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Friday, May 1, 2026

Starting @ 5:00PM

Art Loop Wilmington is an every first Friday event
highlighting the City’s arts and cultural scene.

A Note from the Mayor

For over 35 years, the Art Loop has contributed to the energy and vibrancy of the City of Wilmington and continues to grow the arts and cultural activity happening in our neighborhoods. We look forward to seeing you every first Friday where you’ll experience Wilmington’s creative community.

April Exhibitions

DOWNTOWN​

2nd & LOMA

211 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE​
Tel: (302) 655-0124 • 2ndandloma.com
Artist: Sarah Zalut
About: Sarah Zault's Artist Statement: I strive to be a storyteller through paint. My attempts to work shows strong, stylish figures with a sense of mood and emotion, and not afraid to mix realism with a more loose, expressive style. I’m very interested in contrast — elegance and power, control and chaos — and create scenes that feel dramatic and thoughtful at the same time.

I’ve been drawing since I could hold a crayon - according to my mother. In school, I was known to not pay attention to the lesson but draw in the back of class instead. It’s always been my passion. I love creating something out of a blank piece of paper or canvas, it’s the closest thing to magic for me. I went to Moore College of Art and studied illustration and painting. I finally found a home where like-minded individuals could collaborate and compare similar experiences. Painting and drawing is what keeps me sane. I just love it!

Live Music by David Iliff & Jill Myers at the Art Loop reception from 5-8pm.
DOWNTOWN

The Chancery Market
Food Hall

1313 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-421-2005
The Art of Beer
DOWNTOWN​

Art O Mat

501 W. 7th Street • wilmingtonalliance.org
Artist: Samuel Benson
About: “Fractured Foundations,” a compelling art exhibition featuring unrestored and restored works by artist Samuel Benson that were discovered abandoned inside a former crack house in the city. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5:30- 8pm. The show runs through March 23. The exhibit is curated by the Wells Family Collection.

Rather than restoring or refinishing all the pieces, the curatorial decision was made to preserve some of them in their original condition—allowing the visible wear, damage, and history to remain part of the narrative. The exhibit invites viewers to confront themes of addiction, neglect, systemic hardship, resilience, and reclaimed value.

The title “Fractured Foundations” speaks not only to the physical environment where the artwork was found, but also to the broader social fractures affecting underserved communities. By presenting the work in its unrestored state, the exhibition challenges audiences to reflect on what society discards—and what still holds profound worth.
DOWNTOWN​

Bridge Art Gallery

213 N. Market Street 353-4527 • bridgeartgallery.net
Artists: Group Show
About: This year marks the 10-year anniversary of Expressive Creative Soul, an exhibition that has become a cornerstone of the Bridge Art Gallery’s mission and identity. What began as a platform to uplift bold, authentic creative voices has grown into a decade-long commitment to celebrating artists who lead with story, culture, and lived experience.

Expressive Creative Soul is more than an art exhibition; it is a declaration. It reflects our belief that art is a tool for connection, transformation and visibility. Over the years, this show has allowed us to spotlight artists whose work speaks unapologetically, challenges narratives, and affirms the power of creative expression. Join us for the Art Loop closing reception from 5-8:00 pm.
DOWNTOWN​

Chris White Gallery

701 N. Shipley Street, Wilmington, DE​
Tel: 302-475-0998 • chriswhitegallery.com
Artists: Oscar Eduardo De Paz
About:"An American Son" presents a powerful new body of work by Oscar Eduardo De Paz, tracing his journey from childhood poverty to fatherhood, community, and artistic emergence.

Through his Poetic Symbolic Representation (PSR) approach, de Paz layers figures, objects, archival fragments, and lived memory to reveal how American systems, poverty, policing, immigration, education, and care, shape a life. These paintings move between personal testimony and collective history, offering an intimate and compelling account of American experience through one son's eyes.

Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-8pm.
DOWNTOWN​

Christina Cultural Arts Center Edward Loper, Sr. Gallery

705 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE​
Artist: Manuel Ivan Ramos
About: Artist Statement: The design is inspired by the periodic table of elements, which represents the fundamental building blocks that make up our world. In a similar way, my paintings are composed of different moments, experiences, emotions, and influences gathered throughout my life. Each piece may appear random at first, but together they form a larger whole. Just like elements combine to create everything around us, these works reflect the many layers that shape my artistic journey. Every painting carries its own identity, yet collectively they reveal the chemistry of my experiences as an artist. The design is inspired by the periodic table of elements, which represents the fundamental building blocks that make up our world. In a similar way, my paintings are composed of different moments, experiences, emotions, and influences gathered throughout my life.

Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5- 7pm with light refreshments.
DOWNTOWN​

City of Wilmington’s Redding Gallery

800 N. French Street, Wilmington, DE
302-576-2100 • cityfest.com/redding-gallery
Artists: City of Wilmington Employees & Milton Downing
About:
City of Wilmington Employee Art Exhibit
City of Wilmington Employees from all departments were invited to submit artwork including photography, sculpture, painting, hand crafts and more.

The Abstracted Body: Sport, Symbol, Identity
Milton Downing’s work interrogates the relationship between abstraction and representation, positioning abstraction not as opposition to realism, but as its origin. He explores the human figure as both physical force and cultural signifier. Through abstraction, the athlete becomes more than a body in motion — it becomes a site of identity, tension, and transformation. By integrating universal symbols and social markers within layered, expressive fields of color and form, the work questions how we construct meaning around gender, power, and recognition. Realism dissolves into abstraction, revealing that what we see as “real” is shaped by deeper structures of perception and belief.

Reception in the Lobby of the Louis L. Redding City/County building from 4:30pm to 7pm.
DOWNTOWN​

Create Magic Studio

419 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
302-439-0805
Artists: Group Show
About: Illustration and Industry: A Brandywine Legacy features Pat Higgins, Jess Slavik, and Todd Purse who will be displaying art they create for local companies alongside the final products that you can enjoy! We want to emphasize how important it is for local business to support local creatives and help make more of a connection with the artists who are making the pictures on some of our favorite Delaware products.

