“Brushes & Beyond” Art Camp 2025 at Del Ray Artisans Gallery

Posted on February 27, 2025March 2, 2025 by Web Curator

Del Ray Artisans Brushes & Beyond Art Camp - delrayartisans.org/artcamp

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...

“Fairy Tales Around the World” Art Exhibit at Del Ray Artisans Gallery

Posted on February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 by Web Curator

Detail of Tiny Travels by Courtney Pippin-Mathur

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...

“MeWOW: Fabulous Felines” Art Exhibit at Del Ray Artisans Gallery

Posted on January 1, 2025January 1, 2025 by Web Curator

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...

“Visual Humor” Art Exhibit at Del Ray Artisans Gallery

Posted on December 5, 2024December 13, 2024 by Web Curator

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 ...

Del Ray Artisans 29th Annual Fine Art & Fine Craft Holiday Market

Posted on October 24, 2024October 24, 2024 by Web Curator

First three weekends in December 2024 Join us the first three weekends in December for Del Ray Artisans’ 29th Annual Holiday Market at Del Ray Artisans gallery in the Colasanto Center, 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22301. Market hours are Fridays 6-9pm and Saturdays 9am-5pm & Sundays 11am-5pm. The market is free to browse, open to the public, and different artists featured each weekend! The market offers unique handmade fine arts and fine crafts from local artists pr...

“$100 and Under” Art Exhibit at Del Ray Artisans Gallery

Posted on October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 by Web Curator

This Monkey Has Gone to Heaven by Karen Schmitz

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 ...

Chirilagua Neighborhood Arts Day / Día de las Artes del Barrio de Chirilagua

Posted on September 30, 2024September 30, 2024 by Web Curator

Chirilagua Neighborhood Arts Day / Día de Artes del Barrio - Sábado, 12 de octubre del 2024, 12-4pm

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...

“Artificial or Intelligence?” Art Exhibit at Del Ray Artisans Gallery

Posted on September 19, 2024September 22, 2024 by Web Curator

Detail of “Sum of its parts?” by Nicole Mahoney

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 ...

Del Ray Artisans’ HalloWEIRD 2024 Art Market

Posted on September 5, 2024September 5, 2024 by Web Curator

Saturday, September 21, 10am–4pm (Outside, Rain or Shine) Come to the 3rd annual HalloWEIRD outdoor art market on Saturday, September 21, 2024 from 10am–4pm to browse Halloween-inspired creations that are spooky, creepy, crawly, and goth. Maybe you like the upbeat, fun side of the season, like costumes, hot cider, hay rides, autumn colors. You can see art celebrating that too! The market offers diverse, original handcrafted artwork from talented local artists in a wide range of media, includ...

“Fascinating Fiber, Alluring Fabric” Art Exhibit at Del Ray Artisans Gallery

Posted on August 13, 2024August 13, 2024 by Web Curator

Artwork by Liz Martinez and Robyn McGarry

Exhibit Dates: September 6–28, 2024 Opening Reception: Friday, September 6 from 7–9pm Fiber art fascinates by taking art outside the frame—it is unique, dimensional, and tactile. Draped, stitched, or embellished fabric sparks creativity and delights the senses, as itself and when depicted in other visual art forms. The Fascinating Fiber, Alluring Fabric art exhibit at Del Ray Artisans focuses on fiber and fabric art but also highlights their influence on other mediums as well. This exhibit...