Transcendent guided tours take place each Saturday from 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm. Led by a trained Museum Educator, the tour examines exhibition highlights and pays close attention to the ways featured artists pictured nature as the primary locus of the divine. Image: Donner Lake from the Summit, 1873. Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902). Oil on canvas. […]
Art Is Tasty now starts at 11:00 a.m. Join us on the first Friday of each month for a guided group discussion of a work of art, then keep the conversation going while enjoying a discounted lunch at Kaffeina Cafe. To enjoy lunch at the Cafe, arrive by 10:45 a.m. to pre-order your lunch. Vouchers […]
Join us every Second Sunday for a fun-filled day of art, creativity, and connection—perfect for families of all kinds! Kid-friendly menu options are available at Kaffeina Café. All activities are included with Museum admission*, which can be purchased on-site or by clicking the “Book Now” button. Individual activity registration and participation is offered on a […]
What can a seemingly peaceful landscape reveal about a nation at war? Join Kayleigh Danowski, Delaware Art Museum Curatorial Intern and master’s student in the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, for a gallery talk in Transcendent: Landscapes of the Hudson River School exploring how American artists responded to the Civil War without depicting its […]
In a world that often feels fast paced, it’s important to take a step back and explore alternative ways of connecting with the world around us. Slow down with a guided-looking exploration of two works of art in the Museum’s galleries. No expertise required.
Join Katherine Feldkamp, Curatorial Associate and Curator of Pyle and the Pre-Raphaelites, to discuss the stylisitic influences Pyle took from British illustrator Walter Crane. Associated with the wider circle of the Pre-Raphaelites and the Arts and Crafts Movement, Crane was one of the formost illustrators of his day. Cinderella, Toy Book. Walter Crane (1845–1915). London: […]
Join us on the first Friday of each month for a guided group discussion of a work of art, then keep the conversation going while enjoying a discounted lunch at Kaffeina Cafe. To enjoy lunch at the Cafe, arrive by 10:45 a.m. to pre-order your lunch. Vouchers for 10% off lunch order can be picked […]
In conjunction with Transcendent: Landscapes of the Hudson River School, this gallery talk explores Frederic Church’s singular place within nineteenth-century landscape painting. Maggie Dimock, Associate Curator for The Olana Partnership, will consider Church’s approach to travel, observation, and the sublime, and how his paintings helped expand the ambitions and geographic reach of the Hudson River […]
Join us for a gallery talk led by Curatorial Associate Katherine Feldkamp which will explore the Scottish influences behind some of the silver objects in the Pre-Raphaelite collection. Casket, 1903. Kate Harris (1878–1949) and Karl Karlsson (d. 1926). Silver with enamel on copper. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. H. W. Janson, 1976.
In a world that often feels fast paced, it’s important to take a step back and explore alternative ways of connecting with the world around us. Slow down with a guided-looking exploration of two works of art in the Museum’s galleries. No expertise required.
Join us for a gallery talk on Transcendent: Landscapes of the Hudson River School. South American Landscape, 1873. Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900). Oil on canvas, 31 x 48 1/2 inches. Delaware Art Museum, Gift of the Friends of Art, 1964.
Join Katherine Feldkamp, Curatorial Associate and Curator of Pyle and the Pre-Raphaelites, to discuss how Pyle’s students incorporated the styles and artworks of the Pre-Raphaelites into their own illustrations. Image: So for a Heart-beat She Saw Him, (detail) 1905 for “The Fox Brush: Retold from the French of Nicolas de Caen,” by James Branch Cabell, […]
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