Citizen Artist Summit
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Join artists, educators, art historians, and arts advocates for the Citizen Artist Summit, a weekend of workshops, talks, and community building, exploring the impact of federal arts funding and the ways artists shape civic life. Connect with participants across disciplines and consider how lessons from the past can help inform the future.
The summit is presented in conversation with the Citizen Artist exhibition. Throughout the weekend, artists, scholars, and cultural leaders will lead conversations, tours, and programs that explore the evolving role of artists in public life.
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Full Summit package tickets include:
- Access to all programming
- Boxed lunch on Friday and Saturday
- Breakfast on Sunday
- Complementary receptions on Friday and Saturday evenings
- Admission to the Museum
Full weekend and daily Summit tickets are available.
Can’t stay for a full day of programming? Stop by for the Lunchtime Creative Breaks on Friday and Saturday. These sessions are included with Museum admission for the day and offer a great opportunity to engage with the summit. Lunch is not included, but we encourage you to visit Kaffeina Café for a bite to eat before or after the program.
Questions? Please contact [email protected] with “Citizen Artist Summit” in the subject line.
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Citizen Artist Summit Weekend Itinerary:
Thursday, July 9 – Sculpture Garden Happy Hours: Citizen Artist Summit
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Join us as we launch the Citizen Artist Summit. Sculpture Garden Happy Hours are lively, relaxed evenings filled with music, creativity, and community. Enjoy live performances, a cash bar, local food trucks, Kaffeina Café, lawn games, and various arts and crafts vendors.
During the band’s break, co-curator Dorothy Fisher, Lynn Herrick Sharp Curatorial Fellow, will lead a gallery talk in Citizen Artist from 6:00 – 6:30 pm.
At 7:00 pm, we spotlight Photovoice citizen artists Anastasiia and Kateryna Vovchenko. In this moderated discussion, the sisters will reflect on their experiences as refugees and explore differences in arts access between Ukraine and the United States.
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Friday, July 10 – New Deal Spotlight
10:30 am – 12:00 pm – New Deal: Art for Our Sake
Citizen Artist contributes to a rich tradition of historical scholarship about the artist programs of the New Deal. Listen to a panel of experts elevating new research about New Deal artist support in Delaware and nationwide. Panelists include Steven Leech, John P. Murphy, and Joanna Platt.
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Lunchtime Creative Break: Film Screening
Grab lunch and join us at 1pm for three short documentaries by Andre’ Wright, Jr., highlighting local citizen artistry through the work of painters Alim Smith and Oscar Eduardo de Paz as well as the participants of Citizen Photographer. A conversation between the filmmaker and de Paz will follow the screening.
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – New Deal: Epilogue
The Delaware Art Museum is not the only institution exploring the legacy of our New Deal heritage. Exhibitions like Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA and Blazing a Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters as well as initiatives like the Living New Deal bring materials from the past into contact with the present. Hear curators and scholars discuss the challenges and possibilities brought forward by working with New Deal materials in the 2020s. Panelists include Robin Owen Joyce, Mary Okin, and Mark Resnick.
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Delaware Historical Society Social
Head downtown to the Delaware Historical Society for drinks and discussion with Dr. Grouchy Greg Watkins and Tamara Burks to learn about the complex and vibrant histories of Delaware’s Rosedale Beach.
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Saturday, July 11 – CETA Spotlight
8:30 am – 9:30 am – Wilmington Public Art Walking Tour
Meet us downtown to explore and discuss public art in the city of Wilmington.
10:30 am – 12:00 pm – CETA: Public Artist
Undertakings such as the CETA Arts Legacy Project and Citizen Artist have created opportunities to revisit and analyze this critical moment in American art history. Prominent scholars and historians of the emerging field of CETA history will share their research on performing and visual arts programs across the United States. Panelists include Molly Garfinkel, Colleen Hooper, Virginia Maksymowicz, Blaise Tobia, and Jodi Waynberg.
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Lunchtime Creative Break: Cyanotype Workshop and Gallery Tour
Come inspired by Photovoice and make your own cyanotype prints with Jon Cox, Associate Professor in the Depart of Art and Design at the University of Delaware. Then join a special artist-led tour of Citizen Artist featuring CETA artists Flash Rosenberg, Morris Brown II, and Carson Zullinger as they share their memories of federal funding in the 1970s.
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – CETA: Epilogue
CETA programs took different forms as communities across the nation designed activities to meet their needs. Join past CETA artists from Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania as they discuss their unique experiences and artist programs. Panelists include Norma Calabro, Charlie Clough and Bruce Katsiff.
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Native Artist Pathways Fellows Social
This inaugural 7-month program, founded by Rebecca “Little Turtle Who Sees” Jackson-Square, supports emerging Native and Indigenous artists in Delaware through monthly workshops, museum experiences, tribal land explorations, mentorship with Native elders and artists, community circles, and a culminating exhibition in 2027. Fellows will share their creative practices and progress during this social gathering.
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Sunday, July 12 – Public Art(ist)
9:30 am – 12:00 pm – Citizen Artist Summit Public Art(ist) Town Hall
The weekend concludes with a breakfast social and town hall conversation with a keynote by CETA artist and Mural Arts founder Jane Golden. Join community leaders Cheryl Mack and Renata B. Kowalczyk and elected officials as we consider the state of public art and the roles of citizen artists today. Additional panelists being confirmed.
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After the Summit:
Planning to stay at the museum? Enjoy DelArt Film Society’s screening of 1776, a musical retelling of the American Revolution’s political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence. Learn More.
Join us at Family 2nd Sunday for a fun-filled afternoon of art, creativity, and connection—perfect for families of all kinds! Kid-friendly menu options are available at Kaffeina Café.
