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
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2nd & LOMA
211 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: (302) 655-0124 • 2ndandloma.com
Zalut
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.
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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
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Art O Mat
501 W. 7th Street • wilmingtonalliance.org
Fractured Foundations: The Art of Resilience and Restoration
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.
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Bridge Art Gallery
213 N. Market Street 353-4527 • bridgeartgallery.net
Expressive Creative Soul Art Exhibition Group Exhibition
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 reception from 5-8:00 pm.
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Chris White Gallery
701 N. Shipley Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-475-0998 • chriswhitegallery.com
An American Son: A Poetic Symbolic Account of a Life in
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.
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Christina Cultural Arts Center Edward Loper, Sr. Gallery
705 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Eye Shadow: a Bebe Ross Coker Brain Child
Artist: Group Show
About: Eye Shadow -- a Bebe Ross Coker Brain Child is an exploration of lived themes from a woman's perspective. Subjects include nature, self- development, feminism, motherhood, health & wellness, spirituality, friendship, community, social justice and more.
Featured artists include; Irina Angelova, Tanya Bracey, Stephanie Boateng, Marie Gatling, Kim Lucas, and Connie Madariaga. Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-7 pm and enjoy Hors d'oeuvres.
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City of Wilmington’s Redding Gallery
800 N. French Street, Wilmington, DE
302-576-2100 • cityfest.com/redding-gallery
The Abstracted Body: Sport, Symbol,
Artists: Milton Downing
About: 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.
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Create Magic Studio
419 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
302-439-0805
Angel Numbers
Artist: Allison Purse
About: Collages by local artist Allison Purse, inspired by the layers of our minds uncovered during solo walks in nature that help you reach a flow state. Visit the upcoming Create Magic Art Shop to see Allison’s latest collection of collages and feel free to create your own at the free collage-making station. Learn more about this new art shop and see Todd Purse’s art on display as well.
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DE.CO Food Hall
111 W. 10th Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-510-2762
Autumn Leaf Co
by Dierra Cooper
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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!"
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Gallery 919 at Citizens Bank Center
919 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Visions XIII
Artists: Group Show
About: Visions XIII is a photographic exhibit by members of the Brandywine Photo Collective. Eleven members of our loose confederation of photographers living in Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania present their thirteenth group exhibition:
Cindy Bonnes • Kathy Buckalew • Roman Coia • Robert Farmer • Kerry Harrison • Kathleen Jost • Lynn Maniscalco • Gerry Meekins • Jeffrey Rubin • Danny Schweers • Jeff Steen
Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-7pm and enjoy good art and good snacks!
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Gallery at Grace United Methodist Church
900 N. Washington Street
Tel: 302-655-8847
Tending The Biome
Artist: Karoline Wileczek
About: Art Loop reception from 5- 8pm on Friday, April 3.
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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.
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The Grand Opera House
818 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-658-7897 • thegrandwilmington.org
Rhythms of the Mind (Grand Gallery)
Spring (baby grand gallery)
Grand Gallery: David O. Unveils New Abstract Collection: Rhythms of the Mind. The Grand Opera House proudly presents Rhythms of the Mind, a new solo exhibition by abstract artist David O., whose vibrant, layered compositions explore the fluctuating patterns of human thought. Drawing on his background in graphic design and decades of creative practice, David blends structure with spontaneity to reveal the unseen rhythms that shape our internal worlds. His work bursts with color, texture, and movement—inviting viewers into an immersive experience where thoughts become landscapes, impulses become forms, and emotion becomes motion. Rhythms of the Mind captures the full spectrum of mental energy: the explosive, the contemplative, the chaotic, and the harmonious. Each piece serves as a visual pulse—an abstract interpretation of the inner tempo that drives us all. The exhibition will run from April 10- April 26, 2026, with an opening reception on April 10 from 5- 7pm.
