Call for Entry

Below are opportunities to submit artwork to Del Ray Artisans upcoming shows and other local exhibitions. View each PDF for specific guidelines and requirements.

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	Music In Art (DRA Members Only) Receiving: Sunday, June 2 and Monday, June 3, 2013 from 6-8pm This all-member, all-media exhibit explores the relationship between music and art. There is a long history of musical references and influences in the visual arts. We are looking for artists to give us their interpretations—your chance to bring music in art to life with your painting, sculpture, glass, fiber, jewelry, or a mixed media creation!
	Artworks For Good Receiving: Sunday, May 12 and Monday, May 13, 2013 from 6:30-8:30pm Del Ray Artisans (DRA) is celebrating their mission of supporting the arts by hosting a fundraiser art exhibit with a closing Fundraiser/Benefit Reception. The proceeds of the art exhibit will go to DRA. Proceeds from the closing reception will be split between DRA and The American Cancer Society in honor of Becky Arnold. This exhibit is open to all area artists and selection/acceptance of artwork for this fundraising exhibit is the curator's decision.
	Alexandria Art Market (Artist Vendor Application) Application Deadline: April 22, 2013 Join Del Ray Artisans in its 4th season of monthly outdoor art markets on the lawn area of the Del Ray Artisans gallery. These markets give artists an opportunity to sell their original handmade artwork and provide them with consistent exposure to the community. There will be five (5) monthly markets on the 1st Saturday of the month (May through September) from 10am to 4pm, rain or shine.
	Turn On Your Masters Receiving: Sunday, Mar. 31 from 6-8pm and Monday, Apr. 1, 2013 from 5-7pm Take this opportunity to pay homage to your favorite master, question the hoopla surrounding particular pieces and praise, critique, or dish the artist and peers who have influenced us. A picture of your selected master artwork will be displayed next to your artwork. Show runs April 5-28, 2013. Show Awarding Judge: Scott Brooks. Curators: Zade Ramsey and Drew Cariaso.
	Art in City Hall Submission Deadline: Friday, March 29, 2013 at 6pm The Art League and the City of Alexandria, in conjunction with the Mayor's initiative to promote the arts citywide in Alexandria, are coordinating a rotating fine art exhibit. This exhibit will enhance the environment of Alexandria's City Hall and promote the talent of local artists. The exhibit will be juried by an outside, independent expert in the arts, and will hang for six months on the second floor of the Alexandria City Hall. Members of The Art League, Del Ray Artisans, and the Torpedo Factory Artists' Association are invited to participate.
	POWER ART Receiving: Sunday, Feb. 24 and Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 from 6-8pm Edgar Degas said: "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see." POWER ART makes others see familiar things in new ways; it evokes emotions. POWER ART can be big and bold, but it can also be quiet and simple. Regardless, it makes the viewer stop, and think. POWER ART is often a philosophical or satirical commentary. It addresses civil liberties, human rights or even the environment—that means POWER ART is often unconventional in both material and techniques.
	Dot and Dash Receiving: Sunday, Jan. 27 and Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 from 6-8pm All work starts with a basic dot or dash. What types of marks do you use to start your creative process? This show is an investigation about getting back to the basics. Deconstruct and reconstruct your unique art-making style to interpret the theme Dot and Dash. We are looking for area artists to create in their own unique style—painterly, graphic, realistic, or abstract—in two or three-dimensions.
	Shades of White (DRA Members Only) Receiving: Sunday, Dec. 30 from 6-8pm and Monday, Dec. 31, 2012 from 4-7pm This all-member, all-media show challenges DRA artists to think beyond the ordinary by creating their compositions in shades of white. White isn't "just white"! It has tones and hues ranging from blues to beiges to yellows and more.
	Alexandria Art Market (Artist Vendor Application) Contact ArtMarket@TheDelRayArtisans.org (2012 season has ended) Join Del Ray Artisans in its 3rd season of monthly outdoor art markets. These markets give artists an opportunity to sell their original handmade art work and provide them with consistent exposure to the community. There will be six (6) monthly markets on the 1st Saturday of the month, from 10 am to 4 pm, rain or shine. The art market will be held on the lawn area of the Del Ray Artisans gallery.
	Calling All Area Writers and Performing Artists Apply by October 8, 2012 We are looking for writers to submit poetry or short prose that interprets the show's theme, Sweet 'n Salty, AND looking for performers to "perform" the submitted works. Writers: Poem/prose should be no more than a page long. Performers: Performances can be spoken word, dance, music—whatever you are inspired to do by your assigned writing—but should be no longer than 5 minutes.
	Sweet 'n Salty Receiving: Sunday, September 30 and Monday, October 1, 2012 from 6:30-8:30pm Give in to your cravings and become inspired by the theme Sweet 'n Salty. Both words have a variety of connotations and meanings. Let your senses and personal experiences inspire you, and create dynamic and interesting interpretations of this very tasty and feeling-filled theme. Push your personal boundaries and become a little salty or try to be sweet. 3-D work is also encouraged.
	Art in City Hall Submission Deadline: Friday, September 28, 2012 at 6pm The Art League and the City of Alexandria, in conjunction with the Mayor's initiative to promote the arts citywide in Alexandria, are coordinating a rotating fine art exhibit. This exhibit will enhance the environment of Alexandria's City Hall and promote the talent of local artists. The exhibit will be juried by an outside, independent expert in the arts, and will hang for six months on the second floor of the Alexandria City Hall. Members of The Art League, Del Ray Artisans, and the Torpedo Factory Artists' Association are invited to participate.
	Fine Art & Fine Craft Holiday Market 2012 (Exhibitor Application) Application Deadline: Friday, September 7, 2012 Sell your art and fine handcrafts at the Holiday Market! We are expanding to 3 weekends this year, so get your application in early! Artists from a variety of media categories will be selected. Exhibitor opportunity open to all; Del Ray Artisans members receive priority and a discount. Please read everything and follow all the directions. Vendor notification will be on Friday, September 14.
	Telling Images, Juried Photography Exhibition (DRA Members Only) Submissions due online: August 31, 2012 Some photographs tell, compel, imply, or suggest some sort of narrative or story: character, place, mood, feeling, plot, past, present, future. Submit up to four (4) single images, each richly implying a story your viewer is induced to imagine from your visual vocabulary. Your topic might include people, or empty spaces that imply presence, in a realistic or abstract style. Choose from your work a group that together tells our jurors what your eye is like. Their criteria will be the quality, originality, and effectiveness in expressing this theme. Film or digital, color or black/white, are acceptable.
	Call for Art Exhibition Proposals for January, June or Sept. 2013 Proposal deadline extended to: Friday, August 17, 2012 Interested in curating a show at the Del Ray Artisans gallery? We are planning our 2013 show year and have availability left in January, June and September 2013. If you would like to curate or assist but don't have an idea, we can work together on a theme that suits your style. Del Ray Artisans members only. Contact Drew at Curating@TheDelRayArtisans.org with any questions.
	It Runs in the Family! Submissions due: August 15, 2012 Show us the art that represents your "artistic heritage" by presenting a collection of your own and your family's artworks—that which inspired you and others. We are interpreting "family" very broadly (spouses, partners, in-laws, great-great-grandparents, distant cousins, etc). You be the "curator" and assemble a minimum of 2 or a maximum of 6 artworks (one per person in your family) that proves the point that art indeed "runs in the family."
	City Galleries: Call for Exhibition Proposals 2012-2015 Proposal Deadline Extended to Monday, July 16, 2012 at 5 PM Office of the Arts and Alexandria Commission for the Arts invite proposals from the artists for exhibitions in public galleries in the City. Proposals will be accepted from individual artists, consortia of artists, and organizations who work and/or live within the City of Alexandria. Exhibitions will run for six months. There is no exhibition theme and all two-dimensional media will be accepted. All work must be original.
