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Visiting Artist Talks: Dianne Bugash & Vallee Noone
Torpedo Factory Art CenterThe Visiting Artist Program is a professional development opportunity for emerging and experienced visual artists. Visiting artists become part of the network of artists at the Torpedo Factory Art Center for the summer. Hear them speak about their work and inspirations before the end of their visits.
An Evening with Daniel Taye – Koyeta ke Ethiopianin Seali Daniel Taye gar
Torpedo Factory Art CenterOnce named by CNN as the “Van Gogh of Africa,” Daniel Taye traveled from Ethiopia to participate in this month-long residency. The public is invited to meet him during an after-hours reception. A speaker from the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art will offer comments. The evening will also feature a sampling of Ethiopian foods and music.
Capital Area Photographers presents Copyright, Contracts and Consent with Aaron Arce Stark
Capital Area Photographers welcomes Aaron Arce Stark to explain how to best handle copyright, contracts and consent as a professional photographer.
Anne Smith: Post-Graduate Resident Talk
Studio 12 - MFA Post-Grad Residents 105 N. Union St., Alexandria, VAAnne Smith has focused on the Potomac River as it flows beyond the building’s walls. She's created a series of screen prints based on her observations and research. Hear her speak about how the Potomac has inspired her work, her process, and what she's learned over the course of her time at the Torpedo Factory.
Second Thursday Art Night
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A Dream Within A Dream: Madness
Torpedo Factory Art CenterLocal production company Through the 4th Wall has been commissioned by the Torpedo Factory Artists’ Association to stage the next evolution of their award-winning original immersive play — A Dream Within A Dream: Madness.
43rd Annual SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Showcase
Torpedo Factory Art CenterThe Torpedo Factory Art Center welcomes back the Washington DC Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH to host the 43rd Annual SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Showcase in Alexandria, Va. This festival showcases some of the most dazzling and innovative collection of submitted works selected by a distinguished jury of computer graphics experts and specialists.
Film Screening: Imber’s Left Hand
Torpedo Factory Art CenterThis documentary traces the life and work of charismatic painter Jon Imber. Despite his ALS, a degenerative condition, adversity only makes him more determined to paint. His undying passion for painting leads him to create more than 200 portraits in four months.
$8 – $12
Danielle Smith: Post-Graduate Resident Talk
Studio 12 - MFA Post-Grad Residents 105 N. Union St., Alexandria, VAAs a 2016 Post-Graduate resident in Studio 12, Danielle Smith focused her work on her personal experiences as an African-American woman. Her figurative paintings tell stories surrounding pivotal life moments leading to identity fragmentation from childhood to adulthood. Her current focus on young black girls examines their pressures to absorb or reject Eurocentric aesthetic ideals as they form and reconstruct their adult identities. During her three-month residency, she experimented with watercolor and oil to investigate how these two opposing media interact. Come hear her speak about how Alexandria inspired her work, her process, and what she's learned over the course of her time at the Torpedo Factory.
Second Thursday Art Night: Day of the Dead
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Art on Tap
Torpedo Factory Art CenterArt. Beer. Food.