Delaware has such a long history of illustration and commercial art. From the Brandywine school of illustration to the vibrant scene of creatives working in Wilmington today we hope this helps continue and expand this beautiful visual tradition of the small wonder!

Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5- 8pm with offerings from Brew HaHa, Wilmington Brew Works, and Mad Pretzels. Along with live screen with Other Industries, an artist panel discussion, and more.
DOWNTOWN

DE.CO Food Hall

111 W. 10th Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-510-2762
by Dierra Cooper
DOWNTOWN

Delaware Historical Society

505 N. Market Street
Tel: 302-295-2395 • dehistory.org
Artist: Jimmy Thompson
About: Oil paintings on canvas depicting the history and architecture of the buildings in Wilmington by local artist Jimmy Thompson on display for December. The Delaware History Museum and Mitchell Center for African American Heritage will offer free admission and extended hours during Art Loop reception from 5-7pm.

Jimmy Thompson was born in Wilmington and raised in the village of Marshallton with my tribe of seven brothers and sisters. A member of the Union Teamsters at UPS for the last 20 years, Thompson is also the proud father of two amazing young men and recently married to his love, Regina Tyler-Thompson.

Thompson's artwork comes from a deep interest in the history and architecture of the buildings in Wilmington. A self-taught artist, he began painting with acrylics on canvas around 2015 and has focused on oils for the past several years.

Thompson says: "It ain't fine art so you don't have to study it, these are paintings of memories, just enjoy!"
DOWNTOWN​

Gallery 919 at Citizens Bank Center

919 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE​
Artists: Group Show
About: Discover the artistry of Megan Ambroch, featuring her favorite works both timeless and new. Her mixed-media creations, featuring acrylics on canvas, are enhanced by elements like glass, wax, fabric, water-based paint, paper, oil, pencil, and lace. Each one-of-a-kind piece boasts striking textures and dimensions, transforming art into an immersive experience. Land, water, florals and faces can be experienced in the collection.

Megan Ambroch’s artistry masterfully fuses contrasting visual elements into dynamic, multi-dimensional compositions. Her rich layers of acrylics and mixed media unfold like stories; each so intricately crafted they often evoke the illusion of multiple artworks seamlessly superimposed. As a self-taught visionary, Megan blends the emotive power of expressionism with thought-provoking abstractions. Her pieces invite discovery—hints of a flower, her travels or a face emerge through lyrical swirls, streaks, and shapes, while interwoven hues bring each creation to life with captivating depth and energy. Land, bodies of water, faces and florals. Beyond the canvas, Megan’s talents shine as a freelance hair and makeup stylist, having worked with icons like actress Alicia Silverstone, country music star Jason Aldean, NFL's superstar Sequon Barkley, NBA legend LeBron James, and world tours with Star Wars.

You can explore her work at www.meganambroch.com and discover her line of natural, clean beauty products at www.shcosmetics.com. Her mixed-media creations, featuring acrylics on canvas, are enhanced by elements like glass, wax, fabric, water-based paint, paper, oil, pencil, and lace. Each one-of-a-kind piece boasts striking textures and dimensions, transforming art into an immersive experience. A curated selection of works from Ethereal Impressions is currently on display for the Art Loop and available for purchase prior to the official opening. Experience the collection early and acquire a piece before the exhibition debut.

Live music by highly acclaimed musician and guitarist Patrick Maroney Sangria and Tapas will be served from 5- 7:30pm.
DOWNTOWN

Gallery at Grace United Methodist Church

900 N. Washington Street
Tel: 302-655-8847
Artist: Karoline Wileczek
About: Art Loop reception from 5- 8pm on Friday, April 3.
DOWNTOWN

Girard Craft & Cork

224 W. 9th Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 774-292-1854
Artist: Morgan M. Daughton
About: Morgan M. Daughton is a local self-taught artist with a love for the esoteric, who works in mixed medium (acrylic and collaging). Prints and framed art work for sale. Meet the artist with free tasting 4-7pm.
DOWNTOWN

The Grand Opera House

818 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-658-7897 • thegrandwilmington.org
Grand Gallery: “Programmable Ink” is a collection of colorful abstract artworks by Paul Rickards that explore geometric art that captures the imagination with bold use of color, pattern, and texture. Paul uses custom Python programs with vintage pen plotters; a long-forgotten computer printer made to draw architectural plans or diagrams. Paul reuses these obsolete drawing machines to create one-of-a-kind artworks that are then drawn with just four pens of cyan, yellow, magenta, and black (CMYK). Each plot carries the trace of mechanical variation like minute pen skips, shifts in line, subtle changes in ink flow that give the drawings a kind of quiet irregularity. His work bridges the digital and analog as pen plotters take pen to paper, creating artwork without the use of “AI” tools. Each piece is unique, hand-selected by the artist from hundreds of algorithmic variations and plotted with archival pigmented acrylic inks on heavy 140 lb. cold press watercolor paper.

