Spring 2008 Arts Education Courses

Course Locations:
The University of the Arts, 320 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102, 215-717-6092
The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Box 7646, Philadelphia, PA, 215-684-7587
James A. Michener Art Museum, 138 S. Pine Street, Doylestown, PA, 18901, 215-340-9800
James A. Michener Art Museum, Union Square on Bridge Street, New Hope, PA, 18938, 215-340-9800
Wayne Art Center, 413 Maplewood Ave., Wayne, PA, 19087, 610-688-3553
Bucks County Intermediate Unit, 705 Shady Retreat Road Doylestown, PA, 18901, 215-348-2940
The American Philosophical Society,  104 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106, 215-440-3400
New: The Arts Studio in Stockton, 21 Risler Street, Stockton, NJ, 08559, 609-773-0207

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ED768B  Advanced Printmaking  Begins 2/2 cancelled
ED8456   Frida Kahlo and the Power of Women in the Arts Begins 2/29  Second Section added!: Begins 5/1
ED7694   The Floral Still Life: Drawing and Observation  Begins 2/22
ED5805   The Power of Myth: Enhancing Literacy   Begins 2/15
ED7103   Developing the Narrative: Introduction to Book Arts  Begins 2/13
ED7611   Painting: Emphasis on Color & Design Begins 2/23

ED7680   The Dynamics of Color  cancelled
ED8601   PA Impressionism for Educators: Art Across the Curriculum  cancelled
ED5403   Celestial Navigation Across the Curriculum Begins 3/15
ED7107   Book Arts & Language Arts: What Makes a Book a Book?   Begins 3/28
ED6050   Jewelry Making: Introducing Precious Metal Clay  Begins 3/28
ED6022   Ceramics: Focus on Throwing    Begins 3/28
ED6023   Ceramics: Advanced Throwing   Begins 3/28

ED7127   Philadelphia History & Architecture: An Introduction  Begins 4/2
ED768     Printmaking  Begins 4/11 and 6/23 
ED8455   Frida Kahlo: Her Life and Art    Begins 4/12
ED5838   Americans: As Seen through the Cinema    Begins 4/18

ED5702   Crossing Boundaries: Language and Music inspire Painting    Begins 5/3
ED7261    Visual Arts in Philadelphia: An Insider’s View    Begins 6/6
ED6020    Ceramic Tile & Mosaics   Begins 6/14
ED6020B  Advanced Ceramic Mosaics   Begins 6/14
TRAVEL WITH SWEENEY - Summer Painting in Delaware 

ED768B 
Advanced Printmaking  cancelled
This class is for people who have taken the printmaking class and would like to explore more in-depth the possibilities of imagemaking using monoprinting, relief and collograph techniques. Students will primarily concentrate on one of the processes to address formal issues such as mark, color and scale. The class will also focus on how printmaking and multiples can be used to further one’s visual language by drawing and collaging into the printed image.
Instructor: Rosae Reeder
At UArts
Sa Feb 2,9,16,23  cancelled
1:30-6pm
Su Feb 3,17,24
9am–6pm
3 credit, $725
$40 materials fee
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NEW
ED8456 
Frida Kahlo and the Power of Women in the Arts: Cassatt, O’Keeffe and More 
When the Frida Kahlo exhibition, featuring over 50 of her paintings, arrives at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in February, it will contain powerful visual reminders of the artist’s strength, independence and challenges throughout her career—characteristics also inherent in the lives and work of other prominent female artists of the 20th century, including Mary Cassatt, Faith Ringgold, Georgia O’Keeffe and Alice Neel. In this course, which coincides with the Kahlo exhibition and uses primary source material at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, we’ll focus on the meaning and contributions of women as producers of a wide range of art and the related social commentary reflected in their imagery. Course content is applicable to those teaching art, art history, humanities, history, multicultural studies, and other related topics.

Section 1:
Instructor: Susan Rodriguez
At UArts, with museum visits
F Feb 29, Mar 7
6-9:30pm
SaSu Mar 1,2,8,9
9am-6:30pm
3 credit, $725
$85 materials/museum fees

ADDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND:
Section 2:   Register Now!
Instructor: Susan Rodriguez
At UArts, with museum visits
Th F May 1,2, 8, 9
5:45 -9:45 pm
SaSu May 3, 4
Sa May 10
9am-6:30 pm
3 credit, $725
$85 materials/museum fees

