Exhibit Dates: April 7–29, 2023 Opening Reception: Friday, April 7, 7-9pm Del Ray Artisans partners with DC Gallery and Studio Art Enables to showcase the inspiring and diverse art of these two local community organizations and to forge creative exchange through artist talks, workshops, and tours. The A Tale of Two Studios art exhibit (curated by Amy Kitchin and co-juried by Art Enables artist Toni Lane and program manager Aimee Wanner) features favorite works by Del Ray Artisans members a...

Exhibit Dates: March 3–April 1, 2023 Opening Reception: Friday, March 3, 7-9pm The Fun With One art exhibit showcases 2D and 3D monochromatic artwork by Del Ray Artisans members—revealing a fascinating variety even using only one color. Join us for the opening reception on Friday, March 3 between 7-9pm to meet the curators: Rusty Lynn and Kelly Postula. Mark your calendar now or set a reminder through Eventbrite. Come to the reception dressed all in one color for fun and a chance to win...

Exhibit Dates: February 3–25, 2023 Opening Reception: Friday, February 3, 7-9pm Join us for the opening reception of The Unseen art exhibit at Del Ray Artisans on Friday, February 3 between 7-9pm to meet the curator, Peter Michaels, and the artists. Mark your calendar now or set a reminder through Eventbrite. This exhibit reveals what we typically cannot see. Juried by renowned scientist and artist Michal Gavish, who recently returned from a residency in Seoul and a one-person show in N...

Exhibit Dates: January 6–28, 2023 Opening Reception: Friday, January 6, 7-9pm Happy New Year! Come see Del Ray Artisans first art exhibit of 2023, Putting A Face To A Name—a clever showcase where local artists reimagine fictional characters from books, movies, plays, poetry, television, and more. Join us for the opening reception on Friday, January 6 between 7-9pm to meet the curator, Gordon Thomas Frank, and artists. Mark your calendar now or set a reminder through Eventbrite. Plus ...

Exhibit Dates: November 4–27, 2022 Opening Reception: Friday, November 4, 7-9pm Del Ray Artisans is bringing back our popular $100 & Under exhibit concept from 2015, 2017, and 2019 showcasing members’ original artwork, all priced at $100 and under. The art will be sold on an art-to-go basis, with buyers taking art home when purchased during the exhibit from November 4–27, 2022. Join us at the opening reception on Friday, November 4 from 7-9pm to meet the curator and artists and sele...

Exhibit Dates: October 7–29, 2022 Opening Reception: Friday, October 7, 7-9pm In Ecclesiastes it is written that “there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry.” The Return to Eating, Drinking, and Merriment exhibit celebrates the way that food and drink bring people together and bring joy to our lives. The exhibit focuses on art inspired by food—real and metaphorical—that nourishes the viewer, as well as the rituals and places that celebrate t...

Exhibit Dates: September 2 – October 1, 2022 Reception: Saturday, September 3 from 3-6pm Del Ray Artisans, founded in 1992, celebrates its 30th Anniversary this year with a members art exhibit, anniversary party & reception, and programs that rhyme with THIRTY. The Big 3-0 members showcase features stunning artwork in a variety of media and themes. Member artists share their favorite works, as well as memories of Del Ray Artisans nonprofit in this exhibit. Join us for The Big 3-0 ex...

Exhibit Dates: August 5–27, 2022 Opening Day: Friday, August 5 from 12-9pm The A Space Between art exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery focuses on shadows, negative space, and often overlooked components of a scene. After two years separated by literally six feet—and many centuries of burying loved ones six feet under—the concept of space gave artists a chance to explore themes of isolation beyond the physical separations of our shared experience. Join us on opening day, Friday, August 5 bet...

Exhibit Dates: June 3–26, 2022 Opening Day: Friday, June 3 from 12-9pm Visit Del Ray Artisans gallery between June 3-26, 2022 to experience the Afros and Abstract exhibit celebrating the individuality of hair, body, space, imagination and time. This exhibit hopes to provoke interest in the visual beauty of a culture that reaches the expanse of humanity and a movement, encapsulating the amorphous state of lines, color, hues and tones. And if you are looking for something else, you’ll also f...

Exhibit Dates: May 6–28, 2022 Opening Day: Friday, May 6 from 12-9pm Drips, Lines, Splatters, and Splash: A Celebration of the Washington Color School is the May exhibit at Del Ray Artisans, now celebrating 30 years as a non-profit fine arts organization in Alexandria. Both representational and abstract expressions of color, line, movement, and sense of space are explored. The exhibit was inspired by and celebrates the work of Morris Louis, Gene Davis, Jacob Kainen, among other founders...