Mixed Media: An exploration of the self

By Caroline Roosevelt, Columnist, The Times HALF:HALF at the Delaware Contemporary Happy New Year! Welcome to 2019, and in the Chinese new year, it will be the Year of The Pig. Let’s not read into that too much. Anyway, in terms of the Chinese Zodiac, the pig represents wealth and fortune. The pig is a rational, hard worker that occasionally treats itself. It brings energy to anything it does. So,...

Mixed Media: A trifecta of Civil Rights art shows

By Caroline Roosevelt, Columnist, The Times Black Survival Guide Last week, I went on a field trip to the Delaware Art Museum for their beautiful trifecta show on Civil Rights. The shows, Black Survival Guide: Or How To Live Through A Police Riot, Danny Lyon: Memories of The Southern Civil Rights Movement, and The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Drawings by Harvey Dinnerstein and Burton Silverman, are an important...

Mixed Media: Summer is a fun time to try new things

By Caroline Roosevelt, Columnist, The Times Orange Slime Mold with Puffballs and Lichen by Patrick Jacobs Ohhhh! There are so many interesting things happening this month – specifically of the more contemporary persuasion. Summertime can be a bit of a roll of the dice, considering so many art organizations slow down their regularly scheduled programming to accommodate waning summertime crowds....