creative aging

Disconnections, with excerpts from stories by John Picard and James O’Sullivan.

The power of melodies, memories and reveries, with poems by Olive Kohl Giese, Kathleen O’Toole, Diana La Com and Allen C. West.

Post-war poems by Vietnam War veterans Eric Forsbergh and Wayne Karlin. 

From Maine to Georgia, and other realms, with poems by Penny Altman, James Wyshynski and Memye Curtis Tucker.

Celebrating this milestone with an excerpt from Dorothy Pula Strohecker (Issue 1) and poems by Sharron Singleton and Nan Fry (Issue 50). 

Featuring honorable mentions from the new issue of Passager, with poems by Joanne Holdridge, Liz Ahl, Laird Harrison and Nancy Lael Braun.

Shana tova, with wayfinding poems by Liz Abrams-Morley, Amy White and Jean Connor.

Core memories, with pieces by Ellen Hirning Schmidt, Maureen Murphy Woodcock, Maryhelen Snyder.

Michelle Kramer-Fitzgerald interviews Lewes Public Library Adult Program Coordinator, Rebecca Lowe, and Experiential Teaching Artist, John Donato about their joint Creative Aging project. The Whimsical Masterpieces: Pastel workshop ran for 8 weeks at the Lewes Library. Participants have their artwork from the series on display at the library for the month of June. The workshop series was funded by DDOA as a part of a community-based arts education program designed for adults ages 55+.

The Delaware Division of the Arts, a branch of the Delaware Department of State, is committed to supporting the arts and cultivating creativity to enhance the quality of life in Delaware. Together with its advisory body, the Delaware State Arts Council, the Division administers grants and programs that support arts programming, educate the public, increase awareness of the arts, and integrate the arts into all facets of Delaware life. Learn more at Arts.Delaware.Gov.

Delaware State of the Arts is a weekly podcast that presents interviews with arts organizations and leaders who contribute to the cultural vibrancy of communities throughout Delaware. Delaware State of the Arts is provided as a service of the Division of the Arts, in partnership with NEWSRADIO 1450 WILM and 1410 WDOV.

This holiday's other implications, with pieces by D.R. James and Roy Cheng Tsung, plus a peek inside the new issue with a poem by Keli Osborn. 

Inspired reading, with pieces by Leon Arden and Shirley J. Brewer, plus a peek inside the new issue with a poem by Charles Kesler.

Back to school, with an excerpt by Dian Seidel.

Stirrings and strandings, with excerpts by Joyce Abell and Timothy Reilly.

Reformations, with poems by Curt Sloan, Jesse Arthur Stone and Joyce La Mers.

Honoring our late loved ones, with poems by Mark Elber and Fran Markover. 

Four poems in the spirit of mother-ness, introducing a new collection by Sandy Longley.

Mother memories, with poems by Gilbert Arzola, Wilderness Sarchild, Wendy Elizabeth Ingersoll and Daniel Carpenter.

What happens when we're at war with ourselves and others, with works by former Diana Anhalt and Arthur Rivkin.

Contemplating what helps us bloom, with poems by Kathy Mangan, Sarah Yerkes and Catherine DeNunzio. 

It’s the soundtrack to our lives and the rhythmic telling of our destinies with poems by Diana la Com, Ruth Moon Kempher and Harry Bauld.