Delaware Art Museum

An art museum in Wilmington with a full studio class program: ceramics, drawing and painting, printmaking, book arts, metalsmithing, collage and creative writing. Studio scholarships are available, and admission is free on Thursday evenings from April to December.
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October

3 events
Ceramics & Pottery

Retro Wall Pockets

Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · SAT, Oct 10 · 3:00pm–5:00pm · $120

Build a flat-backed ceramic wall pocket using slab techniques and textured stamps, sized to hold plants or mail.

Ceramics & Pottery

Romanov Folk Clay Toy Romanushka (Goddess of Life/Bride)

Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · SUN, Oct 11 · 4:00pm–7:00pm · $120

Hand-sculpt Romanushka, a traditional Romanov clay goddess, using simple modeling techniques and decorate it with colorful slips and folk patterns.

Creative Writing

Write Your Ghost Story

Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · SAT, Oct 24 · 10:00am–1:00pm · $120

Write your own ghost story, drawing on literary examples from Shakespeare to Machado, exploring supernatural hauntings, psychological fears.

November

6 events
Ceramics & Pottery

Sculptural Tapered Candle Holders

Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · SAT, Nov 7 · 3:00pm–5:00pm · $120

Sculpt a pair of tapered candle holders in clay, shaping them into vintage, modern, or stacked designs to display at home.

Ceramics & Pottery

Romanov Folk Clay Bear with Whistle

Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · SUN, Nov 8 · 4:00pm–7:00pm · $120

Hand-build a traditional Romanov clay bear that doubles as a working whistle, learning the folk toy's history and hollow-form techniques.

Painting

Watercolor Techniques with Textures

Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · FRI, Nov 13 · 4:00pm–7:00pm · $120

Learn wet-on-wet, layering, and texture techniques like imprinting and scraping to enhance your watercolor paintings.

Creative Writing

Writing the Wonders of Nature

Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · SAT, Nov 14 · 10:00am–1:00pm · $120

Visit a Hudson River School exhibition for inspiration, then write a personal nature essay drawing on Transcendentalist and contemporary ecowriting.

Ceramics & Pottery

Nerikomi Inlay Workshop

Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · FRI, Nov 20 · 5:00pm–8:00pm · $120

Learn the nerikomi clay technique, layering and manipulating colored clay to create inlaid ceramic vessels and sculptural forms.

Ceramics & Pottery

Holiday Tree Workshop

Delaware Art Museum · Wilmington, DE · SAT, Nov 21 · 3:00pm–5:00pm · $120

Hand-build a ceramic holiday tree, adding texture and carved designs to make it your own.