New Grants System: smARTDE
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We’re excited to announce that beginning this summer, the Division will be moving to a new online grant application and management system–smARTDE. This system will replace the Division’s existing eGrant system, offering a much more robust, user-friendly, and stable platform for all users–grant applicants, reviewers, onsite evaluators, and staff. All existing grant application data will be transferred to smARTDE.
Applicants/Grantees will be able to log in to apply for future grant opportunities, and also to see grant history, current grant payment schedule, panel comments, onsite evaluations, and more. SmARTDE will also be the registration portal for the Poetry Out Loud program, event registrations, and Mezzanine Gallery applications.
Beginning in 2019, smARTDE will also accept Individual Artist Fellowship applications. Until then, applicants will apply as normal through Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation's eGrant system.
To orient applicants/grantees to the new system, a series of statewide in-person meetings and webinars have been scheduled to help users understand the new smARTDE system.
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Monday, August 6
4-5:30 p.m. and 6-7:30 p.m.
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Rehoboth Beach Film Society
Cinema Arts Theater,
17701 Dartmouth Dr.,
Lewes, DE 19958
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Wednesday, August 8
3:30-5 p.m. and 6-7:30 p.m.
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Smyrna Opera House
7 W South St.,
Smyrna, DE 19977
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Wednesday, August 15
4-5:30 p.m. and 6-7:30 p.m.
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The Delaware Contemporary
200 S Madison Street,
Wilmington, DE 19801
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All dates are subject to change. Webinars are yet to be scheduled.
RSVP information will be sent mid-July.
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The 2018 Award Winners Exhibition will travel to all three counties this summer.
Biggs Museum of American Art
Now through July 22
Reception on June 13; 5:30-7:30 p.m.
RSVP
CAMP Rehoboth
August 3-26
Reception: August 9; 5:30-7:30 p.m.
RSVP
Cab Calloway School of the Arts
September 7-30
Reception September 7; 5-7 p.m.
RSVP
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Each summer the Division of the Arts collaborates with the Division of Libraries and the Division of Parks and Recreation to bring arts programming to communities throughout the state. This year, more than 30 libraries across Delaware will feature
New Moon Theater and Baba Bomani as part of their summer reading program. In addition, the Division is collaborating with Autism Delaware to present Turtle Dance Music in sensory-friendly performances in all three counties as a kick-off event for the summer program.
Likewise, state parks across the state,from White Clay Creek to Cape Henlopen, will present
summer arts programming . Cultural events will include storyteller Bill Lepp, Brown Box Theater Players, folk singer John Flynn, a marine debris exhibit, and more.
The Division of the Arts is proud of these ongoing partnerships, helping us to reach thousands of youth and adults in the summer months in non-traditional venues across the state. For these and other arts activities this summer, we invite you to explore
DelawareScene.com. You'll be glad you did!
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Established Professional, Literature: Poetry
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Kozinski grew up in Wilmington, part of an accomplished musical family, so melody and cadence are deeply embedded in his poems. His work is filled with harmony and counterpoint, but unlike music, writing mandates that only one voice can speak at a time. So he works to incorporate patterns of contemporary speech and the “syncopation and cross-rhythms found in jazz and other musical forms.”
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Emerging Professional, Visual Arts: Painting
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Exploring issues of appearance, identity and sexuality, Lauren E. Peters has studied the legendary statue of Venus de Milo, making that marble icon the subject of her college thesis exhibition. But a continuing search for female symbols to study, interpret and paint led the Wilmington artist to her current practice – painting large-scale self-portraits.
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Arts, Culture & Heritage Preservation Field Days or ArCH is a program designed to engage 4th grade students in exploring Delaware’s past and present through hands-on activity stations located throughout the First State Heritage Park and the First State National Historical Park in Dover.
This year,
24 partner organizations hosted 1,357 students from five Delaware School Districts and two charter schools. The Delaware Division of the Arts participated with a visual arts activity focused on the design of the Old State House.
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Trace by Carlos Alejandro
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Cementerio de Guiones
, 10" x 14",
Palladium print on Hahnemuhle photo rag, 2013
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Carlos Alejandro’s
Trace, an exhibition of black and white fine art photography, will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from now through June 29, 2018. The subjects in the photographs range from delicate ghost ferns to scenes from Cuba to religious artifacts. The unifying theme is an interest in capturing traces of history, intuition, influence, artifacts, paths, and vestiges.
