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BEND/BREATHE -Giulia Piera Livi at the Delaware Contemporary
BEND/BREATHE Giulia Piera Livi January 16 - April 25, 2021 OPENING EVENT: Friday, February 5, 2021 | 5 - 8 PM during first Friday As part of our Hennessy Experiment Series, Giulia Piera Livi investigates interior design, the curated home space, and the visual and tactile accessibility to objects of art. Livi’s immersive experiences explore […]
Find out more »APPEARANCES -Group exhibition Collaboration with Lauren E. Peters
APPEARANCES Group exhibition Collaboration with Lauren E. Peters January 16 - April 25, 2021 Opening Event: Friday, February 5, 2021 | 5 - 8 PM during first Friday As part of The Delaware Contemporary's 2021 Winter/Spring exhibition series, studio artist Lauren E. Peters selected a group of artists to collaborate with by reimagining her signature […]
Find out more »ADVANCED GEOCHROMATIC STUDIES -Jason Urban and Leslie Mutchler
ADVANCED GEOCHROMATIC STUDIES Jason Urban and Leslie Mutchler January 16 - May 23, 2021 OPENING EVENT: Friday, February 5, 2021 | 5 - 8 PM As a fictive academic course, Advanced Geochromatic Studies is part of an open-ended inquiry into color and its representation in science, pseudo-science, and the spiritual. This series of improvisational compositions […]
Find out more »DEFINITIVE WORK: Living art collaboration with Jasmine Combs
DEFINITIVE WORK Living art collaboration with Jasmine Combs January 16 - May 23, 2021 OPENING EVENT: Friday, February 5, 2021 | 5 - 8 PM SPECIAL PROGRAMMING: Friday, May 7, 2021 | 5 - 8 PM - Poetry Reading and Spoken Word Performance by Jasmine L. Combs In this responsive, collaborative living installation, a dialogue […]
Find out more »VESSEL INVITATIONAL: REVISIONING THE RECEPTACLE
VESSEL INVITATIONAL: REVISIONING THE RECEPTACLE Group exhibition January 16 - May 23, 2021 OPENING EVENT: Friday, February 5 | 5 - 8 PM Throughout civilization, artists have created containers for functional, ceremonial, and decorative purposes. Today, artists are revisioning the ubiquitous home accessory that has perpetually held sophisticated visual appeal into bold, new conceptual statements […]
Find out more »ADVANCED GEOCHROMATIC STUDIES -Jason Urban and Leslie Mutchler
ADVANCED GEOCHROMATIC STUDIES Jason Urban and Leslie Mutchler January 16 - May 23, 2021 OPENING EVENT: Friday, February 5, 2021 | 5 - 8 PM SPECIAL PROGRAMMING: Friday, May 7, 2021 | 5 - 8 PM - 5 PM | Community bike ride from Urban Bike Project to The Delaware Contemporary As a fictive academic […]
Find out more »VESSEL INVITATIONAL: REVISIONING THE RECEPTACLE -Group Exhibition
VESSEL INVITATIONAL: REVISIONING THE RECEPTACLE Group Exhibition January 16 - May 23, 2021 OPENING EVENT AND SPECIAL PROGRAMMING: Friday, February 5 | 5 - 8 PM - 5 PM | Raku firing demo with Tia Santana - 7 PM | Vessel vignettes by Wilmington Ballet VESSELS: THE BODY AND THE BOOK Saturday, May 22, 2021 […]
Find out more »ROUND ABOUT: RECONSIDERING THE OBJECT IN SPACE -Group Exhibition
ROUND ABOUT: RECONSIDERING THE OBJECT IN SPACE Group Exhibition January 16 - April 25, 2021 OPENING EVENT: Friday, February 5, 2021 | 5 - 8 PM SPECIAL PROGRAMMING: Friday, April 2, 2021 | 5 - 8 PM Jazz duo E. Shawn Qaissaunee and Andy Mohler will play improvised pieces inspired by works of the ROUND […]
Find out more »ROUND ABOUT: RECONSIDERING THE OBJECT IN SPACE
ROUND ABOUT: RECONSIDERING THE OBJECT IN SPACE Group Exhibition January 16 - April 25, 2021 OPENING EVENT: Friday, February 5, 2021 | 5 - 8 PM SPECIAL PROGRAMMING: Friday, April 2, 2021 | 5 - 8 PM Jazz duo E. Shawn Qaissaunee and Andy Mohler will play improvised pieces inspired by works of the ROUND […]
Find out more »Anamnesis by Bronwen Hazlett
Anamnesis, an exhibition of photography by Bronwen Hazlett, will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from January 20, 2021 through February 26, 2021. Hazlett, a fine art photographer based in Clayton, is fluent in digital as well as analog photographic processes. Inspired by an early nomadic journey in life, Hazlett explores concepts of home, […]
Find out more »BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE -Studio Artist Group Exhibition
BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE Studio Artist Group Exhibition February 5 - 28, 2021 Opening Reception: Friday, February 5, 2021 | 5 - 8 PM Best Seat in the House features a variety of styles and mediums by 13 Delaware Contemporary studio artists. La-Z-Boy, ladder back, or bar stool? Eames, Chippendale, or Adirondack? Grandma's rocker, […]
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Virtual Art Chat: Guests Dara Meredith and Dr. Tiffany Barber
Join us for an hour-long virtual conversation with special guests, dancer Dara Meredith and Dr. Tiffany Barber, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies & Art History at the University of Delaware. They will explore the work of Eldzier Cortor and discuss how his painting Southern Souvenir II will inspire a dance Meredith will choreograph later this […]
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Behind the Steam: Golden Age of Radio
Take a close look at the Marshall Steam Museum's Westinghouse Radio and its connection to bringing radio into the mainstream. This joint program features Donna Acerra, Professor of Communication at Northampton Community College. She was recently co-curator of “Don’t Touch that Dial: 100 Years of Radio” with the National Museum of Industrial History in Bethlehem, […]
Find out more »Behind the Steam: Golden Age of Radio
What will you find when you go “behind the steam” with us at the Marshall Steam Museum? Join us every month for this new program as we take a close look at a special item in our collection and then zoom out for a larger discussion with experts and enthusiasts. Our collection goes beyond Stanley […]
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