The News Journal - 06/16/2019 Copy Reduced to 47% from original to fit letter page Page : A01 SERVING DELAWARE DAILY SINCE 1871 DELAWAREONLINE.COM JUNE 16, 2019 HAPPY FATHER’S DAY Our staff would like to wish you and your dads joy, happiness and love on this special day. Last day State’s seaside signals communities finale for brace for students, influx of 3 schools new hotels Christina consolidation plan goes into effect Jeanne Kuang and Natalia Alamdari Delaware News Journal USA TODAY NETWORK Kids streamed out of Elbert-Palmer Elementary in Wilmington Tuesday morning as teachers shouted, “We made it!” A fire engine drove past, sounding a celebratory honk. Teachers and staff, some of whom have worked in the building for nearly 15 years, took group pictures in their blue T-shirts that pro- claimed, “What day is it?” It was the last day of school for this year’s Christina School District stu- dents. It was also the last day of a 90-year tour of duty for the school. Palmer, along with the city’s Pulas- ki Elementary, closed Tuesday, as part of a consolidation plan spearheaded by Gov. John Carney and approved last year. In the fall, first- through eighth- grade students from the two schools and Stubbs Elementary will be split between Bancroft Elementary and Bayard Middle School. Preschool and kindergarten students will then move to Stubbs Elementary, which will also host adult education and different DELAWARE’S family support services. The consolidation is part of the Wil- mington Schools Partnership, an agreement between the district and BEACHFRONT the state to try to improve student achievement in city schools. This isn’t the first time the schools have been on the chopping block — the BONANZA district considered a similar move in See SCHOOLS, Page 8A Maddy Lauria and Taylor Goebel and other services — and could eventually Delaware News Journal | USA TODAY NETWORK mean lower room prices, but nobody can be sure. Hotel, motel, Holiday Inn? “I think we’re in the midst of a huge rede- How about a Home 2 Suites by Hilton or the velopment cycle for Sussex County in terms of Belhaven Hotel instead? residential population and a huge redevelop- Whatever the name, there are nearly a doz- ment in town city limits of Rehoboth,” said en new hotels on deck near the Delaware Gene Lankford, who is planning the 40-room beaches that are adding to southern Dela- Atlantic Crown Hotel and Suites on Baltimore ware’s building boom. Avenue. “Rehoboth is a small area, we have For beachgoers, it will mean more choices — especially if you factor in rent by owners See HOTELS, Page 6A “Inventory is just expanding like mad, and competition is not necessarily a bad thing with our hotels.” Scott Thomas Executive director of Southern Delaware Tourism Teachers and students say their goodbyes at Elbert-Palmer Elementary PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY TAKÉ UDA/USA TODAY NETWORK; GETTY IMAGES School in Wilmington during the school’s last day of operation. LOUIS MASON/THE NEWS JOURNAL Ring broken Fusion reaction Weather Volume 141 | No. 33 Delaware jury convicts two men for With a proposed arena, this esports Home delivery pricing inside High 83° ❚ Low 67° Subscribe 800-801-3322 9A team hopes to change face of sports in running a drug empire. T-storm. Forecast, 4A ©2019 $3.00 QEAJAB-52007y(a)L Philadelphia forever. 1C Copyright © 2019, The News Journal. All rights reserved. Users of this site agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy/Your California Privacy Rights (Terms updated March 2007). 06/16/2019 June 26, 2019 12:06 pm (GMT +4:00) Powered by TECNAVIA The News Journal - 06/16/2019 Copy Reduced to 47% from original to fit letter page Page : B01 Sunday News Journal ❚ SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 ❚ 1B Windows Siding Roofing Doors Baths Experts 302-231-5837 • trustpjttj.com/nj/j NJ Lic. #13VH01142000 DE Lic. #2009603070 HIC PA #011323 MD Lic. #130457 SundayLife Why Winterthur bought this pre-Civil War painting for its collection Veronica Martinez Delaware News Journal | USA TODAY NETWORK Winterthur Museum purchased an antebellum landscape by an African American painter as part of its efforts to di- versify the museum’s massive collection of American art. h “As a museum dedicated to American culture, we have a duty to represent all of these aspects, and not necessarily define it narrowly,” said associate curator, Stephanie Dela- maire. h The new painting by Robert S. Duncanson is titled “Short Mountain,” and dates to 1840. h Duncanson is a member of the Hudson River School, a mid-19th-century American art movement in New York. He’s considered the foremost African American landscape painter of the 19th century, Winterthur said in a press release. h Delamaire said the painting is the museum’s first acquisition from that school. See PAINTING, Page 6B “Short Mountain” by Robert Duncanson dates 1853 and is now at the Winterthur Museum of American Culture. COURTESY OF WINTERTHUR MUSEUM, GARDENS AND LIBRARY HOME SECURITY YOU CAN TRUST WE’RE AVAILABLE 24/7—CALL TODAY! 