Delaware by Hand: Masterworks

November 14, 2009 – January 17, 2009

Founded in 2001, Delaware by Hand is an association of 200 artists and artisans, all living and working within the State of Delaware. This is the group’s first Masterworks exhibition, featuring selections that continue Delaware's colonial, nautical, and agricultural craft and art traditions, as well as those of the multi-cultural present.

The works are in various media, including glass, ceramic, wood, and fabric, along with paintings, drawings, sculpture, and jewelry.

Linked Fossil Necklace #4 Maxine Rosenthal Sterling and assorted fossils (fossilized sand dollar, orthoceras, trilobite, ammonite, ammonite casing, ammonite cross section and fossilized turtle shell), 1 1/2 x 19 x 1/2 inches Courtesy of the artist	Reflections 2 Virginia Abrams Hand‑dyed cottons, machine quilted, 25 1/2 x 30 inches Courtesy of the artist

The jurors for Delaware by Hand:  Masterworks were Dr. Jacqueline Atkins, Curator of Textiles, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA, and Dr. J. Susan Isaacs, Professor and Coordinator of Art History, Towson University, Towson, MD.  They selected the following 15 artists from 46 entrants:  Virginia Abrams, Deb Appleby, Elizabeth Bard, David Burslem, Paula Camenzind, Connie Costigan, Tom Frey, Michael Krausz, Dolores Pye Josey, Steve Rogers, Maxine Rosenthal, Rick Rothrock, Peter Saenger, Barbara Warden, and Sarah Yeoman.

Selections by all 15 artists will be available for sale in the Delaware Art Museum Store.

About Outlooks

The Delaware Art Museum’s Outlooks Exhibition Series encourages community involvement in the creation of exhibitions that will be hosted by the Museum. The Delaware Art Museum accepts proposals for Outlooks exhibitions from organizations, community groups, and residents of our surrounding area, contributing to the Museum’s mission of providing an inclusive and essential community resource.

All Outlooks exhibitions are displayed in the Ammon Galleries on the Museum’s second floor.

Click here to learn more about the Outlooks Exhibition Series.

Signs # 5 Barbara F. Warden Quilted cotton, 20 x 18 inches Courtesy of the artist	Resolution of 3 Richard Rothrock Serpentine stone, 29 1/2 x 32 3/4 x 10 inches Courtesy of the artist

Organizer & Sponsors

This exhibition was organized by Delaware by Hand.

In Delaware, this exhibition is made possible, in part, by grants from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency dedicated to nurturing and supporting the arts in Delaware, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts.