Gallery Without Walls Reception: December 1
Prudential Carruthers Realtors Invites you to their opening reception for DRA's traveling Gallery Without Walls, featuring selected works from Once Upon A Time by the Del Ray Artisans. Join them for wine and cheese and meet the artists! Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 6:00-8:00pm. Location: Prudential Carruthers Realtors, 300 N Washington Street, Alexandria VA 22314.
Fine Art & Craft Holiday Market: December 3-5
Join us for the 15th annual Holiday Market at Del Ray Artisans! The Market offers unique handmade fine arts and crafts from 20 exhibitors (including pottery/ceramics, photography, jewelry, cloth, paper crafts, and glass), beautiful poinsettias from West Landscapes LLC, and delicious Bake Sale items with proceeds to benefit the local community. Of course, admission is free to browse! More info: calendar.DelRayArtisans.org/view_entry.php?id=591&date=20101203
Open Life Drawing: December 8 and 15 (Wednesdays)
Practice drawing live models during an Open Life Drawing session. All skill levels are welcome. Sessions are drop-in. No registration required. Bring supplies. These are open life figure drawing sessions at the gallery, not classes. For details visit calendar.DelRayArtisans.org. For questions contact Katherine Rand at 703-836-1468 or DRA.LifeDrawing@gmail.com. Both December 8 & 15:
Gestures: (11 am - 1 pm) This two-hour session will be comprised primarily of a series of dynamic 1-5 minute poses. $6 for members and $8 for non-members.
Poses: (2 pm - 5 pm) This three-hour afternoon session will start with some short warm-up poses and progressively move into longer poses (10-45 minutes). $8 for members and $10 for non-members.
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Reception Food Coordinator
Volunteer needed to coordinate cooks and helpers for the Holiday Market reception on Friday, December 2. Please contact Tracy Wilkerson (703-501-1736 or DRA.HolidayMarket@gmail.com).
Holiday Market Bake Sale Helpers
DRA is looking for volunteers to work 2-hour shifts at the Holiday Market Bake Sale on Saturday, December 4, between 10am and 6pm, and Sunday, December 5, between noon and 4pm. Please contact Tracy Wilkerson (703-501-1736 or DRA.HolidayMarket@gmail.com).
Warm Up Those Ovens! Holiday Market Bake Sale Goodies
Bring Your Best Holiday Goodies and help make DRA's Holiday Market Bake Sale the BEST EVER! How can you do that? We need cookies, brownies, muffins, loaves, cakes, candies and any of your favorite, homemade and delicious holiday goodies. Food donations MUST be individually packaged AND priced when dropped off, as we do not have the materials needed to package them once they arrive at the gallery. You can drop off baked goods on Thursday, December 2, from noon-8pm; Friday, December 3, from noon-9pm or Saturday, December 4, from 10am-2pm.
Request for Volunteer Muralist
Submission deadline: November 30. We are looking for an artist or art student eager to volunteer their time to create a mural at Mt. Vernon Elementary during the January intersession. Mural should contain some element of native plants of Virginia and be whimsical and fun. Consider the possibility of incorporating a "paint by numbers" component to encourage students to get involved [mural dimensions are 9'w x 5'h]. For more information contact Justine Hudec at 571-267-5407 or justine.hudec@acps.K12.va.us.
Have content for The Well Crafted Word?
Submit all your articles, notices, images, etc. for the Del Ray Artisans newsletter by the 10th of the month for the next issue. Submit your content to the editor, Betty Plummer, at DRA.newsletter@gmail.com.
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Submit any art- or craft-related opportunities and announcements to DRA.eblast@gmail.com.
Special Opportunity for Artists
Looking for some new and different matting/framing options for your artwork? DRA member Kelly Hutchinson, who owns a frame shop, is offering "pre-made" frames constructed from selected custom framing materials, at discounted prices. Frames will be available in various standard and irregular sizes although supplies will be limited. If you are interested, visit Kelly's Art & Frame Shop at 510 N. Washington Street, Alexandria, VA on December 2 or 3 from 6 pm to 7:30 pm or on December 4 from 8:30 am to 10 am. If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Hutchinson at 703-549-3313 or www.KellysArtandFrame.com.
ARCH Honfleur Gallery/ARCH Development Corporation
ARCH Artist Space - MD
ARCH Development Corporation welcomes artists and organizations to use its new Blank Space SE as a temporary creative home - available for many different projects including art exhibits and dance or theatre events. For more info visit: www.BlankSpaceSE.com or contact Beth Ferraro at bferraro@archdc.org, 202-365-8392.