Paul Rickards is a Delaware artist and engineer who creates algorithmic drawings using vintage pen plotters and modern tools. Inspired by the early computer graphics pioneers of the 1970s, he writes custom Python code to operate vintage pen plotters, machines from the 1980s that he repurposes to create physical works of art. Paul owns more than twenty plotters, selecting each one based on the outcome he wishes to achieve for the medium. His approach is grounded in an intimate knowledge of the machines he uses, many of which he has repaired or restored, and in a fascination with the slow, deliberate movement of the pen as it draws. Some works are drawn directly onto salvaged media, including 5.25-inch floppies, reflecting his interest in the afterlife of obsolete technology. Paul holds a BA in CS and minor in Art from U. Delaware. His work has been exhibited at the Vintage Computing Festival and in group and solo shows at The Mill Space in Wilmington and Bantam Tools in Peekskill, NY. His works are enjoyed by an international audience of collectors. Browse Paul’s works shop.paulrickards.com
baby grand gallery: These paintings, shown here, are a residue of time spent in the natural world, begun in observation, they were resolved somewhere deeper, in memory and intuition. Light is at the heart of this work — not as illumination alone, but as a metaphor for understanding. The moments when clarity breaks through, when something obscured suddenly reveals itself, when warmth cuts through cold shadow. I work in layers, building the surfaces slowly. Responding intuitively, allowing each mark or color to ask a question, that the next mark tries to answer. I am drawn to what is alive and unstable — the tangle of branches, the surge of water, the way fire and blue-green shadow can inhabit the same moment. These paintings are my attempt to stay inside that aliveness, not to resolve it too quickly, to let the light mean more than one thing.

RitaMarie Cimini is a Delaware-based painter whose work bridges the physical and the contemplative. Trained as a formalist, she builds richly layered surfaces that reveal her working process while reaching toward something less visible — the links between sight and interior vision. Her paintings, informed by a daily meditation practice, tap into collective experience through the elemental language of light, mark, and color. Cimini holds an MFA in painting and sculpture from Bennington College and is an inducted member of the National Association of Women Artists. Her work has been exhibited widely, including solo and group exhibitions at the Belskie Museum in Closter, NJ and the Monmouth Museum in Lincroft, NJ. She served as President of Studio Montclair, a non-profit visual arts organization, from 2016 to 2019. Her work is held in private collections in the United States and abroad, as well as in the corporate and public collections of Atlantic Health Systems, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Sanofi, and the MC Hotel, among others. Cimini also facilitates meditation groups and has written about art and spirituality for the Huffington Post, Sivana Spirit, and her website, rmcimini.com.
DOWNTOWN

Huxley & Hiro Booksellers

601 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-439-0805 • huxleyandhiro.com
Artist: Vik Hart
About: Vik will be showing a series of small works on paper on the Vault Door located in Huxley & Hiro Booksellers. Vik's work is interested in storytelling and lore and how it can be communicated through fantastical art. He's working on a group of shadowy hobgoblins engaging with cats and books in liminal spaces.

Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5- 8pm.
DOWNTOWN

John William Gallery

1313 N Market Street Wilmington, DE
Tel: 585-317-5409
Artist: Ryan Dittmar and Rebecca Giles
About:Our current exhibit features work by University of Delaware MFA candidates Ryan Dittmar '27 and Rebecca Giles '26.
DOWNTOWN

LaFate Gallery

227 N. Market, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-753-5789
Artists: Eunice LaFate and Chhavi Gupter
About: Exhibition of Ladybug paintings by Award-winning Folk Artist and ardent Ladybug Music Fan, Eunice LaFate.

Live Music, Art Auction of Ladybug Art by Eunice LaFate, Audience Mural Creating Art to Ladybug music at the Art Loop reception from 5-8pm.
DOWNTOWN

The Little Huxley at the Hotel du Pont

111 N. 10th Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-439-0805 • huxleyandhiro.com
Artist: Edward Abbott
About: Edward Abbott is an artist, designer, and illustrator based in Wilmington, DE. He creates most of his illustrations digitally on the iPad Pro using Procreate, and also enjoys painting and building things out of materials like wood and cardboard. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-8pm.
DOWNTOWN

Made in Delaware

419 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Artists: Jimmy Thompson, Todd Purse, and Paula Brown
About: Jimmy Thompson, Todd Purse, and Paula Brown will represent Delaware art at the new Made in Delaware Collective with three distinct styles that showcase Delaware's rich artist community. Joined by a range of local vendors for the holidays, they represent some of Delaware's best talent across generations and communities. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5- 8pm.
DOWNTOWN

Makers Alley

804 Orange St, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-482-12998 • makersalleyde.com
Artist: Velvet Poindexter – Sand Artist & Visionary Creator
About: Born and raised in Delaware, Velvet Poindexter’s journey as an artist is one of resilience, self-discovery, and transformation. As a teenager, she faced significant mental health challenges that made it difficult to move forward. Despite years of medical treatments and therapy, true progress remained elusive—until she found healing through art.

What began as a personal coping mechanism—painting on glass, then canvas, and eventually wood—soon evolved into a deep passion for artistic expression. But it was sand painting that unlocked a whole new dimension of creativity and purpose. For the past 10 years, Velvet has embraced this unconventional medium, drawn to its tactile nature and the emotional depth it conveys.

Velvet believes that art should be more than a visual experience—it should be felt. Through textured surfaces and vibrant colors, her work invites viewers to engage with art beyond sight alone, creating a sensory connection that is especially meaningful for neurodivergent and disabled communities. Each of her paintings is a one-of-a-kind reflection of a moment, a feeling, a triumph—impossible to replicate, just like the journey that led her here.

To date, Velvet has showcased her work in over ten gallery exhibitions, with a mission to bring her art to non-traditional spaces where all audiences can fully experience it. But art is more than just her personal passion—it’s a way of life. Her four children also share in the joy of creativity, making art an integral part of their family’s story.

Velvet Poindexter’s work is not just about painting; it’s about connection, healing, and reimagining the way we experience art.

Experience the Art Loop like never before at Makers Alley! We’re featuring work by local artists in a setting that’s anything but traditional. Skip the wine and cheese—grab a $5 beer and fry combo and enjoy great art in the beer garden.

