Ever feel like you're on a hamster wheel? Do you wonder why your clients will spend thousands on flowers but balk at a $1,500 wedding album? Join Capital Area Photographers and look at print through a client’s eyes and see how a simple change in perspective can change your business and your life.
October is the time for stories, traditions, and folklore. It's also National Arts & Humanities Month. Hear old familiar tales and create new stories.
An Alexandria tradition for more than two decades, Art Safari returns for a day of hands-on activities for kids and families.
October juror Stephen Doherty will join us to discuss his work as a writer, editor, artist, and teacher.
Marisela Rumberg is a Fiber-Artist, Award-Winning Quilter and Certified Zentangle Teacher. She is a member of the Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery in Studio 29 at the Torpedo Factory Art Center. Marisela finds inspiration for her art in nature and the history, legends, traditions and stories of her native Mexico. Find out more about the "Dia de los Muertos" tradition in this talk about legends, stories, traditions, and quilts.
In celebration of the opening of the Connecting the Dots 2 exhibition in the New Project Studio (Studio 8) and in conjunction with Howard Universitys Homecoming Week, the HRCHY, an all-women DC creative agency (and Howard Alumni), partners with the Torpedo Factory Art Center to extend the “Dots” exhibition beyond its four walls for one night to display additional works of art in the Art Center halls.
Poetry reading and presentation of art made by veterans and active-duty members using paper made from uniforms. In partnership with USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore and Community Building Art Works.
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The Dog Park in Old Town Alexandria celebrates its annual Doggy Trick-or-Treat, and this time, the Torpedo Factory Art Center is getting involved in the four-legged fun!
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Community Building Art Works returns to the Riverview Room for the next Community Writing Workshop. No creative writing experience required! October's workshop will be led by Susanna Sonnenberg, who is the author of two NYT best-selling memoirs, HER LAST DEATH and SHE MATTERS: A LIFE IN FRIENDSHIPS. Her work has appeared in many magazines, newspapers and anthologies, and she regularly teaches writing workshops in Missoula and elsewhere.