The biggest holiday shopping weekend of the year, find yourself at Torpedo Factory Art Center!
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Find sales, demonstrations, hands on activities, music, and more all weekend. Art is the most personal and original form of giving. Find handmade paintings, ceramics, photography, jewelry, prints and more. Explore more than 71 artists’ studios, meet the artists, and buy direct. Each artist and gallery are independent businesses. Sales go directly to the studio artists.
Plaid Friday | Friday, November 24, Open 10 AM – 6 PM
Kick off your holiday shopping season with Plaid Friday: Alexandria’s Small Business Black Friday. Download a map of Old Town shops with sales on Plaid Friday here.
Small Business Saturday | Saturday, November 25, Open 10 AM – 6 PM
Shop local artists while supporting small businesses. Enjoy music, demonstrations, discounts, and more!
Artists Sunday | Sunday, November 26, Open 10 AM – 6 PM
Join artists and organizations across the country for the third annual Artists Sunday, a nationwide event to encourage consumers to shop with artists and craftspeople.
Thanks to ESP Tea & Coffee for joining the fun and helping to fuel your day!
Happening All Three Days:
GAME: Angela Esteve, Painting with Paper, Studio 333
1:00 – 4:00 PM
Visit to test your memory and play a card game made from her artwork. (Free)
SALES:
Tara Barr, Painting, Studio 8
10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Enjoy 25% off Original Paintings and 10% off Reproductions and Small Gift Items.
Mehmet Uskul, Painting, Studio 25
12:00-4:00 PM
Enjoy 20% off all artwork.
Yoshiko Ratliff, Painting, Studio 203
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Enjoy 15% – 20% off select items.
Rosemary Feit Covey, Experimental Printmaking, Studio 224
10:30 AM – 6:00 PM
Enjoy 10% off all items under $500.
Saya Behnam, Painting, Studio 229
10:00 AM – 4:00 pm
Enjoy 10% off select items.
Tracy Wilkerson, Mixed Media, Studio 319
11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
One free greeting card ($8.00 value) with purchase of $40 or more.
Also Happening on Plaid Friday:
ESP TEA & COFFEE POPUP: Grand Hall (First Floor)
10:0 AM – 3:00 PM (approx.)
A local favorite, ESP Tea & Coffee offers hot coffee, tea, matcha, and chai along with some of their most popular food items. Fuel up for your holiday shopping!
ACOUSTIC GUITAR: Grand Hall (First Floor) (Fee)
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Enjoy live music from guitarist Jarrett Laskey.
RECEPTION: Tracy Wilkerson, Mixed Media, & Tamara Wilkerson, Wire & Chain Jewelry, Studio 319
1:00-4:00 PM
Enjoy light fare in the studio while viewing new work to bring home. (Free)
DEMO: Alison Sigethy, Glass, Studio 335
2:00 – 4:00 PM
Cooking with Glass: Allison Sigethy will show you how to make glass Christmas cookies which can be used as gifts or ornaments. Sign-up will be available if you’d like to make your own glass cookies in December. (Free)
SALE: Lynn Fernandez, Leatherworking, Studio 227
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Enjoy 10% off all items under $300.
Also Happening on Small Business Saturday:
ESP TEA & COFFEE POPUP: Grand Hall (First Floor)
10:0 AM – 3:00 PM (approx.)
A local favorite, ESP Tea & Coffee offers hot coffee, tea, matcha, and chai along with some of their most popular food items. Fuel up for your holiday shopping!
ACOUSTIC GUITAR: Grand Hall (First Floor)
11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Enjoy live music from guitarist Jarrett Laskey.
DISPLAY: Murat Sener & Salih Zeki Sayar, Ceramics, located in Grand Hall
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
View new works of ceramic to bring home or give as holiday gifts.
SALES:
Lynn Fernandez, Leatherworking, Studio 227
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Enjoy 10% off all items under $300
Annie Bowler, Illustrations, Studio 313
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Enjoy 10% off prints
Also Happening on Artist Sunday:
DJ Q THE TURN UP: Grand Hall (first floor)
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Enjoy your favorite holiday tunes and more. (Fee)
HANDS ON ART MAKING:
Lynn Fernandez, Leatherworking, Studio 227
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Stamp your own leather keychain! Participants may choose from a variety of leather stamps to create a one of a kind leather Keychain (while supplies last). (Free)
Tamara Wilkerson, Wire & Chain Jewelry, Studio 319
1:00-4:00PM
Kids! Make your own wire and bead bracelet (while supplies last). (Free)
DISPLAY: Murat Sener & Salih Zeki Sayar, Ceramics, located in Grand Hall (First Floor)
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
View new works of ceramic to bring home or give as holiday gifts.
DEMOS:
Saya Behnam, Painting, Studio 229
1:00-3:00 PM
View the making of botanical inks, sourced from nature to the canvas. (Free)
Gale Wallar, Painting and Printmaking, Studio 225
12:00 – 12:45 PM
Demonstration of various phases of completing an acrylic still life/cheese painting on a panel. (Free)
RECEPTION: Alison Sigethy, Glass, Studio 335
2:00-4:00 PM
Public Reception in Studio with food/drink to feature new art. (Free)
SALE: Annie Bowler, Illustrations, Studio 313
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Enjoy 10% off prints
Gale Wallar ‘Cornish Yarg and Others’ Acrylic on panel
Annie Bowler, Winter Star, Digital
Mehmet Uskul, Oil on Canvas 60×48 in
Horse Sculpture Stoneware Ceramics produced by Murat Sener & Salih Zeki Sayar
Saya Behnam, pressed flowers
Rosemary Feit Covey. One of a Kind, wood engraving , cards and prints in various sizes
Tara Barr, Mug Stack, Oil on Canvas
Sermin Ciddi