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SUMMARY:Alexander D'Agostino: "A Shrine to the Forgotten"
DESCRIPTION:Reception and Artist Talk: Friday\, May 12 7-10PM\nPerformance: Friday\, June 9 at 8PM \nTorpedo Factory Art Center presents the Target Gallery solo exhibition recipient\, Alexander D’Agostino with “A Shrine to the Forgotten“. Alexander’s visual and performance works often become requiems for those Witch-hunted and accused for disrupting the “moral fabric” of society\, who’s stories are often packed away in some forgotten storage facility of collective memory. In this  exhibition Alexander invites the viewer to imagine the discovery of missing pages of a sixteenth century book of spells\, along with other documents and objects found in the Torpedo Factory when it was vacant after being used as a storage facility for the FBI and Smithsonian Institute. This site specific installation in the Target Gallery consists of large textile prints\, artist books\, and sculptural works that explore hidden and erased stories\, witch-hunts\, book-bans\, and “don’t say gay” bills that will tie the Torpedo Factories’ unique history with Alexander’s practice of engaging spaces with queer history\, myth-making\, and ritual. \nAlexander will also be having a virtual talk about artistic research with the Folger Shakespeare Library with Folger fellow Mindy Stricke on Tuesday\, June 6 at 6PM. Register for the talk HERE. \nView Online Catalog\n  \nAbout the Jury Panel \nHoesy Corona is an uncategorized queer Latinx artist of Mexican descent living and working in the United States. He creates work across a variety of media spanning installation\, performance\, and video. He develops otherworldly narratives centering marginalized individuals in society by exploring a process-based practice that investigates what it means to be a queer Latinx immigrant in a place where there are few. He choreographs large scale performances and installations that oftentimes silently confront and delight viewers with some of the most pressing issues of our time. Reoccurring themes of queerness\, race/class/gender\, nature\, isolation\, celebration\, and the climate crisis are present throughout his work. Hoesy has exhibited widely in galleries\, museums\, and public spaces in the United States and abroad. \n  \nHe lived in Mexico\, Utah\, and Wisconsin\, before moving to Baltimore\, MD in 2005 to establish a professional practice in the arts. He is a recent GKFF Artist Fellow 2019 & 2020 in Tulsa\, OK. And is a former Halcyon Arts Lab Fellow 2017-2018 in Washington\, DC. He is a current Nicholson Project Artist in Residence in SouthEast DC and is a resident artist at The Creative Alliance in Baltimore\, MD where he lives and works. \n  \nLaila Abdul-Hadi Jadallah  is a seasoned arts administrator\, writer and exhibition producer\, and curator with more than 15 years of experience. She is the Director of Programs at the Qatar America Institute for Culture (QAIC)\, where she oversees the overall strategic and executive direction of QAIC programs and exhibitions. Prior to joining QAIC\, she was the inaugural Managing Director of Washington Studio School and has previously held senior-level positions at the Fabric Workshop and Museum\, Art Fraud Insights\, and International Arts and Artists\, where she worked with numerous arts and cultural partners to lead communications\, program development and manage more than 20 major exhibitions. As an independent art consultant and arts writer\, she has worked with numerous organizations\, partners\, and artists to produce or curate exhibitions and programs. \nPast projects include curating Art In Isolation: Creativity In the Time of Covid-19 (Middle East Institute\, 2020/2021) and Through Their Eyes: Moments Photographed by Syrian Children (US Fund for UNICEF\, 2017)\, and producing Tania El-Khoury’s Gardens Speak (Middle East Institute/National Building Museum\, 2016). As a researcher\, Jadallah is interested in cultural diplomacy; the alternative histories and contributions of diaspora communities from the Middle East and North Africa to the art historical canon; and the new visual languages introduced by contemporary MENA artists’. Her most recent projects include curating More Than Your Eyes Can See: Contemporary Photography from the Arab World an exhibition organized in partnership with Tribe Magazine at the Middle East Institute. \nShe has presented about her work\, the role of arts in education\, and as a tool for social change and cultural diplomacy at programs organized by Montgomery College\, The Middle East Institute\, ArtTable\, Inc.\, Hillyer Art Space\, and the College Arts Association Annual Meeting. She recently served on the Executive Committee of the Washington\, D.C.-region chapter of ArtTable\, Inc. and co-chaired State of Art5/DC: A Conversation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum (2019). Jadallah is a member of ArtTable Inc.\, Arts Administrators of Color\, the Brokering Intercultural Exchange Group\, and Museum HUE.  