The 2024 Open Call application closed on April 16, 2024.
Click below to read the 2024 Jury Report.
2024 JURY REPORT
The 2024 Selected Artist Catalog will be published between August & September, 2024.
The next Open Call is scheduled for winter 2025.
Prepare for the next Open Call with Professional Development seminars offered by the Alexandria Office of the Arts. Learn more here. You may also find helpful artist resources here.
Attend the In-Person Artists Presentations to Jurors on June 12 and June 15, 2024. Presentations are part of the 2024 Open Call.
Torpedo Factory Art Center is accepting applications for Resident Artists — individuals or groups of up to four — who will earn three-year studio leases and Artists Pro Tem — individuals who will earn the ability to sublease and participate in the Art Center programming.
Applicants accepted as Resident Artists shall receive a three (3)-year studio lease with publicly subsidized rent. The partially blind three-phase process allows a team of four expert, independent jurors to review work for quality and merit. The juror panel will also consider artists’ ability to successfully interact with the general public and positively contribute to the overall Art Center community.
Applications will be accepted for individual artists who want a studio, or to become an Artist Pro Tem, or groups of up to four (4) artists that wish to share a studio. Each application is scored as a single applicant, be it an individual application or a group application. The application is in three (3) phases.
Earning a studio at the Art Center is a competitive process. Industry standards for artist communities around the world call for re-jurying an average of every 3–5 years to maintain competition, quality, and evolving art-world standards.
Click here for artists resources you may find helpful when applying.
Download the full 2024 Open Call Information Packet
This PDF packet provides you with all information for the Open Call.
2024 OPEN CALL INFORMATION PACKETDue Date
All applications are due online via Submittable April 16, 2024, by 5:00 PM.
Application Fee
The application fee is $45 per new applicant (or applicant group). If the application fee is a barrier, email [email protected] for a free link to an application.
The application is free to current Resident Artists and Artists Pro Tem (email [email protected] for a free link).
2024 Timeline
- MARCH 6, 2024, AT 5:30 PM: Non-mandatory Free Application Instructional Webinar. (RSVP below)
- MARCH 8, 2024, AT 12:30 PM: Non-mandatory Free Application Instructional Webinar. (RSVP below)
- APRIL 16, 2024, BY 5:00 PM: Online Applications are due via Submittable. (Link below)
- MAY 14, 2024, BY 11:59 PM: Outcome of Phase I is announced.
- JUNE 3, 2024, BY 11:59 PM: Outcome of Phase II is announced.
- JUNE 4 – 7, 2024: Scheduling In-Person Application Presentations by staff.
- JUNE 12, 7 – 10 PM: In-Person Application Presentations held at the Art Center.
- JUNE 15, 10:30 AM – 5 PM: In-Person Application Presentations held at the Art Center.
- JULY 9, 2024, BY 11:59 PM: Outcome of Phase III is announced, and studios awarded.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2024: Current studio leases end for incumbent artists.
- OCTOBER 1, 2024: Leases begin for incumbent artists who have been re-accepted and retained their current studio.
- NOVEMBER 1, 2024: Leases begin for all other artists.
Free Instructional Application Webinars
The Art Center shall hold two (2) free webinars for all prospective applicants to review the application process and answer application-related questions. These are optional and have no bearing on juror’s scores. Both webinars shall provide the same information.
Webinars will be held on March 6 at 5:30 PM and March 8 at 12:30 PM, 2024. A recording will be published here.
MARCH 6 WEBINAR SIGN UP MARCH 8 WEBINAR SIGN UPMeet the 2024 Jurors
2024 JUROR BIOSView 2024 Studios Open For Consideration
2024 STUDIOSQuestions & Accommodations
Direct questions, including requests for reasonable translation or disability accommodations, to [email protected] or contact: 703.746.4570, Virginia Relay 711.
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It is highly recommended that interested applicants begin the application as soon as possible. You may save it along the way and return to it.
LINK TO 2024 OPEN CALLLearn About Past Year’s Process and Outcome
2022
2022 Juror Bios 2022 JURY REPORT 2022 SELECTED ARTISTS CATALOG2023
2023 Juror Bios 2023 JURY REPORT 2023 SELECTED ARTISTS CATALOG2023 applicants scored the application as 80% on Fairness and Transparency.
2023 applicants scored the application as 88% on Ease of the Application.