	Hot! Hot! Hot! Receiving: Sunday, June 24 and Monday, June 25, 2012 from 6:30-8:30pm What comes to mind when you hear "Hot! Hot! Hot!"? The surface of the sun, steamy dances, ice melting on the sidewalk... Got an idea yet? Great, because that's what we want for the Hot! Hot! Hot! show in July. This show is [almost] anything goes, all media, and open to all area artists!
	Art on the Edge Receiving: Sunday, May 27 and Monday, May 28, 2012 from 6:30-8:30pm It's Del Ray Artisans' own "fringe festival." Explore and create "edgy" images, photographs, 3D constructions, or sculpture inspired by your outer creative limits and perhaps drawn from sports, clothes, music, art, performance, food, lifestyle, violent nature, animals, living spaces, dwelling places, steps and stairs, outside, inside, and so on. Let your imagination do the leading!
	Alexandria Commission for the Arts Special Opportunity Grant: Outdoor Temporary Public Art Project Deadline: April 20, 2012 at 5pm The Alexandria Commission for the Arts (ACA) is accepting proposals for the temporary placement or experience of art in public spaces through a special opportunity grant. The ACA is seeking innovative, thought-provoking projects by artists that relate to a proposed space or spaces in an engaging way. All artistic disciplines will be considered including, but not limited to: visual art, storytelling, poetry, spoken word, dance, music, theatre, performance art, and new media.
	Childhood Memories Receiving: Sunday, April 1 and Monday, April 2, 2012 from 6:30-8:30pm Memories are often the inspiration for art. This juried show is all about the artists' childhood. Our memories are endless: a tree, an experience, a trip, a gathering, an animal, a poem, a person, a place, or anything that brings you back to a childhood memory. Think outside your comfort zone to create innovative themed art. 3-D art also is encouraged.
	XX: 1992-2012 (DRA Members Only) Receiving: Sunday, February 26 and Monday, February 27, 2012 from 6:30-8:30pm This juried show opens the door for the best of the past and the present artwork from Del Ray Artisans members on our 20th Anniversary.
	Love, Politics and Scrabble: The Games People Play Receiving: Sunday, January 29 and Monday, January 30, 2012 from 6:30-8:30pm What's your game? Tennis? Mahjong? Or perhaps Gossip? Deceit? Del Ray Artisans invites artists to submit artwork inspired by the various games people play throughout life. The show, juried by Virginia-based painter Moira McQuillen, is an all-media show open to all area artists.
	Artist Warriors: Post Apocalyptic Adventure Receiving: Monday, January 2 (1-4pm) and Tuesday, January 3 (5-7pm), 2012 Imagine you are an artist surviving in the landscape of a post apocalyptic world. You become an art warrior documenting this inhospitable world with your art and creating fashions to move through it. The causes of this apocalypse could be real or media created. This show is all about letting your inner survivalist and your art warrior imagination go wild. Show is open to both 2- and 3-dimensional art as well as textiles such as clothing of apocalyptic era.
	It's All About The Little Things (DRA Members Only) Receiving: Sunday, December 4 and Monday, December 5, 2011 from 6:30-8:30pm It's all about the little things. Tiny, diminutive, miniature, but not quite microscopic. Some would say it's a small world—a very small world. The challenge to Del Ray Artisans members is to create art in 8"x10" or smaller, in two- or three-dimensional format.
	Create Arlington Green Games Awards Proposals Due: October 28, 2011 Arlington County Department of Environmental Services seeks qualified local artists (solo or teams) to generate artwork that will be awarded to successful participants in the Inaugural Season of the Arlington Green Games that achieve environmental goals eligible for the top tier award (Gold Award) and second tier award (Silver Award). The artwork is intended to: (1) serve as a permanent award suitable for display in recipients' place of work; (2) source materials that inspire resource conservation, reuse and recycling; and (3) be created by local artists or artist teams.
