News for Human Interest
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Participants won’t hear the crack of a starter’s pistol and won’t be worried about time splits or shin splints. But they will get in a zone and focus on form. Some may even go the distance or strive for a personal best.
The sounds of charcoal scratching on paper, paint gliding across canvas and tools shaping clay will fill Delaware College of Art and Design’s second floor when the 2019 DCAD ...read more
Categories: Community, General News Article, Human Interest, Press Release
Friday, January 11, 2019
In addition to being a 2018 Presenting Sponsor for Exceptional Care for Children’s Sheldon Shuffle, the Del-One Foundation was proud to be able to donate another $2500 to this amazing organization, which “improves the lives of technology-dependent children and their families through skilled nursing, transitional services and palliative care”. Shannon McLaughlin, Director of External Affairs for ...read more
Categories: Community, Human Interest, Chamber
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
Ann-Marie VanTassell, a professional photographer who owns and operates her own business in the Washington, D.C., area, has received the 2018 Delaware College of Distinguished Alumni Award, the first-ever such honor given by DCAD to one of its graduates.
VanTassell completed an associate of fine arts degree in photography at DCAD in 2007 and was selected to deliver the graduating student address ...read more
Categories: General News Article, Press Release, Community, Human Interest
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
A cut-paper workshop with an innovative artist and the chance to view his current exhibition will join technology demonstrations and a statewide networking party as part of Technical.ly Delaware’s first-ever Delaware Innovation Week Kickoff. The event will be hosted at Delaware College of Art and Design, 600 N. Market St., on Friday, Nov. 2, in conjunction with Art Loop Wilmington.
“Henry ...read more
Categories: Community, General News Article, Human Interest, Press Release
Friday, October 05, 2018
Sarah McBride, an internationally known activist for LGBTQ+ rights who serves as the national press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, has been elected to the Delaware College of Art and Design Board of Trustees. She will serve a term through 2021.“The work of DCAD is not just central to training the next generation of artists, entrepreneurs and dreamers, it is also at the heart of building ...read more
Categories: Community, General News Article, Press Release, Education, Human Interest
Thursday, October 04, 2018
Delaware College of Art and Design views drawing as both the foundation for all of the art and design disciplines and a key element of the associate of fine arts degree. Similarly, Henry Bermudez views drawing as the technical skill that informs all of his work.
The largely monochromatic pieces making up DCAD’s “Henry Bermudez in Black and White” exhibition celebrate the simplicity of drawing ...read more
Categories: Human Interest, Community, General News Article, Press Release
Saturday, March 24, 2018
When Kelicia Pitts became the first-ever galleries and events manager at the Delaware College of Art and Design this year, it was a kind of homecoming. Pitts had grown up in Claymont – she’s a member of the Mount Pleasant High School Class of 1996 – but wasn’t sure she’d ever live near home again after moving to Philadelphia.Experience as a fine art model and as an abstract and street art gallery ...read more
Categories: Community, Education, General News Article, Human Interest, Press Release
