Delaware State of the Arts Podcast

An interview with writer Lisa Graff on the Rehoboth Art League art-inspired Free Writes with the Rehoboth Beach Writers Guild. Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, th...

An interview with Cathy Walls on her work as an artist and the role of art leagues in bringing artists together. Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, the Division adm...

An interview with Ivy Harlev, Executive Director of the Siegel JCC, discussing ArtSpace. Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, the Division administers grants and prog...

An interview with Marilyn Whittington, Executive Director of the Delaware Humanities Forum. Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, the Division administers grants and p...

An interview with Dr. Donald Becker (Delaware State University) and Dr. George Watson (University of Delaware), discussing the upcoming ArtsLab, organized by the Delaware Arts Alliance. Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together...

An interview with Dan Citron, Historic Site Manager for Auburn Heights Preserve State Park. Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, the Division administers grants and p...

An interview with Carrie Gray, Executive Director of the Wilmington Renaissance Corporation. Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, the Division administers grants and...

An interview with Robert Grenfell and Shaun Dougherty on the world premiere of the new ballet, “Irene.” Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, the Division administers...

An interview with local storyteller, TAHIRA. Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, the Division administers grants and programs that support arts programming, educate...

An interview with Maria Beauchamp and Cindy Carrillo on “The Wilmingtonians.” Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, the Division administers grants and programs that s...

An interview with Bebe Ross Coker on the “Eyeshadow Exhibition” presented in collaboration with the Christina Cultural Arts Center. Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Counci...

An interview with Michael Kalmbach (Creative Vision Factory) and Detective Malcolm Stoddard on the Market Street mural program. Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, t...

An interview with Associate Administrator Kay Holbrook and Music Therapist Trish Gonzalez from the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware St...

An interview with film director/producer Jim Hubbard on “United in Anger: A History of ACT.” Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, the Division administers grants and...

An interview with Dr. James Wilson (Delaware Choral Society) and Heather Schwartzentruber (Delaware Youth Chorale) on their upcoming joint concert. Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware S...

Andy Truscott speaks with author L.J. Sysko about her debut full-length collection The Daughter of Man –selected by Patricia Smith for the Miller Williams Poetry Series, released in April 2023. L.J. Sysko is the author of two books of poems: her debut full-length collection THE DAUGHTER OF MAN–selected by Patricia Smith for the Miller Williams Poetry Series, released in April 2023–and BATTLEDORE,...

An interview with Rosanne DellAversano and Jim Fuerst from Bootless Stageworks. Send us Fan Mail The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, the Division administers grants and programs that...

Andy Truscott speaks with Molly Giordano and Margaret Winslow about The Delaware Art Museum’s upcoming exhibitions, their work with the Arts Equity and Innovation Incubator, and what success for the museum looks like long term. Since the Museum’s renovation and expansion in the early 2000s, the contemporary collection has grown rapidly, adding more than 1,000 works by artists such as Tom Otterness...

Andy Truscott speaks with Reggie Lynch, the Director of Interpretation & Engagement at Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. Winterthur is the premier museum of American decorative arts, with an unparalleled collection of nearly 90,000 objects made or used in America since 1640. The collection is displayed in the magnificent 175-room house , much as it was when the family of founder Henry F...

Terrance Vann speaks with TAHIRA, a 2023 Individual Artist Master Fellow in Folk Arts: Oral Literature. They speak on TAHIRA’s journey to storytelling and how her family helped evolve her into the cultural leader she is today. TAHIRA’s three-decade career as a professional storyteller and teaching artist began “unexpectedly, but with a clear intention.” The Masters Fellow was a new mother in 1992...

Terrance Vann speaks with Lianna Magerr about the Wilmington Children’s Chorus. The Wilmington Children’s Chorus (WCC) is dedicated to ensuring all children, regardless of their socioeconomic status, have access to high-quality musical education. The only tuition-free community children’s chorus in the nation, our mission is to empower young people to change their world through music. WCC gives ou...

Terrance Vann speaks with Alan Baseden, the President and Founder of Jester Artspace, about the organization’s start up and programming.  Jester Artspace is a nonprofit organization restoring and adaptively reusing the historic Jester Farmhouse, for local artists of all disciplines and skill levels to use as meeting, working, and gallery space. Jester Artspace, Inc. has partnered with the property...

Terrance Vann speaks with Jonathan Whitney and Eliza Jarvis about their company, Flux Creative Consulting – and digs deeper into what a creative consultant does. Flux Creative Consulting develops community-driven impact solutions for corporate, governmental, and non-profit clients. Founded in 2020, in the midst of a global pandemic and a nation grappling with centuries of injustice, Flux presents...

Andy Truscott speaks with Helen Chamberlin, the new Executive Director of the Rehoboth Beach Film Society. The Rehoboth Beach Film Society is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit, arts organization with a very interesting history of how a small coastal Delaware, resort area could produce a major Film Festival and then grow into an organization that sponsors a broad slate of wonderful film programs for a gr...

Terrance Vann speaks with David Stradley and Mariah Ghant of Delaware Shakespeare about their 2023 Summer Festival. Their 2023 Summer Festival showcases Shakespeare’s MACBETH from July 21 to August 6, 2023 in Rockwood Park.  The supernatural Weird Sisters lead the Macbeths down a bloody path of ambition and lies in pursuit of power. How will Scotland resist? Can the tide be turned before the count...