Exhibit Dates: May 2-24, 2025 Opening Reception: Fri., May 2, 7-9 p.m. Ever wished you’d seen Picasso before he became famous? Or was the one to discover Renoir? The trick is to check out the artistry all around you. The Alexandria City High School (ACHS) Titan Student Art Exhibition at Del Ray Artisans gallery shines a spotlight on our city’s flourishing young artists. Stop by to support Alexandria City High School’s best of the best. Join us for the opening reception on Fri., May 2, 2025 ...

Exhibit Dates: April 4-26, 2025 Opening Reception: Friday, April 4 from 7–9pm The Synchronous art exhibit features creative work by Del Ray Artisans’ top 100 volunteers. These members help make Del Ray Artisans a thriving organization that fosters community and acceptance, promotes authentic expression, and encourages artistic creations. Come celebrate the dedication of our volunteers and enjoy their artwork and join in our raffle—prize to be announced soon! Join us for the opening rece...

Choose July 14-18 or July 21-25 Del Ray Artisans invites young campers ages 8-12 years old for “Brushes & Beyond” Art Camp 2025 to spend a week creating art with professional local artist instruction. Students will have an immersive creative journey: painting, sculpting, journaling and other artful planned activities. During nice weather, students will have outdoor time. Art Camp runs Monday through Friday from 9am to 4pm. Choose between Week One (July 14-18) and Week Two (July 21-25). A...

Exhibit Dates: March 7-29, 2025 Opening Reception: Friday, March 7 from 7–9pm Remember your favorite stories as a child? The faraway lands, perilous journeys with magical characters and fantastic creatures? The Fairy Tales Around the World art exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery celebrates the stories and fables that shaped us, from local legends to distant tales, from mythical beasts to heroes, villains and everyone in between. Join us for the opening reception on Friday, March 7 betwe...

Exhibit Dates: February 7 - March 1, 2025 Opening Reception: Friday, February 7 from 7–9pm “Lions and Tigers and Tabbies! Oh Meow!” Local artists let their creative cat “out of the bag” in a diverse array of mediums for the purr-fectly paw-some MeWOW: Fabulous Felines exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery. Come see the exhibit to marvel at the power and fascination of cat imagery in art. These furry, mysterious, independent, beautiful felines have inundated history, mythology, literature, ad...

Exhibit Dates: January 3 – February 1, 2025 Opening Reception: Friday, January 3 from 7–9pm Humor is aesthetic to the extent that it arouses the viewers’ imagination, provides them with insights about human existence, and provokes them to think more critically and creatively. –M. Gordon 2012 The joy found in comedy delights all. Visual Humor, a lighthearted exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery, offered artists the opportunity to provoke their own creativity in search of a chuckle. Visual ...

Exhibit Dates: November 1 – December 1, 2024 Opening Reception: Friday, November 1 from 7–9pm This November Del Ray Artisans is bringing back our popular $100 and Under exhibit concept from 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2022 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 1 – December 1, 2024. Join us for the opening reception on Friday, November 1 between ...

English ↓ | Español ↓ Chirilagua Neighborhood Arts Day Saturday, October 12, 12-4pm (Rain or Shine) Come enjoy Chirilagua Neighborhood Arts Day—a free, outdoor, community art-making event on Saturday, October 12, 12-4pm at the Four Mile Run Conservatory (4109 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA). The event is organized by Del Ray Artisans in partnership with Casa Chirilagua. Note: If it rains, the activities will be moved inside the Four Mile Run Conservatory building. Artist instruc...

Exhibit Dates: October 4–26, 2024 Opening Reception: Friday, October 4 from 7–9pm Talk about artificial intelligence, or AI, abounds. When humans work with AI, is the outcome less than, equal to, or greater than the sum of its parts? Come see the Artificial or Intelligence? art exhibit at Del Ray Artisans gallery as we explore this and other questions. Join us for the opening reception on Friday, October 4 between 7-9pm to meet curators Nicole Mahoney and Nancy Galib and the artists. Mark ...