To take advantage of 3-hours FREE parking at the mid-town park garage located at 840 Orange Street, all you have to do is register your car with AirGarage and ask a Makers Alley team member for the QR code to validate.
DOWNTOWN

MANE Gallery at the Tina Betz Urban Artist Exchange

1509 Clifford Brown Walk - Studio #1, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-576-2100 • cityfestwilm.com/uae-amphitheater
About: Art Battle Wilmington veterans Sakana Walls, Tanya Bracey, Lauren Arno, Jordan Young and founders Irina Angelova and Kim Lucas will show various works and live paintings created at the Free Mic Experience happening April 24, 2026 at the Tina Betz Urban Artist Exchange; a free event curated by GDash Jones and Hosted by Yalonda JD Green in honor of National Poetry Month. Light Refreshments during the opening reception 5pm to 8pm.
DOWNTOWN

Mezzanine Gallery

820 N. French Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-577-8278 • arts.delaware.gov
Artist: Kira Krell
About:Krell’s process begins by layering sand, plaster and earth pigments to create relief-like texture paintings. Adding, subtracting, and distressing these elements is necessary to achieve surfaces that appear weathered and time-worn, in pursuit of capturing geological structures: Stone Formations. Intricate details are revealed through dry brushing and mark making techniques, using acrylic and pencils. Fascinated by natural forms and their portrayal of permanence and strength, the artist offers an impression of steadiness and belonging. This acts as a counterpoint to our fast-paced, ever-changing world. Krell invites viewers to take a moment to pause, breathe and reflect on our beautiful world.

Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-7pm.
DOWNTOWN

MKT Gallery

200 W. 9th Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-289-6772
Artists: Stephanie Boateng
About: symbolically. Created with glow-in-the-dark sand on wood, each piece reveals hidden layers that come alive in shifting light. What you see in the dark might just speak louder than what’s shown in the light.

Born and raised in Delaware. When Velvet was in her late teens, she faced mental health challenges that plagued her progress. After years of failed medical efforts of doctors and therapists she still struggled to make positive gains. As a coping mechanism, she began painting on glass, then canvas, and eventually wood to channel my thoughts and emotions. Never did she imagine that she would become a passionate artist that wanted to share her work with the world. Painting in sand blossomed her into a whole new area of life. She has been painting in sand for 10 years. She chose to use sand because she believes artwork should be experienced with more than just the eyes. She desired a deeper and authentic connection where people could reach out and experience my emotions through touch. The texture of her artwork reflects the level of her psyche, and the bright colors represent optimism from overcoming adversity. Each painting is a one-of-a-kind piece that cannot be reproduced, just like the moment it was created in.

Drinks, Light Bites, and Live Music. Note: this show opens May 8th; hours are 7- 10pm.
DOWNTOWN

The Queen

500 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-658-7897 • thegrandwilmington.org
Artist: Emma Winward
About: Emma Winward is a painter and illustrator based in Wilmington, Delaware. She has been painting for many years and acrylic paint has become her chosen medium. This exhibition will show her bright and surreal collection of work, with themes of escapism and modernity. Emma has curated this show to exemplify her signature use of color and evolving art style.
DOWNTOWN

The SOLD Firm

800-B N. Tatnall Street, Wilmington, DE
Artists: Group Show
About: As extension of the MLK Day celebration at Delaware Art Museum, an art collage activity was offered to patrons by Tay the Creator. We challenged the participants, ages Toddlers to Seniors Citizens, to view the exhibit “Imprinted: Illustrating Race”, pull inspiration from the artwork, then create a thought-provoking collage to be shown at The Sold Firm Art Gallery for Black History Month. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5- 7:45pm.
DOWNTOWN

Starbucks

627 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Artists: Tanya Bracey
About:Tanya's love for art began not in a museum, but with the little drawings her father would sketch for her, making it seem "easy." This early spark led her to copy illustrations from magazines, igniting a lifelong passion.

After rediscovering her artistic side in the 1990s, she dove headfirst into the art world. While balancing work and life, she trained at prestigious institutions like the Delaware College of Art and Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. There, she honed a unique style she calls "classical realism with a Fauvist kick," blending masterful technique with bold, unexpected colors.

Tanya developed a unique voice, blending the timeless techniques of 19th-century Masters with a modern, Fauvist love for bright, unexpected colors. Her work, often focused on the human figure, tells stories that have found audiences from Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square to the Black Art Today Collective.

With a background that includes teaching art to at-risk youth and a career in healthcare, Tanya is a multi-faceted talent. Now, she's charging into the next chapter, focused on building her brand and creating a powerful style destined for art shows, private collections, and corporate spaces alike.
DOWNTOWN

Spaceboy Clothing

202 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-300-5516
Artist: CHEZ
About: Spaceboy co-owner and local artist David Chez will be showcasing his art and creating FREE custom doodles for Art Loop attendees from 6pm-9pm! Each piece takes just 3–5 minutes and is drawn with a bold, drippy black paint marker on large white poster paper. Swing by to grab your one-of-a-kind artwork — while supplies last, first come, first served! Visit heychez.com to see more of his work.

Chez, a.k.a. David Sanchez is a Wilmington, Delaware-based mixed media, pop and street artist. Bright colors and vivid designs dominate his work, and Chez often reflects on cultural anxiety and isolation, two byproducts of man and machine co-existing in a hyperconnected world.

Graffiti art, skateboarding, and punk rock were early inspirations for Chez as they all reject conformity and encourage individuals to express themselves without regard for boundaries or traditions.

Empowered by punk's do-it-yourself mentality, Chez is a self-taught artist. He uses multiple mediums for storytelling and self-expression including digital, video, music, screen printing and tattoos.

Chez is co-owner and operator of Spaceboy Clothing, an award-winning company in Wilmington, Delaware, known for innovative graphic tees and custom prints Since 2009.
DOWNTOWN

Urban Artist Exchange Open Studios

16th & N. Walnut Streets, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-493-7614
Artist: Hikmatullah Kharoti
DOWNTOWN

Wilma's

900 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-761-0564
Artists: Group Show
About: You are invited to a gathering of voices in color and form — local artists reflecting on humanity, on feeling, on the quiet power of unity.

Through brushstroke and texture, they speak what words cannot — of connection, hope, and the beauty of standing together.

