Fine Arts

Classes in Fine Arts at DCAD allow students to explore many diverse media and subjects. Introductory classes allow students to develop the fundamentals while master classes focus on building expertise in advanced subject matter.

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Delaware College of Art and Design to hold sixth Drawing Marathon October 16

Develop your visual voice at the Delaware College of Art and Design’s Drawing Marathon Saturday, October 16, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in DCAD’s Toni & Stuart B. Young Gallery, 600 N. Market St., Wilmington. Admission is $25 in advance or $30 at the door. Participants should bring their own drawing or painting supplies and a lot of energy.

The drawing marathon was created to develop artistic vision, sharpen skills and energize studio experience through figure drawing.  

The event is open to the public and provides the opportunity for continuous, intense figure drawing with a model or models in sustained poses. Participants, of all skill levels, will be able to work alongside DCAD faculty, students and staff and members of the Wilmington community in a creative and fun way.

DCAD’s event is modeled after similar marathons at art schools across the country. The New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, for example, developed a two-week drawing marathon in 1988. Sculpture and painting marathons followed as a way to build drawing skills and encourage collaboration.

This program is 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.

For more information or to RSVP for the drawing marathon, call 302.622.8867 x110. Early registration is strongly encouraged.