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Friday, February 6, 2026

Starting @ 5:00PM

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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.

February Exhibitions

DOWNTOWN​

2nd & LOMA

211 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE​
Tel: (302) 655-0124 • 2ndandloma.com
Coty Angle
Artist: Liezel
About: This show is about showcasing the beauty of everyday life — the unpolished, authentic moments — through art and fashion. It features giclée fine art prints for the home and wearable pieces for daily life, using high-quality DTG printing on t-shirts to transform everyday style into a canvas for artistic expression. Each piece highlights the unique character of architectural structures that shape people’s daily lives, spaces where they find inspiration, connection, and purpose.

Liezel Salvoro, originally from the Philippines, migrated to the United States three years ago. She started taking photos in 2010, and since then, it has become her passion. Over time, she has explored different styles, including portrait photography, but has always been drawn to capturing street scenes — showing how people live their daily lives within the environments shaped by their surroundings. Photography has always been her pride and joy.

Live Music by The Bees Neez. Complimentary Happy Hour from 5-8pm. Free Parking DelTech Lot 4 on Orange Street.
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The Chancery Market
Food Hall

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

Art O Mat

501 W. 7th Street • wilmingtonalliance.org
Resetting The Culture – A Brian Mills Art Experience
Artists: Brian Mills
About: Through a diverse array of mediums and artistic interpretations, "Resetting The Culture" playfully dissects and recontextualizes iconic imagery and narratives. The exhibition invites viewers to consider the deeper meanings embedded within our everyday consumption of media, prompting reflection on how these seemingly disparate elements shape our perceptions, values, and collective consciousness.

Brian Mills, a California-born artist currently based in Delaware, is known for his vibrant and eclectic "Miscel" style. He frequently draws inspiration from Pop culture, fashion, and music, incorporating bold pop art elements into his unique paintings. Beyond his artistic pursuits, Mills is deeply committed to community service. He is a firm believer in trusting God with one's gifts to foster peaceful personal growth and effectively empower others.

Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-7:30pm with Refreshments served.
DOWNTOWN​

Bridge Art Gallery

213 N. Market Street 353-4527 • bridgeartgallery.net
Keep It 100
Artists: Group Show
About: Keep It 100 is the Bridge Art Gallery’s joyful call to shop local, support over 20 artists, and spread creativity this holiday season. This curated exhibition features original, small-format works priced at $100. These beautiful, meaningful pieces make art collecting accessible to everyone.

Keep It 100 invites art enthusiasts to discover new talent, uplift local creators, and give the unforgettable gift of art. Open from 5- 8pm for the Art Loop. Featured Activity - Living Room Flo - A Poetic Experience starting 6:00 pm.
DOWNTOWN​

Chris White Gallery

701 N. Shipley Street, Wilmington, DE​
Tel: 302-475-0998 • chriswhitegallery.com
Meet Me at the Altar
Artists: Group Show
About:Asata Maisé, Brittany Glover, Ciera Suragh, Charlese Phillips, Dominique Jones, Ellen Cappard, Erika Acevedo, Lady Morae, Maricien Dorliae, Marie Smith, MC, Phoenix, Sienna Jori, Shaylin Wallace, Shonté Young-Williams, Stephanie Boateng, Tish Williams, Tisha Taylor, Ty Nevils, Xyare Patrick

Meet Me At The Altar is a visual art and healing experience centering Black women, femmes, and gender-expansive artists exploring healing, identity, and transformation through art. This exhibition creates a sacred space where creativity becomes devotion, community becomes sanctuary, and the work of becoming is honored.

About Ari Sianeh: In a world that often reduces Black women and femmes to stereotypes or renders them invisible, Meet Me at The Altar reclaims space for the full spectrum of our spiritual and creative lives. This exhibition emerges from a simple truth: our healing is holy, our creativity is prayer, and our existence is resistance.

As a curator and creative strategist, I've witnessed firsthand how Black women and femmes carry the weight of communal healing while rarely receiving spaces designed for our own restoration. We are told where God lives, how worship should look, and which versions of ourselves are acceptable. Meanwhile, many of us have found the sacred in sound bowls and Sunday morning painting sessions, in ancestral altars and abstract art, in therapy and tarot, in the church pew and the yoga mat.