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ED7694 
The Floral Still Life: Drawing and Observation  Register Now!
A classic subject: observing and drawing the floral still life, the analysis and representation of plants and other botanical material, and placing this subject within a historical context.  Students will draw from professionally composed still life arrangements made especially for this occasion.   Examine drawings by Leonardo, the rare floral still lives of Giacometti, and the watercolors of Cézanne and discuss a selection of floral painting that includes Dutch sixteenth century masterpieces, French eighteenth and nineteenth century examples including Renoir, Monet, Cézanne, Van Gogh and Manet, and Twentieth century works including Braque, Picasso and Morandi. These works will be seen through slides and a field trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  Drawing will be executed in charcoal and graphite on appropriate papers and, time permitting, materials incorporating the use of color will be introduced.  Course will coincide with the Philadelphia Flower Show as one of the scheduled class activities.
Instructor: Michael Rossman
At UArts
F Feb22,29
5-9:30pm
SaSu Feb23,24,Mar1,2
9am-6pm
3 credits $725
$75 materials, exhibit fees
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ED7103  
Developing the Narrative: Introduction to Book Arts  Register Now!
IF THE MESSAGE IS THE ACTOR, THE BOOK IS THE STAGE—and this class will show you how book arts can provide the vehicle for your visual and written narratives. Emphasis will be on the relationship between structure and image in the unfolding of a narrative. You’ll use rubber stamps, linoleum cuts and stencils to produce imagery and open a new world to your students. For art teachers, elementary and special education teachers.
Instructor: Barbara Korb
At Bucks Intermediate Unit
W Feb13,27
5–9:30pm
SaSu Feb 16,17, Mar 1,2
9am–6pm
3 credits $725
$65 materials fee
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ED5805  
The Power of Myth: Enhancing Literacy  Register Now!
THE INFLUENCE OF A STORY.  Myths, legends, and folklore fill our literature, our media, our collective culture.  These often fantastic tales capture our imagination while serving to show our humanity. In this course, discover an overview of how these function in storytelling, often illustrating group identity and providing powerful metaphors for society.  This course uses Joseph Campbell’s research on the power of myths and metaphors to examine the idea of the eternal hero and fables of morality.  Course may include regional folklore and influences of myths on contemporary cinema.  The use of classroom readings, research projects, film viewings, and discussions help participants consider hands-on applications for the classroom designed to encourage critical thinking in students.  Course projects can be adapted to many grade levels.
Instructor: Douglas Rosentrater
At Bucks Intermediate Unit
F Feb15,22
5-9:30pm
SaSu Feb16,17,23,24
9am-6pm
3 credits $725
$40 materials fee
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ED7611  
Painting: Emphasis on Color & Design  Register Now!
PUSHING THE ENVELOPE. This studio painting course lets you redefine color theory and design concepts—a journey of personal exploration and the expansion of your visual understanding. You’ll visit the outer reaches of color—changeable and elusive—to discover that color is the most relative element in the artistic vocabulary. In addition to applying color juxtaposition theory by Joseph Albers, students will examine ways of using design to describe, emote and influence human response, and how concepts and messages predict how line, shape, pattern and rhythm perform. Includes both painting from direct observation and imagination as well as collage and alla prima paint applications.  Course allows for personal exploration and expression with media.  Applicable to classroom use; all levels welcome. List of items to be purchased will be sent to students.
Instructor: Debby Souders
At Wayne Art Center
SaSu Feb23,24
Sa Mar 1
SaSu Mar8,9
9am-6pm
3 credits $725
$40 materials fee
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ED7680  
The Dynamics of Color 
The goal of the course is for students to have the widest possible experience with color and the confidence to use it freely.  Instruction will be derived from several sources: Josef Albers' classic, hands-on course about how colors change each other, the paintings of masterful colorists (including Monet, Cezanne, Matisse, Edward Hopper, Hans Hoffman, Joan Mitchell) and color in nature.  Students will mix paints, cut and juxtapose swatches to achieve specific color goals, learn about pigment characteristics and toxicity, and paint color directly from observation. Discussions will focus on the visual movement, relativity and manipulation of color, and include practical information about pigment characteristics and toxicity.  The final class will include a trip to the Philadelphia Museum of Art.  Required art materials to be purchased by the student.   
