Recent reviews include:

"This delightful concert had obviously been carefully planned to draw attention to the way in which its four featured pieces also carry on a dialog among themselves." Read Lois Potter's review of Delaware Chamber Music Festival at the Wilmington Music School.

"It is clear that the Biggs Museum has 'struck gold' with their exhibition on silver." Read Bruno Pouliot's review of Delaware Silver at the Biggs Museum of American Art.

"He [Baritone Grant Youngblood] was clearly the star of the set, and his sly delivery of 'I Bought Me a Cat' made it a special audience-pleaser." Read Thomas Leitch's review of Grant Youngblood, Baritone at The Delaware Symphony Orchestra.

For complete reviews by selected arts critics, visit Heartbeat of the Arts

For a chance to read the reviews by Delaware Theatre Company Young Critics, click here.

Frequently Requested Forms

Select a form to download --------- Division Logos Final Evaluation Form (PDF) Final Evaluation Form (Word) Financial Report (Project Support) Grant Applications Onsite Evaluation Form (PDF) Onsite Evaluation Form (Word) Mailing List Questionnaire (PDF) Mailing List Questionnaire (Word) W-9 IRS Form

Funding Opportunities

NEA Grants now available:

• American Masterpieces - Presenting
  (Deadline September 26)

Fiscal Year 2009 Grant Recipients Announced

Eighty-eight organizations throughout the state received 118 grants, totaling $1.65 million. Click here for a list of the grant awards.

Mezzanine Gallery in September

Peter Williams-Individual Artist Fellow in Painting, September 5th-26th, 2008; Reception: September 5th, 2008

Untitled, 2008
collage on paper
11" x 14"

Applause

Delawareans Anne Agnes Colwell and Jean Hull Herman took top prizes in poetry in the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) Communications Contest.

Liz Dolan of Rehoboth Beach placed first in three poetry contests in April and was nominated for The Robert McGovern Prize for first books.

State of the Arts Podcasts

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August 30, 2008
Terry Foreman from the Newark Arts Alliance talks about their upcoming "Ego Show" and some of the other exciting activities going on this fall.

August 23, 2008
Marilyn Bauman discusses upcoming aesthetic education opportunities through Winterthur and the Violette de Mazia Foundation.

August 16, 2008
Allison Burris Castellanos highlights El Centro Cultural's Festival Hispano 2008.

August 9, 2008
Representatives from the Nonprofit Finance Fund discuss the findings in "State of the Arts Study in Delaware."

August 2, 2008
Donald Fenimore and Ann Wagner discuss highlights of "Silversmiths to the Nation," now on exhibit at Winterthur Museum and Country Estate.

Archived podcasts

These podcasts are provided as a service through a partnership between the Division of the Arts and 1450 WILM News Radio

Funding for the Delaware Division of the Arts and its programs is provided by the Delaware General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.