Art of Storytelling Opening is a Huge Success!

The Delaware Art Museum and Night Kitchen Interactive hosted the Grand Opening of the Art of Storytelling experience at the Delaware Art Museum on Saturday, December 9, 2006.

Grand Opening Schedule of Events
10:00 am: Museum Opened
11:00 am - 12:00 pm: Award Ceremony
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm: Gallery Tour

Rivals in Love, Soulen, Henry James, American illustrator, 1888-1965, oil on canvas, Gayle and Alene Hoskins Endowment Fund, 2005

"The beautiful Lady Mustard…” story by
Steve Renzi
inspired by Rivals in Love, Henry Soulen

Welcome to the Art of Storytelling project! The Art of Storytelling is an on-going participatory storytelling project in which Night Kitchen Interactive and our museum partners gather and produce gallery activities, podcasts and interactive kiosks featuring visitor-contributed narrated stories inspired by selected works of art and artifacts from the museum collections. Listen to the Stories inspired by works at the Delaware Art Museum or Learn more about the Art of Storytelling and how your museum can participate. 

Bird Jar, Martin, Robert Wallace (sculptor), Martin: British potter, 1843-1923, R. W. Martin & Brothers Pottery, Pottery: 1873-1915, 1891, stoneware, F. V. du Pont Acquisition Fund, 2001

“What? You think so you're so big…"  story by
Stephen Rogers
inspired by Bird Jar, Martin Brothers Pottery  

 Marooned, Pyle, Howard, American illustrator, painter, author, 1853-1911, 1909, oil on canvas, Museum Purchase, 1912

 

"From the Dutch part of India, the ship sailed…” story by
Patricia Weaver
inspired by The Flying Dutchman, Howard Pyle