Call for Entry

Below are opportunities to submit artwork to Del Ray Artisans upcoming art exhibits. Please carefully review the call for entry for exhibit specific details. Each exhibit is unique!

Through the Looking Glass (Entries due 2/20/2017)

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Through the Looking Glass
Call for Entry Through the Looking Glass at Del Ray Artisans Gallery March 3-26, 2017 Digital entries due: Monday, February 20, 2017 by midnight Del Ray Artisans welcomes the strange, odd, and out of perspective: fish eye lens, mirror images, strange colors, impossible structures, pigs that fly, animals that dance. Through The Looking Glass is to be an ode to the childhood cult classic with a personal twist. Bring us your personal story of tumbling down the rabbit hole and the journey tr...
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A New Beginning (Entries due 1/24/2017)

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New Beginnings by Eileen O'Brien
Del Ray Artisans' Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry A New Beginning at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital January 29 - May 21, 2017 Digital entries due: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 by midnight Happy New Year!  What images come to mind when you think of a new start or a new beginning?  Here at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital, we are giving our building more than just a fresh coat of paint and are thrilled to see how Del Ray Artisans (DRA) artists interpret this theme. As with our prior two co...
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Lovers (Entries due 1/20/2017)

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Lovers Art Exhibit
Del Ray Artisans' Exhibit Call for Entry Lovers at Del Ray Artisans Gallery February 3-26, 2017 Digital entries due: Friday, January 20, 2017 by midnight Broken hearts, far apart, still together, despite the weather.  “Lovers” will celebrate the spirit of Valentines Day throughout the month of February.  This show features Del Ray Artisans members’ interpretations of affectionate pairings of diverse types. DRA Fundraiser: Artists’ are also asked to contribute handmade cards to be availabl...
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Simply Abstract (Entries due 12/23/2016)

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Untitled by Judy Lynn
Del Ray Artisans' Exhibit Call for Entry Simply Abstract at Del Ray Artisans Gallery January 6–29, 2017 Digital entries due: Friday, December 23, 2016 Toss your colors and media in the air and let them fall where they may!  Release your inner energy to create and share your abstract art!  Abstract art continues to evolve and comes in many different flavors.  Compositions use a visual language of shape, form, color, and line.  Some have no representational content whatsoever, while others...
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H2O/WATERWORKS (Entries due 10/21/2016)

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Del Ray Artisans' Members Exhibit Call for Entry H2O/WATERWORKS at Del Ray Artisans Gallery November 4–27, 2016 Digital entries due: Friday, October 21, 2016 Water works for us:  we may love it or hate it, crave it or fear it, but we all need it.  Our bodies are made up of  60% water and 71% of the earth’s surface is water. Water is beautiful, essential, dangerous and destructive.  It can manifest itself in so many forms: liquid, vapor, solid.   Artists have depicted water in many ways, ...
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Del Ray Artisans’ 2017 Wall Calendar (Entries due 10/28/2016)

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Del Ray Artisans calendar
Call for Entry (Open to Members) Del Ray Artisans' 2017 Wall Calendar Digital entries due: Friday, October 28, 2016 Members: Submit your best work to the 4th annual Del Ray Artisans' calendar! All entries are to be received digitally, and no physical pieces of art will be collected. There is no entry fee, no theme, and work previously shown at Del Ray Artisans is acceptable. Your Del Ray Artisans membership must be up-to-date. The Calendar Selection Committee will choose approximately 40 p...
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Local Flavor Exhibit (Entries due 9/22/2016)

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Local Flavor postcard
Del Ray Artisans' Members Exhibit Call for Entry Local Flavor at Del Ray Artisans Gallery October 7–30, 2016 Digital entries due: Thursday, September 22, 2016 When you’re not in town, what do you miss? What do you crave? A local ice cream shop or favorite restaurant? Friendly neighbors, dogs, or familiar faces? What do you see on your typical routes to work, shopping, or recreation? Highlight local officials, landmarks (popular or hidden gems), small businesses, farmers’ markets, community e...
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Cookbook Fundraiser (Recipes & Artwork due 9/5/2016)

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Call for Cookbook Recipes and Artwork Submissions due via email by September 5, 2016 Del Ray Artisans (DRA) is preparing a cookbook to sell during the holiday season and thereafter. Help raise funds for DRA by sending us your recipes for that hearty soup, the cocktail that inspires you to paint, your mother in law’s signature hors d’oeuvres—which you’ve improved—or the pie you brought to the DRA member meeting. Recipes are being sought for these categories: Beverages; Appetizers and Snacks; ...
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Holiday Market 2016 (Applications due 9/18/2016)

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Application deadline extended to: Sunday, September 18, 2016 Applications for exhibitors in Del Ray Artisans' 21st Holiday Market to be held in December 2016 are now open. The market is the first three weekends in December. Different artists from a variety of media categories will be selected for each weekend. Artists who applied before August 19 will be notified of acceptance by September 2; artists who applied after August 19 will be notified after September 18. DRA members and non-members ar...
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Birdhouses of Del Ray: Silent Auction Fundraiser (Entries due 10/3/2016)

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Visionary Birdhouse by Ted Frankel
Physical submissions due: October 2 and October 3, 2016 from 6-8pm Seeking artisans birdhouses for the "Birdhouses of Del Ray" silent auction fundraiser. Artists are invited to submit one or two 3-D birdhouses of any material. Artists may completely form their own birdhouse or may purchase a 'blank' birdhouse from Del Ray Artisans to alter and embellish. The birdhouses will be on display for bidding from October 7-25, 2016. All proceeds from the auction will be donated to Del Ray Artisans. Bird...
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