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2020 Post-Grad Residents
Target Gallery
Artist Talk: Friday, January 15, 7pm facebook.com/targetgallery In this group exhibition, Target Gallery spotlights the 2020 Post-Grad Residents, displaying some of their best work they made during their three-month residencies at the Art Center. The 2020 cohort includes artists: Ashley Llanes, Luis A. Navas-Reyes, Fanni Somogyi, and Vi Trinh. Image Credit: Vi Trinh, The Station, 2020. Netart, animation, digital art, sound design.
Call for Artists: March150 Panel Sales
Target Gallery and The Torpedo Factory Art Center
Description March150, Target Gallery’s annual special exhibition and art sale, returns with all proceeds going to support new exhibitions and programs at Target Gallery and Torpedo Factory Art Center. Eligibility + Participation Open to all! (provided the artwork submitted meets the guidelines). A $15 fee per panel guarantees entry into the exhibition. There is a limit of three entries per artist. Entry fee is non-refundable. You may come in-person* to Target Gallery to purchase the art panels or you may…
Small Delights
Scope Gallery
Enjoy an up close, personal look at work by artists working in a smaller scale. Trays with crystalline glazes entice you to pick them up for closer study of the minute crystals formed during firing. Vases that that mimic a tree trunk on close inspection might reveal a tiny ladybug crawling up the trunk. It’s the details that make these objects deserve a second look. Featuring the Kiln Club.
Movements, Moments
Virtual Reception + Virtual Exhibition Tour Premiere: Friday, February 12, 7pm facebook.com/targetgallery Target Gallery presents a new digital and in-person exhibition Movements, Moments. This exhibition aims to create a dialogue on work that focuses on the intersection of art and movement. This is represented as physical movement as visual expression, such as dance or performance-based work, or movement represented conceptually, such as exploring the idea of growth or the passage of time. This is an all-media group exhibition with filmed…
Portfolio & Outreach Tips for Artists
City of Alexandria Office of the Arts
Join a series of free online workshops to support artists, makers, and creative businesses as they adapt to COVID-19.
Embellished Surfaces
Scope Gallery
A smorgasbord of surfaces abound in this show. Scope artists might emboss curlicue designs onto the surface of a slab before building a form while others scratch into the leatherhard surface to create linear details. Glazes are formulated to create crystals while others are layered to create depth. Slip trailing raises from the surface and underglaze painting might tell a story. Featuring the Ceramic Guild.
E-commerce for Artists & Makers
City of Alexandria Office of the Arts
Join a series of free online workshops to support artists, makers, and creative businesses as they adapt to COVID-19.
Exhibiting Art Online
City of Alexandria Office of the Arts
Join a series of free online workshops to support artists, makers, and creative businesses as they adapt to COVID-19.
Bowled Over
Scope Gallery
Artist made containers for everything from apples to zucchini casserole. Pasta, salads, mashed potatoes, soup, cereal, apples, and more reveal their culinary splendor when enveloped by a handmade ceramic bowl. Featuring the Kiln Club.
Pricing Artwork
The City of Alexandria's Office of the Arts and Torpedo Factory Art Center are partnering with Latela Curatorial, a D.C.-based full-service art advisory firm, for a four-part workshop series designed to support artists, makers, and creative small businesses as they adapt for COVID-19. Marta Staudinger, founder of Latela Curatorial, leads the free online sessions. Each begins at noon. January 26: Portfolio & Outreach Tips for Artists February 9: E-commerce for Artists & Makers February 23: Exhibiting Art Online March 9: Pricing Artwork Content will…
Environmentally Aware
Scope Gallery
Forget the paper and styrofoam plates, bowls and cups and support the environment this month by choosing handmade ceramic items for your table. In recognition of Earth Day 2021 ten percent of April’s sales will be donated to an environmental cause TBD. Featuring the Ceramic Guild.