Meet Me at The Altar honors all of it—the churched, the unchurched, and those who found spirit outside the building. This exhibition centers artists whose work emerges from the inner worlds and emotional landscapes that traditional spaces often silence: queer spirituality, Womanist theology, ancestral healing, embodied pleasure, mental health, and the audacious belief that we deserve joy.

Through visual art, sound healing, wellness programming, and communal ritual, we create what we've been searching for: a sanctuary that holds our contradictions, celebrates our transformations, and affirms that at the core—like our Creator—we are creators too. Here, we explore themes of resilience, belonging, grounding, ancestral presence, personal ritual, and the sacred work of becoming without apology or explanation.

This exhibition asks: What does it mean to meet yourself at the altar of your own making? How do we hold space for Black women and femmes to be fully human—complex, spiritual, sensual, powerful, and free? In a society that demands our strength while denying our softness, our labor while dismissing our genius, how do we create spaces that let us simply be?

Meet Me at The Altar is an offering, an invitation, a prayer. It's a reminder that our art is ministry, our healing is revolutionary, and our presence is sanctuary. For those who have been seeking belonging, this is it. For those who create from spirit and truth, this is for you.
DOWNTOWN​

Christina Cultural Arts Center Edward Loper, Sr. Gallery

705 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE​
Buluu
Artist: Oba Jackson
About: Buluu means blue in various Bantu languages - Swahili, Chickawe, Yoruba. Oba is a third-generation visual artist whose creative instinct has been present for as long as he can remember. He resists confining his work to a single definition. His practice is fluid, constantly evolving from new thoughts, experiences, and observations. For him, creativity is instinctual and fleeting—something to be trusted in the moment it appears. As he often reflects: “Creativity is one of those fleeting things, like a breeze. If you don’t catch it when it comes, you will miss it. Trust inspired thought.” Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-7pm and enjoy light refreshments.
DOWNTOWN​

City of Wilmington’s Redding Gallery

800 N. French Street, Wilmington, DE
302-576-2100 • cityfest.com/redding-gallery
Artist: K.O. Simms
About: An artist with exceptional experience in the disciplines of watercolors, acrylics, pen & inks, and pastels. Developed from over two decades of on the scene drawing and painting of landscapes, cityscapes, and figure drawing/portraits throughout the Atlantic Coastal Region. Light Refreshments during the opening reception 5pm to 7pm.
DOWNTOWN

DE.CO Food Hall

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

Delaware Historical Society

505 N. Market Street
Tel: 302-295-2395 • dehistory.org
Vintage Wilmington
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​
Brandywine Photo Collective
Artists: Group Show
About: Thirteen members of a loose confederation of photographers living in Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania present their thirteenth exhibition. Be one of the lucky few to see this gathering of diverse, sometimes experimental, sometimes classic, images.

Please join us for the opening reception from 5-7pm.
DOWNTOWN

Gallery at Grace United Methodist Church

900 N. Washington Street
Tel: 302-655-8847
Divinity In Stillness
Artist: Kiara Florez
About: Kiara Florez Is our featured artist for February and March. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-7 pm.

Artist Statement: Kiara Florez is an illustrator who expands upon abstract painting with themes of spirituality, femininity, self-expression, and imaginative worlds. Her latest process on art has taken her works into a more emotional approach, invoking deep, personal meanings as she navigates her healing journey. The forms found on canvas are loose depictions of human-like beings interacting with landscapes or other beings. Spiritual philosophy and mystical motifs are explored with bold colors and wavy lines overlapping with one another. Emotions clash with the vivid palette to capture the ever-changing composition as the process develops intuitively. Often her works portray stories that others can relate to through daily life experiences and self-identification. She has always been drawn to spirituality, other dimensions/worlds, and the inner self.
DOWNTOWN

