Sneak Peak

Our current exhibit of collections is a huge hit this month.  So many interesting collections to examine and the installation of the show is just exquisite!  Thanks a million to curator, Emily Staugaitis for putting the show together!

Come by the gallery to check out this exhibit while there is still time.  

exaltation of larks: collecting collections is running through Saturday, February 25. 

Gallery hours are Fridays, 4-7pm & Saturdays 2-7pm. 

For more information about the exhibition read the Curatorial Statement Here!

Aside from the curious visitors that have been wandering in over the last 2 weeks, the CAC also hosted Jonathon Quick's OWU Sculpture Class last week for a gallery visit!  Thanks goes out to Prof. Quick and his class for taking time to check out our exhibit.  

Below are some photos from the show, but as always we have more posted on our Facebook Page!

Coming in March:

The Strand Theatre: Scenes from Behind the Screen!

This show promises to be fascinating to Delaware Residents, History Buffs, Movie Fanatics, Ghost-Hunters, and everyone in between!  

Strand Theater Manager and Archivist, Kara Long along with Local Photographer, Steve Leibrand take us on an expedition of the shadows and hidden places within the Strand Theater that you don't get with a movie ticket.

The Opening Reception for this Photographic Exhibition is:

  6-9pm, First Friday, March 2  

Free Popcorn!!!

Let us know you're coming,

Check in on our Facebook Event Page!

More detailed Info about our ReStore Art Challenge coming VERY soon!!!

Click here for:

Guidelines

Entry Information

Interesting Things Are Piling Up at the CAC!

We are so excited to host our upcoming exhibit 

curated by Emily Staugaitis: 

exaltation of larks

collecting collections

This show is an investigation of objects collected by individuals, many of which are artists.  Please Join us for the month of February to see what others have been accumulating!

The Opening Reception is from 6-9pm on First Friday, February 3, 2012 

Let us know you're coming by checking in with our Facebook Event Page

You can still be a part of the Show!
collect anything?

 Please share:

Send a photo of your collection & brief story about why or how you started collecting to be displayed on our community wall during the exhibition.  

Please include your name! 

Deadline: Wed. Feb. 1

Mail:   City Art Center   

                     22 East Winter Street

                      Delaware, Ohio 43015

Email: collectingcollections@gmail.com

*photos can not be returned unless a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope is enclosed

The City Art Center is also participating in the February First Friday Chocolate Walk!  For more info about how to buy tickets so you can collect chocolates go to the Main Street Delaware website. Click Here.

More Upcoming Events at the City Art Center: 

The Strand Theatre: Scenes from Behind the Screen

March 2 - 31, 2012
Photographer Steve Leibrand and Strand Theatre Archivist Kara Long have combined their talents to bring you the first ever photographic expedition of hidden and forgotten treasures of the Historic Strand Theatre. They will show you places behind the screen that have been dark for many years.

Join them for an Opening Night Gallery reception on Friday, March 2, 2012, 6:00-9:00p.m, at the City Art Center located two doors down from the Strand Theatre. Artwork will be for sale with proceeds benefiting both Non-Profits, Strand Theatre and City Art Center.  

And Yes....There will be popcorn!

Check in on Facebook for this Event!

ReStore Art

April 6 - 28, 2012

The City Art Center is teaming up with another local non-profit organization, Habitat for Humanity Delaware to present a display of sustainable art created by area artists.  

The selected artists will be challenged to make work using approximately 90% of their materials obtained from the ReStore in Delaware!  Information about how to participate will be posted very soon, so stay tuned!  This will be a juried exhibition with a cash prize!  

Artwork will be for sale, proceeds will be divided between the Artists, Habitat for Humanity Delaware, and City Art Center! 

Opening Reception from 6-9pm, First Friday, April 6, 2012

Winners will be announced at 7:30pm at the Opening Reception!


In conjunction with this exhibit: Red Panty Crafts will be sponsoring a Fashion Runway Show during the month of April at the CAC, displaying hand-crafted art-as-clothing made from repurposed digs.  Don't miss this Event!  More info soon!

Collecting Collections!

collect anything?  If so…

We’d love for you to display your collection in our next exhibition:

exaltation of larks

collecting collections

Objects of any kind welcome. The more interesting, the better.

Submission information:

Please email a photo or two of your intriguing collection with a brief (1 paragraph) description of what you collect and why.  (what about this object interests you? How did you start collecting these objects? How many do you have?  How long have you been collecting? etc.)

Email to: collectingcollections@gmail.com

Please send photo & description by Saturday, January 21, 2012 to be considered for the exhibition.  

Some collections may be very valuable or too large to show in the gallery, so your collection might be displayed in our “photos of collections” exhibit area.  Please specify to us if you are submitting for photo only so we know!

Accepted collectors will be notified by email Wednesday, January 25

The drop-off day for collections is from 2-7pm Saturday, January 28 at the City Art Center, located at 22 East Winter Street in Delaware, Ohio.  The CAC is two doors west of the Strand Theater.

The Exhibition will run from Friday, February 3 – Saturday, February 28, 2012.  Pick-up will occur the week following the close of the show, dates & times will be posted in February.

