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27 Years as DC-Metro’s
Most-Attended Arts Fair

September 6-7, 2025
Bethesda Row, MD

Opens: January 15, 2025

Deadline: April 30, 2025

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Every September, over 30,000 affluent art enthusiasts from the Washington, DC Metro Area and its surrounding suburbs, including Bethesda, Chevy Chase, and the Upper Northwest, converge upon the Bethesda Row Arts Festival. The three-mile radius surrounding the Festival boasts an average household income of $196,910, positioning the event as one of the nation’s most affluent and educated art marketplaces.

Renowned for its exceptional quality, the Bethesda Row Arts Festival is highly esteemed by artists and is frequently recognized as one of the country’s premier events. The competition is fierce, and the caliber of art presented demands the utmost creativity and skill.

To effectively promote this remarkable event, we have implemented a comprehensive marketing strategy that integrates targeted social media and internet campaigns, print advertisements in magazines and newspapers, postcards, posters, and radio promotions. Additionally, our public relations firm collaborates with the local chamber of commerce and urban district to foster community engagement and expand the festival’s reach.

Do not miss the opportunity to be an integral part of this unforgettable experience.

NOTE: This show is not recommended for anyone who has not shown at similar outdoor fine arts events.

Categories

BRAF allows submission in multiple categories. If invited into the show, you may only exhibit and sell items in the accepted category. You will be asked to remove non-compliant works.

CERAMICS: Original clay and porcelain work other than jewelry. If multiple pieces of the same design are displayed, each must be signed.
CERAMICS
DIGITAL ART: Includes any original work in which the original image, or the manipulation of other source material, was executed by the artist using the computer. Work must be in editions, signed and numbered, on archival papers, inks and emulsions.
DIGITAL ART
DRAWING: Work created using dry medium including pencil, chalk, pastel or charcoal, etc. or from fluid mediums like inks and washes applied by pen or brush. A minimum of 75% of work for sale (hanging and in bins) must be originals. Hand-colored reproductions are not considered originals. All work must be clearly labeled as original or reproduction.
DRAWING
DECORATIVE FIBER: Any work created from fiber, including leather and basketry. No machine tooling, machine-screened patterns or other forms of mass productions allowed.
DECORATIVE FIBER
WEARABLE FIBER: Any work created from fiber, including leather. No machine tooling, machine-screened patterns or other forms of mass productions allowed
WEARABLE FIBER
GLASS: Glasswork that has been handcrafted by glass blowing, molding, casting or kiln-forming. No alterations of pre-fabricated glass objects.
GLASS
GRAPHICS: Original works created using traditional printmaking methods including block, lithograph, serigraph, etc.
GRAPHICS
JEWELRY: All jewelry must be entered into this category. NO STRUNG PEARLS OR BEADS. You may only display jewelry if you have been accepted in this category.
JEWELRY
METAL: Includes all non-sculptural, non-jewelry works crafted from metals. No production studio work is allowed.
METAL
MIXED MEDIA: Two-dimensional work that incorporated more than one type of physical material in their production.
MIXED MEDIA
MIXED MEDIA 3D: Three-dimensional work that incorporates more than one type of physical material in their production.
MIXED MEDIA 3D
OIL/ACRYLIC: Two-dimensional work created in oils / acrylics. A minimum of 75% of work for sale (hanging and in bins) must be originals. Hand-colored reproductions are not considered originals. All work must be clearly labeled as original or reproduction.
OIL/ACRYLIC
PHOTO: Prints created from the artist's original negative processed by the artist. Prints must be framed to hang on the walls. If prints are in a bin, they must be matted and signed.
PHOTO
SCULPTURE: Three-dimensional work created in any medium.
SCULPTURE
WATERCOLOR: Creation of a still life, portrait, landscape, abstract or other image on a flat surface with watercolors. A minimum of 75% of work for sale (hanging and in bins) must be originals. Hand-colored reproductions are not considered originals. All work must be clearly labeled as original or reproduction.
WATERCOLOR
WOOD: Original works in wood that are hand-tooled, machine-worked, turned or carved.
WOOD

2024 Winners

  1. Winner: OVERALL SECOND PLACE ($1,500 prize), and Best in CategoryHaus of JungNatalia MaurerFiber - Wearable

    Age-old leatherworking techniques with various hand tools include saddle-stitching, tooling, wet-molding, and hand-skiving. Machines: kickpress, cylinder bed, clicker press, creasing iron & more.