Girard Craft & Cork

224 W. 9th Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 774-292-1854
Tarot Series: Tarot Series: The Hermit, The Devil, and Death
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
Anthomania Reimagined by Christina Peters (Grand Gallery)
Visions of Space (baby grand gallery)
Artists: Christina Peters (Grand Gallery) and Burton Aulisio (baby grand Gallery)
Grand Gallery: “Anthomania Reimagined” is a contemporary exploration of floral portraiture through the lens of Christina Peters, who channels the spirit of the Dutch masters using modern photographic techniques. With over 30 years of experience as a commercial photographer, Christina now devotes her practice to fine art still lifes that celebrate the beauty, symbolism, and emotional resonance of flowers. At the core of her process is a deep respect for nature and craftsmanship. Each image begins with the careful curation of flowers from small farms across the U.S. Once the blooms arrive, she cleans, trims, and nourishes each stem, nurturing them for several days until their peak bloom aligns. This attention to timing allows her to build each arrangement in her studio under controlled artificial lighting, where every composition is intentionally sculpted. Inspired by traditional rules of composition, Christina selects antique props, hand-painted backdrops, and heirloom vessels to construct painterly scenes that feel timeless. Her goal is to blur the line between photography and painting, creating images that are emotionally rich and visually immersive. The result is a body of work that evokes both nostalgia and stillness.

Viewers often ask if her images are digitally manipulated. Everything is created in-camera, and Photoshop is used only to remove dust, distracting imperfections, and prepare the images for print.

With “Anthomania Reimagined,” Christina invites the viewer into a space of wonder and connection. She hopes her images trigger the brain’s natural response to beauty, those happy chemicals like dopamine and serotonin that bring calm, joy, and focus. These portraits are not just about flowers. They are visual meditations on the fleeting nature of beauty and memory.

Christina is currently sourcing very specific blooms for future work, using floral portraiture as a lens to explore personal symbolism, identity, and the emotional imprint of nature. “Anthomania Reimagined” is the latest chapter in that ongoing journey.
baby grand gallery: “Visions of Space” is a collection of works that is the artist's visual interpretation of what lies within the Cosmos. The vastness and complexity within our universe have always intrigued me and was intensified as I grew up during the Space Race of the 1960s. With the data from the Hubble Telescope, and most recently the James Webb Telescope, our Universe is providing many incredible vistas of the Cosmos that we had only imagined. From nearby stars, to nebulae, and galaxy clusters; space is home to things we humans cannot fully comprehend with our minds.

I am an artist that works in a variety of mediums that include acrylic paints, aerosols, gels, and resins. This combination of mediums produces a vivid and brilliant color spectrum that I love to work in.
DOWNTOWN

Huxley & Hiro Booksellers

601 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-439-0805 • huxleyandhiro.com
A Rose for The Undersiders
Artist: Eliza Fisher
About: In celebration of the Huxley and Hiro book launch for the new Wilmington novel Guarded Streets which is set on Market Street in 1968, literary illustrator Eliza Fisher will showcase her work in various mediums, including other illustrations she has done.
DOWNTOWN

John William Gallery

1313 N Market Street Wilmington, DE
Tel: 585-317-5409
Otherworlds: John Webb’s Imagined Realms
Artist: John Webb
About:John Webb invites viewers into a constellation of imagined environments, landscapes, and lifeforms that feel at once uncannily familiar and distinctly other. Drawing on visual traditions that encompass fantastical illustration, epic fantasy, and speculative world-building, Webb constructs richly layered terrains. These worlds resonate with the atmospheric qualities of Tolkien’s imagined realms, the exploratory logics of contemporary gaming landscapes, and the moral architectures associated with classical fables. Such influences function less as direct references than as diffuse cultural frameworks, situating Webb’s imagery within a shared visual vocabulary of myth, geography, and storytelling.

Narrative tension is a persistent concern across Webb’s practice. His figures and terrains often occupy moments of ambiguity, gesturing toward ethical, social, and occasionally ecological conflict. These dynamics emerge through metaphor rather than explicit commentary. Elements of the grotesque, heightened physiognomies, phallic forms, and unsettled expressions signal sites of struggle, while vast plateaus and sweeping horizons create spaces in which narratives might begin, diverge, or remain unresolved. Rather than imposing fixed meanings, Webb’s works sustain a productive openness, inviting viewers to consider how contemporary concerns may be refracted through imagined worlds, or alternatively to engage with the scale, intricacy, and visual richness of the images themselves.

