The Arts Center/Gallery presents Three
October 4 – November 22, 2024
The exhibition Three presents a captivating showcase of artwork by Delaware artists Hannah Whiddon, Guy Miller, and Stephanie Boateng, each bringing a distinct voice and perspective to the collective experience.
Guy Miller’s vibrant pieces celebrate Black superheroes, blending nostalgia and contemporary artistry. His work invites viewers to engage with themes of identity and empowerment, showcasing beloved characters while emphasizing the importance of representation in pop culture.
Hannah Whiddon’s artwork immerses the audience in a world of organic forms and fluid lines. Through her dynamic compositions, she explores the connection between nature and the human experience, encouraging reflection on growth and transformation.
Stephanie Boateng’s pieces resonate with themes of cultural identity and community. Her bold use of color and mixed media reflects her personal heritage, inviting dialogue about the complexities of navigating multiple identities in today’s world. Her work emphasizes resilience and belonging, creating a space for shared narratives.
Together, Three creates a rich tapestry of artistic expression, highlighting the diverse voices and experiences of these three talented artists. The exhibit invites viewers to explore the intersections of culture, identity, and creativity, celebrating the power of art to connect and inspire.
Celebration of Creativity
2024
This exhibition is in partnership with Art Works for All , a nonprofit arts education organization supporting the artistic success of individuals with disabilities. This exhibition celebrates the creative work of individuals with disabilities and was created during Art Works for All’s Artist Residency projects in K-12 schools and community settings throughout the state. The ACG provided K-12 schools, classrooms, and community sites with field trip opportunities.
Senior Capstone Experience Exhibition
April 18 – May 10, 2024
Presenting the Capstone work of Art Program (Mass Communications, Visual and Performing Arts Department) Students: Jefiah Bordley, D’angelo King & Kormasa Saygbe.
Creative Connections
April 1-12, 2024
Creative Connections was an inclusive presentation of visual art. The vision for this virtual gathering of diverse art forms was the power of connection, collaboration and creative spirit.
Creative Connections welcomed visual arts submissions from the DSU student community and presented the work of our DSU Student Creatives.
The Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition
Feb 28-Mar 22, 2024
This exhibition presents the 13th annual National Arts Program Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition, showcasing the creative endeavors of Delaware state employees.
This exhibition opened on February 27, 2024 and was on display in the ACG until March 22, 2024.
The exhibition and related programs are in partnership with the Delaware Division of the Arts and the National Arts Program.
The 2024
Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
January 30 – February 17, 2024
The Delaware Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program and the Delaware Congressional Art Award exhibition and awards presentation are the culmination of a juried competition for Delaware middle and high school students. This exhibition shares the Gold Key Award artwork and writing.
The Arts Center/Gallery, in partnership with the League of American Pen Women, the Diamond State Branch, our Writing Program partner, announces the 2024 Delaware Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Presentation. It is our continued privilege to champion the work of Delaware’s young creatives!
Aaron Paskins: Dreams
October 9 – December 1, 2023
The Arts Center/Gallery at Delaware State University presented Dreams, an exhibition of recent work by sculptor and DSU alumnus, Aaron Paskins. Mr. Paskins is a nationally recognized artist who makes Delaware, specifically Dover, his home. He is also a proud Delaware State University alumnus with degrees in Studio Art and Art Education.
Mr. Paskins provided insight into the work on display during an Artist Chat with a DSU student panel. Mr. Paskins explained his unique journey as a practicing artist and creative economy entrepreneur. This event was live-streamed and recorded (link below).
Photography Exhibition Honoring
DSU Essential Workers
The Sen. Herman Holloway Collection
September 11-22, 2023
Collection Dedication: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 at 4:00pm
Celebration of Creativity
May 22- June 16, 2023
This exhibition is in partnership with Art Works for All , a nonprofit arts education organization supporting the artistic success of individuals with disabilities. This exhibition celebrates the creative work of individuals with disabilities and was created during Art Works for All’s Artist Residency projects in K-12 schools and community settings throughout the state.
Spring 2023 Senior Capstone Exhibition
April 18 – May 12, 2023
Presenting the Capstone work of Art Program (Mass Communications, Visual and Performing Arts Department) Students: Jeidy Cruz (top image) and Felicity Munoz (bottom image).
March 23 – April 2023
Closing Reception:
April 12, 2023
4:00pm-6:00pm
Creative Connections was an inclusive presentation of visual art. The vision for this virtual gathering of diverse art forms was the power of connection, collaboration and creative spirit.
