Del Ray Artisans Members Only Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry Energy of the Season at VCA Old Town Animal Hospital June 9, 2025 – May 30, 2026 Entry deadline: Wednesday, May 14, 2025 by midnight Seeking 2D artwork that exemplifies the spirit, passion, exuberance, and pizzazz of something from your favorite season or your favorite season itself. NOTE: The Energy of the Season art exhibit is at VCA Old Town (not VCA Alexandria). Due to new guidelines for a fear-free space, we cann...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists Sing Me a Sea Shanty Exhibit Dates: May 30 – June 29, 2025 Digital entry deadline: Sunday, May 11, 2025 by midnight The sea is awe-inspiring and man’s relationship with it has been tumultuous. For centuries the sea has inspired stories, lore, myth, legends, and songs. Explore all things nautical. The exhibit is open to all area artists. Del Ray Artisans members pay a discounted entry fee. Entry Details & Form

Call for Artists ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members Alcove Gift Shop May 2 – June 29, 2025 Application deadline: Sunday, April 13, 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 replaced ...

Call for Artists Del Ray Artisans’ Spring Art Market Application deadline: Sunday, April 6, 2025 by midnight Join Del Ray Artisans in its tradition of outdoor art markets and sell your original handmade artwork to the local community. This is an outdoor, family-friendly, rain-or-shine event in the Mount Vernon Recreation Center fields, adjoining Del Ray Artisans gallery, on Saturday, May 10, 2025 from 10am to 4pm. Details and Application

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...

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. Applications closed. This form is for restock only now. 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...

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...

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 ...

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...