The Delaware Art Museum is a grandiose exhibition space that features an impressive collection of paintings and illustrations belonging to the Pre-Raphaelite period and the artistic trend of 19th and 20th Century America. Here, you get to see artworks by masterminds like Dante Rossetti, Simeon Solomon, Thomas Dewing, Raphaelle Peale, among several others. Besides featuring an awe-inspiring collection, the museum also hosts various art-related activities like exhibitions and workshops. Apart from that, the various halls located within the premises of the Delaware Art Museum are rented out for corporate functions, meetings, private gatherings, cocktail parties, and several other events.
The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts is one of the best art centers in the country. What used to be a railroad passenger-coach factory is now an art hub like no other. The facility has as many as 30 studios and seven galleries to display their work. They also have a lecture hall to study art while artists could visit the cyber cafe for references. The venue also conducts regular workshops and courses.
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Located in historic Breck’s Mill adjacent to the Hagley Museum, Somerville Manning Gallery is unique among small city galleries. Since 1981, owners Vickie Manning and Sadie Somerville have used their expertise and vision to create exhibitions from the art traditions of the Brandywine Valley and to bring to Wilmington the best of regional, national, and international art. Somerville Manning Gallery specializes in fine art and sculpture of the 20th and 21st centuries, including Brandywine illustrators and artists of the Wyeth family. Recent exhibitions include American and European Masters, showcasing noted artists such as Milton Avery, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Maurice Prendergast. Somerville Manning Gallery also represents and exhibits fine contemporary painters and sculptors such as Peter Sculthorpe, J. Clayton Bright, Greg Mort, Bo Bartlett and many others.
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