Christo & Jeanne-Claude: The Tom 
Golden Collection
August 4-October 22, 2017
Opening Reception: Friday, August 4 from 5-7 p.m.
This exhibition chronicles the career of husband and wife artistic team, Christo and Jeanne-Claude. The exhibition is a large display of the artists’ portfolios; original drawings and sculptures developed to record the major large scale environmental installations and international projects undertaken by Christo and Jeanne-Claude for more than forty years.
DDOA Award Winners XVII
August 4 – October 22, 2017
Artist Reception: August 30, 2017 from 5-7 p.m.
The annual Award Winners exhibition features the talent of the Delaware Division of the Arts (DDOA) Individual Artist Fellows. The Fellows are recommended by out-of-state jurors based on the high quality of their artwork and receive Delaware State Arts Council approval. Each year, the Biggs Museum invites the award winners to the only group exhibition honoring their combined accomplishments in visual and media arts, literature, and music.
What Inspired You?: Works by Members of the Delaware Art Education Association
August 4 – September 1, 2017
Almost all artists have a vivid memory of what inspired them to pursue the arts. Through a partnership with the Delaware Art Education Association, the Biggs and DAEA have challenged Delaware art educators to create and submit works of art that explore what inspired them to become artists and teachers. The resulting exhibit will be a testament to the innovative forces behind the educators that are inspiring our state’s future creative leaders.
Biggs In Bloom
Calendar of a series of weekends – Please note change in format!
This year’s Biggs in Bloom showcase of artist floral designs influenced by highlights of the Biggs Museum’s permanent collection will be spread out over several installations to build momentum towards the grander presentation in September 2018 celebrating the museum’s 25-year anniversary. Keep up with all the displays of our floral artists within the museum’s galleries year round!
Delaware By Hand Juried Exhibition
Nov 3-Jan 21, 2018
Opening Reception: Friday, November 3 from 5- 7 p.m.
Every three years, the Biggs Museum hosts a juried competition of its Delaware By Hand artist membership in order to select individual artists that are deemed masters of their craft.
Aina Nergaard-Nammack
February 2-March 25, 2018
This is an award winning and seasoned painter who resides in Lewes Beach, DE, and has travelled and studied around the world. Aina is best known for her color abstractions and rhythmic use of paint in her large, bright compositions.
Rembrandt Etchings: States, Fakes and Restrikes
May 12-July 8, 2018
Rembrandt Harmensz van Rijn (1606-69) was one of the most influential printmakers in the history of art. But how can one be sure that a Rembrandt is truly or wholly by THE Rembrandt? This exhibition examines the problem of authenticating this artist’ etchings. The exhibition includes fist state pulls of etchings made during the artist’s lifetime as well as restrike prints made after his death and well into the 20th century.
Michael Galmer – Contemporary Silversmith
April 6 – May 20, 2018
Based in New York, the silversmith Michael Galmer has succeeded in becoming one of the country’s leading craftsmen having designed for Tiffany and Co., Lenox, Gorham and Kirk Stieff. With a unique technique, the artist has developed a wide variety of repousse-decorated jewelry and vessels as well as the renowned Preakness trophy, commemorative silver forms and contemporary sculptures for such distinguished collections as the Jewish Museum of New York.
Delaware Discoveries: Girlhood Embroidery, 1750-1850
May 19 – July 22, 2018
The Biggs Museum will honor the upcoming publication of Delaware Discoveries: Girlhood Embroidery, 1750-1850, the definitive study of Delaware girlhood samplers of the 18th and 19th centuries, with an exhibition of historic needlework. The exhibition will feature approximately 80 antique samplers and other forms of embroidery from all three counties of the state with a special emphasis on debuting the work of little-known schools of needlework instruction; It will also be accompanied by a national symposium, public workshops and a book signing.
John James Audubon and His Influence Today
August 2018
In 1826 at the age of 41, encouraged by his wife, Audubon took his portfolio of 300+ works to England. Today, more than ever his work endures and segments of his work are right here at the Biggs in Dover. This exhibition examines the importance of the artist and naturalist, John James Audubon, through a large exhibition of his earliest works from both the Birds of America and Viviparous Quadropeds publications. This historical analysis will be coupled with the works of contemporary artists influenced by early naturalists and recorded in an exhibition catalog with color reproductions and essays by leading scholars.
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