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 install their project on the Sperryville River Trail.

Applications to the 2026 Ephemeral Art Program are closed. Artists will install their art during the weekend of September 5-6. They will be in place through the weekend of November 7-8, which is the weekend of the Fall Art Tour.

To see a list of past participants click here.

Sperryville River Trail

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