Creative Connections welcomed visual arts submissions from the DSU student community and presented the work of our DSU Student Creatives.
Delaware State Employee
Art Exhibition
Feb 21-Mar 13, 2023
This exhibition presents the twelfth annual National Arts Program Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition, showcasing the creative endeavors of state employees.
The exhibition and related programs are in partnership with the Delaware Division of the Arts and the National Arts Program.
The Delaware Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Jan 24 – Feb 11, 2023
The Delaware Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program and the Delaware Congressional Art Award exhibition and awards presentation are the culmination of a juried competition for Delaware middle and high school students. This exhibition shares the Gold Key Award artwork and writing.
The Arts Center/Gallery, in partnership with the League of American Pen Women, the Diamond State Branch, our Writing Program partner, announces the 2023 Delaware Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Presentation. It is our continued privilege to champion the work of Delaware’s young creatives!
Edward Loper II:
The Journey of Perspective
The Journey of Perspective celebrated the long and vibrant artistic journey of self-taught artist, Edward Loper II. This exhibition shared the significance of Loper’s prolific contributions to visual arts while simultaneously permitting the viewer access to Loper’s unique perspectives and vision.
“If I can draw it, I can build it. I do things to make people look.”
The ACG presented Edward Loper II: The Journey of Perspective October 3 – November 18, 2022 with an artist reception on Friday, October 7, 2022.
Delaware native Edward Loper II is a self-taught artist whose commitment to creative exploration has led to artistic success over the past five decades. Since the early 1960s, Loper’s work has been featured in numerous national exhibitions, cultural events, and publications, as well as the prestigious Barnes Foundation. His paintings are collected not only by private collectors, but corporate art collections such as the Wilmington Trust, BlueCross, Christiana Care, and the Delaware Trust.
Loper taught art, photography, and woodworking at Wilmington High School in the 1960s. He also provided instruction in art, pottery and sculpture at the West End Neighborhood House and Kingwood Center. In the 1970’s he headed the Visual Arts Department at Christiana Cultural Arts Center and attended the Barnes Foundation in Merlon, PA.
The Journey of Perspective shared the significance of Loper’s prolific contributions to visual arts while simultaneously permitting the viewer access to Loper’s unique perspectives and vision. This exhibition also represented the bond of father and son as Loper’s son, Jamie, curated this exhibition with a loving commitment to his father’s contributions to the world of art.
“One year ago, I was offered an incredible opportunity to show the treasures of my father Edward Loper II. With this opportunity, Shameka Jones and I co-curated the most revealing exhibition my father and his work have ever had. Thirty original paintings accompanied by technical drawings, sculptures and carvings will lovingly display examples of this great Journey of Perspective that my father has lived. I would like to give a special thank you to Jennifer Gunther, Director of the Arts Center/Gallery at Delaware State University, for her unwavering commitment to making this special occasion possible. -Jamie Loper
The Journey of Perspective exhibition was further defined through the following virtual videos and virtual exhibition:
–A Tour of the Journey of Perspective with Jamie Loper.
–An Artist Discussion between Mr. Loper and Jamie Loper with a focus on specific works in the exhibition.
–A Curator Chat between Jamie Loper and Shamekia Jones, co-curators of the Journey of Perspective.
–An interaction virtual exploration of the Journey of Perspective
Celebration of Creativity 2022
May 23 – June 17, 2022
This exhibition is in partnership with Art Works for All , a nonprofit arts education organization supporting the artistic success of individuals with disabilities. This exhibition celebrates the creative work of individuals with disabilities and was created during Art Works for All’s Artist Residency projects in K-12 schools and community settings throughout the state.
Senior Capstone Exhibition Spring 2022
April 18 – May 14, 20
Presenting the Capstone work of Art Program (Mass Communications, Visual and Performing Arts Department) Students: Infinate Dreams (Tori Albanese), TyShawn Allston, Heaven Booker (Helebo), Taylor Gordon, Mikal Morris, Jada Hunter, Zuhrye Lenoir, Erika Lindqvist, Brandi Nichols
Creative Connections
March 23 – April 13, 2022
Creative Connections is an inclusive presentation of visual art. The vision for this virtual gathering of diverse art forms is the power of connections, collaboration and creative spirit. Creative Connections welcomed visual arts submissions from the DSU student community and presents the work of our DSU Student Creatives.
Arts & Culture Seminars
February 2022
Art Program Faculty, Lori Crawford, chatted with DSU Art Program alumna, Jannah Williams, about her artistic journey and the recent acquisition of her Black Lives Matter mural. This mural, created in collaboration with the Wilmington Black Lives Matter Mural Project, was recently acquired by the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs for the Division’s permanent collection.
