Del Ray Artisans Members Only Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry Additional Entries for the Quarantine Creations at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital June 1 – September 25, 2021 Digital entries due: Saturday, May 15, 2021 by midnight This call for entry is for additional artworks to be selected and added to the Quarantine Creations exhibit. VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital is reopening the facility to clients on June 1, 2021. We all have been going through some challenging times this pa...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists & high school students STIGMA Exhibit Dates: September 3-25, 2021 Digital entry deadline extended to Wednesday, August 18, 2021 by midnight Stigma affects many different people in many different ways including those with mental health disorders, HIV, homelessness, people with disabilities, bullied kids, and race & ethnicities. This exhibit will feature art that shines a light on stigma - how it feels, how it can affect and/or disrupt lives, h...

Call for Entry ~ Open to all area artists The Naked and the Newt Studies in Human and Herpeton Anatomy Exhibit Dates: June 4-26, 2021 Digital entry deadline extended to Saturday, May 15, 2021 by midnight What is it like to be in a body? Can you sing the texture of a frog’s skin? Explore the experience of embodied humanity, your engagement with reptiles and amphibians, or even the intersection of the two! Our lifeways overlap with those of our cold-blooded co-habitants as we navigate pat...

Creative Card Swap ~ Open to All Artists with a U.S. Domestic (or Equivalent) Mailing Address The card swap is an ongoing activity with rolling deadlines each time 4 artists enter. This is a handcrafted, artful card swap between artists. A swap group is formed each time 4 artists enter, then swapping begins immediately for that group. Originally established in April 2020 as a platform for artists to share their creative expression during the pandemic months when we could not gather in p...

Call for Artists Del Ray Artisans’ Spring Art Market Application deadline: Saturday, March 27, 2021 by midnight Join Del Ray Artisans in its tradition of outdoor art markets! The Spring Art Market gives artists an opportunity to sell their original handmade artwork to the local community. This is an outdoor, family-friendly, rain-or-shine event in Colasanto Park, adjoining Del Ray Artisans gallery, on Saturday, May 8, 2021 from 10am to 4pm. Please read all information in the applicati...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists The Art of Nature Exhibit Dates: May 7–29, 2021 Digital entry deadline: Saturday, April 10, 2021 by midnight Nature has served as a creative muse for centuries for many artists. The beauty of the ocean, a mountain landscape, an ocean seashore, or wildlife has moved many artists and art lovers to a sense of calm and wonder for the environment. This exhibition will celebrate the beauty of art in nature, whether animals, plein air or other natural scene...

Call for Entry ~ Open to all area artists and area high school students Unfinished / Finished Exhibit Dates: April 2 - May 1, 2021 Digital entry deadline: Sunday, March 14, 2021 by midnight Didn't get your entry submitted before the Sunday, March 14 deadline? Late entries from March 15-18 will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. Fill out the entry form and email the curator ASAP. As artists, most of us have unfinished pieces hidden in our workspaces. This exhibit challenges us to sh...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists Give Me Shelter Exhibit Dates: March 5–27, 2021 Digital entry deadline extended to Saturday, February 20, 2021 by midnight During the pandemic we all have learned what it means to shelter in place. Shelters are often structures, yet sometimes just a state of where one is. For many it is a way to connect to our dwellings, and for others it merely means finding refuge. Some people even choose to shelter from the facts of the virus and its spread. The c...

Call for Entry ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members After Edward Hopper: Themes of Solitude and Isolation Exhibit Dates: February 5–27, 2021 Digital entry deadline extended to Sunday, January 17, 2021 by midnight Life in the time of COVID-19 this past year has created an inorganic state of a nearly lost humanity. The pervasive experiences of solitude, isolation, loneliness, longing, and reverie are a common thread in the paintings of Edward Hopper. Hopper’s iconic emblem of Post-Depression...