302-414-0768 OR SAVE TIME AND SCHEDULE ONLINE www. Protection4yourhome.com Reply By June 30, 2019 DF-GT-DE-W-D2799 NJ-GCI0201923-06 Copyright © 2019, The News Journal. All rights reserved. Users of this site agree to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy/Your California Privacy Rights (Terms updated March 2007). 06/16/2019 June 26, 2019 12:01 pm (GMT +4:00) Powered by TECNAVIA The News Journal - 06/16/2019 Copy Reduced to 58% from original to fit letter page Page : B06 6B ❚ SUNDAY, JUNE 16, 2019 ❚ SUNDAY NEWS JOURNAL Painting Continued from Page 1B The painting of a Southern landscape, believed to be in Tennessee, raises the question of why a free black man would risk his freedom to paint landscapes in the South, Delamaire said. “Good art is never a straight answer,” Delamaire said. “Good art is something that you can look at and you can ask many questions.” The museum, at 5105 Kennett Pike, bought the painting out of its acquisition fund. The price was not revealed. “Short Mountain” was still shown on its original canvas stretchers, but was unsigned when Winterthur began con- sidering it. It had stayed with the family of the original owner until 2000, when it was sold to a private collector. Delamaire and Matt Cushman, con- servator of painting at Winterthur, au- thenticated it as a Donaldson work by ex- Mina Porell, post graduate fellow from the University of Delaware, handles the Duncanson painting at the Winterthur amining the technical style and compar- Research Center. VERONICA MARTINEZ JACOBO/DELAWARE NEWS JOURNAL ing it to other Duncanson works. They also investigated exhibition records and looked at a canvas stamp from a Troy, ‘Why don’t I see myself reflected, why I riod.” “It’s really public pressure as well as New York dealer whose date corresponds don’t see objects by the people that I Winterthur focuses on American cul- pressures that are brought to bear by do- to the period of Duncanson’s travels in know here?’” said Julie McGee, director ture from the Colonial period through the nors or board members who are increas- the area. of Interdisciplinary Humanities Re- 1940s. ingly interested in diversifying collec- Like many other cultural institutions search Center and associate professor of Museums across the United States tions,” McGee said. that have realized their collections are art history at the University of Delaware. have lacked diversity in their collections The painting is not yet on display. largely from the white experience, Win- “Once people start to realize that, then and management, according to two na- Winterthur will devote a study day to terthur would like to expand its 100,000- audiences start to ask questions.” tional studies. “Discovering Duncanson” on Dec. 6 so object holdings to reflect other experi- One painting by one artist in a large A survey of 18 national museums said people can see “Short Mountain” and lis- ences in the United States, Delamaire collection will not make the museum they averaged having 85 percent of art ten to Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw of the said. more inclusive, McGee said. pieces created by white artists and 87 National Portrait Gallery and Dr. Martha That’s partly because museums are “I think that goes back to the mission percent of them were by men, according Jones of John Hopkins University talk trying to draw audiences who have had of the museum itself and what the mu- to a 2019 Williams College study. about African American life during the different experiences that those they see seum itself is collecting and represent- In addition, a report by the Andrew W. antebellum era. on display. ing,” McGee said, “and Winterthur does Mellon Foundation, said that 73 percent “It comes from a growing diversity of aspire to represent a broad range of of staff leadership positions were held by Contact Veronica Martinez Jacobo at people going to museums and saying, American culture from a specific time pe- whites in 2018. 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