About us
Artistic Artifacts (https://www.artisticartifacts.com) at 4750 Eisenhower Avenue in Alexandria, VA is the source for the latest “creative finds for creative minds” — no matter your medium, you'll find products, and techniques for your fiber and mixed media projects. Paid classes/workshops with talented instructors and special events are scheduled on a regular basis, and our shop is also home to the monthly meetings of Judy’s Altered Minds (JAMs), a free altered art group open to all who are interested. We’re an authorized BERNINA dealer and carry a full line of WonderFil Specialty Threads as well as a full range of fabrics and art supplies. Sign up for our weekly eNewsletter on our website to find out about new products, special sales, inspiration and more. Follow us Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ArtisticArtifacts/ and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/artistic_artifacts/, and our YouTube channel houses all Facebook Live presentations that include demonstrations, techniques and inspiration as well as other video content such as store tours and peeks at our in-store classes and events.
Upcoming events
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Apr. 17-19 Creative Minds Summit (Mixed Media Retreat) -- Register Now!
Artistic Artifacts, 4750 Eisenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA, USRegister now for the 2026 edition of our Creative Minds Summit! Enjoy three days, four talented instructors, and exclusive fiber & mixed media classes in a fun, creative atmosphere. Each Creative Minds Summit full-day class is listed separately — look for the SUMMIT flag**.** This mixed media retreat takes place Friday, April 17 through Sunday, April 19 at our shop, led by Artistic Artifacts owner Judy Gula and the following talented fiber & mixed media artists: Julie Booth, Kecia Deveney and Jaime Echt of The Crafter's Workshop. Join us and get creatively charged!
Most (or all) materials are provided for each Creative Minds Summit class, with a kit fee payable to your instructor that morning. Lunch is provided each day, Summit attendees receive a swag bag with products plus a 15% store discount on all purchases! Treat yourself to one or more classes at our exclusive fiber & mixed media retreat!
Summit class sizes are limited, so every student enjoys attention from their instructors and has ample room to create. You’re sure to love meeting new friends, learning new techniques and crafting a one of a kind piece of art you’ll treasure!
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Due to the concurrent scheduling of the Creative Mind Summit, two different classes each day will be in our second-floor space: access is via stairs only. Registrations for all Artistic Artifacts classes MUST be paid for through our website at https://artisticartifacts.com/collections/wk, or via a visit to our shop at 4750 Eisenhower Avenue. We encourage you to RSVP here, but to ensure your seat you MUST follow through via our website. View our complete class policies » https://artisticartifacts.com/pages/class-policies
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Creative Minds Summit: Gelli-Printed Fabric Creatures
Artistic Artifacts, 4750 Eisenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA, USA highly-requested returning teacher, Kecia Deveney, joins us for our annual Creative Minds Summit. Stitched After Printing: Gelli-Printed Fabric Creatures is welcoming to all levels and celebrates imperfection, texture, and personal voice. We’ll begin by printing directly onto fabric using Gelli Arts plates, layering color, pattern, and marks to create a surface full of history and movement. From there, the printed cloth becomes the foundation for a soft sculptural figure. Hand stitching, fabric collage, and simple mark making will bring each figure to life — wonky, expressive, and entirely unique. These are not perfect dolls; they are character-filled beings shaped by process and intuition. What you’ll learn: monoprinting layered designs on fabric using a polymer printing plate; intuitive mark making with paint and simple tools; shaping printed cloth into a soft sculptural figure; hand stitching for structure, detail, and expression; creating faces and personality through texture and stitches; trusting the process and letting a piece unfold naturally.
Learn more about this class, your student supply kit fee & list via Artistic Artifacts’ secure online website: https://artisticartifacts.com/products/cms-gelli-printed-fabric-creatures-with-kecia-deveney
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Due to the size or other requirements of the class or concurrent scheduling, some classes are in our second-floor space: access is via stairs only. Registrations for all Artistic Artifacts classes MUST be paid for through our website, or via a visit to our shop at 4750 Eisenhower Avenue. We encourage you to RSVP here, but to ensure your seat you MUST follow through via our website. View our complete class policies »2 attendees
Creative Minds Summit: Color Wheel Fold-Out Booklet
Artistic Artifacts, 4750 Eisenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA, USJaime Echt, from The Crafter's Workshop, is joining our annual Creative Minds Summit this year! If you love the thought of playing with every color of the rainbow in one mixed media project, then this booklet is for you! Jaime will teach you various stenciling techniques while you explore the why’s and why not’s of color theory. Dimensional Stencil Butters combined with modeling pastes, paint pens, permanent pens and more will be the media of the day. Suitable to all, from beginner to crazy eclectic enthusiast, this class offers you instruction in color theory, stenciling techniques, mixed media painting, and simple bookmaking (zig-zag book ties with ribbon) as you use Stencil Butters in many different ways.
Learn more about this class, your student supply kit fee & list via Artistic Artifacts’ secure online website: https://artisticartifacts.com/products/cms-color-wheel-fold-out-booklet-with-jaime-echt
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Due to the size or other requirements of the class or concurrent scheduling, some classes are in our second-floor space: access is via stairs only. Registrations for all Artistic Artifacts classes MUST be paid for through our website, or via a visit to our shop at 4750 Eisenhower Avenue. We encourage you to RSVP here, but to ensure your seat you MUST follow through via our website. View our complete class policies »2 attendees
Creative Minds Summit: Sensing Place, Stitching Expressive Landscapes
Artistic Artifacts, 4750 Eisenhower Ave, Alexandria, VA, USJulie B Booth is a fellow Creative Mind, and past teacher at Artistic Artifacts, excited to join us again for our annual Creative Minds Summit. Create a hand stitched landscape/cityscape that expresses the essence of a special-to-you place. Julie will guide you through the process of designing an abstracted version of your special place based on personal photos that you bring to class. Along the way, you’ll learn Julie’s approach to layered fabric collage, choosing interesting hand stitches to fill in the spaces of your scape (including needle lace and ruching), free style bead embroidery and attaching place-related natural objects using thread nets. Julie will also demo some finishing techniques. (This class is suitable for all levels, though some experience with hand-stitching is helpful.)
Learn more about this class, your student supply kit fee & list via Artistic Artifacts’ secure online website:
https://artisticartifacts.com/products/cms-sensing-place-with-julie-booth***
Due to the size or other requirements of the class or concurrent scheduling, some classes are in our second-floor space: access is via stairs only. Registrations for all Artistic Artifacts classes MUST be paid for through our website, or via a visit to our shop at 4750 Eisenhower Avenue. We encourage you to RSVP here, but to ensure your seat you MUST follow through via our website. View our complete class policies »1 attendee
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