Exhibitions
Upcoming
Behind the Blue Doors: Famous Creations from the Rehoboth Art League
November 5, 2010 – February 20, 2011
Behind the Blue Doors will unveil the secrets of the Rehoboth Art League’s permanent art collection. Walk through the historic doors of the Rehoboth Art League’s (RAL) artist studio, signed by hundreds of area artists, and explore the RAL as a center of artistic production in the 20th century within the historic art colony of Rehoboth Beach. Since the late 19th century, artists throughout the eastern seaboard have frequented Rehoboth Beach as a famous artists’ retreat. Since its opening in the 1930s, the RAL has been a focal point for a community of artists centered in Sussex County and the State of Delaware. With little opportunity to display their impressive regional painting collection, the Biggs Museum is partnering with RAL to share their treasures with Delaware.
Behind the Blue Doors will unveil the secrets of the Rehoboth Art League’s permanent art collection. Walk through the historic doors of the Rehoboth Art League’s (RAL) artist studio, signed by hundreds of area artists, and explore the RAL as a center of artistic production in the 20th century within the historic art colony of Rehoboth Beach. Since the late 19th century, artists throughout the eastern seaboard have frequented Rehoboth Beach as a famous artists’ retreat. Since its opening in the 1930s, the RAL has been a focal point for a community of artists centered in Sussex County and the State of Delaware. With little opportunity to display their impressive regional painting collection, the Biggs Museum is partnering with RAL to share their treasures with Delaware.
The Biggs Picture: the 2011 Landscape Competition and Exhibition
Open March 4 - June 19, 2011
The Biggs Museum is proud to present the second installment of The Biggs Picture: the 2011 Landscape Competition and Exhibition. This exhibition features paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, craft, video and any artistic medium by regional landscape artists. This juried competition asks artist contestants to interpret the theme of “Landscape.” The winning artworks normally fit within at least one of several sub-themes including perceived landscapes, imagined landscapes, and landscapes of the mind. “Space” here is used to describe any actual or conceived idea of a location, proximity, volume, or area with limitations and boundaries that separate it from its surroundings. The competition and exhibition embrace both traditional and experimental notions of “space” and “landscape”.
The Biggs Museum is proud to present the second installment of The Biggs Picture: the 2011 Landscape Competition and Exhibition. This exhibition features paintings, drawings, sculpture, photography, craft, video and any artistic medium by regional landscape artists. This juried competition asks artist contestants to interpret the theme of “Landscape.” The winning artworks normally fit within at least one of several sub-themes including perceived landscapes, imagined landscapes, and landscapes of the mind. “Space” here is used to describe any actual or conceived idea of a location, proximity, volume, or area with limitations and boundaries that separate it from its surroundings. The competition and exhibition embrace both traditional and experimental notions of “space” and “landscape”.
Award Winners XI
Open July 1 - October 23, 2011