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The Friends
of the Torpedo Factory Art Center (Friends) is
a nonprofit membership organization presenting a variety
of arts-related programs and events in collaboration
with the Torpedo Factory Art Center, one of Alexandria’s
best resources for the arts.
Through
your support, the Friends help make art an integral
part of the community. We do this by sponsoring
programs and events that both bring art to the community
and connect the community to art. Join
now!
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Friends of the Torpedo Factory Artist of the Year Show
Marsha Staiger and Alison Sigethy: Art in Balance: Rhythm and Repetition
Target Gallery
July 8 - August 15, 2010
The Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center's "Artist of the Year" is a juried competition recognizing a Torpedo Factory artist for outstanding achievement in art, and awarding the winner a cash prize of $1000 and a month long exhibit in the Torpedo Factory Art Center's Target Gallery.
Abstract painter Marsha Staiger and glass sculptor Alison Sigethy, present Art in Balance: Rhythm and Repetition, an exhibit that investigates the paradox of balance, the nature of rhythm, and the beauty and order created by repetition. Staiger's and Sigethy's works are very different but have in common a clean, contemporary aesthetic. The works play well off each other and reveal a fresh aspect of each artist's work that would be missed without the counterpoint provided by the other.
Reception: July 8, 6-8pm
Special Dance and Kayak Performance: July 29, 6pm
Visit the Target Gallery page for more information about the show.
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Art and Fashion Inspired by the Rainforest
Friday, May 21
7:30pm, FREE Event
As part of the Friends of the Torpedo Factory 's Performance Art & Lecture Series, visitors are invited to view a fashion show and exhibit featuring wearable art and jewelry by twenty-one artists from the Torpedo Factory as well as Malaysian Batik Designer Sharifah Maheran Barakbah of Barakaff.
View photos from last year's fashion show.
Participating Artists from the Torpedo Factory: Mirella Belshe, Cindy Brandt, Ruth Buhrman, Ann Citron, Ann DiPlacido, Candace Edgerly, Tamara Embry, Min Enghauser, Annemarie Feld, Jolande Goldberg, Zoya Gutina, Marcia Jestaedt, Anne Landry, Virginia Irby-Maxwell, Jamaliah Morais, Lane Palmisano, Gladys Seaward, Connie Slack, Alexia Scott, Tracie Griffith-Tso, and Liang Wei. |
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Jane
Franklin Dance
Wednesday, April 28
7pm, FREE Event
Noted local dance company Jane Franklin Dance returns for the third year after their triumphant debut at the Torpedo Factory, as part of the Friends of the Torpedo Factory Performance Art and Lecture Series. The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.
Jane Franklin Dance celebrates movement and makes dance accessible to a wide range of audiences through public performances, community engagement, dance education, and collaborations with artists from other disciplines. The company has been presented at numerous state and regional venues including the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Booth Playhouse in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the International Dance Festival in New York City.
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The Rite of Calligraphy
Lecture and Demonstration by Cecil H. Uyehara
February 24, 7pm, FREE Event
The Rite of Calligraphy is the next installment of the
Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center's Performance
Art and Lecture series. Our speaker is the noted author
and calligrapher Cecil H. Uyehara, who has lectured, demonstrated
and exhibited his works at premier art galleries around
the United States. Uyehara, a calligrapher, writer, poet,
and recent president of the Sumi-E Society of America, brings
with him a fascinating vista of Japanese calligraphy. Uyehara
will discuss the inter-relationship between Japanese and
Chinese calligraphy and also highlight its historical, philosophical
and political perspectives.
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Please consider joining
the Friends.
Click
here for the membership form.
For further information, contact
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The
Torpedo Factory Art Center is operated by the Torpedo Factory Artists'
Association. This organization should not be confused with the Friends
of the Torpedo Factory Art Center. These two organizations are separate
and distinct. They are controlled by two totally independent boards
of directors with different policies, procedures and goals.
This website is brought
to you by the Torpedo Factory Artists' Association.
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