	Del Ray Dozenz Photography Show (DRA Members Only) Submissions Due: Friday, September 23, 2011 by 5pm This juried show builds on the triumphs of past DRA photography shows and expands participation to "dozenz" of Del Ray Artisans members. The gamut of photographic styles, techniques, and subjects are encouraged. This show celebrates photography as a printed medium, and will highlight the finest photographs DRA members have produced in the last two years.
	Retakes and Transformations: Art from everyday life (DRA Members Only) Receiving: Sunday, August 28 from 7-9pm and Monday, August 29, 2011 from 7-9pm We invite you to look deeply at your everyday life—to be inspired by delving into your habits, routines, favorite things or surroundings. Reveal the details in 2D or 3D and in any medium. Also consider entering the "Art for everyday life" market. Open to Del Ray Artisans members only.
	Fine Art & Fine Craft Holiday Market 2011 (Exhibitor Application) Registration Deadline: Friday, August 12, 2011 Sell your art and fine handcrafts at the Holiday Market the first weekend in December! Gallery space is limited, so apply early. Artists from a variety of media categories will be selected. Exhibitor opportunity open to Del Ray Artisans members only.
	Get Sparked! Art inspired by writing Register by July 22, 2011; Receiving: Monday, October 3, 2011 from 6:30-8:30pm Open to All Area Artist. Join Del Ray Artisans and SPARK as we embark on an artistic journey that pushes boundaries. This show is unique for DRA: All art submitted must be created during a specific timeframe and done in response to a story or poem provided to you. The goal? To gain inspiration from a written work and to challenge yourself to think and create in a new way. (Register Now)
	Made In The U.S.A. Receiving: Sunday, June 26 from 6:30-8pm and Monday, June 27, 2011 from 6-8pm Open to All Area Artist. Del Ray Artisans will be celebrating Independence Day and the month of July with artwork inspired by U.S. people, places and/or things. Artists are asked to create artwork with U.S.-made materials so as to emphasize both the origin of the materials and that we represent a large, important purchasing bloc. The goal of this exhibit is to reflect everything that represents the U.S., including the actual artistic materials themselves.
	Alexandria Art Market (Artist Vendor Application) Application Deadline: DEADLINE EXTENDED! Join Del Ray Artisans in its 2nd season of monthly outdoor art markets. These markets will give DRA members an opportunity to sell their original handmade art work and provide them with consistent exposure to the community. There will be six (6) monthly markets on the 1st Saturday of the month, from 10 am to 4 pm, rain or shine. The art market will be held on the lawn area of the Del Ray Artisans gallery. Vendor opportunity open to Del Ray Artisans members only.
	Drawing Inspiration from the Figure (DRA Members Only) Receiving: Sunday, May 29 from 5-8pm and Monday, May 30, 2011 from 5-7pm We are interested in showing a variety of styles and media in this show. We look forward to displaying your art that has started from observations of the human figure and developed into all manner of artistic expression. Realistic or abstracted, we are looking to have it in our show. Show us: how does the human figure inform or inspire your art?
	Art in City Hall Submission Deadline: Friday, May 6, 2011 at 6pm The Art League and the City of Alexandria, in conjunction with the Mayor's initiative to promote the arts citywide in Alexandria, are coordinating a rotating fine art exhibit. This exhibit will enhance the environment of Alexandria's City Hall and promote the talent of local artists. The exhibit will be juried by an outside, independent expert in the arts, and will hang for seven months on the second floor of the Alexandria City Hall. Members of The Art League, Del Ray Artisans, and the Torpedo Factory Artists' Association are invited to participate.
	Art Camp 2011: Call for Instructors/Artists Proposals due: Sunday, May 1, 2011 Del Ray Artisans is accepting project proposals for Art Camp 2011 for 25 students aged 8-14 (9 am- 4 pm, July 25-29, 2011). The ideal project will be fun, instructional, support the theme "around the world in 5 days" and be tailored to age groups 8-10 and/or 11-14. Projects should combine educational elements with hands-on opportunities for creativity and relate to a current or historic craft founded in cultural tradition.