Artist Statement: My work is rooted in the belief that the mind never sits still. Every thought has a texture, every emotion has a color, and every internal shift has a rhythm of its own. With a background in graphic design and many years immersed in painting, I approach abstraction as a language—a way to translate the invisible pulse of inner life into vibrant visual form. My process is intuitive yet intentional. Layers of color, movement, and contrast emerge as I follow the ebb and flow of thought: moments of chaos, flashes of clarity, lingering echoes, and sudden bursts of inspiration. What lands on the canvas is not a single idea, but the collision of many—overlapping rhythms that mirror how we actually think, feel, and process the world. These works invite the viewer to slow down and tune into their own inner cadence. To recognize the familiar swirl of complexity. To find stillness inside the movement. And to let the mind reveal its own beautifully unpredictable patterns.
baby grand gallery: My name is Deborah Cuomo and I’m a Quaker artist and Delaware native. When I was a child, the only reading material in our home was; a set of encyclopedias, a Bible, and the National Geographic magazine. My parents believed in non-violence, simplicity and adult baptism. The National Geographic gave us insight and understanding of many different cultures from around the world. This has led me to embrace diversity with gusto!
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Huxley & Hiro Booksellers
601 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-439-0805 • huxleyandhiro.com
What's Next
Artist: Kacey Quillen
About: Artist Kacey Quillen wants you to know it’s more than okay to not know anything about your next creation. That’s part of the fun. This show and her favorite piece is titled “What’s Next.” The project took 80 hours to complete. Full of nothing but goofy characters and nonsense to look at. "What's Next" is the perfect representation of her art: "silly and all over the place!"
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John William Gallery
1313 N Market Street Wilmington, DE
Tel: 585-317-5409
Persistence of Still Life
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.
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LaFate Gallery
227 N. Market, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-753-5789
Jazzy Spring
Artists: Eunice LaFate and Chhavi Gupter
About: Jazzy Spring, featuring Jazzy Paintings and Spring Flowers by Eunice LaFate and Chhavi Gupter. Guests will participate in creating a Jazzy Spring Mural, Music, Refreshments, silent auction at the Art Loop reception.
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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.
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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.
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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 Closing Reception
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 closing reception 5pm to 8pm.
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Mezzanine Gallery
820 N. French Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-577-8278 •
arts.delaware.gov
Out of the Ordinary
Artist: Mike McSorley
About:Artist Statement: These pieces continue my practice of painting mostly still-life objects found around my home and the surrounding environment.
My paintings are a continuation of my childhood fascination with the visual world. At the age of 8, I was taking photos with a film camera. My pictures of wheels, sewage pumps and other inane objects predicted my future production. I developed a sensitivity for the mundane. Attributing personality and life to all subjects matured into an empathy for them which pervades my work. Every subject has a spirit.
I approach a painting in several ways. My most common method is to draw the image using graphite and brush it around with thinner. The background color is blocked in, pulling the graphite into the paint and using it to darken and tone down the edges. This layer is thin, and the ground of the board can reflect through. This increases the intensity of the color and by brushing, scraping, and rubbing, the color can be accented. Sometimes this graphite layer shows through.
I have always had an admiration and affinity for objects – a sensitivity for the mundane. I filled the margins of my school notebooks, creating 3-dimensional drawings from any shape. Attributing personality and life to people, places and objects matured into empathy for them. Each has a spirit that comes from their conception. In the process of painting something, I am respecting the fire of creativity while giving the painting its own artistic force. By distressing, then recreating the painted image, I find the life the object possesses. I like to bring attention to the common objects around us.
Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-7pm.
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Nomad
905 N. Orange Street, Wilmington, DE
Artist: Jimmy Thompson
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Studio on Market
219 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-229-7108
Untitled
Artists: Yakime Akelá Brown and Tony Sealey
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Urban Artist Exchange Open Studios
16th & N. Walnut Streets, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-493-7614
Afghan Faces
Artist: Hikmatullah Kharoti
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Wilma's
900 N. Market Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-761-0564
Humanity Group Art Exhibition
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
Spring exhibitions
Featured Exhibitions:
Creative Influence(r), group presentation of Lindsey Cherek and Perry Picasshoe
Constellation of Belonging, group exhibition of Debra Cartwright, Tiana McMillan
Reimagine Street Scenes by Lisa Marie Patzer
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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.