She was in the inaugural cohort at Georgetown’s Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics’ Student Fellows program (2020/2021) and a 2017 and 2019 D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities Artist Fellow. \n  \nClaudia Watts  has been a lover and patron of the arts since childhood. In 2016\, Claudia assumed the role of strategic planning and partnerships at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum (ACM). In this role\, she co-authored the museum’s case for revitalization with the former director Lori D. Yarrish. Claudia also worked with community organizations\, educational institutions\, and artists to create programs that supported museum initiatives. She collaborated with ESPN’s The Undefeated to produce an All-Star 2018 pop-up exhibition and developed a community documentation program for teens that received funding from Coca-Cola. She also commissioned artist\, Adrienne Gaither\, to create a mural inspired by ACM’s collection for the newly renovated community lounge. In December of 2020 Claudia accepted a new position as the Director of Culture at Eaton Hotel. \nIn addition to her work in the arts\, she served as the Managing Editor of the Washington Informer’s Bridge Magazine\, an arts and culture-focused publication\, from 2018 – 2020. Claudia continues to freelance as an arts writer and curatorial consultant. \nClaudia received her B.B.A. with a concentration in marketing from the Howard University School of Business in 2010 and her M.S. in marketing from the University of Maryland Global Campus in 2019. She will attend American University as the Caroly Small Alper fellow in fall of 2022 while pursuing her M.A. in Art History.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/2023-solo-exhibition/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Target Gallery
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Frame: A Contemporary Exploration of Mixed Media Photography
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Dates: Saturday\, January 28 – Saturday\, March 4\, 2023\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, February 10\, 6-8PM\nThe Torpedo Factory Art Center presents Beyond the Frame: A Contemporary Exploration of Mixed Media Photography which will be on view in Target Gallery in winter of 2023. The goal for this exhibition is to highlight how artists are experimenting with what photography is capable of beyond its traditional framed presentation on the wall. This group exhibition was juried by Siobhan Rigg\, artist and professor at George Washington University’s Corcoran School of the Arts and Design. \nParticipating Artists Include: \nHaylee Anne\, Atlanta\, GA\nHeather Beardsley\, Virginia Beach\, VA\nLauren Bertelson\, West Palm Beach\, FL\nStefani Byrd\, Wilmington\, NC\nMatthew Conradt\, Brooklyn\, NY\nCatherine Day\, McLean\, VA\nTyler Grimes\, Baltimore\, MD\nSamantha Jensen\, Brooklyn\, NY\nJames Leach\, Edmonds\, WA\nSarah Hood Salomon\, Germantown\, MD\nK Sarrantonio\, Brooklyn\, NY\nVeronica Sloan\, Gaithersburg\, MD \n  \nAbout the Juror \nSiobhan Rigg is an Associate Professor of Studio Arts and currently also serves as Program Head of Design at the George Washington University’s Corcoran School of Arts & Design . Rigg is a multidisciplinary artist\, teacher\, and writer whose creative and research interests center on social and environmental micro-histories. Their work is concerned\, most immediately with the ways toxic legacies are distributed within the built environment\, and more broadly\, with theoretical and material explorations of governance and land use. Rigg teaches across the areas of studio arts\, time-based media\, and social practice at the undergraduate and graduate levels. \nImage Credit: Samantha Jensen\, “Portrait of Carlos”\, Illford Photo Paper Collage\, 2022.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/beyond-the-frame/
LOCATION:Torpedo Factory Art Center
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Target Gallery
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SUMMARY:2022 Post Grad Resident: Kiel Posner
DESCRIPTION:Kiel Posner (he/they)\nVirginia Commonwealth University\, 2020\nB.F.A.\, Craft and Materials Studies\n@aspects_unlimited\n\nArtist Bio \nPictured: Kiel Posner \nKiel is a Queer Jewish ceramicist currently living in Bethesda\, Maryland. Their work investigates the legacy of the button factory their great grandfather worked his way up to owning after immigrating to NYC\, from Eastern Europe\, in 1912. 109 years later\, after producing for Macy’s and Disney\, what’s left of the now defunct factory are some ceramic decals and a dusty kiln. Kiel received their BFA in Craft and Materials Studies in 2020 from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond\, VA. While in Richmond they were awarded a Fellowship from the Virginia Museum of Fine arts and rented space at Shockoe Bottom Clay. Since relocating to the DMV They have started teaching ceramics classes at Vis Arts\nRockville and The District Clay Center. \nArtist Statement \n“Glitch” is defined as a minor malfunction. A word now inseparable from popular vernacular is derived from the Yiddish Glitsh meaning “slippery place”. \nIn my most recent body of work\, I have been collaging the waterslide decals remnant from the factory on mass-produced second-hand ceramics creating glitchy surfaces that are intended to challenge the viewer’s sense of focus. \nI want to confront the viewer with optical illusions that play on their sense of trust. The same lack of trust I feel when double-taking at reports of demands for book burnings and new alternative “sides” of Holocaust being added to curriculum. I am stuck in a slippery place\, submerged in an untrustworthy information-hungry culture that pines for my attention while trying to erode my own history. \nIn attempts to translate this dishonesty and slippage in