Arts E-News

October 6, 2006
Laura A. Scanlan, Director, DE Division of the Arts
www.artsdel.org

Latest Topics!

Paul Weagraff Named Director of DDOA

Paul Weagraff has been appointed Director of the Delaware Division of the Arts, effective October 16, 2006. Secretary of State Harriet Smith Windsor made the appointment, with the approval of Governor Ruth Ann Minner. Mr. Weagraff replaces Laura Scanlan who has accepted the position of Sr. Vice President for Development for the Delaware Community Foundation. Susan Salkin, the Community Arts Development Coordinator, will take over as Deputy Director. Details…

Online Delaware Artist Roster

The Delaware Artist Roster is now available online. To find Delaware's visual, performing, and literary, and media artists visit http://artistroster.artsdel.org. You can search by 18 different disciplines including Fiction, Murals, Music, Sculpture and Theater. You will also be able to find artists interested in exhibiting, performing or leading workshops. With samples of artwork and links to the artists' websites, we invite all types of organizations and individuals to use this resource.

Art Guide

The Fall-Winter issue of Art Guide is now available. Highlights of exhibits, film festivals, music, and theater events are included. Copies are available throughout the state including galleries, museums, antique shops and performing arts venues. To receive a copy in the mail, go to www.artguidedelaware.com. In recognition of Arts and Humanities Month we invite you to look through the Art Guide and experience something new and exhilarating!

Awards Granted to Seven Delaware Organizations by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

Through the Delaware Performing Arts Presenters Initiative, the MAAF, in partnership with DDOA awarded funds to the Christina Cultural Arts Center, Coastal Concerts, Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library, Delaware Division of Parks & Recreation (Bellevue State Park), Lewes Public Library, and Smyrna Opera House. This program promotes the presentation of a diverse mix of musicians, dancers, and storytellers including Urban Bush Women, Zephyros Winds, The Hillbilly Gypsies, and Beach Jazz. Details…

Mezzanine Gallery: An American Road Trip Diary

Carolyn Berl-Donald, Delaware Individual Artist Fellow in Painting, will be exhibiting her paintings, photographs, and sculpture from her recent road trip across the country. She invites the viewer to retrace that journey with her. The exhibit continues through October 27. Details…

Poetry Out Loud Contest

DDOA presents Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. Schools in each state are invited to participate in classroom and school-wide contests, advancing to state competitions next March. State champions will advance to the National Finals in late April 2007 in Washington, DC.

Poetry anthologies, a program guide to help instructors teach recitation and performance, and an audio CD featuring well-known actors and writers such as James Earl Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Alyssa Milano, and N. Scott Momaday are available to participating schools. Program materials are available for download on the new website, www.poetryoutloud.org, which offers additional resources. Delaware registration materials are available on the DDOA 'website www.artsdel.org/poetryoutloud. The application deadline is November 1, 2006.

Delaware Book Festival

DDOA is pleased to be involved in the planning of the state's first annual Delaware Book Festival on Saturday, November 4, from 10 am to 4 pm at the First State Heritage Park at Dover. Sebastian Junger, Phillip Margolin, Elizabeth George, and Steven Kellogg are among 35 authors and illustrators who will be discussing and reading from their works. Panel discussions will take visitors behind the scenes of editorial and art departments of publishing houses. Workshops and interactive activities for children and adults are scheduled all day. For a complete list of participating authors and a schedule of appearances and activities visit www.debookfestival.lib.de.us

Cultural Access Resources

Our website now presents a list containing resources that provide information or services to address cultural access needs, including: Services for Individuals with Hearing Impairment; Services for Individuals with Visual Impairment; Cultural Access Assessments & Consulting Assistance.

Supports professional/artistic development and unique sponsorship opportunities that are not encompassed in regular organizational programming. Includes new Cultural Access grants. Application is available on the DDOA website at www.artsdel.org/grants/artsorggrants.shtml

DDOA Opportunity Grant Deadline: December 4, 2006

Supports professional/artistic development and unique sponsorship opportunities that are not encompassed in regular organizational programming. Includes new Cultural Access grants. Application is available on the DDOA website at www.artsdel.org/grants/artsorggrants.shtml

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