  2. Winner: Best in CategoryMichael WilliamsWatercolor

    My work revolves around the use of handmade watercolor paints on specialty primed canvas. This technique provides a stark yet ethereal quality that allows for larger scale paintings.

  3. Winner: OVERALL THIRD PLACE ($1,000 prize), and Best in CategoryMichael AlexanderJewelry

    techniques include casting, metal fabrication, metalsmithing, hand-carved wax and cadsmithing. The materials used are 18k gold, platinum, fine gemstone and diamonds

  4. Winner: Best in CategorySculptures by Lewis TardyLewis TardySculpture

    I use an assortment of rescued discarded parts and materials as a building block for my characters.

  5. Winner: Best in CategorySteel & GrainKevin ScheimreifMixed Media 3D

    I design and create custom furniture pieces using locally sourced wood combined with the strong elegant lines of steel, using both classic and modern tools to achieve the highest level of refinement.

  6. Winner: Best in CategoryIt’s OK ClayKatie MaciochaCeramics

    I sketch ideas directly on bisque-ware, then trace the design on sticky paper which is cut by hand and applied to the pot. I then add pops of bold colored glazes that are separated by raw clay lines.

  7. Winner: Best in CategoryJoe EngelMixed Media 2D

    Acrylic paint pencil charcoal & ink on wood. Images made by etching through layers of paint w/nail

  8. Winner: Best in CategoryJennifer McBrienFiber - Decorative

    My process begins with ink drawings that I translate with free motion and hand embroidery, appliqué, overlaying threads, and fabric. I create new narratives with my bird women, birds and plants on wall pieces, decor pillows and handbags.

  9. Winner: Best in CategoryEric ClayDigital Art

    Anthropomorphic imagery created by combining historic portraits with my own animal photography. Prints are created on metal using a proprietary process that creates a look similar to that of tintypes

  10. Winner: Best in CategoryElaine Thompson ArtElaine ThompsonOil/Acrylic

    I create original oil paintings on canvas. The whimsical themes and characters are based on my own stories which I would like to put into the pages of children's books one day soon.

  11. Winner: Best in CategoryDavid BenyosefGlass

    Hand Blown Glass. Venetian inspired

  12. Winner: Best in CategoryD DimantPhotography

    Individually hand-pulled alt-process Cyanotypes from analog photographic film. My images are personal essays, an eight year ongoing narrative of life on the road. No two prints are ever alike.

  13. Winner: Best in CategoryCory O’RourkeMetalwork

    Cory O'Rourke creates modern abstract sculpture in Rochester, NY utilizing traditional and modern metal working techniques.

  14. Winner: Best in CategoryChristina Boy DesignChristina BoyWood

    Original pieces are and handmade from domestic wood using both modern and traditional techniques. Clean, straight lines are often juxtaposed with bright color, texture, pattern or a diagonal detail.

  15. Winner: Best in CategoryChris CharlesGraphics & Printmaking

    I create limited edition letterpress prints from carved linoleum blocks, hand-set wood and metal type, as well as other experimental techniques.

  16. Winner: BEST IN SHOW ($2,000 prize), and Best in Category Brie HaydenDrawing/Pastels

    I create hyperrealistic graphite drawings on cotton paper. I work entirely freehand, without tracing or using stencils. All of my work is professionally framed with UV protective and anti-glare glass.

Opens: January 15, 2025

Deadline: April 30, 2025

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Applications are accepted via ZAPP only. No slides, CD’s of images, or other envelopes, packages or boxes will be reviewed or returned. Award winners from the 2024 show are exempt from the jury process.

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