Delaware Art Museum
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Major Exhibitions
The Delaware Art Museum regularly presents exhibitions assembled from its permanent collection, offering the community an opportunity to become familiar with a wide variety of artists and artistic movements. On average, 10 to 12 exhibitions are presented annually.
Education and Outreach Programs
The Delaware Art Museum offers a bevy of programs for various audiences. For families, the Museum provides make and take art projects, family days, a pre-K storyreading program, homeschool tours, and self-guide activity sheets for use in the galleries. Student and teacher audiences are presented with tour themes making interdisciplinary connections and professional development opportunities that inform educators on how to use the Museum as a resource in the classroom. A unique feature to the Museum is the Bank of America Education Wing, which includes studios for ceramics, metalsmithing, painting and drawing. Classes for youth and adults are offered throughout the year, ranging from one or two day workshops to 10 week courses across a wide array of artistic mediums. In addition to the Museum’s regular schedule of public tours and exhibition-related programs, the Education department also coordinates outreach programs for audiences that are unable to visit the Museum due to transportation limitations. The majority of these outreach programs are targeted to youth and are presented at libraries and schools.
Art Conservation
Professional conservation, monitoring, and treatment of works of art in the Museum’s collection.
Outlooks Exhibition Series
The Museum’s Outlooks Exhibition Series invites proposals for exhibitions that have been created by residents and organizations of the surrounding area for display in the Museum.
Red Apple Fund for Student Enrichment
The Red Apple Fund provides scholarships for local youth to attend Studio Art Classes and Summer Art Camp. It also provides transportation and admission scholarships for school field trips.
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Login and updateAccreditations
American Association of Museums 1972
American Association of Museums - 10 Year Accreditation 2008
Awards
Master of Science in Education (Saralyn Rosenfield) 2011
Bank Street College of Education
Certified Institutional Protection Manager II (AJ Schwander) 2011
The International Foundation for Cultural Property Protection
Board Member (Rebecca Howell) 2012
Newark Arts Alliance
Award for Excellence in Non-Profit Communications: Informational/Membership 2012
AFP Brandywine Chapter
Chair (Molly Giordano) 2012
Brandywine Museums and Gardens Alliance
Affiliations & memberships
Association of Fundraising Professionals - Member 1966
American Library Association 1972
Chamber of Commerce 1966
National Endowment for the Arts 1966
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How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization collecting feedback from the people you serve?
Electronic surveys (by email, tablet, etc.), Paper surveys, Focus groups or interviews (by phone or in person), Community meetings/Town halls, Suggestion box/email,
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals,
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With whom is the organization sharing feedback?
The people we serve, Our staff, Our board, Our funders, Our community partners,
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback, We ask the people who gave us feedback how well they think we responded,
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, We don’t have the right technology to collect and aggregate feedback efficiently, It is difficult to find the ongoing funding to support feedback collection, Staff find it hard to prioritize feedback collection and review due to lack of time, It is difficult to identify actionable feedback,
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Delaware Art Museum
Board of directorsas of 01/26/2022
Mr. Gerret Copeland
Rokeby Realty Company
Term: 2004 -
Peggy Woolard
Arts Advocate
Edgar Woolard
Arts Advocate, formerly DuPont
Alyssa O'Connell
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Carol Rothschild
Arts Advocate
Joshua Twilley
Incorporating Services, Ltd.
Gerret Copeland
Rokeby Realty Company
Elva Ferrari
Arts Advocate
Michael Miller
Delaware Art Museum
Daniel Kristol
Retired Attorney, formerly Richards, Layton & Finger
John Garniewski
Wilmington Family Office, Inc.
Roberts Brokaw
Roberts Brokaw, LLC
Charles Elson
University of Delaware
Vance Kershner
LabWare
P. Coleman Townsend
Townsend's Properties, Inc.
Annette Woolard-Provine
Arts Advocate, formerly Historical Society of DE
Wesley Memeger
Artist, arts advocate, retired engineer
Bruce Katsiff
Retired museum director