Call for Artists Del Ray Artisans' Spring Art Market Applications due: April 15, 2018 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 at Nicholas A. Colasanto Park, adjoining Del Ray Artisans gallery, on Saturday, May 12, 2018 from 10am to 4pm. Application Form (PDF)   Save S...

Call for Proposals 2019 Art Exhibits at Del Ray Artisans Gallery Proposals deadline extended to Wednesday, August 1, 2018 by midnight Del Ray Artisans is currently soliciting show proposals for next year’s calendar. Del Ray Artisans strives to offer exhibits that reach a broad and diverse audience, encourage artistic development, and represent a wide variety of art forms. The Show Selection Committee will review all proposals and make recommendations to the Board for final approval. Quest...

Del Ray Artisans’  Members Only Atomic Dog Call for Entry May 4 – 27, 2018 Digital entries due:  Monday, April 23, 2018 by midnight Sponsored by The Dog Store of Del Ray, Del Ray Artisans is accepting submissions for Atomic Dog, a show for dog lovers and artists of all breeds. Artistic expressions of canines and their characteristics of all kinds are welcome, whether realistic or abstract. This show will include, but not be limited to, photography, painting, sculpture, and inventive mixe...

Call for Entry ~ Open to All Area Artists A Touch of Magic April 6–29, 2018 Digital entries due:  Monday, March 26, 2018 by midnight Magic is what we believe it is. We can see it as subtle or bold, complex or simple. Magical inspirations can vary with culture, age, beliefs, experience, physiology, and even pharmacology. We can suspect that magic created that special moment of connection, that fulfilled dream, that rare experience, the unexpected beauty, or that amazing phenomenon others ...

Del Ray Artisans Members Only Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry Reinvention at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital March 4 - June 10, 2018 Digital entries due: Monday, February 26, 2018 by midnight We’re partnering with the VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital again! The Animal Hospital has just completed a major renovation, working with the strong bones of their original structure to reinvent the hospital to better serve their clients. So for our next Gallery Without Walls show, we challenge a...

Outdoors In Call for Entry Del Ray Artisans gallery March 2 - April 1, 2018 Digital entries due: Monday, February 12, 2018 by midnight Open to Del Ray Artisans Members and All Local Area High School and College Students Art and nature have been closely linked from the time of cave drawings.  Before the camera was in common usage, what we learned about the nature of things and our environment came largely through the work of artists.  Scientists, explorers and adventurers all recorded...

Art2 Call for Entry Del Ray Artisans gallery February 2 - 25, 2018 Digital entries due: Monday, January 15, 2018 by midnight Creativity drives the mind to explore: it inspires the scientist to ask questions and search for understanding; it leads the engineer to new solutions and inventions; it pushes the artist to new levels of expression. Mathematics has its own beauty (like Euler’s identity), and principles of symmetry, geometry, and measurement are often used in creating beautiful art...

Sensorium Call for Entry Del Ray Artisans gallery January 5 - 28, 2018 Digital entries due: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 by midnight Our senses and the apparatus in our brain evoke emotional feelings of sympathy, appreciation, or gratitude, or something that is moving, heartwarming, or tender. The connection between our senses and emotions makes contact with our hearts through someone, something, or an event—be it a pat or tap on the head; or the feel of flower petals, hard steel, body p...

Del Ray Artisans Members Only Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry Open Theme at the Durant Arts Center November 27, 2017 - February 26, 2018 Digital entries due: Monday, November 20, 2017 by midnight Del Ray Artisans is pleased to announce a collaboration with the Office of the Arts at Alexandria’s Durant Arts Center, located at 1605 Cameron St., to sponsor a new Gallery Without Walls exhibit. This show has no theme, though artists should keep in mind that the center houses many events...