canon\, I have become very interested in techniques of Trompe l’oeil and Op art as avenues for making work that pushes back against the viewer’s gaze\, staring back and concealing information. I never realized the truth is such a Glitsh and I hope to bring to light the warps and mistakes usually camouflaged. \n\nAbout the Residency \nLocated in Torpedo Factory Art Center’s Studio 319\, this competitive juried residency provides meaningful support to emerging artists who have recently completed formal academic training in the visual arts. It is an opportunity to address the critical post-graduation juncture in an emerging artist’s career. \nResidents have three months of exclusive access to a studio in the Art Center. Therein\, they can create and sell work\, interact with the public\, and connect with other arts professionals. It’s an opportunity for professional development\, networking\, and a chance to define a practice outside of the academic context. \nApplications are open to recently graduated students who earned a bachelor’s or master’s art degree from an accredited university. Submissions were accepted from across the U.S.\, provided artists submit proof of their permanent residence in the area and/or commitment to contributing to the future of the region’s arts scene. \nLearn more about the 2022 cohort and previous years here.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/kiel-posner/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Post-Graduate Residency
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SUMMARY:Body Talk
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Dates: September 17 – October 30\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, October 14 \n  \nView Exhibition Online \n  \nThe Torpedo Factory Art Center presents Body Talk\, an all-media group exhibition themed on self-portraiture\, figural work\, or depictions of the self on view in Target Gallery and Studio 9. The goal for this exhibition is to explore themes of identity\, culture\, gender\, and mental health through the expression of the physical form. \n  \nParticipating artists:  \nJenna Alderiso\, Melbourne\, FL \nAliana Grace Bailey\, Washington\, DC \nLaurie Berenhaus\, Jersey City\, NJ \nHannah Boone\, Buffalo\, NY \nEliza Clifford\, Bethesda\, MD \nDek\, Tacoma WA \nSharon Draghi\, Scarsdale\, NY \nAsh Hagerstrand\, Brooklyn NY \nMichael Hubbard\, Midland\, TX \nLeslie Keifer\, Washington DC \nElizabeth Lamb\, Brooklyn\, NY \nElissa Leibowitz-Poma\, Silver Spring\, MD \nRebecca Spilecki\, Wilton\, ME \nPaula Stuttman\, New York City\, NY \nJessica Valoris\, Washington\, DC \nApril Vendetta\, Brooklyn\, NY \nDavid Voss\, Silver Spring\, MD \nMilan Warner\, Silver Spring\, MD \nRedeat Wondemu\, Washington DC \nLauren Woods\, Opelika\, AL \nMia Zheng\, Honolulu\, HI \n  \nImage Credit: Sharon Draghi\, Time is an Illusion\, 2020. Archival Pigment Print \n\nAbout the Juror \nMatt Storm (he/him) is a photo-based artist in Washington\, D.C\, and a 2020 recipient of the Arts & Humanities Fellowship from Washington D.C.’s Commission on the Arts & Humanities. Storm’s work engages with the theme of identity\, and the questions\, “who are we\, and how do we know?” \nStorm serves as Chair of the LGBTQ Caucus for Pride Caucus\, and he curated a show of art by D.C.-area artists who identify as transgender\, non-binary\, Two Spirit\, and agender as part of Trans Pride DC in 2019. \nStorm has worked at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown\, MA\, and he graduated from Dartmouth College with the Perspectives on Design Award.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/body-talk/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Target Gallery
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SUMMARY:Turning Tides
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Dates: July 23 – September 11\, 2022\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, August 12\, 2022\, 7-9PM \n  \nBrowse the Exhibition\nThe Torpedo Factory Art Center presents Turning Tides\, a group exhibition that explores the impact of climate change on view in Target Gallery. This exhibition discusses the issue through a variety of artworks represented by different styles and mediums coming together in a dialogue. \nParticipating Artists:\nRachel Cole\, Brooklyn\, NY\nChris Combs\, Washington\, DC\nKatie Ione Craney\, Haines\, AK\nPam Eichner\, Silver Spring\, MD\nJohnny Everyman\, Philadelphia\, PA\nMaggie Golightly Haslam\, Alexandria\, VA\nCaroline Hatfield\, Starkville\, MS\nSusan Hoffman-Fishman\, West Hartford\, CT\nKatie Kehoe\, Richmond\, VA\nIvy Kim\, Crested Butte\, CO\nSyd Lewin\, Richmond\, VA\nDavid Mann\, Leesburg\, VA\nIsabella Merlos\, Arlington\, VA\nSarah Nance\, Dallas\, TX\nRegina Quinn\, Gilboa\, NY\nEric Rivera-Barbeito\, Richmond\, VA\nMichaelAngelo Rodriguez\, Washington\, DC\nJeff Schofield\, Pontiac\, MI\nMeredith Starr\, Plainview\, NY\nAnn Stoddard\, Adelphi\, MD \nImage Credit: Susan Hoffman-Fishman\, The Earth Is Breaking Beautifully #5\, 2021. Acrylic\, oil pigment stick\, mixed media on paper. \n\nAbout the Juror:\nDiane Burko works at the intersection of art\, science and the environment with an artistic practice that is devoted to bringing the challenges of climate change to light through her artistic practice as well as her public engagement activity. Having spent over four decades exploring monumental and geological phenomena in a wide range of works from painting to photography to video\, in 2006 she decidedly began devoting herself exclusively to the exploration of environmental issues. Her artworks integrate experiences of on-location explorations\, interactions with scientists in their labs and research data all resolved into captivating climate-conscious works that encourage critical thinking about the role humans are having on the environment. Her most recent museum show\, SEEING CLIMATE CHANGE\, clearly demonstrates this.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/turning-tides/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Through These Eyes
