ROTARY CLUB OF CHRISTIANA, DELAWARE

Rotary International President       D. K. Lee 2008-2009          Rotary District 7630 Governor      Cam Yorkston 2008-2009

Stu Sherman, Club President        Christiana Rotary      100 Continental Drive      Newark, DE 19713

The Voice of Service Newsletter

Today's Luncheon Topic:

DCCA

Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts

Founded in 1979 by a small volunteer group of artists and arts patrons, the DCCA made its focus the promotion of growth and understanding of the contemporary arts in Delaware. It started in a former sheet-metal fabricating factory and moved several times, finally finding a permanent home in 2000. This location offered a 35,000-square-foot building and, once remodeled, opened with seven galleries, 26 on-site artist studios, an auditorium, a museum shop, a classroom and administrative office space.

By this time a staff was in place and both community outreach and curatorial programming expanded exponentially.

The community responded favorably to the DCCA’s new location and programming efforts. The Philadelphia Inquirer described the DCCA as "one of the most innovative and prominent organizations of its kind on the East Coast," and hailed its new building as "a state-of-the-art facility that will allow it to present a broader spectrum of the art experience."

The DCCA, a non-collecting museum, currently presents nearly 30 exhibitions annually of regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized artists. In addition to the exhibitions, DCCA commits to educational and community outreach through various programs, such as Artist Residencies with underserved community groups and Contemporary Connections, a model program that fuses art with schools’ core curriculum, offering fresh new ways to teach subjects such as math and science. The DCCA has partnered in some way with more than 60 community groups and schools.

The DCCA is located at 200 South Madison Street, in the historic Harlan and Hollingsworth building on the rejuvenated Wilmington Riverfront. Gallery hours are 10 am to 5 pm Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and noon to 5 pm Wednesday and Sunday. 

( The above article is from the DCCA website)

Our speakers

John Van Heest, originally from Hockessin, John received his B.A. in Art History from the University of Delaware in 2005. After graduation, he was appointed Program and Grants director for the Delaware Humanities Forum. John joined the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts as the Director of Marketing. John also serves as a program evaluator and grant panelist for the Delaware Division of the Arts and has lectured for the Small Museum Association in topics including new media development and marketing strategies for small organizations.

Holly Bennett Jackson is the curator of education at the DCCA where she has managed the DCCA's outreach and interpretive programming since 2002. Prior to coming to the DCCA, Jackson worked at William Doyle Galleries, an auction house in New York. She received a B.A. in Art History and Latin from Wellesley College and an M.A. in Art History from The George Washington University. At GWU , she was a university fellow and graduate teaching assistant.

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