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Delaware Art Museum presents 'The Possibilities of Pause' : 2009 Juried Exhibition

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Thursday, 05 March 2009 06:46

Emily Reed - Lums Pond, 2008 - High Dynamic Range color photo print, 12 x 16 inches - Lent by the artist Courtesy of The Delaware Art Museum

Wilmington, DE - The Delaware Art Museum presents The Possibilities of Pause: Delaware Women’s Conference 2009 Juried Exhibition, featuring over 40 paintings, drawings, photographs, and sculptural pieces by women in Delaware and the surrounding region, on view March 7, through April 19, 2009. Each year, the Delaware Women’s Conference offers a juried fine art show. This year’s Juror/Guest Curator is Carina Evangelista, who is the Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary Art at the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. The Delaware Art Museum is displaying The Possibilities of Pause as part of its Outlooks Exhibition Series.

The Possibilities of Pause showcases the variety of means that women in Delaware and nearby states use in harnessing their energies, consolidating their thoughts, distilling their feelings, or unleashing their imagination to give form to their creative musings. The exhibition includes artists who are academically trained and others who are self-taught. Some works testify to the legacies of landscape painting (particularly that of the psychologically inflected work of the late Andrew Wyeth) and of American illustration distinctly established by the Brandywine tradition.

“Altogether, the art in The Possibilities of Pause attests to women who honor their friendships, convictions, and reflections, gathering their creative thoughts and strengths to incubate ideas,” observed Evangelista.

Gina Bosworth - Red Croker, 2008 Knotted linen, cotton, silk on incised Plexiglass, 13 x 13 inches Lent by the artistThe Delaware Art Museum will offer evening hours and free admission from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 6, as part of Wilmington’s Art on the Town program. The Possibilities of Pause will be on view during this time, a day earlier than its official opening. Exhibition Preview: Friday, March 6, 2009 | 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Free

About the Delaware Women’s Conference
The mission of the annual Delaware Women’s Conference—this year celebrating its 25th anniversary—is to empower women of all ages, economic backgrounds, and lifestyles for their self-development and to improve the status of women. Held at Dover Downs on March 7, the 2009 conference includes diverse workshops, an inspirational speaker, and safe place to share and learn, along with the juried fine art exhibition. For more information, please visit www.delawarewomen.org

About the Delaware Art Museum / Founded in 1912
The Delaware Art Museum, located at 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19806, is open Wednesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Sunday noon – 4:00 p.m. Admission fees are waived every Sunday thanks to support from AstraZeneca. For more information, call 302-571-9590 or 866-232-3714 (toll free), or visit the website at www.delart.org

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