RAAC’s 20th Annual Fall Art Tour: One of the Best Art Weekends of the Year!
Rappahannock County’s talented artists are busy creating new artwork in a wide range of genres for this year’s Fall Art Tour, November 1st and 2nd, 10 am – 5 pm both days.
Visitors will enjoy the 2025 main gallery as well as their favorite studios and galleries. World class art from so many local artists, coupled with perfect Autumn weather and stunning Fall foliage, make for a fabulous day or weekend in the country. Visitors traverse our peaceful villages and beautiful back roads on a self-guided tour to the galleries and studios of their choice. With so much art in so many different mediums and styles, there’s something to please everyone!
We celebrate our 20th year with the joining of the best of the old and new features of the Tour, and we’re excited to welcome three new artists (stay tuned as we’ll be introducing them to you in upcoming posts!).
The Main Tour Gallery is back again!
This year the impressive Main Gallery once again returns to the Washington School in Washington, VA. Representative artworks from all the studios and galleries on the Tour will be displayed together in one place – it’s a great place to begin your Tour, to see samples of the work you’ll find at all of our venues.
Once again, the remarkable breadth and depth of our local artists’ work will be on display with paintings in all genres and mediums, furniture, drawings and engravings, sculpture, stained glass, ceramics, mosaics, photography, printmaking, woodworking, jewelry, bookbinding, and glasswork.
In addition, the collaborative works of talented student artists will be displayed on the walls as in prior years. Art teachers and their students in five county schools have produced extraordinary creative works that give pleasure to visitors from near and far. The comprehensive Gallery display is a visible celebration of the importance of the fine arts and the connections they make throughout our entire community and beyond.
Highlights of the Self-guided Tour
The Tour will have 23 studios and 7 galleries, featuring more than 80 local artists. It is a rare treat to be invited into the private studios of Tour artists – to meet artists in person, see where they work, and learn about their creative process. It’s also a wonderful opportunity to take home a piece of art, with a deeper understanding of the artist’s inspiration and technique.
Art Tour Website and Newsletter
During the pandemic, RAAC developed a Tour website with an attractive and user-friendly gallery presentation. Many of the thousands of Tour visitors have since used this site to acquaint themselves with participating artists and their work and to plan their self-guided tour in advance. Artists and galleries have reported that this has made for large weekend crowds of informed and enthusiastic visitors.
Whether you’re a devoted fan or new to this event, you’ll want to sign up to for the Tour newsletter to get the news and updates emailed to your inbox. Sign up here.
Plan Your Own Tour
A downloadable tour map will be available on this website in late October and will also be emailed in the Tour newsletter. Maps will be available on the Tour weekend at the Main Gallery, the Rappahannock Visitors Center, and other local businesses.
Tour Photography Contest
We’re excited to announce our Fall Art Tour photography contest, and we can’t wait to see your photos! Send your images from the Weekend for a chance to have your photo published in the Rappahannock News. Look for all details in an upcoming Tour newsletter!
The Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community (RAAC) is looking forward to welcoming all visitors eager to explore and experience the artistic and scenic wonders of the Fall Art Tour!