Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists DADA 2.0 Exhibit Dates: February 4-26, 2022 Digital entry deadline: Monday, January 10, 2022 by midnight This exhibit invites artists to express absurdity and discontent through the lens of Dada. All forms of art are welcome - particularly the mediums of collage, cut-up writing, and sculpture, which embody the spirit of original Dada. Reject logic, reason, and decadence through an artistic expression of nonsense, irrationality, and unconventionalism....

Call for Artists ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members Alcove Gift Shop January 7 – February 26, 2022 Application deadline: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 by midnight Del Ray Artisans has established the Alcove as a gift shop within the gallery, where members may display and sell their work. Unframed 2-D work will be 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 b...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists Little Monsters Exhibit Dates: January 7-29, 2022 Digital entry deadline extended to Sunday, December 19, 2021 by midnight We all know them—those little monsters that haunt, terrorize, or make us giggle. Maybe they’re tiny things with a million legs, green ogres from fairy tales, furry friends, or owls that go “hooooo” in the night. Perhaps your monster lives inside your head or is your next door neighbor. Let your imagination go wild and represent y...

Open to Del Ray Artisans Members 30th Anniversary T-Shirt Call for Artwork: Self-Portraits of Members Digital Entry Deadline: Sunday, January 23, 2022 by midnight We're creating a t-shirt to commemorate Del Ray Artisans’ 30th Anniversary and want to see your art on the shirt. Since we have recently spent so much time online, our t-shirt design will be a pseudo-online meeting featuring self-portraits of our members! Portraits should be black & white (no other colors, but use any me...

Del Ray Artisans Members Only Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry Local Artisan Showcase 2021-2022 at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital November 15, 2021 – November 12, 2022 Digital entries due: Saturday, October 30, 2021 by midnight This is a year-long Gallery Without Walls exhibit at the VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital that will showcase Del Ray Artisans members artwork in the hospital exam rooms. Most subjects are welcome, with pieces featuring animals preferred. Must be a Del Ray Artis...

Call for Artists ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members Alcove Marketplace / Gift Shop October 1 – November 28, 2021 Application deadline: Monday, September 20, 2021 by midnight Del Ray Artisans is establishing the Alcove as a gift shop within the gallery, where members may display and sell their work. Unframed 2-D work will be 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 sol...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists Groovy Movies: Artwork Inspired by Motion Pictures Exhibit Dates: November 5-27, 2021 Digital entry deadline: Sunday, October 10, 2021 by midnight Seeking artwork that is inspired by the movies—from cult films to American Film Institute (AFI) classics; from actors, characters, locations to catch phrases. Dig this excellent, fantastical, funky, fabulous art scene in all mediums and genres from Amadeus to Zoolander. Curator Karen Schmitz has some splen...

Call for Artists Del Ray Artisans Holiday Market First 3 Weekends in December 2021 Original application deadline: Sunday, September 12, 2021 by midnight; Applications for a limited number of openings will be accepted through September 19. Applications for exhibitors in Del Ray Artisans' 26th annual Holiday Market to be held each weekend from December 3-19, 2021 are now open. Different artists from a variety of media categories will be selected for each weekend. Artists who apply by the ...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists & high school students Expanding the Common Ground: Voices of the Global Majority Exhibit Dates: October 1-30, 2021 Digital entry deadline extended to Saturday, September 18, 2021 by midnight We invite artists of ALL ethnicities, ages, genders, and walks of life to explore what makes us one, to find the common ground among us, and to explore what it means to heal the divides. The world has been designed by institutions, and terms like people of c...

Del Ray Artisans Members Only Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry Rebirth at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital October 4, 2021 – January 30, 2022 (extended through May 7, 2022) Digital entries due: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 by midnight Now that most American cities are reopening, we are all itching to get out, get some fresh air, and be with friends and family again. For this exhibit, we invite artists to express their reentry into the outside world—mentally, physically, or both. This...