Photovoice

Photovoice – Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, DE)

Dates: April 11 – September 6, 2026

Price: Free with museum admission

Location: Orientation Hallway, Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware

The Delaware Art Museum is closed on Monday and Tuesday

Experience powerful community storytelling in Photovoice, an exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum that presents personal narratives through photography and the historic cyanotype printing process. The exhibition highlights the lived experiences of participants who responded to the prompt “What does culture mean to you?” through images and written reflections.

Participants—including refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers, and people closely connected to these communities—were provided with digital cameras to document meaningful moments from their daily lives. These photographs were later transformed into distinctive cyanotype prints during hands-on workshops and paired with captions written by the photographers themselves.

The project was guided by Jon Cox, Associate Professor of Art and Design at the University of Delaware, and Andy Bale, Visiting Professor at Dickinson College. Together with community partners, the exhibition creates a space where personal stories highlight themes of identity, resilience, loss, belonging, and shared human experience.

Displayed as a collective visual narrative, the works invite visitors to reflect on how diverse experiences shape community connections while revealing the common threads that unite people across cultures.

Exhibition Highlights

• Cyanotype photography created through participatory workshops
• Images and captions produced by community members
• Stories reflecting identity, culture, and belonging
• Collaboration with educators, artists, and community partners