Otherworlds foregrounds the generative potential of these invented terrains. The exhibition proposes that fantastical imagery operates not as escapism but as a means of rethinking familiar structures. By situating Webb’s landscapes and creatures within broader histories of fantasy and world-building, the exhibition reflects on how imagined realms can illuminate the underlying tensions and desires within the contemporary moment. In encountering Webb’s otherworlds, viewers are invited to recognize how acts of imagination reveal, unsettle, and at times re-enchant the world they already inhabit.
DOWNTOWN

LaFate Gallery

227 N. Market, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-753-5789
United by Reggae Music
Artist: Eunice LaFate
About: Celebrating 81st Birthday of Reggae Superstar Bob Marley. Exhibition of Art by Eunice LaFate and the Trio Kidd Sisters. Jamaican cuisine and Music. Art Auction Benefit ART SALE for Jamaica's Hurricane Relief Fund, Jamaican Cuisine.
DOWNTOWN

The Little Huxley at the Hotel du Pont

111 N. 10th Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-439-0805 • huxleyandhiro.com
This IS my real job
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
Made In Delaware Group Show
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.
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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
Artists: Jabaar Brown / Arts Work Winter Co-hort
About: Jabaar Brown is an artist who has presented at the Recovery Cafe and works as a teaching artist. He has produced a tremendous amount of new, incredible and diverse artwork to be shown in the MANE Gallery.

Arts Work Winter Youth Program will present their culminating event of work produced during their recent youth work experience at the Tina Betz Urban Artist Exchange. 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
For Granted
Artist: Christopher L. Starr
About:This exhibition of photographs I refer to as the “For Granted” collection. It is my attempt to add a little “weight” and “substance” to scenes that I think most people take “For Granted”. There is a sprinkling of humor throughout and maybe a photograph that makes you think or ponder. I included photographs that are dependent on color for their success. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5- 7pm.

Artist statement: I was a flower and garden photographer for 20 years and an uninspired one for the last three of those years. I realized that it was my family and vacation photos that I related to in a more emotional and perhaps intellectual way, so I started photographing places nearby and present them in a humorous or heartfelt way. Nature is boring (to photograph) but add some human activity or man-made structures and things are getting interesting! I work in the present and in the environment and chaos that surround it and my job is to make sense of it all in two dimensions in an eye catching way. Most of my work has been in black and white but in the last 3 or 4 years I have really tried to apply myself in color photography due to the inspiring color photos of Joel Sternfeld, Saul Leiter and William Eggleston.
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MKT Gallery

200 W. 9th Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-289-6772
House Frequencies: At Home, On Stage
Artists: E.Lizé
About: House Frequencies: At Home, On Stage is a visual mixtape of sound, memory, and home. This collection brings together bold portraits and cultural moments from music and performance, created for those who want their walls to reflect the rhythms they live by. Inspired by the artists we grew up on and the sounds that still move us, these works are meant to make your space feel alive and tune you into the frequencies of your present and the joy of your past. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 7-9pm.
DOWNTOWN

Nomad

905 N. Orange Street, Wilmington, DE
Artist: Jimmy Thompson
About: Join us for the first and final Art Loop at Nomad, who will be changing ownership after this month. Jimmy Thompson’s paintings of buildings around the city will be on display. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-9pm with live music, drinks from the bar and refreshments. Regular hours are 5- 10pm Wednesday- Saturday.
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
Optics Group Collage Show
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
Until We Meet Again
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
5 Minute Doodles
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

The Studio on Market

219 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-229-7108
Untitled
Artists: Yakime Akelá Brown and Tony Sealey
About: Wilmington Art Loop veteran contemporary abstract artist Yakime Akelá Brown and photographic artist Tony Sealey once again join forces to present 'Untitled,' an intimate exhibition of some of their newest works.

Just so you know, these two brothers are the real deal and are serious about what they do. This event will showcase an amalgamation of mature sophistication, style, and a passion for the arts. In other words, you don't want to miss this event.

Why did they name the exhibit something as vague as "Untitled," you ask? Well the answer is pretty simple. You don't need a title to experience great art, good vibes, and interesting people, do you? Well there's your answer. So make sure Studio on Market is your first stop on the Wilmington Art Loop.
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Urban Artist Exchange Open Studios

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

Wilma's

900 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-761-0564
“Elemental proof”
Artists: Shilpi Gupta
About: Shilpi Gupta holds a Master of Fine Arts degree. She is a passionate and versatile artist who enjoys both creating art and sharing her knowledge through teaching and art classes for young artists. Her work is known for its fine details and focuses on nature, still life, and portrait subjects, using a variety of mediums and styles.