DESCRIPTION:On view in Studio 9. \nExhibition dates: June 10 – September 4\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, June 10\, 7-10PM \nView Online Catalog\nAs an extension of Target Gallery the Torpedo Factory Art Center is hosting the pop-up video exhibition\, Through These Eyes\, in Studio 9 of the Art Center during the summer of 2022. This exhibition features a series of videos that focuses on perspectives of underrepresented identities\, including BIPOC identity\, LGBTQ+ identity\, and physical or mental disabilities in the form of film shorts\, documentaries\, and animations. \nThis exhibition will feature a series of videos projected\, playing one-at-a-time on a loop in Studio 9 of the Torpedo Factory Art Center. The work will be viewable all together on our online digital catalog which will be available on our website. \nParticipating Artists:\nMegan Christiansen\, New York\, NY\nMichael Covello\, Virginville\, VA\nKiana Honarmand\, Mountain View\, CA\nWillow Machado\, Quincy\, Massachussetts\nDawn Nye\, Farmington\, ME\nElizabeth Schneider\, Virginville\, VA\nKate Stone\, Brooklyn\, NY\nJessica Valoris\, Washington\, DC\nAngelica Verdan\, Lorton\, PA\nNancy Wyllie\, N Kingstown\, RI \nImage Credit: Willow Machade\, Just Leave It\, 2022 (Video Still). \n\n\nAbout the Juror:\nNaoko Wowsugi (she/her) an DC-based artist of Korean-Japanese descent\, who works with photography\, video\, and performance as forms of communication. Using interdisciplinary practices of visual art\, local research\, and community participation\, Wowsugi’s projects highlight and fortify everyday communal and interpersonal identities. Wowsugi received an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BFA from both the Kansas City Art Institute and Osaka University of Arts in Japan. She is currently a professor at American University in Washington DC. \n 
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/through-these-eyes/
LOCATION:Studio 9
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:LE DRIP: The Uncontainable Sauce of Black Essence
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Dates: April 23 – July 17\, 2022\nExhibition Reception: Friday\, May  13\, 2022 7 – 10pm  \n  \nView Online Catalog\nLE DRIP: The Uncontainable Sauce of Black Essence is a solo exhibition by Washington-based artist Blu Murphy\, Target Gallery’s 2022 solo exhibition recipient. The LE DRIP series is a group of mixed media portraits created as a tribute to the black community and celebrates the essence\, beauty\, and magic of this resilient and often undervalued group of people. \nThe subject matters included in this series are elementary and middle school students who attend a title one school in southeast D. C.\, where the artist also teaches arts education. Through collage\, the artist carefully and strategically combined the statement “I Am Art” with graffiti and images that represent black narratives. The portraits in this series offer the viewer an opportunity to challenge their perspectives and see a subset of individuals who are often unseen or overlooked as valuable masterpieces. \nThe white industrial walls of  Target Gallery are used as a backdrop to represent urban communities. Steeped in symbolism\, upon entering the gallery\, viewers will observe shoes hanging from a wire anchored in the ceiling. In urban communities\, this symbolizes remembrance; we are honoring and remember community members who are no longer with us. \nThe series includes more than ten (10) works of art encased in vibrant colored up-cycled frames. Dripping paint “le drip” travels from the portrait to the frame and then onto the gallery wall representing the uncontainable and undeniable sauce of the black essence. The ingredients of “the sauce” are rich and include: our combined pain\, triumphs\, joys\, strength\, and swag. \nThis exhibition was created to challenge the viewer to think about the following questions: \n\nWhat do you qualify as art?\nWhat do you view as valuable?\n\nThese questions are explored further in a simple\, black\, and white video created by the artist that features people from her community either boldly making the statement “I Am Art” or expressing why they consider themselves art. She hopes that each viewer will leave with a heightened sense of self-love and a different perspective on what they qualify as art. \n\nAbout the Artist\nBrandy “Blu” Murphy (she/her)\, is a Washington\, D. C. based artist is known for capturing the strength of her subjects through photography and utilizing graffiti\, texture\, and color to tell the story of disenfranchised African-Americans who are often unheard and unseen and showcasing them as works of art. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nAbout the Jurors\n \nMaps Glover is an artist and innovator\, from his installation and performances at some of the nation’s premiere stages including the Kennedy Center. Maps’ illustrations have also graced the covers of magazines like The Fray\, Hello Mr\, and Condé Nast Traveler. His approach to art is unique meditative his practice invites the viewer to reimagine the world around them. \n\nHeather Hakimzadeh is the Curator at the Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). Since her tenure at Virginia MOCA\, she has organized over 50 exhibitions ranging from local to internationally recognized artists. Hakimzadeh’s recent exhibitions include She Says: Women\, Words\, and Power\, Inka Essenhigh: A Fine Line\, and Wayne White: Monitorium. She wrote essays for both Inka Essenhigh’s monograph and the catalogue that accompanied the seminal group exhibition\, Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose. She earned a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University\, a B.A. in Art History from Old Dominion University\, and an M.A. in Art History from the George Washington University. \n\n \nThomas James is a visual arts curator and arts facilitator based in Maryland. An appreciator and collector of fine arts\, he highlights working artists and facilitates spaces for creatives to refine and develop their craft. Beginning his career in the arts while in college at Frostburg State University\, his first exhibition was at Mountain City Center for the Arts\, where he was interning. Shortly after graduation\, Thomas took an opportunity to independently curate an exhibition on display at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis\, and it was eventually travelled to George Washington University’s ArtReach Gallery in Washington\, DC. Shortly after\, Thomas went on to conduct a fellowship at The Maryland Federation of Art before joining the Baltimore anchor institution\, Creative Alliance\, in 2018 through 2021. He now leads the exhibition programming at Eubie Blake Cultural Center in Baltimore. Thomas has curated exhibitions on display at The Phillips Collection\, Anne Arundel Community College\, Gallery Al-Quds\, and Syra Arts. In addition to curating\, Thomas has served as a writer\, designer\, consultant\, lecturer\, and more for organizations and companies such as Vans\, Kaiser Permante\, B&O Railroad Museum\, Munger\, Tolles\, & Olsen LLP\, Urban Walls Brazil\, Reginald F. Lewis Museum\, and more. To learn more visit thomasjamesdc.com.
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LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Sweet Tooth
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Reception: Friday\, February 11\, 7 p.m.\nWatch the livestream on: facebook.com/targetgallery \nTarget Gallery presents Sweet Tooth\, a group exhibition that is all about decadence\, desire\, and craving. Artwork will embody this theme physically through vibrancy and the richness of color and texture. Other work represents these themes through a more conceptual connection such as explorations of coveting\, gluttony\, greed\, and yearning. \nThe juror for this exhibition is Naomi Christianson\, DC-based artist and curator \nBrowse the Catalogue\nArtists Include:  \nGrace Bromley\nErika Cleveland\nNicole Di Fabio\nChristina Dietz\nEleanor Glattly\nLindsay Hall\nJim Joint\nBrenda Jones\nErik Kamenski\nChristopher Lane*\nBeverly Logan\nMarkella Lousidis\nSusan Makara\nNicole Maloof\nDavid Mann\nRosemary Meza-DesPlas\nKirsten Rae Simonsen\nJennie Thwing\nJoel Vincii Ulmr\nAshley Jaye Williams \n  \n*On view in the virtual exhibition only. \nImage Credit: Lindsay Hall\, Pucker\, 2020. \nAbout the Juror \nNaomi Christianson is a local indie visual artist and designer\, also purveyor of the Omi Collective. Her art focuses on the healing properties of color and iconic images representing the divine feminine and healing frequencies and vibrations of the heart.  Leveraging her experiences as a Vedic and multicultural spiritual icon investigator\, Naomi creates art that reveals her own journey while creating universal truths and bliss from raw materials of color\, emotion and physical experience. She has exhibited her work in over 50 locations\, including galleries based in New York\, London\, Prague and the DC metropolitan area. Her collective has popped up more than 30 healing safe spaces focusing on supporting local identifying female and gender nonconforming artists and entrepreneurs in the DC metropolitan area. Naomi is currently practicing her art in a private studio located in Moyaone Reserve inside the Piscataway National Park. Her current projects include focuses on moon medicine tarot cards\, up-cycling vintage couture and adding new paintings to her Space Fashion series. \n 
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SUMMARY:"2021 Post-Grad Residents"
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Artist Talk: Sunday\, January 9\, 2pm\nJoin us online: facebook.com/targetgallery \nTarget Gallery presents the Torpedo Factory Art Center’s 2021 Post-Graduation Residency co-hort: Eliza Clifford\, Lindsey Kircher\, Nicole Wandera\, and Daniel Varillas.  \nThe Post-Grad Residency provides a unique experience at a critical juncture in an emerging artist’s career after they graduate their BFA or MFA program\, allowing them unlimited studio access and the ability to engage with the community outside of academic context.  \nThe work on view in the exhibition spotlights the work and creative endeavors these four residents created during their three-month residency in studio #319.  \nJoin us for a reception and artist talk on Sunday\, January 9th at 2pm where we will also be introducing the new 2022 co-hort.  \nImage credit: Lindsey Kircher\, Horse to Water\, 2021. Oil on canvas.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/2021-post-grad-residents/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Post-Graduate Residency,Target Gallery,Target Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211110
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211213
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
CREATED:20211001T170119Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211119T200604Z
UID:20931-1636502400-1639353599@torpedofactory.org
SUMMARY:Fall Salon
DESCRIPTION:Find something uniquely Alexandrian to bring home. Bragging rights at no extra cost.\nTarget Gallery introduces a new art sale this year to support affordable art buying for art lovers and collectors. This special exhibition features 70 original works by regional artists. Each piece is priced no more than $1\,000. \nShipping and installment payments are available. Contact Target Gallery for details at targetgallery@alexandriava.gov or 703.746.4590. \nThe Fall Salon is a great way to support the metropolitan area’s artists\, as they receive 70% of the proceeds. The remaining benefits future exhibitions and programs at Torpedo Factory Art Center and Target Gallery. \nBuy Work Online\nArtists are:  \nCandice Agnello\, David Alfuth\, Neyla Arnas\, Ken Bachman\, Jennifer Barlow\, Andy Berger\, Julia Bezgacheva\, Jill Brabant\, Kathriel Brister\, Therese Brown\, Kathleen Bryan\, Chris Combs\, Roy Comiskey\, Sharon Corish\, Andrea Cybyk\, Wendy Donahoe\, Stephanie C. Dyke\, Cecilia Ford\, Tamah Graber\, Tracie Griffith Tso\, Brie Hayden\, Deirdra Hazeley\, Isi Ikhide\, Juanita Illera\, Kieun Kim\, Megan King\, Pam Klein\, Liz LaGarde\, Deborah Lash\, May-Mei Lee\, Natalie Levy-Costa\, Shelley Lowenstein\, Linda Lowery\, Susannah Lynch\, David Mann\, Christine Manwiller\, Davrill Nash\, Jean Edgar Ojiambo\, Tea Okropiridze\, Alessandra Ricci\, Alexys Rivers\, Doris Ross\, Lucas J. Rougeux\, Robert Schultz\, Samantha Shelton\, Bryan Sieling\, Harriet Smith\, Brendan Smith\, Fanni Somogyi\, Bikki Stricker\, Sally Veach\, Karen Waltermire\, Janelle Washington\, Anna Watson\, Lillis Werder\, Janet Wittenberg\, and Suzanne Yurdin \n\nAbout the Jurors\nClint Mansell (he/him) is the director of Principle Gallery (Alexandria\, VA) where\, over the last eleven years\, he has worked to advance artist’s careers\, add new talent to their roster\, and expand the gallery’s digital reach. His degrees in studio arts and studies in psychology sparked his quest to understand the perception of quality in art. Clint has dedicated his career to supporting living artists and encouraging them to pursue their passions. \n  \nSarah Tanguy (she/her) is an independent curator and arts writer based in Washington\, D.C. A strong believer in hands-on collaboration and in the power of art to connect with our lived experience\, she enjoys exploring the intersection of art with such topics as food\, tools\, books\, and science. The daughter of a U.S. diplomat\, she holds a B.A. in Fine Arts from Georgetown University\, and a M.A. in Art History from the University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill. After interning at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden\, Tanguy worked at the National Gallery\, the International Exhibitions Foundation\, The Tremaine Collection\, the International Sculpture Center\, the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service\, The Hechinger Collection\, and the Office of Art in Embassies\, U.S. Department of State\, where she curated temporary exhibitions and permanent collections for U.S. diplomatic facilities overseas. Recent projects include TRACES at The Kreeger Museum and Reveal: The Art of Reimagining Scientific Discovery and Twist-Layer-Pour\, both at the American University Art Museum\, as well as an ongoing exhibition program for the American Center for Physics. In addition to exhibition-related essays\, she contributes to Sculpture and Metalsmith\, among other publications. \nTomora Wright (she/her) is a dedicated arts manager committed to advancing the contemporary art field by prioritizing intersectional representation and diversifying program and engagement strategies within art institutions. Wright is Hamiltonian Artists’ new Fellowship Director\, where she cultivates new opportunities to help build a dynamic community of innovative artists and effective visual art leaders in the thriving DC creative ecosystem. Before joining Hamiltonian\, she worked as the Marketing Manager at Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center and most recently served as Glen Echo Park’s Visual Arts Exhibition Manager\, both in Maryland. Wright has curated exhibitions in the DC region at Prince George’s African American Museum and Cultural Center (2018)\, College Park\, Maryland’s MilkBoy ArtHouse (2018)\, Banneker–Douglass Museum (2020)\, Higgins Gallery (2020)\, and Glen Echo Park (2019–2021). She holds a master’s degree in Art Management from American University and a BA in Communications from Howard University.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/fall-salon/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210911
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211101
