Ephemeral Art Program

The Rappahannock Association for Arts and the Community (RAAC) and the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection (RLEP), in partnership with the Sperryville Community Alliance (SCA), is once again offering artists from Rappahannock County or immediately surrounding areas the opportunity to participate in its annual Ephemeral Art Program.

Ephemeral art is art that is non-permanent, brief, fleeting. It’s a term that usually describes art that happens once and is not preserved as a lasting object in a museum or private collection. The Ephemeral Art Program invites artists to create art from natural materials taken from the environment at hand – leaves, sticks, rocks, earth, and manmade or found objects. For 2026, artists will select a location on the Sperryville River Trail to install their work.

Applications to the 2026 Ephemeral Art Program will be reviewed by a select committee made up of RAAC, RLEP, and SCA members. All applications will be submitted through this website and are due by August 7, 2026. Selected applicants will be notified by mid-August and will install their art during the weekend of September 5-6. They will be required to maintain their installations through the weekend of November 7-8, which is the weekend of the Fall Art Tour. Artists will be responsible for fully removing all trace of their art from its installation site by no later than November 14.

Selected applicants will receive an award of $300.

To apply click here.

To see a list of past participants click here.

Sperryville River Trail

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