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“Visual Humor” Art Exhibit at Del Ray Artisans Gallery

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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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Artists Favorites (Entries due 11/8/2024)

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Recharge by Liz Martinez
Del Ray Artisans Members Only Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry Artists Favorites at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital December 2, 2024–September 6, 2025 Entry deadline: Friday, November 8, 2024 by midnight Seeking 2D artwork on any subject matter. The curators prefer art that helps soothe in a stressful environment. Also, due to new guidelines for a fear-free space, we cannot accept artwork that has realistic depictions (such as unaltered photographs or other life-like artwork) of dogs...
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“$100 and Under” Art Exhibit at Del Ray Artisans Gallery

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This Monkey Has Gone to Heaven by Karen Schmitz
Exhibit Dates: November 1 – December 1, 2024 Opening Reception: Friday, November 1 from 7–9pm This November Del Ray Artisans is bringing back our popular $100 and Under exhibit concept from 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022 showcasing members’ original artwork, all priced at $100 and under. The art will be sold on an art-to-go basis, with buyers taking art home when purchased during the exhibit from November 1 – December 1, 2024. Join us for the opening reception on Friday, November 1 between ...
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Chirilagua Neighborhood Arts Day / Día de las Artes del Barrio de Chirilagua

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Chirilagua Neighborhood Arts Day / Día de Artes del Barrio - Sábado, 12 de octubre del 2024, 12-4pm
English ↓ | Español ↓ Chirilagua Neighborhood Arts Day Saturday, October 12, 12-4pm (Rain or Shine) Come enjoy Chirilagua Neighborhood Arts Day—a free, outdoor, community art-making event on Saturday, October 12, 12-4pm at the Four Mile Run Conservatory (4109 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA). The event is organized by Del Ray Artisans in partnership with Casa Chirilagua. Note: If it rains, the activities will be moved inside the Four Mile Run Conservatory building. Artist instruc...
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Tumbling Through the Seasons (Entries due 10/8/2024)

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Detail of Faerie Night by Kathy Turner
Del Ray Artisans Members Only Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry Tumbling Through the Seasons at VCA Old Town Animal Hospital October 28, 2024 – May 31, 2025 Entry deadline: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 by midnight Seeking 2D artwork celebrating the seasons, from April Showers Bring May Flowers to a Winter Wonderland and everything in between. NOTE: The Tumbling Through the Seasons art exhibit is at VCA Old Town (not VCA Alexandria). Due to new guidelines for a fear-free space, we cann...
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“Artificial or Intelligence?” Art Exhibit at Del Ray Artisans Gallery

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Detail of “Sum of its parts?” by Nicole Mahoney
Exhibit Dates: October 4–26, 2024 Opening Reception: Friday, October 4 from 7–9pm Talk about artificial intelligence, or AI, abounds. When humans work with AI, is the outcome less than, equal to, or greater than the sum of its parts? Come see the Artificial or Intelligence? art exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery as we explore this and other questions. Join us for the opening reception on Friday, October 4 between 7-9pm to meet curators Nicole Mahoney and Nancy Galib and the artists. Mark ...
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