Out of The Commonplace: The Folk Art of Delaware

May 16, 2009 – August 16, 2009
Outlooks Exhibition Series

Part of the Museum’s Outlooks Exhibition Series, Out of the Commonplace features the folk art of Delaware’s people. It includes objects made for utilitarian purposes for work and home; works that celebrate history and life’s passages; and pieces that reflect deeply held beliefs, from spiritual to political. This exhibition was organized in collaboration with the Delaware Folk Art Collection, a program of Delaware State Parks. The Guest Curator is Carol Balick.

Barratt's Chapel, 1986 Francis Lewis Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 28 inches Lent by the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation	Brooms and Canes, 2000 Billy Hammond Sassafras, 48 x 10 inches (broom), 36 x 7 inches (cane) Lent by the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation
American Flag, 2001 Betty Eyler Link Found objects (wood fence, paint), 35 x 16 inches Lent by the Delaware Division of Parks and Recreation

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.

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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.

This program is supported, in part, by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.