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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
WEST SIDE
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.
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Blue Streak Gallery
1721 Delaware Avenue, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-429-0506
Proof
Artist: Jim Graham
About: Jim Graham is an accomplished local photographer known for his commercial and fine art photography. He was nominated twice for a Pulitzer Prize He will give an artist’s talk on Thursday, April 16 from 6-7 pm at Blue Streak Gallery. 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
Forest Bathing
Artists: Susan Conner & Kathy Rucks
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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
RIVERFRONT
The Glad Suite
1339 Linden Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 410-458-1119
Poetic Justice: History, Heroism, and the Reemergence of Hope
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.
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Howard Pyle Studio
1305 N. Franklin Street, Wilmington, DE
Tel: 302-656-7304
Artist: Featured Artist Betsy Greer and Artwork by Studio Group Members
About: Betsy received a BA in Math from the University of Delaware but turned to art shortly thereafter and studied with many local artists. She has been an exhibiting member of the Delaware Foundation for the Visual Arts and is a member of the Studio Group Inc. and the National League of American Pen Women Inc. She has held many offices including president and treasurer.
She is an award-winning artist and has participated in juried shows at Chester County Art Association, Pen Women Biennial Shows, Pen Women National Biennial, Holly Branch of NLAPW in Dover, Biggs Museum of Art in Dover, DE, Delaware Art Museum – as part of the Studio Group Show and other local venues, and specializes in landscapes and portraits.
Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5- 7:30pm.
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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
Lasting Impressions
Artists: Rick Phillips
About:Rick Phillips is a celebrated contemporary oil painter and Founder of the Darley Arts Center. He finds that “Painting is like church. It’s within yourself.”
Rick's path as an artist included sojourns into illustration, advertising, and design before finally emerging as a full-time fine artist and painter. Rick's personal achievement was establishing the Darley Arts Center, a gallery for visual artists and a center for art education and workshops, where he currently conducts classes. He is also teaching at the Delaware Art Museum.
There will be no opening reception on April 3, but there is music available in other rooms with a cover charge.
BEYOND THE CITY
Arsht Hall at UD
2700 Pennsylvania Avenue, Wilmington
Tel: 302-573-4417
Under the Sea
Artists: Dot Owens
About:Dot is an acrylic painter in love with the sea and its surroundings. She works large to bring the viewer into the tiny spaces occupied by sea creatures large and small. Dot has been an instructor at OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learning Institute) for the past 15 years.
Dot Owens-Davis earned her Bachelor of Fine Art and Graphic Design from the National Art School of Australia before building a successful corporate career spanning graphic design, advertising management, and marketing communications at companies including DuPont. Following retirement, she fully returned to painting and discovered new creative territories through classes in collage and abstract art. Today, Dot works primarily in acrylic on canvas, creating paintings, collage, abstract art, and pieces in resin. Deeply inspired by coastal environments, she draws creative energy from frequent beach visits, infusing her diverse body of work with the light, movement, and natural beauty of the environment around her as she paints from both imagination and observation. Now an instructor at the University of Delaware's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, Dot creates from her Delaware studio where she hopes her art brings the same joy to viewers that she experiences in every brushstroke.
Dot Owens-Davis creates from her studio in Delaware, where coastal light and travel experiences continue to inspire her diverse body of work including collage, abstract art, and acrylic paintings.
Come and browse Dot's selection of Paintings Under the Sea. We will have live music mocktails and munchies at the Art Loop reception from 5:30- 8:30pm.
BEYOND THE CITY
Bellefonte Arts
803-C Brandywine Blvd, Bellefonte, DE
Tel: 302-547-2573 • bellefontearts.com
Textures and Layers of Abstraction
Artist:Todd Breitling
About:This body of work explores emotion through texture, color, and layered abstraction. Each painting begins intuitively — with loose gestures and bold hues — and evolves through successive layers that conceal, reveal, and transform what lies beneath. The surfaces are built up with thick applications, scraped passages, and subtle transparencies, creating a tactile landscape that invites close viewing.