The images are captured on a digital camera but printed in analog materials like palladium and other elements. A number of the photographs will be displayed in vintage frames that Alejandro has purchased at auction.
Trace is Alejandro’s first solo exhibition of fine art photography in Delaware since the 1990s.
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The Mezzanine Gallery, open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., is located in the
Carvel State Office Building, 820 N. French Street, Wilmington.
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Individual Artist Fellowship Application Now Open
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The Fiscal Year 2019 Individual Artist Fellowship Application is now available. This year's Masters category is Literary & Media Arts. The guidelines with links to the eGrant application and work sample preparation guide are available
here.
Please note that this year’s Fellowship application will be submitted via the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation egrant system. (The Fellowship application will not be available in smARTDE until 2019).
Contact Roxanne Stanulis with any questions at
roxanne.stanulis@state.de.us or 302-736-7435. The deadline for applications is
Wednesday, August 1, 2018 by 4:30 p.m.
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Delaware Seashore Poetry & Prose Writers' Retreat
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The Retreat will be held from November 1-4, 2018 at the Cottages at Indian River Marina, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Workshops leaders are Sandra Beasley, award-winning author of four books of poetry and nonfiction, and Leslie Pietryzk, novelist and prize-winning short story writer. The workshops are designed for participants to enhance existing work, generate new work, explore craft, and learn from each other in a safe and supportive environment.
Applicants must be Delaware residents over the age of 18, and not enrolled in a degree or certificate granting educational program. If selected, the 2018 participation fee is $325, which includes room and board.
Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, 2018.
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Save the Date: "Fundamental Not Ornamental 4" Teacher Summer Institute
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Sponsored jointly by the Delaware Department of Education and the Division of the Arts, this statewide summer professional development opportunity convenes arts educators from schools and organizations as well as teaching artists, for two days of engagement in how to implement the new national arts standards. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Activities will include an overview of the role of the teaching artist in the classroom, instructional strategies, and other related topics of interest. Breakfast and lunch will be provided both days.
Register by June 22, 2018 at the link below. For questions, contact
Sheila Dean Ross.
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Kent/Sussex Counties
Milford Central Academy
1021 N. Walnut Street, Milford, DE 19963
July 11 & 12
8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. both days
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New Castle County
Wilbur Elementary School
4050 Wrangle Hill Road, Bear, DE 19701
July 18 & 19
8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. both days
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Folk and Traditional Arts Touring Network (FTAN)
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Starting in fall 2018, new members will be selected for the network on an annual basis through an open, competitive selection process. Mid-Atlantic region (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, USVI, VA, and WV) non-profit presenters are eligible to participate in the program. FTAN prioritizes participation by presenters that work in and with communities underserved by the arts. Once selected, membership in the program is ongoing, contingent upon meeting annual participation requirements.
Learn more
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On-Site Evaluators Needed
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If you love the arts and actively participate in programs or attend events, you may be a candidate to serve as an on-site evaluator for the Division. We are currently seeking to expand our list of potential evaluators who are dependable, articulate observers with knowledge in one or more art forms (you do not need to be professionally trained in the arts).
Evaluators generally attend and produce a written review of two or more programs each year, including performances, exhibits, workshops or classes, and more. Experience new art forms and see more of Delaware’s treasures while serving a vital role in the review of grant-funded programs. If interested, please complete the
On-Site Evaluator Self-Nomination Form
and return it to
Katie.West@state.de.us
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The Division has embarked on a year-long digital advertising campaign to increase reach and engagement on
DelawareScene.com
. We remind and recommend that organizations, businesses and individual artists, submit their 2018 events as soon as they are scheduled, and no later than the recommended deadlines below.
Submit now
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Event Date
June
July & August
September & October
November & December
January & February, 2019
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Submission Deadline
As soon as possible
May 15
July 15
September 15
November 15
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Ongoing Division Grant Deadlines
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Artist Residency: rolling deadline, submitted at least 6 weeks prior to start of scheduled residency
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TranspARTation Grant: Closed for 2017/18 school year. Please check back next fall for funding.
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The
Delaware Division of the Arts is an agency of the State of Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, the Division administers grants and programs that support arts programming, educate the public, increase awareness of the arts, and integrate the arts into all facets of Delaware life. Funding for Division programs is provided by annual appropriations from the Delaware General Assembly and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. For more information about the Delaware Division of the Arts, visit
arts.delaware.gov or call
302-577-8278.
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