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
CREATED:20210526T195707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211002T005607Z
UID:20452-1631318400-1635724799@torpedofactory.org
SUMMARY:Hypotheses
DESCRIPTION:Hypotheses\nSeptember 11 – October 31\nReception: Friday\, October 8\, 7pm\nJuror: Sue Wrbican  \nSummary: \n\nTarget 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. \nThe 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 research or experimenting with a new technique or conceptual idea\, each work in the exhibition will embody this concept of questioning and discovery. \nParticipating Artists:\nAdam Bradley\nThea Clark\nJulia Clouser\nSasha de Koninck\nGregory Logan Dunn\nMira Hecht\nSamantha Holmes\nYingheng Huang\nJang Soon Im\nDave Kube\nJayne Matricardi\nStephen Nakatani\nTamao Nakayama\nJulia Paul\nMia Rollins\nFanni Somogyi\nLiz Stewart\nJoshua Unikel\nBarg Upender\nWinnie van der Rijn\nJeff Che Yeh\nAnne Yoncha \n  \nImage Credit: Fanni Somogyi\, Cross Species Connection\, 2021.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/hypotheses/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Target Gallery,Target Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210724
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210906
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
CREATED:20210526T165036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210728T162456Z
UID:20450-1627084800-1630886399@torpedofactory.org
SUMMARY:A Year In
DESCRIPTION:Gallery Reception: Friday\, August 13 @ 7pm \nTarget Gallery presents an all-media group exhibition that marks one year since COVID-19 led to shut-downs and major shifts in the U.S. This exhibition provides catharsis and an opportunity for artists to share how this year has influenced their artist practice. All works is connected to events that have happened since March 2020. \nParticipating Artists are: \nKelli Rae Adams\nMark Armbruster\nJaqui Falkenheim\nJacob Foster\nChristian Hastad\nJuan Hinojosa\nAmanda Hodes\nDayna Leavitt\nMei Wu Lemmon\nWeina Li\nRon Longsdorf\nGeorge Lorio\nKaty McCarthy\nManuela Mourao\nMeredith Starr\nBetty Vera\nSarah K Williams\nAbby Zhang \nAbout the Juror: \nNancy Daly is an artist and curator based in Washington D.C. Her current body of work examines how the development of the online social world is affecting identity and social behavior. By creating interactive machines reminiscent of outdated technology\, she addresses the contradictions present in various social media that are at once ephemeral and entirely permanent. Interactivity and the vocabulary of minimalist sculpture are key elements of her installations that challenge the viewer to look beyond the user-friendliness of online technology and consider what their participation in social media means.\n\nNancy Daly is a graduate of the Photographic and Electronic Media MFA program at the Maryland Institute College of Art. She lives and works in Washington\, D.C. where she teaches Photography\, Visual Literacy\, 2D Design and 3D Design at American University and George Mason University.\n\n\nImage Credit: Mark Armbruster\, 82 rolls\, 397 days\, 2021. Archival Pigment Print.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/a-year-in/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Target Gallery,Target Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210529
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210719
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
CREATED:20210305T171649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210703T161228Z
UID:20091-1622246400-1626652799@torpedofactory.org
SUMMARY:"We\, Too\, Sing America" by Ọmọlará Williams McCallister
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Reception: Friday\, June 11 | 7pm\nfacebook.com/torpedofactory \nIn- Person Durational Performance: 12 – 1 pm\, June 24 – July 18\, 2021 \nIn-Person Reception and Performance: Dusk (9pm)\, July 9\, 2021 \nView Online Catalog \n\nTarget Gallery’s 2021 solo exhibition recipient is artist Ọmọlará Williams McCallister (pronouns: O/love/beloved) who will be presenting a multisensory installation\, “We\, Too\, Sing America”\, which will include visual\, sound\, and interactive elements including durational performance. The installation is a continuation of  the artist’s ongoing fiber-based series Domestic Work\, which confronts the extraction of emotional labor\, caretaking and other domestic work from Black women that is expected\, depended upon\, normalized and then erased in public and private spaces. \n“We\, Too\, Sing America will be a memorial to the small everyday acts that we have undertaken to support ourselves and each other as we have collectively moved towards building a better future and weathered the storms of COVID\, of white supremacist anti-Black terror\, of all of the intersecting forms of oppression that we face/d over these past many months. In this work I will use accumulation and repetition of ritual acts\, art objects\, images\, and sound to explore the relationship of the individual act\, individual person\, individual moment to the collective\, and to collective world building.” \n— Ọmọlará Williams McCallister \nThe jury panel for this exhibition was: Antonius-Tin Bui\, Michele Carlson\, and Deirdre Darden. \nFeatured image courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/we-too-sing-america-by-omolara-williams-mccallister/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Target Gallery,Target Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210410