Come witness art that reminds us: we belong to one another.
RIVERFRONT

The Delaware Contemporary

200 S. Madison Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-656-6466 • decontemporary.org
Featured Exhibitions: Opening Receptions for: University of Delaware MFA Thesis Exhibition, Lynn Herrick Sharp Award Group Exhibition, and Bloom by Roberta Tucci, Solo Show
RIVERFRONT

Juice Joint Gallery

323 S. Justison Street, Wilmington, DE Tel: 510-2762
Artist: Group Show
About: This is a group of artists that a formed a pop-up gallery for the art loop. It was a great success last month as an addition to the Starbucks exhibit so we are adding it as a separate loop stop. Artists Include: Khamari Smith, Irina turner, Kim Lucas, Laura Snipe, Janice King, Chhavi Gupta, Tanya Bracey, Desi Steele, Mardi Russ, Shilpi Gupta (to name a few!). Music by KJ Sharpe Irina Turner of Arts by Angelova has carefully curated over 30 artists work thoughtfully displayed throughout this new dynamic space. Enjoy complimentary hors d'oeuvres and live music at the Art Loop reception from 4:45- 8:45pm.
RIVERFRONT

Starbucks on the Riverfront

329 S. Justison Street, Wilmington, DE Tel: 302-510-2762 • decontemporary.org
Artists: Group Show
About: Join us for this group exhibition. Art Loop reception from 5-9pm.
WEST SIDE

Avenue Cuts

1700 N. Scott Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-655-1718
Artist: Karoline Wileczek
WEST SIDE

Blue Ball Barn

1914 W Park Drive, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-353-5679
Artists: Maia Palmer
About: Please join artist Maia Palmer for an evening of celebration, connection, and circus-inspired artistry. Grace & Gravity presents a series of collaborative portraits featuring the strong, empowered women she has met through the world of aerial arts.

Climbing, tumbling, twisting, splitting, flipping, spinning — and above all, flying — aerial arts is not for the faint of heart. Palmer’s work seeks to capture not only the physical daring of these movements, but also the spirit of adventure, resilience, and transformation that defines the aerial community.

For Palmer, aerial arts became far more than feats of strength. Through years of taking classes, teaching, and performing at Ascend Flow Arts, she discovered a deep sense of community and learned to trust her own power. Pushing beyond her limits helped her grow strong and confident in her own skin. In many ways, aerials changed her life — empowering her to defy gravity both physically and personally, and to become a version of herself she is proud of.

Each of the women featured in this exhibition carries her own story of determination, courage, and joy. Community has always been central to Palmer’s work, and Grace & Gravity honors this vibrant circle of women by sharing their strength, beauty, and motion with the rest of Delaware.

Join the artist and her fellow aerialists at Blue Ball Barn on Friday, December 5, for an inspiring night celebrating the twists, turns, and tumbles of this extraordinary community.

Light refreshments will be served at the Art Loop reception from 6-8pm, and live music will be performed by a trio of Cab Calloway School of the Arts string majors. In addition to the featured artwork, Palmer will offer a selection of smaller works and prints for sale.

Maia Palmer is a Delaware based visual artist and art educator who uses portraiture as a vehicle for storytelling. Rooted in her early experiences teaching English as a Second Language, Palmer’s practice explores the power of dialogue—treating conversation itself as an artistic medium. Through collaborative exchanges with her subjects, she weaves together personal narratives, cultural history, and symbolic imagery to create portraits that invite viewers to reflect on identity, resilience, and shared humanity.

Palmer began developing this dialogical approach during her MFA studies at Washington University in St. Louis. In addition to her MFA (2011), she holds a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University (2002). Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally—including in Spain, Germany, and China—and is part of the permanent collection at the Biggs Museum of American Art. She received an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Delaware Division of the Arts in 2022 and was named the 2024 Delaware Art Educator of the Year. She currently teaches Visual Arts at Cab Calloway School of the Arts and serves as co-curator of the school’s gallery as well as exhibition coordinator at the Music School of Delaware. Her work as both artist and educator reflects her commitment to building community, fostering dialogue, and celebrating diversity through the arts.
WEST SIDE

Blue Streak Gallery

1721 Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-429-0506
Artist: Group Show
About: Ansel, Bartolozzi, Benarchik, Butler, Delaney, Evans, Fish, Hable, Hays, Oldach, Patrizi, Romano, Schmid, Soffer, Spiker, Spiker, Tanis, Valetta One painting by each artist about something that brings a sense of wonder or respect. Looking for the beauty in everyday. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5- 7pm.
WEST SIDE

Church of the Holy City

1118 N. Broom Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-416-0550
Artists: Group Show
About: Experience three meditations on the relationship of nature and art from three accomplished and thoughtful artists: Michael Brock, Harold Ellis Howell, and E. Jean Lanyon.

Pennsylvania born in 1946, Michael Brock has resided in Delaware since 1972. A self-taught artist, he has been painting and selling his work since 1964, working primarily in oils on canvas. A Brandywine influence is reflected in his landscape, still life and aviation paintings, with a dramatic style prominent in his depiction of wildlife.

For Harold Ellis Howell, art and nature are inseparable. His art is about place and he always finds it necessary to form an intimate relationship with the places he paints. It’s more about a dialogue between artist and subject than merely reproducing the outward appearance of things. Mostly self-taught, he has diligently studied art history as well as his craft.

E. Jean Lanyon is well known in Delaware for her work as a visual artist and poet. She served as Delaware’s Poet Laureate for 22 years, and has been a dedicated force for sharing the arts through multiple organizations. Nature and the human experience are often the focus of her works.

Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-8pm.
WEST SIDE

Blue Streak Gallery at Piccolina Toscana

1412 N. Dupont Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-429-0506
Artist: Carol Slocumb Strukelj
About: Join us for the Art Loop reception for oil paintings by Carol Slocumb Strukelj. Her show continues through January 31, 2026. Art Loop reception from 5-7pm.
WEST SIDE

Fit Studio
presented by Blue Streak Gallery

62 Rockford Rd, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-429-0506
Artist: Wendy Hatch
RIVERFRONT

The Glad Suite

1339 Linden Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 410-458-1119
Artists: Group Show
About:This Group Show explores the intersection of visual arts and spoken word oration, celebrating justice, heroism, culture, advocacy, and a hope for a better tomorrow.

This exhibition is inspired by the works of Michael Of The Lē, a multifaceted literary artist whose work is rooted in advocacy, undergirded by hope. A poet, writer, and orator, Michael intricately weaves words of resistance and resilience, threaded by faith. He frequently references historical events and figures to serve as a blueprint — still applicable to modern times. This is effectively done by acknowledging both the beautiful and ugly parts of history to facilitate safe environments of learning, conversation, and inclusion. Through his creative work and his life, Michael advocates for all marginalized groups including BIPOC, women and children, the LGBTQ+ community, veterans, the disabled, and the elderly.

This Gallery Show will feature live music, spoken word poetry, oration, and light refreshments from 5- 8pm.
WEST SIDE

Howard Pyle Studio

1305 N. Franklin Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-656-7304
Artist: Featured Artists Anna Bellenger and Baily Cypress
About: Featured Artists Anna Bellenger and Baily Cypress Anna and Baily are mother and daughter and will present a show with a BIRD theme, featuring paintings, textile sculptures, mixed-media sculptures, and a large interlocking mosaic. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5- 7:30pm and enjoy art work by the Studio Group Members. Refreshments will be served.

Anna Bellenger: She earned an associate of arts degree from Southern Seminary Junior College (now Southern Virginia University), where she studied under Cy Twombly, a noted modern painter, sculptor and photographer whose works are in the permanent collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She worked in printmaking and mixed media for many years, until a friend showed her JMW Turner’s technique for using rabbit skin glue on paper for watercolor. “I added a few ideas and made it my own,” Anna says. “It is not the lovely loose flowing watercolor, but very tight detailed work that I get lost in for days at a time. I had a wonderful teacher in Cy Twombly. He gave me the tools I needed and ‘let me go.’” The art of life And “go” she did! The Hardcastle Gallery in Delaware represents Anna’s work, and she has shown in regional, national and even international exhibitions. She moved to Jenner’s Pond in 2019, and in March 2020 had a solo exhibition called Games On & Off the Sidewalk through the Chester County Art Association. Unfortunately, the live show closed early due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Her watercolors have won numerous “Best in Show” awards at juried shows, including the 2017 Delaware Watercolor Society’s Show at The Biggs Museum, and she has received recognition for her body of work. In October 2020, she received the Women in Arts Award from the Chester County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution for her “mastery of the watercolor medium, her work in mixed media and her innovative dry brush, highly opaque watercolor technique.” She is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society and a member of The Howard Pyle Studio. Anna is featured in Catherine Quillman’s book Artists of the Brandywine Valley as well as Speaking for Themselves: The Artists of South Eastern Pennsylvania by Daphne Landis. She has also been involved in several book projects herself. She illustrated Knick-Knack, a children’s book by Clella Bay Murray, a fellow Jenner’s Pond resident, and Outside In, a book of poetry by Carol Hixon. She self-published Anna’s Animals. Her latest project is Sky High, a children’s counting book, featuring animals on weather vanes.
WEST SIDE

The Music School of Delaware

4101 Washington St, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-762-1132 • musicschoolofdelaware.org
Artist: Flavia Loreto
WEST SIDE

West Side Creative Hub

601 N. Union St, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-563-2238
Artists: Group Show
THIS SHOW HAS BEEN POSTPONSED TO JUNE
About: Group Exhibition Featuring: A Smashed Label, Andy Vible, Constanza Madariaga, Jo Redbird, Jimmy Thompson, Food Stamp curated by JaQuanne LeRoy. This exhibition features artists who have contributed to the creative and cultural life of Wilmington’s West Side through public art, community-based projects, and collaborative initiatives. Their work reflects a shared commitment to using art as a tool for connection, storytelling, and neighborhood revitalization. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5- 9pm.

West Side Stories is the opening exhibition of the Creative Hub, a new space on Union Street created in partnership with West Side Grows Together. The exhibition brings together artists whose work reflects and contributes to the ongoing revitalization of Wilmington’s West Side. The West Side Revitalization Plan outlines a vision for the future through a series of interconnected pillars—youth and community building, health and wellbeing, safe streets, parks and open space, housing, and economic development. While these pillars are often understood through policy and planning, this exhibition explores how they are also experienced, shaped, and sustained through art.

Each artwork in West Side Stories offers a different perspective on these themes. From images of community institutions and neighborhood businesses to reflections on care, identity, public space, and shared responsibility, the works highlight the human side of revitalization. They remind us that transformation is not only physical, but cultural and relational.

Artists have played an active role in the West Side’s growth—through public art, community partnerships, and creative programming that brings people together and strengthens neighborhood identity. In this way, art does not sit outside of the revitalization plan; it moves through it, connects its parts, and helps make its vision visible.

As a new space, the Creative Hub is part of this ongoing work. It exists as a place where creativity, community, and planning intersect—where stories of the West Side can be shared, reflected on, and continued. Please do not park in the lot across the street from the Creative Hub. Vehicles parked in that lot are subject to towing. Street parking is available along Union Street and surrounding blocks.
BEYOND THE CITY

Centreville Place: Market & Cafe

5800 Kennett Pike, Greenville, DE
Tel: 302-521-8789
Artist: Ernesto Raul Beckford and Alison Begala
BEYOND THE CITY

Delaware Museum of
Nature and Science

4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-658-9111 • <a href="https://delmns.orgdelmns.org
Exhibit #1: As part of the Dragonfly Project, students across Delaware learned about several dragonfly species and voted for the one they felt best represents our state.