Instructor: Ellen Priest
At UArts
Cancelled
3 credit, $725
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ED8601  
Pennsylvania Impressionism for Educators: Art Across the Curriculum 
O BEAUTIFUL. The French get most of the press when it comes to Impressionism, but the genre caught fire among Pennsylvania artists—particularly in Bucks County—early in the 20th century and burned brilliantly among a handful of supremely talented area artists who gave the art a distinctly American energy. This course at the James A. Michener Art Museum sites in Doylestown and New Hope explores the cultural heritage of the Pennsylvania Impressionists and suggests methods for integrating the subject matter and museum resources into existing curricula. Use art history, art criticism, studio techniques and the study of aesthetics to engage students in the cultural and historical context of this community and region. Best of all: You’ll have access to the real thing—the finest collection of Pennsylvania Impressionist paintings anywhere. For K-12 teachers; includes guided museum visits and onsite art projects. Textbook purchase required.
Instructor: Dr. Susan Clarke Plumb
At Michener Museum, Doylestown
cancelled
3 credits $725
$45 museum fee
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ED5403  
Celestial Navigation Across the Curriculum  Register Now!
One of the greatest achievements in history has been the exploration of the sky to help us find food and shelter, understand time or seek new horizons. This fascinating course on how this is done coincides with the American Philosophical Society’s exhibit about some who have done it—“Undaunted: Five American Explorers, 1760-2007,”  examines an essential skill in exploration: wayfinding by the heavens. Using inexpensive reproductions of early instruments (astrolabe, sundials and sextant), you’ll sharpen your observational skills, learn the importance and utility of stars, planets, sun and moon for getting around, and acquire a kit of instruments, publications and handouts suitable for direct application in the science, nature, history, art and geography class. And you won’t need the stars to get where we’re going—the Franklin Institute Planetarium and Observatory and The Independence Seaport Museum, with a final class aboard the Battleship New Jersey. The course itself will be held at Philadelphia’s American Philosophical Society, where “Undaunted”  focuses on astronomer David Rittenhouse, Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane, Antarctic explorer Titian Ramsay Peale, naturalist-artist John James Audubon and ecology pioneer-explorer Ruth Patrick—all Philadelphia-connected. K-12 teachers in all subjects welcome; no math or science background required.  Course fee covers all museums and materials, including a sextant, astrolabe, solar motion demonstrator, handouts and worksheets, booklet on celestial motions, and a planispheric star finder.
Instructor: Robert Hicks, PhD
At The American Philosophical Society
Sa Mar 15, 9am-6pm
Sa Mar 29, 10am-2:30pm
Th Apr 10, 5pm-9:30pm
Sa Apr 12, 9am-6pm
Sa Apr 19, 10:30am-3pm
M Apr 21, 5pm-9:30pm
Sa Apr 26, 9am-6pm
3 credits, $725
$80 materials/museums fee
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ED7107  
Book Arts & Language Arts: What Makes a Book a Book?   Register Now!
This course answers the question by examining a book’s components—its text, images and physical characteristics. Participants will learn to create a variety of contemporary book structures such as flexagons and pop-ups, develop brief text for those structures, and create basic images; course includes the use of typography, composition and handwriting. You’ll visit the University of the Arts library to see and discuss examples of pertinent subject matter in artists’ books, plus have the opportunity to develop your own personal book. This course is ideal for those whose strengths are verbal or visual or both. We’ll explore collaborative book projects and other classroom applications for all grade levels; content can be structured for students young and old. Resource materials and readings will be provided.
Instructor: Jude Robison
At UArts
F Mar7,14
5-9:30pm
SaSu Mar 8,9,15,16
9am-6pm
3 credits $725
$40 materials fee
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ED7127  
Philadelphia History & Architecture: An Introduction  Register Now!
