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Pre-registration and pre-payment (where applicable) are required for all programs and events (including Biggs Kids and Mini-Masters).

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Upcoming Events

Friday, February 4: First Friday: First Look pARTy! Arts Connect-ED to Positive Outcomes Charter School

Saturday, February 5: Biggs Kids: Seeds of Friendship

Wednesday, February 9: Art at Lunch: The Elementals: The Work of Jack Lewis

Current Exhibitions

Behind the Blue Doors: Famous Works from the Rehoboth Art League Collection Closing February 20, 2011!

Your Best Bets

Biggs Kids: Seeds of Friendship

Saturday, February 4: 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Free, Children Ages 5-10

Valentine's Day is all about sharing our feelings with the ones we care about the most. Sometimes those people don't even know it yet! Create a card that promises to plant the seeds of friendship. Click here to pre-register.

Art at Lunch: The Elementals: The Work of Jack Lewis

Wednesday, February 9: Noon to 1:30 p.m.

$18 Members/$20 Not-yet Members

Painter and gallery owner, Rebecca Raubacher, has been representing the work of Jack Lewis for many years. During this lecture she will discuss the significance of Mr. Lewis as a Delaware artist. Ticket price includes lunch. This program is partially funded by a grant from the Delaware Humanities Forum, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Click here to pre-register.

Museum News

The Artists Have Been Chosen!

The 2011 Biggs Picture competition drew nearly 300 entries from over 100 applicants. The 2011 jurors Robert Koenke, Editor-in-Chief of Wildlife Art Magazine and Catherine Drabkin, Delaware College of Art and Design Founding Faculty Member, selected 73 works to be displayed in the exhibition at the Museum. These artists successfully interpreted the theme of "Landscape" with the finest examples of their media. Click here for the full list of artists to be featured in the exhibition. The $1,500 Museum Purchase Prize and jurors' Top Ten selections will be announced at the free, First Look pARTy on Friday, March 4. Congrats!

Swing for Art! The Biggs Museum Golf Tournament

Art a la Carte is back by popular demand...with a twist! The workshops will instruct participants on the subject of landscape, the theme of the upcoming Biggs Picture exhibition, opening on Friday, March 4. Four workshops will be hosted in March and April, led by local artists Karin Snoots, Xan Salas, W. Hank Smallwood and John Murray. Don't wait to register, all of the fall Art a la Carte workshops sold out! Visit the Calendar of Events to learn more about the artists and the workshops.

Help Us Reach Our Goal: The 2010-11 Annual Fund

We are so close to our goal for the 2010-11 Annual Fund, 80% in fact! There is still time to make a contribution to the Annual Fund. Donations to the Annual Fund provide support for keeping the Museum open and accessible, staffing the galleries and welcoming visitors daily. Please make a 100% tax deductible gift of $50 today to the Annual Fund to ensure that Biggs Museum will continue to grow throughout the year. To show our appreciation, all donors of $50 or more to the Annual Fund will receive a free Biggs Museum ChicoBag. Join the Biggs Museum in bestowing the arts upon an entire community by contributing to the Annual Fund today. Click here to donate now.

These programs are made possible, in part, by a grant 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.