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Date Posted: June 11th, 2025

Arts Spotlight – June 2025

  Each month we feature 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. Funding for Division of the Arts grants is provided by the Delaware General Assembly and the National […]

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Date Posted: June 9th, 2025

Important Notice: Potential Delays in DDOA FY2026 Grant Notifications

  In early May, hundreds of organizations nationwide—including several here in Delaware—received unexpected notifications from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) rescinding previously awarded grants. The NEA cited a shift in federal funding priorities “to focus on projects that reflect the nation’s rich artistic heritage and creativity” as outlined by the President. These rescissions […]

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Date Posted: May 8th, 2025

Arts Spotlight – May 2025

  Each month we feature 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. Funding for Division of the Arts grants is provided by the Delaware General Assembly and the National […]

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Date Posted: May 22nd, 2025

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – Novelist Gina Wilson – May 25, 2025

What does it feel like when time slips away and creativity flows effortlessly? For Gina Wilson, this unexpected state of “flow” during writing became the bridge between her established career as an executive coach and her emerging identity as a novelist. Wilson brings a unique perspective to her writing, grounded in her Master’s degree in […]

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Date Posted: May 9th, 2025

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – Writer Cassandra Lewis – May 11, 2025

Storytelling has the power to transcend barriers, even prison walls. Meet Cassandra Lewis, an award-winning writer whose creative journey illuminates how literature can build bridges where society often constructs divides. When Lewis began mentoring through PEN America’s Prison and Justice Writing Program, she expected to guide an incarcerated writer. What emerged instead was a profound […]

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Date Posted: May 5th, 2025

Delaware State of the Arts Podcast – OperaDelaware’s Fearless – May 4, 2025

What does it mean to be fearless? To be American? To pursue your dreams against all odds? These questions lie at the heart of “Fearless,” a groundbreaking new opera by composer Derrick Wang that tells the extraordinary true story of Hazel Ying Lee, one of the few Chinese-American women to serve as a pilot during […]

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