate of Delaware was Edna Deemer Leach of Wilmington from 1947 to 1949. Since that time we’ve had […]

February 1, 2019

The Arts at the Archives

Delaware Public Archives unveils new art exhibition The Delaware Public Archives unveiled a new exhibition on Tuesday, September 19 featuring the creations of Wilmington fused-glass artist Marcie Tauber, now on display in the Friends of the Delaware Public Archives Meeting Room. This exhibition is the first installation in a new partnership between the Archives and its sister agency the […]

October 3, 2017