Questions? Please contact [email protected] with “Citizen Artist Summit” in the subject line.
The summit is presented in conversation with the Citizen Artist exhibition. Throughout the weekend, artists, scholars, and cultural leaders will lead conversations, tours, and programs that explore the evolving role of artists in public life.
_____________
Full Summit package tickets include:
- Access to all programming
- Boxed lunch on Friday and Saturday
- Breakfast on Sunday
- Complementary receptions on Friday and Saturday evenings
- Admission to the Museum
Full weekend and daily Summit tickets are available.
Can’t stay for a full day of programming? Stop by for the Lunchtime Creative Breaks on Friday and Saturday. These sessions are included with Museum admission for the day and offer a great opportunity to engage with the summit. Lunch is not included, but we encourage you to visit Kaffeina Café for a bite to eat before or after the program.
Questions? Please contact [email protected] with “Citizen Artist Summit” in the subject line.
_____________
Citizen Artist Summit Weekend Itinerary:
Thursday, July 9 – Sculpture Garden Happy Hours: Citizen Artist Summit
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Join us as we launch the Citizen Artist Summit. Sculpture Garden Happy Hours are lively, relaxed evenings filled with music, creativity, and community. Enjoy live performances, a cash bar, local food trucks, Kaffeina Café, lawn games, and various arts and crafts vendors.
During the band’s break, co-curator Dorothy Fisher, Lynn Herrick Sharp Curatorial Fellow, will lead a gallery talk in Citizen Artist from 6:00 – 6:30 pm.
At 7:00 pm, we spotlight Photovoice citizen artists Anastasiia and Kateryna Vovchenko. In this moderated discussion, the sisters will reflect on their experiences as refugees and explore differences in arts access between Ukraine and the United States.
_____________
Friday, July 10 – New Deal Spotlight
10:30 am – 12:00 pm – New Deal: Art for Our Sake
Citizen Artist contributes to a rich tradition of historical scholarship about the artist programs of the New Deal. Listen to a panel of experts elevating new research about New Deal artist support in Delaware and nationwide. Panelists include Steven Leech, John P. Murphy, and Joanna Platt.
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Lunchtime Creative Break: Film Screening
Grab lunch and join us at 1pm for three short documentaries by Andre’ Wright, Jr., highlighting local citizen artistry through the work of painters Alim Smith and Oscar Eduardo de Paz as well as the participants of Citizen Photographer. A conversation between the filmmaker and de Paz will follow the screening.
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – New Deal: Epilogue
The Delaware Art Museum is not the only institution exploring the legacy of our New Deal heritage. Exhibitions like Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA and Blazing a Trail: Dorothy Waugh’s National Parks Posters as well as initiatives like the Living New Deal bring materials from the past into contact with the present. Hear curators and scholars discuss the challenges and possibilities brought forward by working with New Deal materials in the 2020s. Panelists include Robin Owen Joyce, Mary Okin, and Mark Resnick.
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Delaware Historical Society Social
Head downtown to the Delaware Historical Society for drinks and discussion with Dr. Grouchy Greg Watkins and Tamara Burks to learn about the complex and vibrant histories of Delaware’s Rosedale Beach.
_____________
Saturday, July 11 – CETA Spotlight
8:30 am – 9:30 am – Wilmington Public Art Walking Tour
Meet us downtown to explore and discuss public art in the city of Wilmington.
10:30 am – 12:00 pm – CETA: Public Artist
Undertakings such as the CETA Arts Legacy Project and Citizen Artist have created opportunities to revisit and analyze this critical moment in American art history. Prominent scholars and historians of the emerging field of CETA history will share their research on performing and visual arts programs across the United States. Panelists include Molly Garfinkel, Colleen Hooper, Virginia Maksymowicz, Blaise Tobia, and Jodi Waynberg.
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Lunchtime Creative Break: Cyanotype Workshop and Gallery Tour
Come inspired by Photovoice and make your own cyanotype prints with Jon Cox, Associate Professor in the Depart of Art and Design at the University of Delaware. Then join a special artist-led tour of Citizen Artist featuring CETA artists Flash Rosenberg, Morris Brown II, and Carson Zullinger as they share their memories of federal funding in the 1970s.
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm – CETA: Epilogue
CETA programs took different forms as communities across the nation designed activities to meet their needs. Join past CETA artists from Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania as they discuss their unique experiences and artist programs. Panelists include Norma Calabro, Charlie Clough and Bruce Katsiff.
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Native Artist Pathways Fellows Social
This inaugural 7-month program, founded by Rebecca “Little Turtle Who Sees” Jackson-Square, supports emerging Native and Indigenous artists in Delaware through monthly workshops, museum experiences, tribal land explorations, mentorship with Native elders and artists, community circles, and a culminating exhibition in 2027. Fellows will share their creative practices and progress during this social gathering.
_____________
Sunday, July 12 – Public Art(ist)
9:30 am – 12:00 pm – Citizen Artist Summit Public Art(ist) Town Hall
The weekend concludes with a breakfast social and town hall conversation with a keynote by CETA artist and Mural Arts founder Jane Golden. Join community leaders Cheryl Mack and Renata B. Kowalczyk and elected officials as we consider the state of public art and the roles of citizen artists today. Additional panelists being confirmed.
_____________
After the Summit:
Planning to stay at the museum? Enjoy DelArt Film Society’s screening of 1776, a musical retelling of the American Revolution’s political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence. Learn More.
Join us at Family 2nd Sunday for a fun-filled afternoon of art, creativity, and connection—perfect for families of all kinds! Kid-friendly menu options are available at Kaffeina Café.
Questions? Please contact [email protected] with “Citizen Artist Summit” in the subject line.
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