Events Calendar

A rotating group show featuring an eclectic mix of artwork including paintings, drawings, ceramics, art glass and jewelry. Custom Framing and Gift Certificates are always available.

Gallery Hours: 9 – 5 Monday – Friday; 10 – 3 Saturday

In this class we will look at nature in the wintertime, through painting, drawing, and maybe a little sculpture. We will explore the beauty of leafless trees, damp muddy ground, seasonal plants and animals, and the materials of the earth. We will make nature journals to help us record our observations, learn about drawing the world around us, and explore the materials that we can make and use from nature to make art. Taught by Becca Roberts. Ages 8 - 12 years ...Read more »

Curiosity and Flux, an exhibition of abstract paintings by Shawn Faust, will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from December 6, 2019 – January 10, 2020. The artist will host a free opening reception on Friday, December 6 from 5-7 p.m. Faust, a resident of Bear, received a 2019 Established Fellowship in Painting from the Delaware Division of the Arts. The work in this exhibition represents a shift for Faust, who is best known for his award-winning representat...Read more »

Curated by Deborah Willis, Ph.D., “Posing Beauty in African American Culture explores the contested ways in which African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the Internet. Throughout the Western history of art and image-making, the relationship between beauty and art has become increasingly complex within contemporary art and popular culture.”

A rotating group show featuring an eclectic mix of artwork including paintings, drawings, ceramics, art glass and jewelry. Custom Framing and Gift Certificates are always available.

Gallery Hours: 9 – 5 Monday – Friday; 10 – 3 Saturday

In this class we will look at nature in the wintertime, through painting, drawing, and maybe a little sculpture. We will explore the beauty of leafless trees, damp muddy ground, seasonal plants and animals, and the materials of the earth. We will make nature journals to help us record our observations, learn about drawing the world around us, and explore the materials that we can make and use from nature to make art. Taught by Becca Roberts. Ages 8 - 12 years ...Read more »

Curiosity and Flux, an exhibition of abstract paintings by Shawn Faust, will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from December 6, 2019 – January 10, 2020. The artist will host a free opening reception on Friday, December 6 from 5-7 p.m. Faust, a resident of Bear, received a 2019 Established Fellowship in Painting from the Delaware Division of the Arts. The work in this exhibition represents a shift for Faust, who is best known for his award-winning representat...Read more »

Curated by Deborah Willis, Ph.D., “Posing Beauty in African American Culture explores the contested ways in which African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the Internet. Throughout the Western history of art and image-making, the relationship between beauty and art has become increasingly complex within contemporary art and popular culture.”

A rotating group show featuring an eclectic mix of artwork including paintings, drawings, ceramics, art glass and jewelry. Custom Framing and Gift Certificates are always available.

Gallery Hours: 9 – 5 Monday – Friday; 10 – 3 Saturday

In this class we will look at nature in the wintertime, through painting, drawing, and maybe a little sculpture. We will explore the beauty of leafless trees, damp muddy ground, seasonal plants and animals, and the materials of the earth. We will make nature journals to help us record our observations, learn about drawing the world around us, and explore the materials that we can make and use from nature to make art. Taught by Becca Roberts. Ages 8 - 12 years ...Read more »

Curated by Deborah Willis, Ph.D., “Posing Beauty in African American Culture explores the contested ways in which African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the Internet. Throughout the Western history of art and image-making, the relationship between beauty and art has become increasingly complex within contemporary art and popular culture.”

Stop by The Delaware Contemporary on first Fridays for exhibition openings, open artist studios, food trucks, cash bar, and new programming every month!

FEATURED OPENING RECEPTION:
- A HISTORY OF THE WORLD - SORT OF, Hugh Atkins and
Jenna Lucente
- MALICE’S RESTAURANT, Natalie Hutchings
- GESTURE OF MOTION, Haeley Kyong

ADDITIONAL HIGHLIGHTS:
5 - 8 | The Art Cart
6 - 7 | Panel discussion featuring MIND THE GAP
Panelists will present multiple perspectives on gender gaps, how visual art benefits Asian communities, and how certain art education practices attract Asian artists to help close or minimize the “gaps”.

LOOP SPECIAL:
ART 2020 tickets - 2 for $50 (regular price $30/ticket)
Must be purchased onsite during Art Loop
LEARN MORE: decontemporary.org/art-2020

Join TheDCH for two exhibition openings on the January Art Loop!

During the first Friday of each month, the free, self-guided public event brings together art lovers and the community to the ever-evolving downtown and greater Wilmington areas. Art galleries, studios, museums, and alternative art spaces offer an opportunity to meet featured artists while enjoying refreshments and periodic entertainment...

During the first Friday of each month, the free, self-guided public event brings together art lovers and the community to the ever-evolving downtown and greater Wilmington areas. Art galleries, studios, museums, and alternative art spaces offer an opportunity to meet featured artists while enjoying refreshments and periodic entertainment...