There will be an Opening Reception on the First Friday, February 3 from 6-9pm.

Gallery Hours currently are Fridays 4-7pm & Saturdays 2-7pm


Stay tuned for more opportunities to be a part of some very exciting exhibitions at the CAC this year.  For example: In April, we will be presenting ReStore Art in which 6 artists will be selected to create art using materials from the ReStore Delaware.   June's exhibit will involve artists working with area businesses to make art in response to various professions in Provocation.  Calls for Entries with more details will be posted asap!

The Start of a New Year Full of Creativity!

2012, The Year of the Art Dragon...well for Delaware, its safe to say that the arts will be everywhere you turn if we can help it in the upcoming year!!!  

The City Art Center is collaborating with many of the area organizations in creative projects that will hopefully bring creativity into the foreground for everyone.

For example, we are working with the Strand Theater, Arts Castle, and Habitat for Humanity with some arts projects coming up soon!  The CAC is so excited to be working along some of the best organizations around to better serve the community!

This First Friday, swing by from 6-9 pm to check out the vibrant paintings of local artist Dianne Almendinger!!!!  

Also, The Arts Castle will be our guest this evening with information about what's going on these next few months at the other end of Winter Street!  You can even register for any of the fabulous Arts Castle classes at the CAC tonight!

We have a very interesting exhibit coming up in February that may involve YOU!  We'll have some information about that as well.  

We hope to see you out tonight in Downtown Delaware for First Friday!!!  Don't forget to head down Winter Street and pay us a visit!!!  We are right next door to the Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra and 2 doors down from the historic, sustainable, non-profit Strand Theater!

What a Party!

The City Art Center was bursting with energy last Friday Night at our Very First Birthday Bash! 


Super Huge Thanks to:
Dianne Almendinger, a Delaware Artist, for sharing her vibrant and creatively experimental paintings.  This show will run through the end of the year.
OpenheartCreatures, a Columbus-Based Body Puppet Performance Troupe for making a very special appearance at the CAC!  They flipped our lids and tickled our imaginations!
Electronic Mentality, the Delaware Dub-step Duo, full of talent - those guys! mixing it up in the back of the art center with some seriously danceable music.
Cindy Patrick, of Enticing Icings, for the delicious birthday cakes that she generously donated for our very first Birthday!


Also thanks to Gregg Snouffer for sharing his laser lights, which created a fun atmosphere at the party and Jonna & Brian Stumpo for not only their edible and drinkable donations, but also for helping so much!  To all of the volunteers that show up each month & put in the hours to make this all happen: YOU ARE THE BEST!!!!! We wouldn't be as successful without our community that attend our events every month, so thanks for your encouragement and support as well!

Photos by Lachlan Lipscomb

 You can find more photos of our exhibitions and events 

on our Facebook Page! Its entirely public, so you can look even 

if you do not have an account, check it out!

City Art Center Birthday Celebration 2011

Delicious Birthday Cake is generously provided by locally-owned Enticing Icings! 

Check out their website at: 
www.enticingicings.com or click the link above.

For more info about Open Heart Creatures, visit: www.openheartcreatures.wordpress.com

If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please contact Jessi: artcompartment@gmail.com
We could use some help with preparation as well as participation as a Body Puppet.



Studio Available beginning in December 2011.  Six month membership is $75 per month. 24-hour access.  Applications will be available at the CAC. For more information contact us at cityartcenter22@gmail.com


Find us on Facebook!  You do not have to have an account on Facebook in order to view posts and photos, the web page is public.  Check it out: City Art Center on Facebook


If you are interested in being involved with the CAC, we welcome your skills and ideas!  Send word to artcompartment@gmail.com

The Wake (or After You've Gone)

We're getting excited for our newest exhibition at the City Art Center which Opens This Friday at 6pm!
For November, the CAC is hosting artist: Jenny Fine as she shares her darkly comedic yet lovely photographs in combination with a performative installation.
"Performative Installation?" you ask. Well, Jenny is transforming our gallery into a set for a performance that coincides with the narrative subject matter within her photographs. Her work is based on personal experiences with her family in rural Alabama. Jenny Fine translates her memories and family histories into fantastic imagery that includes pigs coming to life as stand-ins for the people that make up these stories.
Years ago, her family raised pigs on the farm, but tragically had to euthanize them all in one day due to a disease outbreak. In the Fine family, this was known as "The Saddest Day" and is the springboard for this work.


From The Saddest Day Series

The performance is a looping portrayal of a wake after the loss of a family member. The cast is "Flat Granny", a cardboard cut-out of Jenny's grandmother and a slew of pig characters.
Please stop in at any time this Friday, November 4 from 6-9pm to experience this unique creation! The performance is Friday only, however the set, props, and photographs will continue to be on display until Saturday, November 26, 2011. Jenny Fine will be present at the opening reception and she will return to give an informal artist talk on Friday, November 18 at 7pm. These events are free and open to the public. We encourage you to join us in conversation surrounding this work. As always at the CAC, we hope to provide the community with engaging art experiences and hope that you enjoy this incredible art work!!!

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