Del Ray Artisans Members Only Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry Celebration at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital May 1 – September 9, 2023 Entry deadline extended to Friday, April 14, 2023 by midnight “Celebration” is the action of marking one’s pleasure at an important event or occasion by engaging in enjoyable, typically festive and social, activity. Spring and summer bring so many opportunities to celebrate—such as Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Fourth of July, wedding season, and famil...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists & high school students Prints in May @ DRA: Exploring the Possibilities Exhibit Dates: May 5–27, 2023 Digital entry deadline: Monday, April 10, 2023 by midnight Explore the possibilities of printmaking and imprinting! Enter traditional prints (e.g. block prints, intaglio prints, monoprints, collagraphs, and silkscreens), prints enhanced with mixed media, or prints repurposed in any way. Equally welcome are stamped metal jewelry, ceramic objects w...

Call for Artists Del Ray Artisans’ Spring Art Market Application deadline: Sunday, March 26, 2023 by midnight Join Del Ray Artisans in its tradition of outdoor art markets and sell your 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 13, 2023 from 10am to 4pm. Details and Application (PDF)

Call for Entry ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members & Art Enables Artists A Tale of Two Studios Exhibit Dates: April 7–29, 2023 Entry deadline extended to Wednesday, March 15, 2023 by midnight Del Ray Artisans members are invited to submit up to three (3) art pieces that best present their personal artistic style, medium, or subject matter. If members wish to create new 2D and 3D work(s) around the theme of ‘disability,’ ‘outsider,’ ‘progressive studios’ they are encouraged to do so. T...

Call for Artists ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members Alcove Gift Shop March 3 – April 29, 2023 Application deadline: Sunday, February 12, 2023 by midnight Del Ray Artisans has established the Alcove as a gift shop within the gallery, where members who apply and are accepted display and sell their work. Unframed 2-D works are 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 Del Ray Artisans Members Only Fun With One Exhibit Dates: March 3 – April 1, 2023 Entry deadline extended to Wednesday, February 15, 2023 by midnight Del Ray Artisans invites members to have fun with one color—to create monochromatically. Choose a color (any color) and create using just this one color, altered if you like with white and/or black, or with the color’s opposite on the color wheel. Not limited to just one color of red, for instance, but could include...

Del Ray Artisans Members Only Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry Hygge at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital January 30 – April 1, 2023 Entry deadline extended to Sunday, January 15, 2023 by midnight "Hygge" is a word in Danish and Norwegian that describes a mood of coziness and "comfortable conviviality" with feelings of wellness and contentment. Think hugging a loved one, snuggling with your pet, roasting marshmallows, reading a book, doing yoga—whatever brings you contentment. This moo...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists The Unseen Exhibit Dates: February 3–25, 2023 Digital entry deadline: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 by midnight Artists are invited to explore the hidden, under the surface, microscopic, imagined, or dreamt that make life so much richer. Only bound by your imagination, the curator hopes all artists will take us to places only they have been…in their minds, their dreams, their dives, their experiments, their hopes, and their fears. The juror is renowned s...

Call for Artists ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members Alcove Gift Shop January 6 – February 25, 2023 Application deadline: Sunday, December 11, 2022 by midnight Del Ray Artisans has established the Alcove as a gift shop within the gallery, where members who apply and are accepted display and sell their work. Unframed 2-D works are 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 ar...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists Putting A Face To A Name Exhibit Dates: January 6–28, 2023 Entry deadline extended to Sunday, December 18, 2022 by midnight Reimagine your favorite fictional character. Mr. Darcy as a robot? Daenerys Targaryen as a Smurf? Scarlett O’Hara as a Vampire? Hannibal Lecter as a Disney Princess? Nothing is too outrageous! Artists may also select characters from folklore and fairy tales, such as King Arthur or Rapunzel. This exhibit is open to all mediums. U...