Exhibit Dates: September 1–30, 2023 Opening Reception: Friday, September 1, 7-9pm Art allows the viewer to travel and experience new sights without leaving their home. The Farther Afield art exhibit takes this more literally by celebrating artwork that takes us outside of our day-to-day life to locations far and wide. Whether depicting a scene from a day trip or from halfway across the world, these artworks transport the viewer away from Alexandria to new cities, states, countries, and con...

Exhibit Dates: August 4–26, 2023 Opening Reception: Friday, August 4, 7-9pm Celebrate the wonders of DC, Maryland, and Virginia by visiting the Treasures of the DMV art exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery. In this exhibit, local artists highlight both famous and overlooked regional gems and reveal a sense of place and time in our modern world of shifting meanings through paintings, fiber art, sculptures, mixed media works, photography, and more. Join us for the opening reception on Frid...

Exhibit Dates: June 2–25, 2023 Opening Reception: Friday, June 2, 7-9pm The United States is a patchwork of 50 states, 1 federal district, 5 major territories, and various minor islands. This country has beautiful beaches and majestic mountains, bustling cities and quiet towns, pastoral ranches and farms, vast natural beauty and amazing technology, and so much more. The American Patchwork art exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery highlights the diversity of cultures, landscapes, and artistic...

Exhibit Dates: May 5–27, 2023 Opening Reception: Friday, May 5, 7-9pm The Prints in May @ DRA: Exploring the Possibilities exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery features art that explores the possibilities of printmaking and imprinting on paper and objects. The exhibit features traditional printmaking techniques such as relief prints, intaglio prints, monoprints, handmade and digital prints on their own and with mixed media, along with fabrics, ceramics and other objects enhanced with block ...

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...