In this course, architecture will be used as a way to understand Philadelphia’s history from colonial town into a major American urban center.   By examining Philadelphia’s built environment from the earliest buildings along the Delaware River to the present makeover of the Center City skyline, an overview of the city’s past is discovered in a visual form.  Many important architectural styles, buildings, movements, and architects are discussed, including: the vernacular style evidenced in the Philadelphia row house; buildings of national significance such as the Fairmount Water Works and the Eastern State Penitentiary; the redevelopment of Society Hill and Old City in the twentieth century; and the importance of parks on Philadelphia’s landscape.  The contributions of recognized Philadelphia architects such as John Haviland, William Strickland, Frank Furness, and Louis Kahn will be also be studied.   In addition to lectures, the class will visit: Gloria Dei (Old Swede’s Church), Christ Church, the Fairmount Water Works, Eastern State Penitentiary, and the PSFS building.  The class will visit the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, the principal repository for the history of Philadelphia’s buildings and architects in the region.   This course is open to K-12 teachers in all subject areas.
Instructor: Rob Armstrong
At UArts, with local visits
W Apr 2,9,23,30
6:30-9:15pm
Sa Apr 5,12,26,May3
9am-6pm
3 credits $725
$15 materials, exhibit fees
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ED6022
Ceramics: Focus on Throwing  Register Now!
Explore both traditional and experimental throwing techniques to make functional and sculptural pots.  Develop your repertoire of skills, improve your competency at thinking and working three-dimensionally, and incorporate new methods to encourage craftsmanship and conceptual skills in your students.  Focus on the potential of the potter’s wheel as a tool for expression.  This course provides an opportunity for personal invention as you develop sound skills to take back to the classroom.  Learn throwing techniques with stoneware clays for both the beginning and more experienced student.  In addition, discover finishes of the forms with colored slips, underglazes, and firing techniques.
Instructor: Alec Karros
At Wayne Art Center
F Mar28,Apr4
5-9:30pm
SaSu Mar29,30,5,6
9am-6pm
3 credits $725
$75 materials fee
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ED6023 
Ceramics: Advanced Throwing   Register Now!
Learn advanced throwing techniques with stoneware clays, build your repertoire at a higher level, and expand your personal development with more challenging projects.  We will focus on experimental throwing techniques to make functional and sculptural pots and continue your progression with this media. Time will be spent on finishes of the forms with colored slips, under glazes, oxides, shop glazes, and firing techniques.  Improve your competency at thinking and working three-dimensionally and incorporate new methods to encourage craftsmanship and conceptual skills in your students. 
Prerequisite: ED 6022, Ceramics: Throwing
Instructor: Alec Karros
At Wayne Art Center
F Mar28,Apr4
5-9:30pm
SaSu Mar29,30,5,6
9am-6pm
3 credits $725
$75 materials fee
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ED6050 
Jewelry Making: Introducing Precious Metal Clay   Register Now!
FEAT OF CLAY. Precious Metal Clay (PMC) is an amazing new material that is well adapted to classroom use. It’s metallic clay made of pure silver, which molds and handles like putty, fires in a kiln, and becomes solid permanent silver. This material is unique, safe and non-toxic and requires only simple tools and equipment that students of all ages can easily use. In this course, work with various forms of PMC to produce basic jewelry objects, covering topics such as wet and dry fabrication, firing times and temperatures, use of the PMC kiln and alternative firing methods. Topics May include projects for students, simple tool making and rubber molding, the history of PMC, and use of metal elements and alloys in jewelry. Course content is designed for application in art classrooms. Tools and PMC included in materials fee; extra PMC will be available for purchase.
Instructor: Chris Darway
New Location
At the Stockton Arts Studio
F Mar28,Apr11
5-9:30 pm
SaSu Mar29,30 Apr12,13
9am-6pm
3 credits $725
$100 materials fee
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ED768  
Printmaking 
SPONTANEITY WITH EASE. This class addresses image-making through basic printmaking media such as monoprinting, applying processes and techniques that can be used in a classroom without specialized equipment or presses. You’ll create images by drawing and painting directly on the plate or by working from a sketch. The creative process is analyzed at every point. Processes include dark field, light field, trace monotypes, simple relief printing, and chine colle. Only non-toxic inks are used.

