Events Calendar

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do, and math is behind it all. Behind every dance mix, there’s a beat. Behind every thrill ride, there’s velocity. Behind every half-pipe, there’s a vert ramp. Design Zone uses hands-on activities to show how design concepts become real world experiences in the arts, entertainment, and extreme sports. Get behind the scenes and create your own dance beat, rollercoaster, skate park, video game and more.

Henry Bermudez's interest in visual representations of cultures and mythologies has appeared in his work in varying forms throughout his career. As he transcends time and national boundaries, he constantly searches for the mythological elements of his cultural roots and mythological stereotypes in contemporary culture...

Our #UnleashWithin Photo Challenge winner is on display this month at The Delaware Contemporary! Come witness his fantastic eye for color, composition and photographic technique IN person...

Contemporary realist paintings inspired by close observations of the natural world. Much of Frank’s recent work focuses on lotuses, leaves, and water lilies from the ponds at Longwood Gardens.

“My paintings are inspired by close observations of the natural world… I attempt to capture ephemeral moments on canvas in a crisp and technically sharp manner… They are reflections of the relationship to the changing notion of what nature is and what meanings our relationships to it have given us.” - Frank DePietro

Opening Reception to Meet the Artist - Friday, April 5, 5 - 8 PM.  Gallery Hours: 9 – 5 Monday – Friday; 10 – 3 Saturday.

Celebrating 40 Years in Business 1979 – 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 on Friday, April 5 from 5-7 p.m.

CHRISTINA on the WILMINGTON ART LOOP - EDWARD LOPER SR. GALLERY EXHIBITS Christina actively participates in Art Loop Wilmington, hosting exhibitions from local and regional artists. Receptions and gallery talks often accompany events, and all are free and open to the public. MARCH/APRIL - “EYE SHADOW” WOMEN’S ART EXHIBIT Eye Shadow -- a Bebe Ross Coker BrainChild -- is an exploration of lived themes from a woman's perspective. Subjects include nature, self- de...Read more »

Dennis Beach shows new work at the Chris White Gallery in the Shipley Lofts Building. The opening reception coincides with the April 2019 Art Loop events. Beach received the 2018 Fellowship for sculpture from the Delaware Division of the Arts in the "established artist" category. 

TIME STILLED, MY HAIR NARRATIVE A Draper Experiment by Tia SantanaMarch 1 - April 28, 2019 Opening Reception: Friday, March 1 5 - 9 PM during Art Loop The Delaware Contemporary presents TIME STILLED, MY HAIR NARRATIVE  by Tia Santana, the second exhibition of our Draper Experiment series. Santana’s work explores the mummification process through hair extensions worn by her, and questions history and permanence in both the physical and metaphorical. Santana que...Read more »

Tour with the Artist: Roderick Hidalgo

Enjoy this unique opportunity to experience BLACKOUT with artist, Roderick Hidalgo. These tours will allow viewers to fully immerse themselves in this body of work, and the thought processes behind it, as Roderick provides a peek into his creative motivation. This experience is meant to deepen the relationship between the viewer and the environment that emerges from this work. Roderick Hidalgo constructs an experience that places the viewer in a land of textures, objects, and structures. His work shifts between part painting and part sculpture where objects become habitats in a cellular aesthetic.

Space is limited. Preregistration is encouraged to secure a spot.

REGISTER NOW: https://www.decontemporary.org/blackout

Every Wednesday night come on out to Oddity Bar for Oddball Bingo!

Design is everywhere we look and in everything we do, and math is behind it all. Behind every dance mix, there’s a beat. Behind every thrill ride, there’s velocity. Behind every half-pipe, there’s a vert ramp. Design Zone uses hands-on activities to show how design concepts become real world experiences in the arts, entertainment, and extreme sports. Get behind the scenes and create your own dance beat, rollercoaster, skate park, video game and more.

Henry Bermudez's interest in visual representations of cultures and mythologies has appeared in his work in varying forms throughout his career. As he transcends time and national boundaries, he constantly searches for the mythological elements of his cultural roots and mythological stereotypes in contemporary culture...

Our #UnleashWithin Photo Challenge winner is on display this month at The Delaware Contemporary! Come witness his fantastic eye for color, composition and photographic technique IN person...