general guidelines + info

TDC Benefits

  • As a Studio@ Artist, you will receive a complementary Delaware Contemporary Patron Circle membership. In addition to a free ArtSource registry, your membership entitles you to benefits including event, program and retail discounts, free member nights and reciprocal membership benefits.

  • You may participate in an annual exhibition on the common wall areas of the Studios@. A call for artworks will take place in early September for a September

  • The Museum Programs and Learning Manager might contact you with a request for studio tours or to teach a class or assist with an education program or event; any of which will be compensated with a cash stipend.

  • Each Studios@ artist may choose to be added to our website so that visitors and collectors can find more information. If you have not done so already, please provide the Director of Advancement, Todd Chalk tchalk@decontemporary.org with a high-res image and an artist statement to be added to The Delaware Contemporary website.

Museum Programs

The Studio@ Artists are a significant part of The Delaware Contemporary and are expected to participate as actively as possible in First Friday Art Loops, and other Delaware Contemporary sponsored events and programs. There are seasonal Palette to Palate dinners in the gallery pairing exhibition art with a chef-designed menu. Additionally, the museum hosts a fun run and a party fundraiser. As a member, you receive discounts on event tickets.

First Friday Art Loops

There are First Friday Art Loops / Season Openers through the year with heavy foot traffic. The museum will provide extra signage during those events. Open Studios also take place during SaturdayArtist Open House events on October 21, 2023, from 10 am – 2 pm and February 10th, 2024, from 10 am – 2 pm (option to stay open until 4pm). We have committed to open studio for three (50%) of the aforementioned Open Studio events. If you cannot participate in the 3 (50%) obligation, you may hire an assistant and/or ask a fellow Studios@ artists who is not already participating in that Open Studio to studio sit in the tenant’s stead.

• The Open Studio dates this year are:

  • Friday, September 8, 2023, 5-9pm

  • Saturday, October 21, 2023, 10-2pm

  • Friday, December 1, 2023, 5-9pm

  • Friday, February 2, 2024, 5-9pm

  • Saturday, February 10, 2024, 10:00-4:00 pm

  • Friday, June 7, 2024, 5-9pm

Artwork Sales

Artists will retain an 80% commission on any exhibition sale in the Hatch. If you sell work directly from your studio, you retain 100% of the proceeds. Should you prefer the Front Desk to manage the sale from your studio, you retain 80% of the proceeds. To do so, you must first obtain written permission from the Business Advancement Associate, Lily Bragg lbragg@decontemporary.org with advanced notice.