Photo credit: Delaware News Journal (left), Aesthetic Dynamics, Inc. (center), Chad Cortez Everett (right) — Photo credit: *Delaware News Journal* (left), Aesthetic Dynamics, Inc. (center), Chad Cortez Everett (right)

The Delaware Contemporary proudly joins the citywide Wilmington 1968 series remembering the occupation and riots in Wilmington with a variety of special curatorial and educational programming.

GUARDIANS OF THE IMAGE MAKER, Group Exhibition

April 6 - June 29, 2018, Opening reception: Friday, April 6, 2018 | 5 - 9 PM during Art Loop

The Delaware Contemporary presents Guardians of the Image Makers, an exhibition of select Delaware area artists paying tribute to Percy Ricks (1923-2008), founder of Aesthetic Dynamics, Inc. and pioneer of community arts education. This exhibition joins the citywide Wilmington 1968 series remembering the occupation and riots in Wilmington.

Percy Ricks, Image Credit: Aesthetic Dynamics, Inc. — *Percy Ricks,* Image Credit: Aesthetic Dynamics, Inc.

1968: Recall and Respond Colloquium

Sunday, April 22, 2018 | 2 - 6 PM

An afternoon addressing multi-generational perspectives on how the arts bring people together to resolve the misunderstandings that divide society. The 1968: Recall & Respond Colloquium is part of the citywide Wilmington 1968 initiative and features local and regional panelists celebrating the major artistic and education contributions of Percy Ricks. The panel will highlight diversity as an asset that provides inspiration for new cultural policies, preserves human dignity in times of unrest, and opens up the possibilities for tolerance, understanding, healing, and transformation.

This program is partially funded by a grant from the Delaware Humanities, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

EDUCATORS FORUM: ART AS ACTIVISM

Wednesday, April 25 | 6 - 8 PM

In collaboration with the Christina Cultural Arts Center

Art engages students to experience topics from new perspectives and develop a sense of compassion through the eyes of an artist. Educators are invited to have in depth conversations around the subject of social change and artistic activism in conjunction with the exhibition Guardians of the Image Makers and the citywide Wilmington 1968 series remembering the Occupation and Riots in Wilmington.