2023 Individual Artist Fellow Applications Open

The Fiscal Year 2023 Artist Fellowship application is now open in smARTDE. The deadline for applications is August 1, 2022. Check the website for guidelines and more information.

A new artistic discipline is offered this year: Visual Arts: Interdisciplinary for work which combines two or more of the Fellowship arts disciplines (Media Arts, Crafts, Painting, Photography, Sculpture, Works on Paper). Masters applications will be accepted in Visual Arts and Folk Arts from artists who have received an Established Fellowship prior to January 2016 in the same discipline.

Looking ahead, the Division is preparing to make changes to the Fellowship program for Fiscal Year 2024. We anticipate offering Fellowships on a rotating cycle of artistic disciplines similar to the Masters Fellowship schedule. This will reduce administrative costs for the jurying process and allow the Division to award more Fellowships per artistic discipline. For applicants, this means that there will be years when your artistic discipline will not be offered.

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On the Mezzanine - Samara Weaver

The Delaware Division of the Arts’ Mezzanine Gallery presents Samara Weaver’s exhibition, Explorations Through Materiality, on view June 3-24, 2022. Guests are invited to attend a Meet-the-Artist Reception on Friday, June 3, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. as part of Art Loop Wilmington.

Join Us at the Award Winners Reception - June 3

You’re invited! The Award Winners reception will be held at the Biggs Museum of American Art, Dover on Friday, June 3, from 5:00-8:00 p.m. with the awards presentation at 6:30 p.m. The event will feature special performances by various 2022 Individual Artist Fellows and the work of all 25 artists exhibited inside the Biggs’ Galleries.

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Meet the Fellows

The prestigious Individual Artist Fellowships from the Delaware Division of the Arts recognize a variety of disciplines and outstanding quality of work. From writers to visual artists to musicians, these award-winning creatives have unique stories and talents. View all 25 Fellow profiles on the Division’s website.

Gregory K. Hammond

Emerging, Literature: Fiction

Gregory K. Hammond wanted to be a writer “from the get-go.” In elementary school, he "...wrote book reports in the form of plays and presented them for the oral reports.” Later, inspired by the Civil Rights movement and its emerging Black writers and poets, he began to read and write poetry as well as write novels.

Other Opportunities

Save the Date: Fundamental Not Ornamental

Sponsored by the Delaware Department of Education, the Division of the Arts, and the Delaware Arts Alliance, this statewide summer professional development opportunity convenes arts educators from schools and organizations, as well as teaching artists for engagement in workshops on how to implement new national arts standards. Breakfast and lunch provided.

Dover High School | July 27, 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

DAY 1: Taking the Plunge - clinician

Arreon Harley-Emerson

Culturally Responsive & Relevant Teaching

in the Arts

PDMS Course #30565

Day 1 - Sec. #59248

Dover High School | July 28, 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

DAY 2: Multilingual Learners and the Arts

Cary Knight, Maria Rodriguez, DOE

PDMS Course #30565

Day 2 - Sec. #59249

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for non-state employee registration

2022 Writers’ Retreat Application

The Delaware Division of the Arts is planning to host the 2022 Writers' Retreat in person from November 3-6, 2022 at the University of Delaware’s Virden Center in Lewes. Tara Campbell and Chet’la Sebree will be leading the workshops.

The application process is competitive, and participants will be chosen based on the merit of their writing submissions. Work samples will be juried in an anonymous review process to select up to 20 attendees from the applicant pool, split between poetry and prose.

If selected, participants must remit a fee for the retreat ($325), which includes a private room and most meals.

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Each month we feature arts and community-based organizations and their programs and projects funded by the Delaware Division of the Arts.

Christina Cultural Arts Center

partnered with Delaware Symphony Orchestra, The Grand Opera House & WHYY

A Conversation with Lara Downes

Wilmington, General Operating Support

CAMP Rehoboth

Using Art to Shine a Light

Rehoboth Beach, General Operating Support

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.