Del Ray Artisans’ 21st Annual Fine Art + Fine Craft Holiday Market

ALEXANDRIA, VA -- It wouldn't be the holidays in Del Ray without the Del Ray Artisans’ 21st Annual Holiday Market, offering unique handcrafted fine arts and crafts from local artists. The artists are presenting a variety of media at the market the first three weekends in December, including botanical, drawing, fiber/textiles, glass, jewelry, mixed media, mosaics, painting, paper crafting, photography, pottery/ceramics, sculpture, watercolor, wood turning, and more.

Different artists are featured the first three weekends in December: Fridays 6-9 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free admission.

This year’s Holiday Market artists are:

• Marie-Noelle Akegnan (Cultured Concepts)
• Jen Athanas (Jen-A-Fusion Fashion Accessories)
• Becky Barnes (A Term of Art)
• Kate Boles, Laurence Chandler, Jonathan & Marche Covington (Tudor Hall Apiary)
• Tyler DeCourt, Marcel Artes Deolazo, Emily Dere, Eileen Egan (Eileen Egan, Samantha Gordon & Ann Riley)
• Chris Fedderson (MacroFine Photography)
• Maxine Fulkerson, Kath Gayle, Kate Gibney, Alanna Graboyes, Annie Greene, Shelly Habel (Sugarboy’s)
• Alicia Hurst (Zyod)
• Maria Illingworth (Maria’s Windows)
• Johanna Kalin, Maria Kaneer, Nancy Kline, Jennifer Kukorlo, Stephen Lally, Genevieve Lynn (Jade River Studio)
• Judy Lynn, Liz Martinez, Lisa McBride, Katie McDonald (Clover Hill Ceramics)
• Betsy Mead, Patti North (All Fired Up!)
• Diana Papazian (Papazian Jewelry Designs)
• Bindu & Bharat Parikh (NIRVANA)
• Madeline Ramsey (Unique Stained Glass)
• Dick Ratcliff, Ken Reed, Tangela Roe, Terry Rowe, Kevin Sherlock, Lisa Sikes (Heart & Hammer Furniture Co llc)
• Marcia Sobocinski (The Secret Jewelry Garden)
• Howard Stelzer (How-Aud’s Creations)
• Ron Tickerhoff (Wolf Mountain Glass)
• Christine Vinh (at StitchesnQuilts)
• Joyce Wagner (Reinvented Elegance)
• Laura Whitaker (Hammered & Corked)
• Imani Whiters-Russell (Indigo’s Friends Studio)
• Tamara Wilkerson (WiRealm by Tamara)
• Tracy Wilkerson, Diane Wilson (Craft Stitches)
• Lisa Zolandz

Visit Del Ray Artisans’ website to see which weekend each artist is present. All artists are donating a percentage of their sales to Del Ray Artisans to help support future programs. In addition, Del Ray Artisans’ 2017 wall calendars and upcycled tote bags will be available for purchase, and proceeds support the 501(c)(3) nonprofit. The wall calendars feature the art of 49 local artists and pre-printed community event dates. The one-of-a-kind tote bags are crafted from past art exhibit banners—the ultimate recycle/reuse transformation/

The Holiday Market is at Del Ray Artisans gallery in the Colasanto Center, 2704 Mount Vernon Ave. (see map below), Alexandria, Virginia 22301. Market hours are: Fridays 6-9 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays 11 a.m.-6 p.m. The market is free to browse, open to the public and handicap accessible. For more information, please visit DelRayArtisans.org/event/holiday-market-2016.