Call for Artists Del Ray Artisans’ Spring Art Market Applications due: April 14, 2019 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 11, 2019 from 10am to 4pm. Details and Application (PDF)

Call for Entry ~ Open to All Area Artists Sacred Feminine May 3 – June 2, 2019 Digital entry deadline extended to Sunday, April 14, 2019 by midnight Despite all of its progress, our modern world still skews away from honoring the sacred feminine. Society promotes unhealthy body standards to keep women enslaved to an unattainable ideal. Advertising uses the bodies of women to sell products from fast food to luxury cars. Societal ethics sanction the elevation of “God the Father” over “Mother E...

Call for Entry ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members and Local Area High School Students (No) Comfort Zone April 5–28, 2019 Digital entries due: Sunday, March 17, 2019 by midnight This exhibit will showcase art that reflects people, places and things that are in and/or out of your comfort zone. (No) Comfort Zone is a Del Ray Artisans exhibit open only to members and local area high school students. If you are not a member, you may join Del Ray Artisans now to enter. Entry Details & F...

Call for Entry ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members For the Artist March 1–31, 2019 Digital entries due: Saturday, February 16, 2019 by midnight This show will feature works that the artist has always wanted to create—complete that piece that has been bugging you, calling to you, and has been on your New Year’s resolution list several years running. Although this can be considered a thematically open show, we challenge artists to reach into that wish list and create the special piece you’v...

Del Ray Artisans Members Only Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry Re-Connecting Threads at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital January 28 - June 2, 2019 Digital entries due: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 by midnight This Gallery Without Walls exhibit revisits Connecting Threads, the Del Ray Artisans gallery exhibit from November 2018 that celebrated fiber and how it connects us to the stories of our lives. Member artists from the original Connecting Threads exhibit, as well as other Del Ray A...

Call for Entry ~ Open to All Area Artists New Beginnings February 1–24, 2019 Digital entries due: Monday, January 14, 2019 by midnight The EPA estimates that 75% of the American waste stream is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30% of it. Some people are being more conscientious about recycling, and also about reusing. Sellers have taken to eBay and CraigsList for years, but now many are utilizing give-away sites like Freecycle.org and BuyNothing. Artwork submitted to this exhibit sh...

Call for Entry ~ Open to All Area Artists Faces January 4–27, 2019 Digital entries due: Sunday, December 16, 2018 by midnight Portraits show the life a person has lived, the joy a person emanates, the wisdom gained through years of living, and focuses on the soul of the person. This exhibit is for the fresh face of a two-year old toddler or the lived-in face of an octogenarian, and all living in between. Full length portraits are encouraged, but this exhibit centers on faces, however the...

Del Ray Artisans Members Only Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry Local Artisan Showcase at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital November 11, 2018 - November 10, 2019 Digital entries due: Sunday, November 4, 2018 by midnight This is a new, 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. No entry fee; pieces previousl...

Application deadline: Sunday, September 9, 2018 by midnight Missed the deadline? Apply for the waiting list. Applications for exhibitors in Del Ray Artisans' 23rd Holiday Market to be held each weekend from November 30-December 16, 2018 are now open. Different artists from a variety of media categories will be selected for each weekend. Artists who apply by the September 9 deadline will be notified of acceptance by September 23. Del Ray Artisans members and non-members are eligible, so apply n...