Their choice, the Blue Dasher, will be proposed as Delaware’s official state dragonfly through legislation introduced by Senator Stephanie Hansen in the Senate and Representative Sophie Phillips in the House of Representatives this spring.

Elementary, middle, and high school students from all three counties created 3D art using recycled materials and wrote essays supporting their selected species. They explored the biology, ecology, and cultural meanings of dragonflies, using science and creativity. Come see the winning art projects and essays on display at the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science.
Exhibit #2: Our new exhibit in collaboration with the Delaware Photographic Society captures various animal behaviors through photography, illustrating how photographers and scientists use photography to document and describe these natural behaviors.

The Delaware Photographic Society was organized as the Delaware Camera Club on January 31, 1931, making it one of the oldest camera clubs in the country. The Society engages and educates novice to professional photographers in a collaborative and encouraging environment, creating artistic images for display for the enjoyment of the community in our region.

Visit the exhibit in the Community Room at the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science to see these photographs on full display.
BEYOND THE CITY

Arden Buzz-Ware Gallery

2119 The Highway, Arden, D
Tel: 302-981-4811
Artists: Kathleen Vasta of Arden
About:Kathleen Vasta's artistic journey began with her first show in the third grade. As an adult she had to set art-making aside while raising three children. Later, as a junior high teacher in Santa Barbara, CA, art was one of three subjects she taught. Kathleen recently moved back to Wilmington to be closer to family.

Kathleen creates from an emotion or feeling she gets when thinking about a particular person. Join us at the Art Loop reception from 5- 8pm with complimentary refreshments. Donations welcomed!
BEYOND THE CITY

Arsht Hall at UD

2700 Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilmington
Tel: 302-573-4417
Artists: Group show featuring Lisa Scheetz, Kristie Augunblick & Olga Petrova
About:Lisa Scheetz: I really enjoy the freedom of working creatively through many formats, including collage, poetry, landscaping, building garden sculptures, and professional cooking!

Regardless of the medium, my work explores the connections between people and the natural world. I'm drawn to cycles of growth and transformation- as reflections of the human experience. Through an intuitive process, I create work that invites reflection, presence, and a deeper sense of connection.

Kristie Augunblick: I hold a degree in Art Education and began my career as an elementary art teacher. After stepping away to raise my children, I left teaching for marketing, and my career remained indirectly linked to art and design, though I stayed in the background and my own artwork paused.

In fall 2024, I took a collage class at OLLI with Gabrielle Bradley, where—with her encouragement—I discovered mixed media and collage as a way to express myself. Being invited to display my work alongside fellow students is a meaningful milestone, and I value this creative environment and its spirit of personal expression.

Olga Petrova: After retiring from a career in medicine in 2021, I began a new creative journey in drawing and painting.

I have studied through online classes as well as in-person programs at the Grounds For Sculpture, the Center for the Creative Arts in Hockessin, and OLLI. Working primarily in acrylics, I find endless inspiration in nature.

Open to all forms of expression, I continue to experiment with different styles and techniques, embracing art as a space for discovery and growth.
BEYOND THE CITY

Bellefonte Arts

803-C Brandywine Blvd, Bellefonte, DE
Tel: 302-547-2573 • bellefontearts.com
Artist:Devronika DeNaye
About:Devronika DeNaye currently creates visual pieces that encompass her world through her eyes, where transformation is inevitable. Her work reveals growth, dedication, and the determination to become anew. She invites viewers to enter her universe and linger in moments of discovery and emergence. Join us for the Art Loop reception with light refreshments from 5- 8pm.

Exhibit writeup: This series reflects the different stages of my personal growth and how I view myself throughout that process. Forever expanding, Imperfect, and always evolving. I want to represent all aspects of myself. My creativity, my quirkiness, the lighter sides and the more somber ones. I wanted to express and portray myself the way I see myself now.

Transformative.

I gave myself the space to sit in the process and let my art, my emotions, and my feelings exist as they are. Hands on, messy, unforgiving, but beyond rewarding.

I stepped outside of my digital world because it began to feel like a box, one I no longer enjoyed or wanted to remain in. And I've come to realize that nothing I do has to be linear, especially not my art. I allowed myself to simply create and truly feel. Letting go of the need for perfection or the habit of overanalyzing my work.

This process was therapeutic, fun, and necessary for me. Mixed media is where I began, and it’s where my heart feels most at home now.

This is Dva, all mixed up.
BEYOND THE CITY

David's Studio and Gallery Salon

2324 Cherry Lane, Arden
Tel: 545-7489
Artist: David Ashworth Burslem
About: On display this year's new works produced as this year's recipient of the Delaware Division of the Arts Established Sculpture Artist Award as well as his lifetime collection of paintings, prints and sculptures.

David Ashworth Burslem studied graphic design at the University of Delaware and has continued to produce art over the past 59 years while earning a living as a graphic designer, teacher, Gallery owner and home remodeling contractor.

His art will be on display in David's Studio and Gallery Salon and Bamboo Gallery and also his "Rise Up" Sculpture Garden on Friday, November 1 from 5-8pm and on Saturday, November 2 from 10am-2pm.
BEYOND THE CITY

Finist & The Owl

811 Brandywine Blvd, Bellefonte, DE
Tel: 786-228-6638 • finistandtheowl.com
Artist: Alex Fine
About: A collection of portraits consisting of musicians, actors, writers and activists. Each portrait is composed of fine, expressive lines and elements that communicate a narrative. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5- 8pm.

