Party for the Arts and Canal Center Gallery Exhibition (10/8-10/16)

Join us at the Alexandria Arts Alliance’s Party for the Arts celebrating the arts’ impact and resilience as part of National Arts & Humanities Month. The party is on Saturday, October 8, 2022 from 4-7pm at the Canal Center Plaza, Alexandria’s newest waterfront venue in the Old Town North Arts District. The event will feature performances on multiple outdoor stages and indoor galleries.

The Alexandria Arts Alliance, in partnership with local visual arts spaces including Principle Gallery, Kyo Gallery, Galactic Panther Gallery, the Athenaeum and Del Ray Artisans will be presenting the first-of-its-kind exhibition featuring artists and art that best represent and highlight Alexandria’s power to inspire, spark change, and contribute to the vibrant, thriving and inclusive Alexandria community!

This collaborative exhibition will launch during the Party for the Arts. The Canal Center Gallery Exhibition will run for a special limited time—from October 8–16, 2022. In addition to the party, gallery hours are Sunday 10/9 from 4-8pm, Friday 10/14 from 4-10pm, Saturday 10/15 from 12-10pm, and Sunday 10/16 from 4-8pm. Come see the work of these Del Ray Artisans members featured in the exhibit:

• William J. Cabrera
• Gordon Thomas Frank
• Erica Hughes
• Barbara Januszkiewicz
• Guy Jones
• M. Reday Cook
• Ellen Rosenthal
• Karen Schmitz
• Kathy Turner
• Heidi Ostreng Vatanka

National Arts & Humanities Month is coordinated by Americans for the Arts, the national organization working to empower communities with the resources and support necessary to provide access to the arts for everyone. The Alexandria Arts Alliance is a coalition of arts organizations, artists and arts advocates that works to advance the arts in Alexandria through advocacy, collaboration, education, and marketing.

Del Ray Artisans is a member of Alexandria Arts Alliance.