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Highest Honor
Torpedo Factory Art Center
Highest Honor returns to Torpedo Factory Art Center's atrium this season. Inspired by the building's industrial founding, artist Andy Yoder designed the 25-foot triangular banner as an oversized version of the Army-Navy "E Award," which was presented to workers during WWII for excellence in production of war equipment.
The New Project Studio presents the 2021 AIA Virginia Student Prize Exhibition
The New Project Studio will host an exhibition of the 2021 AIA Virginia Prize competition. The competition — which took place over the weekend of Jan. 22–25, 2021 — was inspired by the Equal Justice Initiative’s Community Remembrance Project and challenged students to design a pillar installation for the City of Alexandria’s Market Square.
Multi-Spectral Solo Show by Samantha L Shelton
Printmakers Inc
Printmakers Inc is proud to present Samantha Lee Shelton’s solo exhibition titled "Multi-Spectral". The exhibit features several new aquatint etchings, monotypes, and linocuts from 2019 to 2021. Shelton showcases both multi-colored hand pulled prints and also three mini-series of body of works including 1) Crazy about Cats, which highlights several linocut portraits and block printed merch, 2) Implements of Oppression, which etchings subjects include objects used by societies and Governments to suppress various peoples over time and which was inspired by the Black Lives Matters movement, and 3) Pandemic Portraits, a 4 set series of hand colored aquatint etchings inspired by the Pandemic and the isolation experienced during the health crisis here in the US.
Celebrating Ceramic Diversity
Scope Gallery
Diversity in ceramics takes many forms: the type of clay; forming methods from wheel-thrown to hand-built or slip-cast; decorating techniques as varied as sgraffito, underglaze painting, and slip trailing; to a dramatic range of glazing and firing methods. Both functional and sculptural forms are presented in this exhibit featuring the Ceramic Guild.
Solo Exhibition of Photography by Fred Zafran
Multiple Exposures Gallery
Multiple Exposures Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of photography by member artist Fred Zafran. Four years ago, Fred Zafran started photographing the subterranean world of the DC metro. It was just about that time that the rail line first began to appear to him as the great mythological underground river. What had been a routine commute to the District somehow had changed. Over the next several years, Zafran rode the metro photographing a new, strangely beautiful terrain…
Hypotheses
Target Gallery
Hypotheses Exhibition Dates: September 11 - October 31 Reception: Friday, October 8, 7pm Juror: Sue Wrbican Summary: Target Gallery presents a new group exhibition Hypotheses. This exhibition is all about the process of intellectual experimentation and/or the exploration of new ideas and techniques in an artist’s practice. The goal of this theme is to create a dialogue of work in conversation with each other about embarking outside one’s traditional boundaries of understanding. Whether it be based in cerebral or scientific…
Virtual Artist Talk with Eliza Clifford
Torpedo Factory Art Center
As her three-month post-grad residency comes to a close, Eliza Clifford talks with moderator Leslie Mounaime, curator of exhibitions, about her experiences during her time in the Post-Grad Studio.
Scope-tacular!
Scope Gallery
October will be a Scope-tacular month at the gallery with an array of work both sculptural and functional. Whimsical, realistic, and sometimes anthropomorphic: pigs, cats, fish and birds and more will be making an appearance. There may not be any vampires but watch out for black cats. Featuring the Kiln Club.
The Late Shift: The Art of Questioning
The Art Center's signature evening series returns with eclectic art and activities. In among three floors of open artists' studios, find gallery receptions, stimulating artist talks, pop-up performances, hands-on projects, lively music, and more.
Workshops on the Waterfront
Torpedo Factory Art Center
Enjoy a free hands-on workshop with a Torpedo Factory Art Center artist at the Waterfront entrance of the Art Center.