An award-winning artist, Shilpi has participated in several group exhibitions in New Jersey and Delaware. She has held three solo exhibitions:

• February 2024 – Gilbert W. Perry Jr. Center for the Arts (“The Gibby”), Middletown, Delaware
• August 2025 – The Mezzanine Gallery, Wilmington, Delaware
• September 2025 – The Opera House Arts & Antiques, New Castle, Delaware

Most recently, she won Art Battle Wilmington (December 2025), marking an important milestone in her artistic journey. She is currently showcasing a diverse selection of her work in this solo exhibition.

You’re Invited!
Join us at Wilma’s for an inspiring evening celebrating the vibrant work of Shilpi Gupta, Art Battle Wilmington winner, in her solo exhibition, plus enjoy delicious food & drinks, warm conversation and great company. Come experience creativity, community, and color—all in one place.
RIVERFRONT

The Delaware Contemporary

200 S. Madison Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-656-6466 • decontemporary.org
Opening Reception for Winter/Spring exhibitions
About:
The following shows are through April 26:
This Place Meant, group presentation of Thea Abu El-Haj, Shira Walinsky, and Rayan Elnayal

Creative Influence(r), group presentation of Lindsey Cherek and Perry Picasshoe

Constellation of Belonging, group exhibition of Debra Cartwright, Tiana McMillan

The following shows are through August 2:
Alchemical Signal Flow, solo presentation of Emily Francisco

Black Collage: Aesthetic Legacies, curated by Teri Henderson

The following shows through August 30:
A Red Sun Has Water In Its Eye by Lucia Riffel

Holding Water, installation by Mary Mattingly
RIVERFRONT

Juice Joint Gallery

323 S. Justison Street, Wilmington, DE Tel: 510-2762
Glimmer
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
Petals Pending
Artists: Group Show
About: Join us for this group exhibition. Art Loop reception from 5-9pm.
RIVERFRONT

Delaware Theatre Company

200 S. Madison Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-656-6466 • decontemporary.org
LIFE LESSONS
Artists: Arden Artisans Collective
About: Discover the beauty of connection through Life Lessons, an invitational exhibit inspired by Delaware Theatre Company's production of Tuesdays with Morrie. This exhibition explores themes of mentorship, growth and the human spirit through the arts. Featuring artists working in multiple mediums: Steve Tanis- oil on canvas, Linda Celestian- fiberwork sculptures, Megan Murphy-King- ceramic sculpture, and Lon Sullivan- poured paint/mixed media.

LIFE LESSONS runs February 19- March 9, 2025 in the gallery off the theatre lobby. Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-4 pm and the hour prior to each show time. www.ardenartisans.com. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5:30- 7:30pm.

In addition, the play Tuesdays with Morrie runs on stage at Delaware Theatre Company from Feb 19-Mar 9, 2025. To purchase tickets, visit www.delawaretheatre.org, or call the Box Office at 302-594-1100.
RIVERFRONT

The Glad Suite

1339 Linden Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 410-458-1119
Capturing A Feeling
Artists: Group Show
About: The theme for our inaugural Art Loop is "Capturing a Feeling- Lingering With Moments in Music, Fashion, Nostalgia, Whimsy, and Luck," A Group Show featuring local artists. Featured Artists Include: Carly Maiorano of The Glad Suite, Katie Brown, Jen Hintz Eggers, Katie Kinsman, Sabrina Penguin, and Molly Rue Leitner.

Carly is an Artist and Collaborative Leader at The Glad Suite. She is most inspired by color, botanicals, friendship, memory, and the cultivation of joy. Her painting style embraces color and pattern, and explores boiling down subjects to pure forms in high contrast. Carly seeks inspiration by wandering local botanical gardens and by engaging with the local creative community.

