ALX Pride was developed in 2018 as a community-focused event to celebrate LGBTQ+-identifying creatives in the Alexandria area and beyond. The Art Center is pleased to bring back this event and provide arts projects along the Waterfront and the Union Street entrances as well as a virtual broadcast. Please note the Art Center will not be open during these after hours events.
Enjoy a free hands-on workshop with a Torpedo Factory Art Center artist at the Waterfront entrance of the Art Center.
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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.
Celebrate the U.S.A.’s 245th birthday and Alexandria’s 272nd birthday with conversation, music, and art activities at the Late Shift's "America Then and Now."
Enjoy a free art demonstration with a Torpedo Factory Art Center artist at the Waterfront entrance of the Art Center.
As we have now past the one-year mark of COVID-19 shut-downs in the United States, this exhibition will provide a catharsis, for artists and viewers alike, to take in and share in works that highlight the very specific reality that we have experienced.
Printmakers Inc invites you to attend an artist reception with printmaker Samantha Shelton at studio 325 from 2 - 4pm. Shelton will discuss her recent works for her solo show "Multi-spectral', which showcases recent etchings, monoprints, and linocuts from 2019 - 2021.
