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  Category: Delaware Division of the Arts


Delaware’s Dr. JoAnn Balingit receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for 2023-2024

Commission for Women | Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Education | Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Wilmington, Del. (June 6, 2023) – The Delaware Division of the Arts is pleased to announce that Dr. JoAnn Balingit has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in Literature: Creative Writing to the Philippines for the 2023-2024 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Dr. JoAnn Balingit […]




Delaware Division of the Arts presents “Patterns for Saturn” by Aaron Terry – Opens June 2

Delaware Division of the Arts | Date Posted: Friday, May 26, 2023

The Delaware Division of the Arts’ Mezzanine Gallery presents 2022 DDOA Individual Artist Fellow Aaron Terry’s exhibition, “Patterns for Saturn,” running June 2-July 28, 2023.  Guests are invited to attend a Meet-the-Artist Reception on Friday, June 2 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.




Poetry Out Loud National Finals Return to Washington, DC – Maiss Hussein to Represent Delaware

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of Education | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Washington, DC and Chicago, IL — After two years of virtual competitions, the Poetry Out Loud® National Finals are returning to Washington, DC, this Spring, May 9–10, 2023, and will be streamed live at Arts.gov/Poetry-Out-Loud. This annual event brings together high school students from across the country who memorize and recite classic and contemporary poems, […]




Animator Tad Sare brings his work to The Mezzanine Gallery – Opening April 7

Delaware Division of the Arts | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Wilmington, Del. (March 29, 2023) – The Delaware Division of the Arts’ Mezzanine Gallery presents 2022 DDOA Individual Artist Fellow Tad Sare’s exhibition, “Projected Perspectives”, running April 7-28, 2023. Guests are invited to attend a Meet-the-Artist Reception on Friday, April 14 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Tad Sare is an experimental animator and artist currently living and […]




Maiss Hussein to Represent Delaware in 2023 Poetry Out Loud National Semifinals

Delaware Division of the Arts | Delaware Libraries | Department of Education | Education | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, March 3, 2023

Wilmington, Del. (March 3, 2023) – From a field of twelve Delaware high school students, Maiss Hussein, a junior from Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical High School, earned the title of 2023 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Champion at the state finals held on March 2 at the Smyrna Opera House. The first runner-up was […]







  Category: Delaware Division of the Arts

Delaware’s Dr. JoAnn Balingit receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for 2023-2024

Commission for Women | Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of State | Education | Governor John Carney | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Wilmington, Del. (June 6, 2023) – The Delaware Division of the Arts is pleased to announce that Dr. JoAnn Balingit has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in Literature: Creative Writing to the Philippines for the 2023-2024 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Dr. JoAnn Balingit […]




Delaware Division of the Arts presents “Patterns for Saturn” by Aaron Terry – Opens June 2

Delaware Division of the Arts | Date Posted: Friday, May 26, 2023

The Delaware Division of the Arts’ Mezzanine Gallery presents 2022 DDOA Individual Artist Fellow Aaron Terry’s exhibition, “Patterns for Saturn,” running June 2-July 28, 2023.  Guests are invited to attend a Meet-the-Artist Reception on Friday, June 2 from 5:00-7:00 p.m.




Poetry Out Loud National Finals Return to Washington, DC – Maiss Hussein to Represent Delaware

Delaware Division of the Arts | Department of Education | Date Posted: Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Washington, DC and Chicago, IL — After two years of virtual competitions, the Poetry Out Loud® National Finals are returning to Washington, DC, this Spring, May 9–10, 2023, and will be streamed live at Arts.gov/Poetry-Out-Loud. This annual event brings together high school students from across the country who memorize and recite classic and contemporary poems, […]




Animator Tad Sare brings his work to The Mezzanine Gallery – Opening April 7

Delaware Division of the Arts | News | Date Posted: Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Wilmington, Del. (March 29, 2023) – The Delaware Division of the Arts’ Mezzanine Gallery presents 2022 DDOA Individual Artist Fellow Tad Sare’s exhibition, “Projected Perspectives”, running April 7-28, 2023. Guests are invited to attend a Meet-the-Artist Reception on Friday, April 14 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Tad Sare is an experimental animator and artist currently living and […]




Maiss Hussein to Represent Delaware in 2023 Poetry Out Loud National Semifinals

Delaware Division of the Arts | Delaware Libraries | Department of Education | Education | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Friday, March 3, 2023

Wilmington, Del. (March 3, 2023) – From a field of twelve Delaware high school students, Maiss Hussein, a junior from Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical High School, earned the title of 2023 Poetry Out Loud Delaware State Champion at the state finals held on March 2 at the Smyrna Opera House. The first runner-up was […]