For more Information, visit thegladsuite.com/events/capturing-a-feeling. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5:30-8:30pm with light refreshments and Live Music by Leaf Print!
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Avenue Cuts

1700 N. Scott Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-655-1718
Artist: Karoline Wileczek
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Blue Ball Barn

1914 W Park Drive, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-353-5679
Grace & Gravity
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
Springs Eternal
Artist: Mia Muratori
About: Recent large scale plein air paintings. that embrace vivid color, direct observation, balancing atmospheric immediacy with compositional rigor. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-7pm.
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Church of the Holy City

1118 N. Broom Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-416-0550
Three Views of Nature
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.
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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.
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Delaware Center for Horticulture

1810 N. Dupont Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-658-6262 • thedch.org
Artist: Nina Silverman-Weeks
About: Nina Silverman-Weeks’ art is whimsical, often surreal “photollages,” each one hand-assembled from photographs she’s taken. With minimal digital manipulations, these layered, low relief works combine flora, fauna, and sometimes human elements in playful, imaginative ways, often addressing environmental anomalies. Come enjoy her unique works of art in our winter gallery.

Charcuterie is available through the evening. Beer, wine, and canned cocktails are available for sale as well at the Art Loop reception from 5:30-8pm.
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Fit Studio
presented by Blue Streak Gallery

62 Rockford Rd, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-429-0506
Cotton Candy
Artist: Wendy Hatch
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Howard Pyle Studio

1305 N. Franklin Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-656-7304
Artist: Bonnie White
ATTENTIONS: The February 6th Art Loop at the Howard Pyle studio is canceled! In the city, so many streets are still snowed in, preventing safe parking or walking; therefore, we are canceling the February 6th Loop Night at the Howard Pyle Studio. Please come and see our Featured Artist, Bonnie White, in March, and celebrate Youth Art Month!
WEST SIDE

The Music School of Delaware

4101 Washington St, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-762-1132 • musicschoolofdelaware.org
Whispers of Nature
Artist: Flavia Loreto
BEYOND THE CITY

Centreville Place: Market & Cafe

5800 Kennett Pike, Greenville, DE
Tel: 302-521-8789
Collages and Clayworks
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
Dragonfly Art and "Through the Lens: Framing Wild Behaviors"
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
Timeless Threads: Classic Craft, Contemporary Art
Artists: Beverly A. Barnett
About:Beverly A. Barnett honors a family quilting tradition, reimagining the classic craft for a new era. Using a traditional patchwork style and including thoughtfully selected scraps, she elevates materials into stunning, intricate designs.

Refreshments Provided, Donations Welcomed at the Art Loop reception from 5:30- 8pm.
BEYOND THE CITY

Bellefonte Arts

803-C Brandywine Blvd, Bellefonte, DE
Tel: 302-547-2573 • bellefontearts.com
4th Annual Joy Littleton Mt. Pleasant HS Art Exhibition
Artists: Group Show
About:Bellefonte Arts is excited to announce their first Art Loop of 2026! Join us for the 4th Annual Joy Littleton Art Student Exhibition - featuring students from Mount Pleasant High School’s Visual Arts Program.

The opening reception will be held at Bellefonte Arts on Feb 6th, 5-8pm. These talented art students will be exhibiting a variety of visual art forms decorating various walls and shelves for the month of February. The close of the exhibit will be on Sunday, March 1, 2026 at 4pm.

This show was initiated in 2022 by our dear member and friend, Joy Littleton, who was a former art teacher at Mount Pleasant High School. Bellefonte Arts honors her memory by continuing to showcase the talented students of the MPHS art program.

Refreshments will be available during the exhibit. We suggest making a "night out" of it and visit the Shops of Bellefonte and make a reservation at the Bellefonte Cafe for dinner and enjoy live music, food and drinks.
BEYOND THE CITY

David's Studio and Gallery Salon

2324 Cherry Lane, Arden
Tel: 545-7489
2024 New Paintings & Sculptures Exhibit
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
Silhouettes
Artist: Mardi Russ
About: Mardi Russ is a retired New Castle County Paramedic who discovered a passion for painting and sketching while substituting as an art teacher. She began selling her art under the name Russ’s Angels. Having lost both parents to Alzheimer’s, she dedicates time to educating and supporting others. She donates all proceeds from her art to the annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s. The Russ’s Angels team has walked in Delaware for 15 years now, and Mardi has also created a team in her second home state of Maine.