HBCU graduate and Filmmaker Akima Brown discussed the Delaware Collective for Creative Economy and her efforts to empower all creatives to engage in the process of building an ecosystem supporting the creative industry.
Delaware Regional Scholastic
Art & Writing Awards
The Delaware Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program and the Delaware Congressional Art Award exhibition and awards presentation are the culmination of a juried competition for Delaware high school students. This exhibition shares the Gold Key Award artwork and writing.
Access the exhibition in the ACG and the Awards presentation at the below links.
The National Art Program:
Delaware State Employee
Art Exhibition
This exhibition presents the eleventh annual National Arts Program Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition, showcasing the creative endeavors of state employees.
This exhibition and related programs are in partnership with the Delaware Division of the Arts and the National Arts Program.
Senior Experience Capstone Exhibition
Presenting the Capstone work of Art Program students:
Nasair Paden-Closs, Ameir Jefferies, Justin Williams
DSU ARt Faculty
Recent Works
The Arts Center/Gallery presented Recent Works, a collection of recent work by the Art Program Faculty (Mass Communication Visual & Performing Arts Department), November 8-December 2, 2021. The participating faculty were: Roberta Tucci, Heather Ossandon, Lori Crawford, Billy Colbert and Hazel Bradshaw-Beaumont.
Points of Juxtaposition
VirtuaL exhibition
Points of Juxtaposition began in 2008 when a group of African-American artists came together for a dynamic presentation of art. Like the points of a compass, each artist represents their unique perspective of life in America and from an older African consciousness. The artists of Points of Juxtaposition direct their brushes, styles, camera lenses and digital tools at the social ills, beauty, and history of African Americans in this country.
Meet the Artists Reception, Friday, October 22, 2021, 2:00pm-6:00pm
Points of Juxtaposition
Artist Chats
The ACG had an opportunity to chat with the individual members of the Points of Juxtaposition Artist Group. It’s always exciting to learn more about an artist’s process and/or specific works. Links to Artist Chats:
Dantu Samura
Senior Capstone Exhibition
Dantu Samura’s Senior Capstone experience, ‘Like Minded Businesswomen’.
Creative Connections Student Exhibition
Creative Connections began as an invitation to DSU students to submit diverse art forms for a virtual gathering supporting the power of the arts for connection, collaboration and creative spirit. DSU student response to this call for art is the Creative Connections exhibition.
Due to the continued Covid Pandemic restrictions the live component of Creative Connections is presented with viewing from the window entrance to the Arts Center/Gallery.
KIARA FLOREZ
SENIOR CAPSTONE
EXHIBITION
Kiara Florez’s Senior Capstone Experience, ‘Inner Reflections’.
The 2021 Delaware Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
The Arts Center/Gallery proudly hosted their 33rd annual Scholastic Awards program at the beginning of 2021.
The ACG prepared a virtual exhibition of the Gold Key Art program and hosted the awards presentation for the Art and Writing programs.
The Awards program presented the Delaware Congressional Art Award along with additional awards from partners the Delaware Art Education Association and the Delaware Foundation for Visual Arts.
Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition
The Arts Center/Gallery is excited to present the tenth annual National Arts Program Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition. Due to the continued Covid Pandemic restrictions, this year’s live and virtual exhibition presents the Award Winners from this year’s program.
This exhibition is in partnership with the Delaware Division of the Arts and the National Arts Program.
Art & Activism
Seminars
During February 2021, the Arts Center/Gallery presented seminars focused on social artists, the Twin Poets and creative placemaking with Flux Creative Consultants and the Wilmington Black Lives Matter Community Mural project.
ELUDING JIM
‘Eluding Jim’ is a mixed-media work on canvas created by artist, Terry Dixon in 2008. The work provides commentary on the lasting impact of Jim Crow laws. Dixon was an artist and university educator in Chicago until his passing in 2020 at the age of 49. Dixon exhibited in the Arts Center/Gallery in the fall of 2013. DSU purchased ‘Eluding Jim’ from the artist at that time.
Alexus Miller
Pop Art in 2020
Pop Art in 2020 is Alexus Miller’s work created for her Senior Capstone Experience. Winter 2020.
Guy MilLer
Subversion: Not a Bird, Not a Plane
Artist Guy Miller’s new work was presented in the Arts Center/Gallery in the Fall 2020. Subversion: Not a Bird, Not a Plane focused on Miller’s commentary on race representation in popular culture.