Section 1:  Register Now!
Instructor: Christine Stoughton
At Wayne Art Center
F Apr 11,25
5-9:30pm
SaSu Apr 12,13,26,27
9am–6pm
3 credits $725
$60 materials  fee

Section 2:  Register Now!
Instructor: Lori Spencer
At UArts
M-F Jun 23-27
9am–6pm
3 credit, $725
$40 materials fee
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ED5838 
Americans: As Seen through the Cinema   Register Now!
PICTURE YOURSELF. Most countries get to know Americans by seeing how filmmakers portray us. This course explores the film medium and ourselves as we appear in excerpts from a wide range of popular cinema, with discussions focusing on ethnic, immigrant and minority communities and stereotypes; regionalism; the urban and suburban experience and other social environments that comprise the American experience onscreen. Through in-class viewing, movie reviews and discussion, you’ll learn to identify how films influence thinking—and get a lively topic of debate for your classroom. Cinema aesthetics, production terminology and the works of major American directors will be examined.
Instructor: Douglas Rosentrater
At Bucks Intermediate Unit
F Apr18,25
5-9:30pm
SaSu Apr19,20,26,27
9am-6pm
3 credits $725
$40 materials fee
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ED5702 
Crossing Boundaries: Language and Music Inspire Painting   Register Now!
SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS as a painter and an observer through the inspiration of other art forms. View the interchange of talent that produces disciplinary dialogue between artists, writers, and musicians. These results can produce a phenomenon that reaches beyond the products of each one singly. In this course, discuss famous collaborations: Mallarme, Manet and Debussy on the theme “Prelude l’apres midi d’un faune” (Afternoon of a Faun); the work of Andre Breton and the Surrealists, or the beat poets and artists. Then, with hands-on instruction and exercises in various painting techniques, color usage, collage, and some typography, apply your skills to interpretations of the word, poetry or musical phrase. See how language can inspire creative art where pattern and rhythm tie the two together or consider how sequencing and assembly can tie into the narrative. Develop your studio skills and enhance the information needed to produce exciting projects for the classroom where crossover thinking is essential for expanded expression. Demonstrations of materials and historical references for examples are included. Participants should come to class with a poem or musical selection to begin the process. Teachers in all subject areas are welcome, some previous drawing experience preferred but nor required.
Instructor: Debby Souders
At Wayne Art Center
SaSu May3,4
Sa May 10
SaSu May17,18
9am-6pm
3 credits $725
$40 materials fee
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ED8455 
Frida Kahlo: Her Life and Art  Register Now!
One Credit Weekend Course
In recognition of the recent 100th anniversary of her birth, this weekend course provides an overview of the life and work of this idiosyncratic Mexican artist. Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). Designed to coincide with the Frida Kahlo exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this short course will give participants a once-in-a-lifetime look at Kahlo’s unique series of self-portraits and a chance to explore her changing sense of identity, political concerns and Latin American heritage. Included: over 50 paintings from throughout Kahlo’s career—a unique opportunity to consider recurring themes and symbols found in her work—as well as photos of the artist by prominent photographers. Course content is directly applicable to cross-cultural classroom curriculum consistent with required educational standards.
Instructor: Susan Rodriguez
At UArts
SaSu Apr 12,13
9:30am-6pm
1 credit $242
$45 materials/museum fee
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ED7261  
Visual Arts in Philadelphia: An Insider’s View   Register Now!
Meet gallery directors in Old City, view historic and contemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and engage in discussions of Philadelphia’s artistic legacy. Combining art history lectures with site visits to museums and galleries, this course serves as an introduction to teachers who wish to enrich their understanding of some of the artistic treasures located here.  A general introductory survey of the visual arts in America, this class focuses upon the traditions and current forms represented specifically in the artwork in Philadelphia.  Important works in painting, sculpture, decorative arts, and photography are examined as a backdrop for major figures and movements.  Knowing the resources found in this city may open up new opportunities for your students to use these works as a means for study.  Open to all teachers K–12.
Instructor: Albert Gury
At UArts with gallery, museum trips in Philadelphia
F June 6
5-9:30pm
SaSu June 7,8
10am–3:30pm
1 credit $242
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ED6020
Ceramic Tile & Mosaics   Register Now!
Not-so-prosaic mosaic. Create large and small scale ceramic mosaic constructions, through the use of line drawings -- freehand sketches, slide transfers, or the use of computer assistance.  Learn techniques such as plaster mold castings for replication opportunities, the use of plastic patterns or one of a kind fabrications.  Mounting and hanging will be covered. Open to teachers K – 12.
Instructor: Larry Donahue
SaSu Jun 14,15
FSa Jun 20,21
Sa Jun 28
9am-6pm
3 credits $725
$45 materials fee
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ED6020B 
Advanced Ceramic Mosaics   Register Now!
Go further with ceramic mosaic on an advanced level.
Prerequisite: ED 6020
Instructor: Larry Donahue
SaSu Jun 14,15
FSa Jun 20,21
Sa Jun 28
9am-6pm
3 credits $725
$45 materials fee
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ED7780-D
Landscape Painting I: Delaware
PLACE, SCALE, LIGHT and the balance between man and nature are the subjects; oils, acrylics and pastels are the ingredients. Topics: proper grounds (surfaces) for oil paint; materials and media; techniques for handling the constant movement of light. You'll learn to use a loose drawing to form a strong composition, make color studies, choose locations, read the weather and mix landscape colors. All course content will be directly applicable to classroom instruction and curricula. Course material list and directions will be sent to participants. Prerequisite: Experience in basic drawing/painting.
Instructor: Joe Sweeney
3 credits, $725
M-F July 7-11,2008
8am-12:30pm; 4pm-8:30pm

ED7781-D
Landscape Painting II  (Advanced): Delaware 
ONCE YOU KNOW Sweeney’s basics, you can move to a higher level of applying themes in subject matter, evaluating light and color effects and refining techniques. In this course, you'll cover more complex concepts in composition and color to achieve higherquality
results and handle more detailed critiques. As with Landscape Painting I, content is applicable to classroom instruction.
Prerequisite: ED7780, Landscape Painting
Instructor: Joe Sweeney
3 credits, $725
M-F July 7-11,2008
8am-12:30pm; 4pm-8:30pm

Lodging Information: UArts has reserved a block of single- and double- occupancy rooms at the Virden Center at the University of Delaware, Lewes campus. Call 302-645-4100 directly to reserve your room.

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