Web-based
arts and cultural calendar to launch in mid-October
DelawareScene.com
is a comprehensive, up-to-date website calendar sponsored by the
Delaware Division of the Arts that features the state’s arts and
cultural events and attractions. As a web-based calendar, it will be
accessible to anyone with Internet access, and it will not be bound by the limitations of print calendars!
The Division is now accepting arts
and cultural event information from
Delaware venues. Click here to learn more about submitting your events. A
special email announcement will be sent once the calendar is
live.
 October is Arts and Humanities Month
Here are five ideas
to promote the arts and humanities in Delaware:
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Attend an art or
cultural event in your community and write a letter about your
experience to your local representative.
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Become a member of
your favorite local arts organization.
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Stop by
Wilmington's "Art Attack" event on 9th Street between Shipley and
West Street on October 3rd from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. for a sneak
preview of the Wilmington fall arts season and stay for Art Loop.
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Read the Division's
FY2008 Annual Report in The News Journal on October
1st. The issue focuses on
education and learning in the arts.
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Bookmark www.DelawareScene.com and check it out in late
October.
For more ideas on how
to celebrate National Arts and Humanities Month, visit the Americans for the Arts NAHM
webpage.
Tell
us how we’re doing…
As part of our
commitment to providing quality service to our constituents, we have
developed an online survey to find out from you how you think we’re
doing. We invite you to take five minutes to complete the survey. Your input is extremely valuable to us.
We’ll be closing out the survey after September 30th, so let us know
soon!
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To be considered for service on a grant review
panel, you may nominate yourself or someone else to the
pool. Download these
documents:
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Division
seeks nominations for grant review panelists
The Delaware Division
of the Arts recruits Delaware citizens every year to review grant
applications for state funding of the arts. The Division selects
panelists based on their knowledge and experience in the arts, in
related fields, and in the community.
We are currently
trying to build up our existing pool of potential panelists for the
spring 2009 grant review season. If you or someone you know are
interested, we encourage you to submit a nomination form. If you
have submitted a nomination form within the last year, please be
assured that you are still under consideration for serving on a
panel. We are particularly looking to expand the ethnic, racial, and
demographic diversity of our pool of panel candidates.
New
program for emerging arts organizations
The Division of the Arts
introduces STARTUP, a new program to provide the tools
and training for emerging
arts organizations to get a firm footing and become sustainable over
time. STARTUP will be the entry-level program for new organizations
that wish to become eligible for General Operating Support, once they have demonstrated basic
competencies in fiscal management, board development, and marketing
and strategic planning.
The
program is comprised of
training, consultant input, and modest programmatic funding. The workshops
and training provided to the STARTUP organizations are also available (as space allows) to established organizations
seeking to strengthen their own organizational capacity. Contact Terry Plummer, the
Division's Community Arts Development Coordinator, for more
information.
Deadline
for Poetry Out Loud Registration
September 26th is the
deadline for schools to register for Poetry Out Loud. Click here for more information.
Opportunities
posted weekly on www.artsdel.org
If you're not
checking the opportunities section of our website at http://www.artsdel.org/opportunities on a regular
basis, then you're missing out on valuable information. For example…
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Did you know that
tenant space is available to arts organizations in the
Smyrna-Clayton area through the St. Joseph's Center for Community Service? Click here to read more.
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Did you know that
The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts is hosting the
Conference for Community Arts Education in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, October 29th-November 1st, 2008? Click here to read more.
These are just two
examples of opportunities that may be of interest to you or your
organization…so check out the opportunities regularly!
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