“Fairy Tales Around the World” Art Exhibit at Del Ray Artisans Gallery

Detail of Tiny Travels by Courtney Pippin-Mathur
Exhibit Dates: March 7-29, 2025 Opening Reception: Friday, March 7 from 7–9pm Remember your favorite stories as a child? The faraway lands, perilous journeys with magical characters and fantastic creatures? The Fairy Tales Around the World art exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery celebrates the stories and fables that shaped us, from local legends to distant tales, from mythical beasts to heroes, villains and everyone in between. Join us for the opening reception on Friday, March 7 betwe...
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Synchronous (Invitational; Entries due 3/10/2025)

Detail of Synchronous Humanity by Morgan Parr; Artwork is a drawing of many different sets of hands, each making a heart-shaped gesture
Call for Entry ~ Only open by invitation to outstanding member volunteers Synchronous Exhibit Dates: April 4-26, 2025 Digital entry deadline: March 10, 2025 by midnight Synchronous is a special exhibit designed to provide our most dedicated Del Ray Artisans volunteers with an opportunity to share their creative work. These members help make Del Ray Artisans a thriving organization that fosters community and acceptance. This exhibit is an open theme-all media, 2D & 3D works are accept...
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Alcove Gift Shop (Mar-Apr 2025, Application due 2/17)

Del Ray Artisans Alcove Gift Shop
Call for Artists ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members Alcove Gift Shop March 7 – April 26, 2025 Application deadline: Monday, February 17, 2025 by midnight Del Ray Artisans’ Alcove is a gift shop within the gallery, where members (who apply and are accepted) display and sell their work. Unframed 2-D works are available in bins alongside jewelry, fiber art, wood craft, ceramics, and other smaller 3-D items. The work will be displayed for two months, and as pieces are sold they can be rep...
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“MeWOW: Fabulous Felines” Art Exhibit at Del Ray Artisans Gallery

Detail of Birthday Happys by Guy Jones
Exhibit Dates: February 7 - March 1, 2025 Opening Reception: Friday, February 7 from 7–9pm “Lions and Tigers and Tabbies! Oh Meow!” Local artists let their creative cat “out of the bag” in a diverse array of mediums for the purr-fectly paw-some MeWOW: Fabulous Felines exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery. Come see the exhibit to marvel at the power and fascination of cat imagery in art. These furry, mysterious, independent, beautiful felines have inundated history, mythology, literature, ad...
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Fairy Tales Around the World (Entries due 2/15/2025)

Detail of Tiny Travels by Courtney Pippin-Mathur
Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists Fairy Tales Around the World Exhibit Dates: March 7–29, 2025 Digital entry deadline extended to Saturday, February 15, 2025 by midnight Seeking artwork that celebrates the stories and fables that shaped us, from local legends to distant tales, from mythical beasts to heroes, villains and everyone in between. The artwork may be in any medium, 2-D or 3-D, realistic or abstract or any style in between. The exhibit is open to all area artists. Del Ray...
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“Visual Humor” Art Exhibit at Del Ray Artisans Gallery

Artwork by Brando
Exhibit Dates: January 3 – February 1, 2025 Opening Reception: Friday, January 3 from 7–9pm Humor is aesthetic to the extent that it arouses the viewers’ imagination, provides them with insights about human existence, and provokes them to think more critically and creatively. –M. Gordon 2012 The joy found in comedy delights all. Visual Humor, a lighthearted exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery, offered artists the opportunity to provoke their own creativity in search of a chuckle. Visual ...
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MeWOW: Fabulous Felines (Entries due 1/19/2025)

Detail of Birthday Happys by Guy Jones
Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists MeWOW: Fabulous Felines Exhibit Dates: February 7 - March 1, 2025 Digital entry deadline extended to Sunday, January 19, 2025 by midnight Let your creative cat “out of the bag” for this “paw-some” exhibit! Marvel at the power and fascination of cat imagery in art. These furry, mysterious, independent, beautiful felines have inundated history, mythology, literature, advertising, cinema, pop culture and pet owners for centuries. Artists are encouraged ...
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Visual Humor (Entries due 12/15/2024)

Visual Humor art exhibit at Del Ray Artisans
Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists Visual Humor Exhibit Dates: January 3 – February 1, 2025 Digital entry deadline: Sunday, December 15, 2024 by midnight The joy found in comedy delights all. Provoke your creativity in search of a chuckle. Artists are invited to explore not only how ideas or objects are comical, but also what properties of a joke give it wings. Perhaps literally. The exhibit is open to all area artists. Del Ray Artisans members pay a discounted entry fee. Entry Deta...
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Alcove Gift Shop (Jan-Feb 2025, Application due 12/9)

Del Ray Artisans Alcove Gift Shop
Call for Artists ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members Alcove Gift Shop January 3 – March 1, 2025 Application deadline: Monday, December 9, 2024 by midnight Del Ray Artisans’ Alcove is a gift shop within the gallery, where members (who apply and are accepted) display and sell their work. Unframed 2-D works are available in bins alongside jewelry, fiber art, wood craft, ceramics, and other smaller 3-D items. The work will be displayed for two months, and as pieces are sold they can be rep...
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Del Ray Artisans 29th Annual Fine Art & Fine Craft Holiday Market

Del Ray Artisans' Holiday Market 2024
First three weekends in December 2024 Join us the first three weekends in December for Del Ray Artisans’ 29th Annual Holiday Market at Del Ray Artisans gallery in the Colasanto Center, 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22301. Market hours are Fridays 6-9pm and Saturdays 9am-5pm & Sundays 11am-5pm. The market is free to browse, open to the public, and different artists featured each weekend! The market offers unique handmade fine arts and fine crafts from local artists pr...
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