Join us at the Art Loop from 5-8pm and enjoy light refreshments.
BEYOND THE CITY

Hagley Museum & Library

298 Buck Road East, Greenville, DE
Tel: 658-2400 • hagley.org
Innovation in Miniature Exhibit Opening
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
New Abstracts
Artists: Sara Klingmeyer and Joseph Fiducioso
BEYOND THE CITY

M.Coty Designs

5808 Kennett Pike, Greenville, DE
Tel: 302-545-5437
"On Paintings Over the Years"
Artist: Mary Coty
BEYOND THE CITY

Jester Art Space

2818 Grubb Road, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 484-947-8191 • jesterartspace.org
Menagerie of Traditions
Artist: Thomas Del Porte
About: Menagerie of Traditions, an exhibit in which Thomas honors the lineage of these great artists whose bold vision shaped the language of the contemporary art world. Steeped in tradition, but never confined by it, he carries their influence forward. A symphony of line, light, color and space- his work shimmers with tension and beauty, and invites the viewer to slow down and see. Join us for evening gallery hours during Art Loop on Friday October 3rd from 5:30pm - 7:30 pm.

Thomas Del Porte is a devoted Delaware artist and teacher whose paintings pulse with the legacy of great painters- from Cézanne to Van Gogh. Del Porte’s most recent work has been influenced by his time as Artist in Residence in two residencies in France. Del Porte’s award-winning work can be found in private collections in the United States and Europe.
BEYOND THE CITY

Lumen Studio & Gallery

1601 Concord Pike, Suite 89
Tel: 302-545-3204
Chiaroscuro: Emerging from the Darkness
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

Oldhead Tattoo & Gallery

109 N. Maryland Avenue
Tel: 302-893-2062
Artists: Bruce Gulick
About:“Through the Eyes,” features some of the many portraits that artist Bruce Gulick has painted. Bruce loves many aspects of painting, and especially portraits.

Join us for a look at portraiture, through Bruce’s unique perspective. He utilizes oils, gouache, and digital paintings to capture the essence of each individual, family or animal, with a realistic style, yet impressionist touch. You will also have the chance to listen to some of Bruce’s original music, while looking through the paintings and prints, and meeting new friends.

Join us for the reception from 5 to 8pm. The artwork is on exhibit through the end of February, and open most days, depending upon Gallery hours.

Oldhead Tattoo & Gallery is located two doors down from India Palace restaurant, on Maryland Avenue. Parking is available on Matthes Avenue, next to Richardson Park Methodist Church. About the artist: Bruce Gulick has been painting portraits, landscapes and other works of Nature for over 20 years, while creating bespoke tattoos for over 30 years. He has worked in and managed salons in Delaware, Arizona, Martha’s Vineyard, and other East Coast locations. Bruce has created murals throughout Wilmington, as well as in Tucson, AZ and in various businesses across the country.

Oldhead Tattoo & Gallery is a welcoming tattoo studio and art space, located in beautiful Five Points, Delaware. This art space brings together three of the things Bruce loves most: tattooing, painting, and making music, which he also has been creating for more than 30 years. The studio feels calm and comfortable, with walls full of Bruce’s original oil and gouache paintings, digital paintings and prints.

Bruce specializes in realism and nature-inspired tattoos, as well as reworking and covering older tattoos, always with care and attention to the individual. Oldhead Gallery is a place to slow down, talk about ideas, look at art and get tattooed in a thoughtful, intentional and personal way. Come experience the relaxed gallery atmosphere, while being able to listen to some of Bruce’s original music.
BEYOND THE CITY

The Station Gallery

3922 Kennett Pike, Greenville, DE
Tel: 654-8638 • stationgallery.net
Art Works for the Holidays!
Artists: Group Show
About:Group Show with a large variety of art appropriate for gift giving. Paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, art glass, hand crafted jewelry and more! Artists include Molly Carpenter, Sue Ciccone, Frank DePietro, Michele Foster, Gay Freeborn, Kim Hoechst, Richard Chandler Hoff, Lynne Lockhart, Kirk McBride and Laura McMillan. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-8pm.
DOWNTOWN

Spaceboy Clothing

202 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-300-5516
Wilmington for Sale
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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