Individual Artist Fellows -- Viet Dinh

Division of the Arts recognizes Individual Artist Fellows from across Delaware

Peter OsborneCulture, Delaware Arts, Headlines

  Viet Dinh of Newark, an assistant professor of English at the University of Delaware, has been designated a Master Fellowship through the Delaware Division of the Arts’ Individual Artist Fellows program. Dinh is joined by 20 other artists from across Delaware who received fellowships — 11 in the Established category and nine in the Emerging category. Dinh was born …

Dover to celebrate Black History Month with cultural, educational events

Charlie MegginsonCulture, Headlines

A group of local nonprofit organizations and businesses have kicked off a month-long series of in-person and virtual events highlighting Black history, culture, art, music, and theater.  The 2022 Dover Citywide Black History Celebration is the culmination of a partnership between the Biggs Museum of American Art, Delaware State News, Delaware State University, DonDel Productions, Dover Public Library, First State …

Delaware LIVE Weekly Review – September 26, 2021

Sonja FreyDelaware Live, Weekly Review

Hover over the image below and a gray bar pops up at the bottom—scroll through the pdf, use direction arrows, zoom in or out, download the PDF, or view in full-screen mode. [pdf-embedder url=”/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/DelawareLive-Sept-26-1.pdf” title=”DelawareLive-Sept 26″] This Week’s Top Headlines Include: HEADLINES Mistakes logging vaccine shots may mean Delaware underreported numbers Chancery Court won’t force ChristianaCare to give COVID patient …

Biggs Museum given historic building on Dover Green

Charlie MegginsonGovernment, Headlines

The Biggs will spend a year deciding how to develop the Kirk Short building into a public space that celebrates its heritage.   The state has transferred ownership of a historic property on the Dover Green to the Biggs Museum of American Art. The Kirk and Short Building, formerly known as the Todd House and the Kirk Printing Shop, was …

When his brain goes ‘boop, boop,’ Gervasio Ruiz Jr. knows to click shutter button

Daniel Larlham Jr.Culture, Headlines

Color and graphic elements attract Gervasio Ruiz Jr.   Throughout life as a military brat, an artist for record covers, Revlon and L’Oreal, and even as a volunteer at the Kalmar Nyckel, one thing has been constant for Gervasio Ruiz Jr. since his parents put a cheap camera in his hand at the age of 14. Photography. Ruiz, 69, has …