Call for Artists ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members Alcove Gift Shop October 6 – November 26, 2023 Application deadline: Saturday, September 23, 2023 by midnight Del Ray Artisans’ Alcove is 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 sold they ca...

Call for Entry ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members Only Housemates Exhibit Dates: November 3–26, 2023 Digital entry deadline extended to Saturday, October 21, 2023 by midnight Portray your pet(s) or human housemates in the media of your choice: painting, photography, digital art, sculpture, fiber art, or other art forms. Capture the personality, beauty, craziness and love that housemates bring into our lives. The Housemates call for entry is only open to Del Ray Artisans members. If yo...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists Curses! Foiled Again! The Art of Swords and Sorcery Exhibit Dates: October 6–28, 2023 Digital entry deadline extended to Saturday, September 16, 2023 by midnight From the daring swordswoman with her bevy of mythical beasts to the haggard bog witch, all expressions of the fantastic are invited! Whether you are inspired by the texture of a dragon’s skin, the swirling cloak of a sorceress, the shriek of a hydra, or a technical manual of swordplay, share...

Call for Artists Del Ray Artisans Holiday Market December 1–23, 2023 Application deadline: Sunday, September 10, 2023 by midnight Applications for exhibitors in Del Ray Artisans' 28th annual Holiday Market are now open. Different artists from a variety of media categories will be selected for each weekend. Preference is given to Del Ray Artisans members. The market will be the first three weekends of December (1-3, 8-10, and 15-17; Friday night and Saturday and Sunday days) as usual, ...

Call for Entry (Open to Members Only) Del Ray Artisans’ 2024 Wall Calendar Digital entries due Sunday, September 3, 2023 Members: Submit your best work to the 11th annual Del Ray Artisans’ wall 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 approxi...

Del Ray Artisans Members Only Gallery Without Walls Call for Entry 12 Elements of Nature at VCA Alexandria Animal Hospital September 18, 2023 – January 27, 2024 Entry deadline: Sunday, August 27, 2023 by midnight Most of us are aware of the four classics elements of nature: Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire. Did you know there are eight other elements "used to simplify the complexity of nature"? We invite artists to explore all 12 elements of nature: Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, as well as Thun...

Call for Artists ~ Open to Del Ray Artisans Members Alcove Gift Shop August 4 – September 30, 2023 Application deadline: Monday, July 17, 2023 by midnight Del Ray Artisans’ Alcove is 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 sold they can be re...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists Farther Afield Exhibit Dates: September 1–30, 2023 Digital entry deadline: Thursday, August 10, 2023 by midnight Take us on a trip to experience sights far and wide through your eyes and experience (real or wishful). Depict a scene from a day trip or from halfway across the world—the distance is up to you! Looking forward to experiencing new cities, states, countries, and continents through your art. All media are welcome. The exhibit is open to a...

Call for Artists Del Ray Artisans’ HalloWEIRD Art Market Application deadline extended to Sunday, August 13, 2023 by midnight Apply now for the 2nd annual HalloWEIRD outdoor art market centered around the theme: Halloween. Showcase your spooky, creepy, crawly, disturbing, goth pieces or focus on the upbeat, fun side of the season (costumes, hot cider, hay rides, autumn colors, etc). This is an outdoor, family-friendly, rain-or-shine event in Colasanto Park, adjoining Del Ray Artisans gallery,...

Call for Entry ~ Open to area artists Treasures of the DMV Exhibit Dates: August 4–26, 2023 Digital entry deadline: Monday, July 10, 2023 by midnight Explore DC, Maryland, and/or Virginia—both the famous and the overlooked, natural and abstract—from the artist’s perspective. Such images may be real or imagined, creating a sense of place and time in our modern world of shifting meanings, through painting, fiber, sculpture, multimedia, and photography, using stark black and white, or vivid...