	It's Only Rock 'n' Roll, But I Like It! Receiving: Sunday, March 27 from 6:30-8pm and Monday, March 28, 2011 from 6-8:30pm This unique exhibit will be inspired by and pay homage to all things rock 'n' roll: bands, instruments, lyrics, rebellious youth culture, a lifestyle dedicated to glamour and excess.
	Beyond Form: Expressing Art Receiving: Sunday, February 27 from 6-8pm and Monday, February 28, 2011 from 6-8pm DRA's March All-Media Abstract Show, Beyond Form: Expressing Art, is open to all area artists, with a spotlight on painting. See the gallery zipping with positive energy, beauty, truth, and color! See the counterpoint of monochromatic simplicity, stillness, and restraint—lending balance and white space. Whichever direction you go, let it be lovely, for as Kandinsky once said, "An empty canvas is a living wonder... far lovelier than certain pictures."
	Love Letters Receiving: Sunday, January 30 from 7-9pm and Monday, January 31, 2011 from 6-9pm Follow the tortured footsteps of Van Gogh and Toulouse Lautrec. Love Letters, the exhibit (2/4 -2/27/11), invites you to submit artwork inspired by art's most powerful emotion—love. Open to Del Ray Artisan members and non-members. Artists may submit a maximum of three entries and are required to accompany each submitted artwork with a love letter to the artwork subject matter.
	2011 Artistic Rain Barrel Program Application Submission Deadline: January 14, 2011 The Northern Virginia Rain Barrel Program partners invite you to submit a design and application to have your artwork featured in the 2011 Artistic Rain Barrel Program. Each selected artist will turn a rain barrel into a work of art as part of a fun way to educate the community on the benefits of using rain barrels to improve water quality. All artistic barrels will be on display with interpretative signage at local libraries, nature centers, community centers and businesses throughout Northern Virginia in spring 2011. Potential artists are required to submit a short summary and sketch of their intended design.
	Baby It's Cold Outside & Sock it to Winter (DRA Members Only) Receiving: Sunday, January 2, 2011 from 3-6pm and Monday, January 3, 2011 from 6-8pm An art show to celebrate and remember all things good and bad about winter. Show off your best works and help us support Sock it to Winter by donating a pair of new men's or women's socks to the homeless with each work of art that you enter.
	Celebrating Movement (DRA Members Only) Receiving: Sunday, November 21, 2010 from 7-9pm and Monday, November 22, 2010 from 6-9pm This Thanksgiving weekend, we are celebrating movement! Bring in 1 (one) art piece that you think portrays movement or motion. There will be fun, performing arts activities scheduled throughout the weekend, so think fun, think fast, think movement! We will also have a mini marketplace by the front desk throughout the weekend. When you bring in your artwork for drop-off, also bring (if you choose) items that can fit in art bins. This includes any flat art pieces. Foam core will be available for semi-flat pieces or to attach smaller items (such as jewelry). Artists can bring up to 5 items to put in bins, but please remember that you are allowed one item for artwork display.
	Black and White Show at Rampart's Music Tavern Deadline for submission of CDs: November 12, 2010 Theme is Alexandria, Our Town; all media black and white, limited to 2d. Juried by DRA member Fierce Sonia. Show will hang for 6 months in the Fairlington Room at Rampart's Music Tavern. Artists living or working in the Virginia, Maryland, and DC area are eligible. Special considerations will be made for students at TC Williams High School.
	City Galleries: Call for Exhibition Proposals 2010-2012 Proposal Deadline: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 5 PM The Office of the Arts and Alexandria Commission for the Arts seek artist proposals to exhibit their works in one of 12 galleries in the City. Proposals will be accepted from individual artists, consortia of artists, and organizations who work and/or live within the city of Alexandria from October 5 through November 10, 2010. Exhibitions will run for six months. All works must be original and only two-dimensional works will be accepted. No entry fee required.
