Upcoming Exhibitions

February 4, 2012– April 8, 2012 Outlooks Exhibition Series
	Beyond Words: The Symbolic Language of Plants This exhibition features approximately 40 works of art by 17 artists known as Studio 155, a group of Washington, D.C.- based artists who work together and individually to expand their visions of the natural world through botanical art. Part of the Museum’s Outlooks Exhibition Series, this exhibition will feature images of plants based on the historical symbolism of plants throughout history.
February 18, 2012 – September 9, 2012
	Tales of Folk and Fairies: The Life and Work of Katharine Pyle Katharine Pyle (1863-1938), Howard Pyle’s youngest sibling, emerged as one of Delaware's most prolific women authors and illustrators. Between 1898 and 1934, she illustrated or wrote and illustrated over 50 books – almost all for children – including fairy tales and animal stories. Largely overshadowed by her more famous brother, this exhibition serves to reintroduce Katharine Pyle to present-day audiences.
March 31, 2012 – July 15, 2012
	Painted Poetry: The Art of Mary Page Evans Over the past 100 years, the Delaware Art Museum has proudly featured the work of the most accomplished artists in our region. Wilmington-based painter Mary Page Evans works directly from nature, seeking to capture a specific landscape, figure, tree, or sky. She is engaged by particularity, making an effort to establish the locale, the time of day, and the quality of light. Not surprisingly, her influences include the French impressionists and post-impressionists, as well as the abstract expressionist Joan Mitchell. Evans has worked at Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny and names Cézanne as an inspiration.
June 23, 2012 – September 16, 2012
	Once Upon a Time in Delaware/ In Quest for the Perfect Book Throughout her varied art-making practice, Nina Katchadourian has explored systems, structures, codes, language, and communication. Sorted Books is an ongoing project, begun in 1993, through which the artist surveys a collection of books, selecting and grouping particular titles so that they can be read in sequence. The clusters are photographed and the resulting images are displayed in the gallery as a way to shed light on the unique nature of any private or public book collection. The Delaware Art Museum’s Helen Farr Sloan Library & Archives traces its foundation to December 1911 and boasts over 30,000 volumes of books, catalogues, and periodicals, in addition to special collections.