ARTS EXPERIENCES FOR ALL

Upcoming Activities at the Delaplaine

– Family Activities

– Talks

– Exhibition Related

– Ticketed Program

– Fundraisers

Accommodation requests

The Delaplaine Arts Center is committed to providing an accessible environment for all of our visitors and students. All public areas of the Delaplaine are mobility-device accessible (except motorized scooters). We welcome requests for accommodations for other disability needs such as sensory-friendly times, ASL interpreting for programs, and other needs. If you have an accommodation need, please contact us (301-698-0656) at least two weeks in advance.

Daily Activities
FREE Art Cart hands-on activities are available every day!
FREE Art Scavenger Hunt available at the front desk!

SEPTEMBER 2023

Recorded music in the galleries in September features the acoustic rock of Jason Masi

Delaplaine at Home & Art Cart Activity
Sep 15–Nov 14

Kids (and adults!) can get creative with two Art Carts and Delaplaine at Home videos, which premier on the 15th of each month. This month, visit the first-floor Art Cart to cut and assemble a silhouetted scene inspired by Kara Walker. FREE

At the Seat of the Heart: Dr. David Driskell’s Stained Glass Liturgical Designs
Thursday, Sep 28 • 6:30 pm
On-site

David C. Driskell, Stained Glass. East Window of Lemuel Haynes Chapel, Peoples Congregational United Church of Christ, Washington, DC. Dedicated 1991. Image courtesy of The Phillips Collection, 1600 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20009.

In this program presented by the African American Resources Culture and History (AARCH) Society and cosponsored by the Delaplaine, liturgical visual artist and independent scholar Dr. Debra Jean Ambush will examine the legacy of Dr. David C. Driskell, renowned artist, scholar, author, art collector, and professor, revered as the “Dean of African American Art.” The remarkable stained-glass compositions Driskell designed for DeForest Chapel at Talladega College, an historically Black College in Alabama where he taught in the 1950s, as well as his commissioned windows at the People’s Congregational United Church of Christ in Washington, DC, will be highlighted. Dr. Ambush also will discuss how the Driskell’s work has influenced her own liturgical public installation art practices and illuminates the evolving canon of African American art. FREE

OCTOBER 2023
Art Matters Artist Talk
Saturday, Oct 7 • 2 pm
On-site

Delaplaine solo exhibition artists Heidi Brueckner, John Petro and Amy Browning-Dill share about the work in their exhibitions.

Meet the Artists
Saturday, Oct 7 • 3-5 pm

View exhibitions and meet the artists! Get exhibition details here. FREE

Creative Outlet
Saturday, Oct 7 • 3–5 pm
On-site

Kids and adults are invited to drop-in and get creative together on art activities at family tables! Each session features a themed activity as well as open studio activities. Create a Halloween mask inspired by the cubist art movement. $2 per participant

  Raiders of the Lost Art Gala at the Delaplaine
Saturday, Oct 14 • 7–11 pm

This year, our annual gala is taking inspiration from ancient civilizations all over the world to celebrate another year of bringing visual arts opportunities and experiences to the community! The event will feature delicious cuisine by Canapes, music and dancing, our signature silent auction, and you-bet-your-asp a whole lot more. Sponsorships are available now and tickets go on sale August 1. Grab your fedora, toga, or even your oldest blue jeans, and join us to pARTy like its 1999 (BC)!

Artobus: Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob
Friday, Oct 20 • 7:30 am–6:30 pm

A house in a modern and organic architectural style with a waterfall sits among autumnal trees. Long room with tables and chairs on either side, leading to a stone hearth. The ceiling is wooden and the floor is stone.

Join us to explore two Frank Lloyd Wright homes in one day! Fallingwater is one of his most widely acclaimed works, and Kentuck Knob is an excellent illustration of his Usonian architecture. Fee includes deluxe motor coach transportation, museum admission, boxed lunch at Fallingwater, and snacks on the bus. COST $175 ($155 members)
This Artobus is full. Please email or call to be added to the waitlist.

NOVEMBER 2023
Art Matters Artist Talk
Saturday, Nov 4 • 2 pm
On-site

Delaplaine solo exhibition artists Chris Madden, Cynthia Scott-Johnson and Michael Douglas Jones share about work in their exhibitions. FREE

Exhibition Openings: Meet the Artists
Saturday, Nov 4 • 3–5 pm
On-site

View exhibitions and meet the artists! Get exhibition details here. FREE

Creative Outlet
Saturday, Nov 4 • 3–5 pm
On-site

Kids and adults are invited to drop-in and get creative together on art activities at family tables! Each session features a themed activity as well as open studio activities. Make a sculpture inspired by Theaster Gates, our fall Artist of Inspiration. $2 per participant

Art at Noon: Artist-Researcher-Teacher: Making Art with/in/about Community
Friday, Nov 10 • 12 pm
On-site

Dr. Pamela Harris Lawton is the Florence Gaskins Harper Chair in Art Education at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Lawton’s artwork is grounded in social liberation, seeking to illuminate contemporary issues, cultural traditions, and the stories of people impacted by them. She refers to this work as artstories: the process of combining written and visual narratives into artworks representative of a multiplicity of generational voices on issues related to coming of age within a multicultural society. Lawton will discuss her fascination with narrative forms of expression, the artists and family experiences that inspire her, and the ways in which she holistically integrates her art practice into her research and teaching practice with, in, and about communities.

 

Delaplaine at Home & Art Cart Activity
Nov 15 – Jan 14

Kids (and adults!) can get creative with two Art Carts and Delaplaine at Home videos, which premier on the 15th of each month. This month, visit the first-floor Art Cart to make a stamp, then use it to create a patterned piece of paper. FREE

DECEMBER 2023

Art Matters Artist Talk
Saturday, Dec 2 • 2 pm
On-site

Members of Frederick Camera Clique and solo exhibition artist Ellen Hill share about their work and artistic practice. FREE

Exhibition Openings: Meet the Artists
Saturday, Dec 2 • 3–5 pm
On-site

View exhibitions and meet the artists! Get exhibition details here. FREE

Secret Elf Workshop
Saturday, Dec 2 • 1-2:30 p.m. and 3:15-4:45 p.m.
On-site

Registration is now open. Kids can come up to the North Pole (a.k.a. our 3rd floor studio) to make works of art to give as holiday gifts. $10 per elf, includes gift wrapping

Art at Night: Filmmaker and Artist Ben Stamper
Thursday, Dec 7 • 7 pm
Virtual

Ben Stamper is an artist and filmmaker who draws from his multi-disciplinary background as a fine artist, carpenter, and musician. As a creative partner in Helix Films, he creates films that blend poetry, choreography, and myth. His work has received numerous awards and has been screened by National Geographic, Lincoln Center, Cannes Short Film Corner, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Met Breuer, and Brooklyn Academy of Music, and has also been included into various high school and college curricula in the US and France. Join us for a conversation about his work and creative practice. Work by Ben Stamper can be found here. No registration needed.

Access the live virtual event here.

Looking ahead

BIG INK Special Workshop Event
Saturday and Sunday, October 5 and 6, 2024
On-site

Join BIG INK at the Delaplaine Arts Center for a relief printmaking workshop of epic proportions! Learn how to carve a woodblock under Lyell Castonguay, BIG INK’s co-founder. Then, print your carving on a custom-built giant printing press. Individuals of all skill levels are encouraged to register.
Register today on BIG INK’s website.