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Contact Information

Office Hours

Monday – Friday
8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Phone & Email

302-577-8278
Delaware Relay 711 or 877-335-7595 (en Español)
302-577-6561

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Division Staff

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Jessica Ball
Director
 302-577-8278, Wilmington

  • Arts Policy Questions
  • Agency Funding and Financial questions
  • Agency Partnerships – Regional and National
  • Arts Stabilization Fund
  • Delaware Performing Arts Presenter Network Liasion
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Kristin Pleasanton
Deputy Director
302-577-8284, Dover

  • Agency Partnerships- State
  • Agency Events: Arts Summit, Governor’s Awards for the Arts
  • NAP State Employee Exhibition
  • New Initiatives
  • Training/Technical Assistance
  • Public Art
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Kathleen Dinsmore
Organization Support
 302-577-8287, Wilmington

  • Grants for Organizations: General Operating Support, StartUp, Arts Access
  • On-site Evaluation Oversight
  • Grant Review Panels and Panelist Recruitment
  • smARTDE online system
  • Federal Reporting

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Briana Henry
Community Engagement
 302-577-8282, Wilmington/Dover

  • Grants for Organizations: Project Support
  • Arts-based Community Development
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives
  • Agency Partnerships – Community
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Sheila Dean Ross
Arts Education and Accessibility
 302-577-8286, Wilmington

  • Grants for Schools: Artist Residency, Education Resource, TranspARTation
  • Poetry Out Loud
  • Creative Aging
  • Arts Education/Lifelong Learning
  • Accessibility (ADA/504 information)
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Roxanne Stanulis
Artist Programs and Services
 302-577-8283, Dover

  • Grants for Artists: Artist Fellowship and Opportunity
  • Individual Artists
  • Mezzanine Gallery
  • Delaware Artist Roster
  • Delaware Poet Laureate

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Andy Truscott
Communications & Marketing
 302-577-8280, Wilmington

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Dana Wise
Office Manager and Council Logistics/Correspondence
 302-577-8278, Wilmington

  • General Agency-Related Questions
  • Council Logistics and Correspondence
  • Special Event Registration
  • On-site Evaluation Logistics

 

Special Projects (part-time)

Traci Currie headshot Traci Currie, Ph.D
State Coordinator, Poetry Out Loud
 302-577-8278,  Wilmington

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Ryan Morris
Program Associate
302-577-8281, Wilmington

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Leah Wolf
Artist Services Assistant
302-577-8290, Wilmington

Lauren Peters Headshot Lauren E. Peters
Executive Administrator to the Director
 302-577-5170,  Wilmington

 

Office Locations

The Delaware Division of the Arts’ main office is located in Wilmington. We also maintain a satellite office in Dover, sharing space and resources with the Division of Small Business.

 

Wilmington Office

 

Dover Office