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First Experience
Every week First Experience travels up and down the First State to find the people and the story behind the rich cultural experience available in Delaware.
Sequins, beads, humor and Voodoo flags: The art of Nancy Josephson
A self-taught artist, Nancy Josephson mixes ‘blingy stuff’ together with taxidermy and busts of people to make art that will ‘surprise and delight.’
6 years ago
Animals, people and even family bring Delaware folk artist’s paintings to life
Kathy Buschi considers herself a folk artist. Self-taught, she adds life to her local scenes of Delaware by using people, animals and the occasional family member.
6 years ago
A tea caddy collection with a Broadway connection on display in Delaware
Mark Bramble is a Broadway author and producer best known for '42nd Street' and 'Barnum. A portion of his mother's tea caddy collection is on display now in historic Odessa.
6 years ago
The art of photography, through the lens of Delaware’s Carlos Alejandro
To Carlos Alejandro, fine art photography is the expression of ideas and he has been expressing those ideas for over 40 years.
6 years ago
Daughter-in-law of famed artist Pablo Picasso visits Delaware school
Pablo Picasso died in 1973, but his paintings and legacy live on. His daughter-in-law recently visited with some Delaware school children to talk about his work.
6 years ago
Delaware’s Oddporium is part museum, part store, and all a little odd
From skulls and bones to electroshock therapy equipment and a cycloptic pig — take a peek inside the Oddporium. Delaware's first and only shop for the peculiar and bizarre.
6 years ago
Painting can be frightening, so one Delaware artist revels in touch of glass
Artist Deborah Johnson finds painting to be scary and intimidating, but when working with glass, she knows just what to do.
6 years ago
Delaware artist invites you to his ‘Vibe Realm’
By day, Michael Kalmbach is the founder and director of the Creative Vision Factory, in Wilmington. When he isn't working to help others through art, Kalmbach makes his own.
6 years ago
Exploring the artistic legacy of George A. ‘Frolic’ Weymouth
Perhaps best known for his legacy of philanthropic work, Weymouth was also an accomplished painter. A new exhibit at the Brandywine River Museum of Art looks at this legacy.
6 years ago
Delaware carver brings out the personality in fruits and vegetables
For more than three decades, Craig Trostle has made the food taste better with his unique carvings.
6 years ago
Taking the ordinary and making it extraordinary: The art of Nick Serratore
From his Milton, Delaware, studio, Nick Serratore takes the landscapes around him and makes them his own.
6 years ago
Cancer survivor keeps the spirit of Elvis alive in Delaware
Bob Lougheed is a pancreatic cancer survivor. Now he and his band The Memphis Mafia are keeping the spirit of Elvis alive and giving back at the same time.
6 years ago
Delaware artist Susan Benarcik brings the outdoors in with her unique artwork
During the day Susan Benarcik is an urban gardener, she loves nature and the outdoors, during the winter months she brings both indoors through her artwork.
7 years ago
Delaware artist Ellen Priest, the jazz painter
Ellen Priest uses music as other artists would use a mountain landscape or a person sitting for a portrait — as the subject of the art itself.
7 years ago
Decades after fight to stop refinery, Delaware Wild Lands protects more than 30,000 acres
In the late '60s, Shell Oil wanted to build a refinery in Delaware. That started a fight to preserve Delaware’s land.
7 years ago