	Alexandria Art Market (Exhibitor Application) Registration Deadline: Friday, November 5, 2010 Del Ray Artisans has launched a new monthly outdoor art market that will give members an opportunity to sell their original handmade art work and provide them with consistent exposure to the community. Each artist will be assigned a 10' X 10' space. Each artist is responsible for providing their own tent, tables, chairs and displays.
	Blue: An Interpretation (DRA Members Only) Receiving: Sunday, October 24, 2010 from 6-8pm and Monday, October 25, 2010 from 6-8pm Blue: a simple word with so many meanings--a color; an emotion; a name. "Blue" has defined the careers of artists--Picasso had his "blue" period; Yves Klein developed International Klein Blue (IKB) as part of his search represent his artistic concepts. So, what does "blue" mean to you? We're looking for your interpretation!
	Art in City Hall Submission Deadline: Friday, October 1, 2010 at 6pm The Art League and the City of Alexandria, in conjunction with the Mayor's initiative to promote the arts citywide in Alexandria, are coordinating a rotating fine art exhibit. This exhibit will enhance the environment of Alexandria's City Hall and promote the talent of local artists. The exhibit will be juried by an outside, independent expert in the arts, and will hang for seven months on the second floor of the Alexandria City Hall. Members of The Art League, Del Ray Artisans, and the Torpedo Factory Artists' Association are invited to participate.
	Young At Art Receiving at Durant Center: Thursday, September 30, 2010 from 10am to Noon To All Metro Area Artists 55 and older: You are cordially invited to participate in the 24th annual Young At Art (YAA) show to open on Monday, October 4, 2010 at The Durant Arts Center in Alexandria, Virginia. We hope you will participate and encourage your fellow artists to join you. Jointly sponsored by: Senior Services of Alexandria and Goodwin House Foundation. Additional support provided by: The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP); The Art League, Inc.; Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center; The Alexandria Commission on Aging; and The Alexandria Commission for the Arts.
	Once Upon A Time (Open to All Artists) Receiving: Sunday, September 19, 2010 from 6-8pm and Monday, September 20, 2010 from 6-8pm A nostalgic nursery rhyme... A beloved bedtime story... A favorite fable or fairy tale... Let your inner child take a flight of fantasy! Let your imagination bring your own "once upon a time" to life. Revive! Deconstruct! Reinvent! Create your own interpretation, rumination or fantasy. DRA invites all area artists to submit up to 3 original artworks that reflect this theme in any medium.
	Fine Art & Fine Crafts Holiday Market 2010 (Exhibitor Application) Registration Deadline: Friday, September 3, 2010 Want to sell your art and craft goodies at the Holiday Market the first weekend in December? If so, then please complete the Holiday Market Application. Why is there an application process? Because gallery space is limited and the mix of goods available at the Holiday Market is kept in balance.
	Undecided: A Dialog between Artist and Viewer (DRA Members Only) Receiving: Sunday, May 30, 2010 from 6-9pm and Monday, May 31, 2010 from 6-9pm This all-member, all-media show offers artists and viewers a chance to observe how we all respond to art—our own and that of others. There are no thematic requirements for this exhibit; however, your artwork will be displayed with the titles hidden from view. Beside each artwork will be a sheet on which viewers may write in a title for your masterpiece. "Undecided" is about the process of creating art from life and noticing how subjects, or titles, emerge. It is also an exploration of the mysterious ways in which the viewer is moved by the images or forms created. We ask the viewers to articulate that exchange by offering a title for a work that moves them.
	Global Rhythm (National Call) Submission Deadline: May 28, 2010 at midnight From Paul Gauguin to Amedeo Modigliani, artists have been inspired and entranced by the culture, people, and artistic vision of a foreign land. Whether it's their ethnic technique or the exotic appearance, artwork influenced by a foreign country opens the minds of fellow artists and patrons alike—displaying a visual passport to a new, beautiful and unfamiliar world. This show celebrates that global inspiration.