Alex Fine is a freelance illustrator from Baltimore, MD whose art has been featured in a number of internationally known publishers, books, magazines and news outlets. Alex is a graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and has more than fifteen years of experience in editorial, advertising, and book illustration. Alex has taught at colleges such as MICA and The Corcoran and in 2016, co-founded the Baltimore Academy of Illustration. His style reflects influences of vintage comic books, 90’s rock posters, and various eras of editorial illustration.
BEYOND THE CITY

Hagley Museum & Library

298 Buck Road East, Greenville, DE
Tel: 658-2400 • hagley.org
Artist: Pam Slaton
About: Step into a world where big ideas come in small packages. Hagley library’s miniature model exhibit brings together three fascinating fields — interior design, miniatures, and conservation — and invites you to explore how they connect in surprising ways.

Innovation in Miniature highlights the career of interior designer William Pahlmann, who used these tiny models to bring his bold ideas to life. You’ll also discover the artistry of E.J. Kupjack, a master miniaturist whose creations link directly to American advertising and invention. Finally, see how Hagley’s expert conservation team works behind the scenes to preserve these delicate treasures for future generations.

The opening event takes place from 5- 7pm and will feature refreshments and a Q&A with conservator Laura Wahl, who curated the exhibit, at 5:30 p.m. The exhibit will be on display in the Hagley Library building through March 31, 2026.

$10 for members; $20 for non-members
BEYOND THE CITY

Suite M Gallery

5714 Kennett Pike, Greenville, DE
Tel: 302-598-3490
Artists: Sara Klingmeyer and Joseph Fiducioso
BEYOND THE CITY

M.Coty Designs

5808 Kennett Pike, Greenville, DE
Tel: 302-545-5437
Artist: Mary Coty
BEYOND THE CITY

Jester Art Space

2818 Grubb Road, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 484-947-8191 • jesterartspace.org
Artists: Jen Polillo and Matthew Raghunauth
About: Our May Art Loop features the work of Jen Polillo and Matthew Raghunauth.

Perspectives brings together two distinct yet deeply connected bodies of work that explore memory, identity, and personal history through color and form. Matthew Raghunauth’s vibrant figures pulse with energy, storytelling, and cultural resonance, while Jen Polillo’s imagined landscapes evoke introspective spaces shaped by emotion and recollection. Together, their works create a dialogue between outer expression and inner reflection, inviting viewers to reflect on how our experiences shape the way we understand the world around and within us.

Join us for the Opening Reception from 5- 7pm.
BEYOND THE CITY

Lumen Studio & Gallery

1601 Concord Pike, Suite 89
Tel: 302-545-3204
Artists: Carson Zullinger & Patt Panzer
About:Caravaggio changed the course of art creation with his mastery of Chiaroscuro. He used a camera obscura to capture highly detailed images to paint. Some consider him the first photographer. This exhibit explores a new interpretation of some of his paintings.

Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5- 8pm.
BEYOND THE CITY

Mid Century Collections

803D Brandywine Blvd
Tel: 734-658-3308
Artist: Manuel Ivan Ramos
About:Manuel Ivan Ramos, professionally known as RAmos ART, is a visual artist based in Bear, Delaware. His work focuses on portraiture and cultural storytelling through oil painting, exploring identity, legacy, masculinity, and resilience.

Join us for the Art Loop reception from 6- 9pm for live painting and small bites!
BEYOND THE CITY

Rockwood Park & Museum

4651 Washington Street Extension
Tel: 302-761-4240
Artists: Group Show
About:We the People… - Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence and Rockwood’s 50th anniversary, five artists have taken over different rooms of the mansion exploring the idea of what it means to be an American today.

We the People… is a contemporary art exhibition set within the historic Rockwood Mansion. This exhibition explores what it means to be an American by drawing on Rockwood’s historic portrait collection as inspiration and contextualizing it for modern audiences. To achieve this, five contemporary artists were invited to take over Rockwood by creating portraits of their own and curating the space in which their artwork is shown. By placing their work in direct conversation with Rockwood’s historic spaces, objects, and stories, these artists all collectively address who is historically being represented, who is not, and what do portraits tell us about both the sitter and the people who keep them. Featuring the work of: Yikui (Coy) Gu Lauren E Peters Alim Smith Shefon N Taylor Mikayel Thurin In the 1913 Parlor: Americans in History - Building on themes present in “We the People…”

Rockwood has partnered with schools to blend together historical and contemporary Americans in one unique rotating exhibition. For the month of May artwork created by the students of A I du Pont High School explores the idea of identity though honoring those who are important to us by featuring portraits of friends and family in a variety of styles inspired by famous artists. In the Brittle Beauty Gallery: Treasured Memory Crafted Identity – Rockwood’s Shipley and Bringhurst families arrived in America before the formation of the United States. Generations of this family encountered people and moments that shaped American history. Through an intimate collection of portraits, photographs, personal objects, and writings on view documenting the experiences, relationships, and ideas of these family members during a period of profound cultural and technological change.

Join us for the opening reception at the Art Loop from 4-8pm. The show runs through September 6, 2026.
BEYOND THE CITY

The Station Gallery

3922 Kennett Pike, Greenville, DE
Tel: 654-8638 • stationgallery.net
Artists: Louise Clearfield & Temre Stanchfield
About:A two-person show celebrating the life and work of Louise Clearfield who passed away last December. Louise's nature inspired oil paintings are paired with new paintings by Temre Stanchfield, who uses abstract elements while drawing from the natural world for inspiration.

Join us for the Art Loop reception with wine, cheese and live music from 5- 8pm.
DOWNTOWN

Spaceboy Clothing

202 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-300-5516
About: Fascinated by the history of the area and it's manufacturing past. Co-owner Noah Merenda has curated and collected Wilmington relics over the years. This has led him to recreate designs and advertising from business that used to make Wilmington their home. Antiques, Clothing and prints will be for sale for the first time to the public. Join us in celebrating Wilmington's past and future!

Noah Merenda AKA HIMMIE is a Wilmington based artist and Photographer. He is Co-Owner of Spaceboy Clothing. A Wilmington Delaware business since 2009. Spaceboy sells locally designed and printed clothing, Vintage items and gifts. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-9pm.

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