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  Category: Kent County


Arbor Day 2019: Poster Contest Winners and Community Events

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2019

Ellie Merrick, a 5th-grader at Southern Delaware School of the Arts in Selbyville, has been named the State Winner of the Delaware Forest Service’s 2019 Arbor Day Poster Contest. This year’s theme – “Trees Are Terrific…in Cities and Towns!” – was chosen to highlight the benefits of trees in our communities. Almost 100 years before Earth Day, Arbor Day was established on April 10, 1872 by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska City, Nebraska. It is believed more than one million trees were planted on the first Arbor Day. In Delaware, Arbor Day is traditionally celebrated on the last Friday in April, which falls on April 26, 2019. This year, the Delaware Forest Service will help Dover celebrate its 30th Anniversary as a Tree City USA by planting more than 30 trees at parks and streets throughout the city.




The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “Painting with Wood” by Robert Bruce Weston

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, April 1, 2019

On view from April 5-26, 2019 Free opening reception on Friday, April 5 at 5 p.m. Wilmington, Del. (April 1, 2019) – Painting with Wood, an exhibition of “wood veneer paintings” by Robert Bruce Weston, will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from April 5-26, 2019. The artist will host a free opening reception […]




Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to sponsor 14 special events during April 2019

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Highlights include programs on the artist who created “His Master’s Voice,” the bombardment of Lewes and a festival at Fort Christina.




“The Rising Sun: The U.S. Constitution”: The Old State House’s Coffee-Hour Lecture Series to take place in April 2019

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Fun and thought-provoking Constitutional programs to take place on April 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2019.




Thirty-Six Talented State Employees and their Family Members Honored

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, March 18, 2019

Division of the Arts announces award-winning artists in its annual Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition reception & award ceremony Dover, Del. (March 18, 2019) – The talented state employees and their family members were recognized for their artwork exhibited at the eight annual Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition sponsored by the National Arts Program® reception […]







  Category: Kent County

Arbor Day 2019: Poster Contest Winners and Community Events

Department of Agriculture | Forest Service | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, April 18, 2019

Ellie Merrick, a 5th-grader at Southern Delaware School of the Arts in Selbyville, has been named the State Winner of the Delaware Forest Service’s 2019 Arbor Day Poster Contest. This year’s theme – “Trees Are Terrific…in Cities and Towns!” – was chosen to highlight the benefits of trees in our communities. Almost 100 years before Earth Day, Arbor Day was established on April 10, 1872 by J. Sterling Morton in Nebraska City, Nebraska. It is believed more than one million trees were planted on the first Arbor Day. In Delaware, Arbor Day is traditionally celebrated on the last Friday in April, which falls on April 26, 2019. This year, the Delaware Forest Service will help Dover celebrate its 30th Anniversary as a Tree City USA by planting more than 30 trees at parks and streets throughout the city.




The Mezzanine Gallery to Exhibit “Painting with Wood” by Robert Bruce Weston

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, April 1, 2019

On view from April 5-26, 2019 Free opening reception on Friday, April 5 at 5 p.m. Wilmington, Del. (April 1, 2019) – Painting with Wood, an exhibition of “wood veneer paintings” by Robert Bruce Weston, will be on view in the Mezzanine Gallery from April 5-26, 2019. The artist will host a free opening reception […]




Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to sponsor 14 special events during April 2019

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Highlights include programs on the artist who created “His Master’s Voice,” the bombardment of Lewes and a festival at Fort Christina.




“The Rising Sun: The U.S. Constitution”: The Old State House’s Coffee-Hour Lecture Series to take place in April 2019

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Fun and thought-provoking Constitutional programs to take place on April 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2019.




Thirty-Six Talented State Employees and their Family Members Honored

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Monday, March 18, 2019

Division of the Arts announces award-winning artists in its annual Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition reception & award ceremony Dover, Del. (March 18, 2019) – The talented state employees and their family members were recognized for their artwork exhibited at the eight annual Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition sponsored by the National Arts Program® reception […]