Color plays a central role in this series. Vibrant tones collide with muted undertones, forming visual rhythms that echo movement, memory, and shifting states of mind. The layering process reflects the complexity of experience — how moments overlap, how feelings accumulate, and how meaning emerges over time.
These paintings are not fixed narratives but open spaces. They ask the viewer to pause, look deeply, and discover their own interpretations within the textured fields of color and form.
Artist Bio: Todd Breitling is a self-taught painter whose dynamic, mixed-media works celebrate experimentation, texture, and bold expression. Working fluidly across acrylic, ink, oil, collage, jewelry elements, and other found objects, Breitling creates richly layered compositions that blur the boundaries between painting and assemblage.
Known for his unconventional approach, he forgoes traditional brushes in favor of toothbrushes, hairbrushes, painting knives, paint pens, syringes, rags, and even his fingers. These unexpected tools allow him to build intricate surfaces filled with movement and tactile depth. Each piece evolves through multiple layers of vibrant color, creating organic forms that feel both spontaneous and intentional.
Breitling’s work is defined by its energy — multi-colored, textured, and unapologetically original. Through process-driven exploration and an intuitive hand, he transforms everyday materials into expressive visual landscapes that invite viewers to look closer and discover new details within every layer.
Join us for the Art Loop reception from 5-8pm with light refreshments.
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
Lighthouses and Watercolors
Artist: Deborah Janelle
About: An exploration of watercolors, mixed media and lighthouses. Lighthouses illuminate rocky shores and treacherous waters at land's end. Watercolors emote feelings and fluidity in life. These pieces create inspiration with changes in color and light during times of darkness and stormy weather.
Deborah Janelle was born in Miami, Florida and grew up in the western suburb of Hialeah which at that time was right on the very edge of the Everglades. Tropical foliage and flowers along with the bright bold colors worn by the diverse ethnic populations influenced her preference of color in her artwork.
When asked as a child what she wanted to be when she grew up, she would say, "An artist!". Not many parents of the post WWII generation would support that career goal for a female baby boomer nor were they encouraged to attend college. Later in life when she became an empty nester, she enrolled in the community college and began working toward her Associates Degree in Fine Art and graduated in 2012 with high honors from Harford Community College in Maryland.
Exploring different mediums and subjects after post graduate years, she focused primarily on mixed media art. She also started working in watercolor due to its portable nature. Deborah has also been commissioned for murals, guitars, vehicles, landscapes and portraits.
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
It's a Spring Thing!
Artists: Group Show
About: Join us at Jester Artspace while we host local artists celebrating the return of color, light, and creative energy as winter gives way to spring. This multimedia exhibition invites visitors to explore, connect, and purchase original artwork that marks the beginning of something new. Opening Reception during March Art Loop from 5 pm to 7 pm. Light refreshments to be served.
The exhibition will remain on display through April 18th and our gallery open to the public on Saturdays from 12 to 2 pm.
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 • OLDHEADtattoo.com
Eire
Artists: Bruce Gulick
About:This exhibition shows Bruce Gulick’s paintings and drawings from his recently awarded residency in Ireland. The colors, the landscapes, the people, the imagery that is uniquely Ireland, comes through in his works presented here.
The reception is from 5 to 8 PM, on Friday, March 6. The artwork display is available to be seen through the end of March, and open most days, depending upon Gallery hours are 2-10 pm most days.
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
Spring Group Show
Artists: Group Show
About:Join us for the Opening Reception from 5 – 8pm. Featured artists for April include Sherrill Cooper, Michele Foster & Monique Sarkessian. Enjoy their figure paintings, landscapes and still life paintings in oil through April 25.
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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galleries, museums and alternative art spaces!
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galleries, museums and alternative art spaces!
NEW VENUE?
Are you a brick and mortar business interested in joining the Loop? Click the link below and fill out the form to join Wilmington’s participating galleries, museums and alternative art spaces!
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ART LOOP SHUTTLE
The Art Loop Shuttle begins at 5:30pm and stops at 8:30pm. It will start at The Delaware Contemporary (TDC) and return to the TDC after stopping at participating venues.
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