#2ndThurs
Enjoy an special after-hours event at the Torpedo Factory Art Center every month. Browse open studios and galleries, interact with artists, and enjoy special programming. Stop by on your way to dinner and make an evening of it!
In May, join us to celebrate Pets!
- 6 – 9 pm
- We welcome Animal Welfare League of Alexandria all evening. Stop by the table for information about pet adoptions and on how to care for cherished pets.
- By the riverfront entrance, four-legged visitors help us create a paw-print mural using pup-friendly paint for the “Dog-I-Y” activity.
- 6 – 7; 8 – 8:45 pm
- Guitarist Jay Nixon performs a mix of original songs and acoustic covers throughout the evening.
- 6:30 – 8:30 pm
- Local artist Heloisa Escudero invites visitors to join her on the Second Floor Catwalk for her interactive performance, Everyone is a VIP.
- 7 pm
- See the new public mural near the corner of Union and Cameron Streets. Get to know artist Erin Curtis during a community meet & greet. When posting photos and selfies, please use hashtag #beadedcurtain.
- 7:30 pm
- The Art League hosts its reception for May Open Exhibit and Nancy McIntyre: Rhythms of Time.
Also on View:
- The Target Gallery – Lisa Kellner: Always Into Now
- The Associates Gallery – The Hand Speaks
- Enamelists Gallery – Focus on Texture
- Fiberworks – Artist in Spotlight: Gloria Barbre
- Multiple Exposures Gallery – E. E. McCollum: Cub Run Pond and Soomin Ham: UNSEEN/EXPIRED
- Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery – Singing in the Rain
- Scope Gallery – Vaseful Vocabulary: The Framework of Forms