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May 20, 2023 10:00AM to Sep 4, 2023 4:30PM

Historic Odessa Foundation is a Blue Star Museum

Blue Star Museums invites military personnel and their families to experience the many wonders our nation’s museums have to offer. 

Art Exhibition: A Wonderful Life: Regionalist Paintings by Louise Margarite Haas Jamison
Aug 29, 2023 10:00AM to Oct 29, 2023 4:30PM

Art Exhibition: A Wonderful Life: Regionalist Paintings by Louise Margarite Haas Jamison

Rediscover the colorful regionalist paintings by the talented Kent County, Delaware artist Louise Margarite Haas Jamison (1915-1980). 

Reception September 21
Sep 28, 2023 6:00PM

Artist Reception

See the rediscovered regionalist paintings by the locally recognized artist Louise Margarite Haas Jamison (1915-1980).

Quilted Textiles of the Helping Hands Quilt Guild
Jul 5, 2023 10:00AM to Aug 27, 2023 4:30PM

Art Exhibition: Quilted Textiles of the Helping Hands Quilt Guild

A wonderful selection of historically inspired quilted textiles created by members of the Helping Hands Quilt Guild are on display in the period rooms of the National Historic Landmark Corbit-Sharp House and the National Historic Register Wilson-Warner House.  

Meet the Quilters
Jul 20, 2023 6:00PM

Reception: Meet the Quilters

Arrive and meet the contemporary quilt artist Sarah Pavlik and a selection of quilters from the Helping Hands Quilt Guild.

Art Exhibition: The Ongoing Journey of Contemporary Quilt Artist Sarah J. Pavlik
Jul 5, 2023 10:00AM to Aug 27, 2023 4:30PM

Art Exhibition: The Ongoing Journey of Contemporary Quilt Artist Sarah J. Pavlik

Sarah Pavlik is a fiber and quilt artist.  In the studio her artistic process typically involves using a motif or configuration as inspiration in creating a composition. 

Wilson-Warner House
May 21, 2023 2:00PM to 4:00PM

Open House: Wilson-Warner House

Join us this spring, as we welcome visitors to tour the Wilson-Warner House.

Heather Lewis Workshop
Jun 15, 2023 10:00AM to 12:00PM

Art Workshop: Outdoor Sketching and Painting at HOF with Heather Lewis

This Art Workshop is set in the lovely gardens and grounds of the Historic Odessa Foundation.

participants sign up at Easter egg hunt
Apr 2, 2023 2:00PM to 4:30PM

2023 Annual Easter Egg Hunt - SOLD OUT

The Historic Odessa annual Easter Egg hunt taking place Sunday, April 2nd at the Corbit-Sharp House garden is sold out. The hunt is for toddlers to 5th graders—join the fun!

Reception
Jun 15, 2023 6:00PM

Reception: Everyday Life, Everyday People: The Work of Jack Lewis

What a wonderful evening opportunity to come out and view this spectacular collection of paintings by the beloved Bridgeville, Delaware artist Jack Lewis (1912-2012). 

General Store, Earlville, Maryland, 1942, Jack Lewis
May 2, 2023 10:00AM to Jul 2, 2023 4:30PM

Art Exhibition: Everyday Life, Everyday People: The Work of Jack Lewis

The Historic Odessa Foundation is honored to be the northern Delaware venue to exhibit the wonderful collection of paintings by the beloved Delaware Artist Jack Lewis (1912-2012). 

Elizabeth Gurney Fry
Mar 14, 2023 10:00AM to May 14, 2023 4:30PM

Petite Exhibit: Quaker Pioneer: Elizabeth Gurney Fry Sculpture

On display with accompanying contextual material is a small classical molded bisque porcelain bust of the English Quaker Elizabeth “Betsy” Gurney Fry (1780-1845), originally created in 1848 by the London sculptor Mary Rivers.