Free and Open to the Public Since 1974
Each artist in this building is their own independent business. Explore all three floors of the Art Center at your own pace—walk into any studio with an open door and observe the artists at work!
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Second Friday: Handwork
Every 2nd Friday of the month through October 2026, the Torpedo Factory Art Center is open late, offering free activities, live music, art workshops, and open artist studios. This month, we’re celebrating Handwork2026, and featuring the diversity of the crafts that define America, bringing compelling stories and underrepresented art and artists into the spotlight.
Image: Whose Garden Was This Quilt by Eileen Doughty
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Making a Mouse Trap with Artist Clare Suess
Join us for a free comedic handing-building ceramics workshop creating a home for your computer mouse or other small household item. Please feel welcome to bring a mouse if you have one or another object that wouldn’t traditionally be kept in a box or a jar.
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Sensing Place: 2025/26 Post-Graduate Artists in Residence Exhibition
Third Floor Site 3 | Opening Reception April 10 @ 7-10 p.m.
Sensing Place brings together four former Torpedo Factory Art Center Post Graduate artists-in-residence whose practices consider place not as a fixed location, but as something remembered, recorded, felt, and activated.
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Torpedo Factory Art Center Joins Handwork 2026
We are proud to join more than 250 arts organizations across the country in celebrating the diversity of the crafts that define America.
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