"Got Art?" Individual Artists Opportunities - VA
Sculptors and 3-D artists sought for immediate and future exhibitions in Foyer of the Charles Beatley Library. No entry fees required. For information contact Gwen Lockhart: glxpres@comcast.net
Falls Church Arts (FCA) Holiday Market - VA
Saturdays, November 20 through December 18. Calling member artists to exhibit and sell their holiday season "giftable goods" at the Falls Church Farmers' Market--recently named #1 in the country. Sign up to market your note cards, jewelry, fabric arts, paintings, and other works at the FCA-sponsored spaces outside City Hall, 300 Park Avenue, Falls Church, VA. This show is open to current Falls Church Arts members. To join or renew your membership visit: fallschurcharts.org/pdf/FCAmemberform.pdf. To sign up, email FCA at: info@fallschurcharts.org. Indicate preferred exhibit dates and type of work to be sold.
Call for Vendors: Art Carnage 316 - VA
Event Date: Saturday, November 27, 2010 from 8pm-12am. Indie Art Market meets Variety Show at Art Carnage 316! Show your arts and crafts alongside other Indie artists. Experience live art, music, dance, poetry, comedy, workshops, demos and more in four hours of frantic creative madness. This event is juried. Table space just $10! For vendor application visit: www.soundry.net/2010/11/art-carnage-316-saturday-nov-27th-8pm-12am
Coup d'Espace - DC
Deadline extended: December 1, 2010. Washington Project for the Arts in pleased to announce a call for entries to Coup d'Espace, its member artist-run programming series. Through Coup d'Espace, WPA invites member artists and curators to transform the WPA's office headquarters into a dynamic space for thought provoking, art-minded events. Possible activities include, but are not limited to, performance, discussion, film, or video screening, demonstration, workshop, critique session, small exhibition (group/individual), interactive installation, contest or competition, pajama party, brown bag, or community event. Events run January-August, 2011. Send submissions to: bmurphy@wpadc.org or by mail* to: Washington Project for the Arts, Attn: Coup d'Espace, 2023 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036. *Include SASE if you would like any of your materials returned.
Glen Echo Park Partnership - MD
Proposal Deadline: December 1, 2010. The Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture is seeking a visual artist to join the Park's Resident Artists and to lease one of their small yurt studio spaces. Located in Glen Echo Park. For details and for RFP form visit: www.glenechopark.org. To schedule a tour of the facility, contact Meredith Forster at 301.634.2223.
Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts Call for Artists - NY
Deadline: December 1, 2010. The Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts in Blue Mountain Lake, NY seeks artists 18 and over working in all mediums to apply for solo/group shows in 2011-2012. Download the call to artists at: www.artshow.com/juriedshows/art/Call4Artists.pdf for more info. Questions? Please contact Cornelia Tobey at cornelia@adirondackarts.org or call 518-352-7715. www.adirondackarts.org
Call for Artists - Alexandria, VA
Drop off dates December 2-4. Open theme and media; show dates December 8th thru January 12th. Please email kellysartandframe@verizon.net for complete show info. Kelly's Art & Frame, 510 N Washington St., Alexandria, VA 22314
Kickin' Back: Design for Leisure - PA
Deadline: December 10, 2010. The Philadelphia Art Alliance invites designers and architects from the Mid-Atlantic region to reflect on the concept of leisure and submit objects, renderings or prototypes that either complement and/or comment upon what constitutes contemporary states of rest or play. See prospectus for complete details at philartalliance.org. $10 fee. The exhibit opens January 27, 2011. Questions? Contact Melissa Caldwell, Director of Exhibitions at mcaldwell@philartalliance.org or call 215-545-4302.
8th Annual Bethesda Fine Arts Festival - MD
Application Deadline: December 10, 2010. The Bethesda Arts and Entertainment District is currently accepting applications for the "8th Annual Bethesda Fine Arts Festival" scheduled for Saturday, May 14, 10am - 6pm and Sunday, May 15, 10am - 5pm. 150 booth spaces are available. All fine art and fine crafts are eligible. To apply online, visit www.bethesda.org/bethesda/bethesda-fine-arts-festival
FCA 2011 Call for Artists: Passport to the World - VA
Entry Form Deadline: December 17, 2010 at 5pm. Falls Church Arts (FCA) All-Member Show kickoff event for a "Passport to the World" includes music, dance, storytelling, and art festival at ArtSpace. The show will hang for the duration of the festival. Bring your best work, on subject matter of your choosing, but especially works that reflect your travels (here or abroad, imagined or real), or the influences other cultures have had on your work. Entry is open to 2011 Falls Church Arts members. Gala Opening Reception: Friday, January 14, 2011, 7-9 pm. Show Continues through Sunday, March 6, 2011. For membership info and application visit: www.fallschurcharts.org.
Mindful Meditation for Enhanced Creativity - VA
Class begins in February... This 9-session series introduces you to meditation to enhance your creative potential; assisting people who are creative in the arts, or any area of life, to be centered and confident in their being as they create. Register early - a deposit of $50.00 is requested to hold your place [size is limited to 8]. Total cost is $150.00 for the (9) hour and a half sessions. Class location: Convergence at 1801 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria, VA. For more info contact Rusty Lynn at rustylynn@earthlink.net.
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