Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists MeWOW: Fabulous Felines Exhibit Dates: February 7 - March 1, 2025 Digital entry deadline: Sunday, January 12, 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 to submit i...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Call for Artists ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members Alcove Gift Shop October 4 – December 1, 2024 Application deadline: Saturday, September 14, 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...

NOW CLOSED: Call for Entry ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members $100 and Under Exhibit Dates: November 1 – December 1, 2024 Digital entry deadline: Thursday, October 10, 2024 by midnight Members are invited to submit their best work priced at $100 or less. For this exhibit, artists may submit up to 4 artworks, and the commission has been reduced to 10%. All media and all themes are welcome. The exhibit is open only to Del Ray Artisans members. If you are not a member, you may join Del R...

Call for Instructors ~ Open to area artists Chirilagua Neighborhood Arts Day Chirilagua Neighborhood Arts Day is on Saturday, October 12, 2024 from 12-4pm. Del Ray Artisans is seeking artist instructors to lead free, hands-on, family-friendly art activities for event attendees. The event Program Manager will work with instructors to develop diverse art making activities including: drawing, mix media, paper & fiber arts, painting and more. Each instructor is offered $180 in compensation...

Call for Instructors ~ Open to area artists STEAM-tastic Workshop Proposal Form Del Ray Artisans is offering a new youth program of FREE, interactive classes about Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math (STEAM) taught by professionals from each field. Geared toward kids and teens, each lesson has a short talk or demonstration AND a hands-on craft project. The instructor is offered $300 in total in compensation for two sessions (one for youth ages 6-10 and another for ages 10-15). A ba...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists Artificial or Intelligence? Exhibit Dates: October 4–26, 2024 Digital entry deadline: Sunday, September 22, 2024 by midnight Talk about artificial intelligence (AI) abounds. Do the possibilities for AI inspire, excite, unnerve, or frighten you? This show invites artists to explore what the future might look like with AI, what we gain and lose, and whether or not machine learning feels artificial or intelligent at the present moment. The exhibit is...