Upcoming Events

Featured: Walking Tour of Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program
Sunday, June 7 |  8:00 a.m. -  4:00 p.m.

$60 per person (includes round-trip transportation)

Center City, Philadelphia
Bus will depart Biggs Museum at 8:00 a.m.

This guided two-hour walking tour of the Mural Arts Program in Center City, Philadelphia will begin at 10:00 a.m. with an additional two hours for lunch or shopping. Lunch not included. Reservations required. Learn more or Register here.


Workshop: iPhone Photography - 
Limited Spaces Remaining!
Saturday, May 30 | 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

$60 not-yet-members/$50 members

In this workshop, you'll learn camera techniques that are exclusive to iPhone photography; find out which apps are best for image capture, editing and stylizing your images. Study combinations of apps that transform your images into photo-based art. 

 


Lecture Set: William D. White and the Murals of Delaware
Saturday, June 6 |  1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

$5 admission fee (free for Museum Members)

This lecture will discuss the making of murals and their conservation in the region over the 20th and now 21st centuries. The four speakers will review the history of murals in the region, the conservation and preservation of public murals, as well as an introduction to the Mural Art Program, one of America's most successful public art projects. 

Reservations required. View a full list of speakers or to register here.


Sampler ID Day
Mary Roe (18211904)
Probably taught by Eliza McKay at the Frederica Academy Kent County, Delaware 1835 Image courtesy of M. Finkel & Daughter Collection of the DAR Museum

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Biggs Museum of American Art
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
 

Please bring your 18th and/or 19th century samplers and any supporting family information to be photographed and documented by the Delaware Sampler Discovery Group. If you have more than two samplers, please make an appointment by contacting Ryan Grover at 302-674-2111, extension 108 or email rgrover@biggsmuseum.org. Volunteers will be available to help transport your samplers.

 


 

Summer ArtVentures Camps
**Register early! These camps fill up fast!**
Children Ages 6-9
Clay Creations: 
Monday, July 13 to Friday, July 17
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
$125 Family Members/$150 Not-Yet Members

Color Explosion: 
Monday, July 20 to Friday, July 24
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
$125 Family Members/$150 Not-Yet Members

Swashbuckling Pirates: Monday, July 27 to Friday, July 31
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
$125 Family Members/$150 Not-Yet Members 
callsforartists
Call for Artists

DBH

Event: Delaware By Hand Holiday Market

Date: Saturday, November 7 | 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Location: Biggs Museum
Artist Entry Fee: $100 ($125 for select premium spaces)  
Limited premium spaces available at museum's entrance at $125 each
Limited spaces available at $100 each 

Must be a current DBH artist member to participate. To reserve your space, email Ryan Grover at rgrover@biggsmuseum.org.  Checks can be made out to BMAA and mailed to Biggs Museum at PO Box 711 Dover, DE 19901. Pay via credit card by calling (302) 674-2111. Spaces are limited and reserved on a first come, first serve basis.
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