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.
Nature and the environment come together in an art lesson for Wilmington students [video]
A simple project like using colored pencils to draw their favorite animals could turn into a lifelong lesson for 5th graders in Mrs. Morris' art class.
8 years ago
They languished in storage for years, but now, the first mural project of famed illustrator Howard Pyle are back on display.
8 years ago
Quilts for the walls: Delaware artist goes from teaching biochemistry to making ‘art quilts’
Virginia Abrams was teaching biochemistry, when she discovered art quilts. She's since traded the lab for a sewing machine.
8 years ago
Delaware man’s hobby strikes the right chord [video]
After suffering four heart attacks, Thom Allen retired from his stressful sales job and started making cigar box guitars.
8 years ago
Hagley Museum’s patent model collection displays imagination and innovation
Take a step back to the 19th Century with innovations from Hagley Museum’s patent model collection.
What is a patent model?
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8 years ago
Meet the first artist to ever print with clay
Fifty years ago artist Mitch Lyons became the first artist to print with clay.
Mitch Lyons studied both ceramics and print making
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9 years ago
100 year old murder case still haunts Dover, Delaware
It's a case that brings new meaning to the phrase "don't take candy from a stranger." The creepy story of a cross country murder mystery in 1898.
10 years ago