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210524
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
CREATED:20210305T165740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210410T172403Z
UID:20087-1618012800-1621814399@torpedofactory.org
SUMMARY:Those Spaces Between Us
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Reception: Friday\, May 14 | 7pm\nfacebook.com/torpedofactory \n  \nTarget Gallery presents a digital and in-person exhibition Those Spaces Between Us. This show considers the distances between people and their surroundings and how that divide becomes its own character in art\, history\, memories\, and the stories people tell about themselves. \nThis exhibition was juried by VA-based artist and educator\, Nikki Brugnoli. \nParticipating artists are: \nDustyn Bork\nMalina Busch\nBonnie Carrow\nLisa Co\nLaura Beth Davidson\nShannon Finnell\nKate Fitzpatrick\nEmily Fussner\nZachary Z. Handler*\nMary Janacek\nNilou Kazemzadeh\nCecilia Kim\nSharon Koelblinger\nAnya Kotler\nJacob Lahah\nHarry Mayer\nCeci Cole Mclnturff\nRuby Andromeda Miller\nWhitney Sage\nJohab Silva\nSusanna Starr\nKatie Waugh\nAllyssa Ray Yamaguchi-Juarez \n  \nImage Credit: Allyssa Ray Yamaguchi-Juarez\, “Maybe I Am”\, 2019. Digital Collage. \n  \n*Artwork on view as a part of the digital exhibition only.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/those-spaces-between-us/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Target Gallery,Target Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210327T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210327T203000
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
CREATED:20210305T181228Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210320T203302Z
UID:20102-1616871600-1616877000@torpedofactory.org
SUMMARY:FREE March150 Virtual Art Party
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Zoom!\nThe best part of March150 is moving online this year\, and it’s FREE! Join an evening of performances\, artist talks\, trivia\, and discounted art sales. \nFor those who attend the Virtual Art Party live\, artwork is priced at $100. The special pricing continues for attendees until the show’s close at 6 p.m. on Saturday\, April 3. \nRSVP Now\nLive Music Performances\n\nNicole Wandera\nAutumn LaBella\nJassie Rios\nAndyCAPPS\n\nLive Bodypainting \n\nKyera Dalesandro \n\nFeatured Talk\n\nMarta Lola Staudinger\n\n  \nPlus\n\nArt Trivia\nPrizes\nArt Party Awards\nSpring/Summer Arts Preview\n\nThis is event is presented in collaboration with Factory Society.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/free-march150-virtual-art-party/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Factory Society,Target Gallery,Target Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210314T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210314T150000
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
CREATED:20210305T182455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T230243Z
UID:20106-1615730400-1615734000@torpedofactory.org
SUMMARY:March150 Artist Talks
DESCRIPTION:Sunday @ 2pm\nMarch 14\, 21\, and 28\nfacebook.com/targetgallery\nMarch150 features a diversity of artists\, from amateur to professional. Hear from some of the participants every Sunday starting March 14. Find them via Target Gallery’s Facebook page.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/march150-artist-talks/2021-03-14/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Online Public Program,Special Event,Target Gallery,Target Gallery,Torpedo Talks
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210313
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210314
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
CREATED:20210305T180603Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210305T180603Z
UID:20096-1615593600-1615679999@torpedofactory.org
SUMMARY:March150 VIP First-Day Sales
DESCRIPTION:10 a.m. – 6 p.m.\nThis year\, the first day of March150 is a special timed-ticketed event. VIP tickets provide opportunity for collectors to get first pick in sales\, while also allowing for physical distancing in Target Gallery. Build your list during the preview on Friday\, March 12. Tickets range from $20 – $50\, depending on desired time slot. \nGet Your Tickets Now \nPublic sales begin on Sunday\, March 14\, at 10 a.m. \nThis is event is presented in collaboration with Factory Society.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/march150-vip-first-day-sales/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Factory Society,Target Gallery,Target Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210313
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210404
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
CREATED:20210207T193708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210320T210258Z
UID:19555-1615593600-1617494399@torpedofactory.org
SUMMARY:11th Annual March150: Special Exhibition and Art Sale
DESCRIPTION:March150 is Target Gallery’s biggest event of the year! \nThis year\, things will look a bit different\, but March150 will still be one of the best places to start or grow your original local art collection. More than 100 artists created work on 10″ x 10″ panels with a myriad of subjects that capture the zeitgeist of the moment. All is priced at $150. Proceeds from all sales benefit future programs and exhibitions in Target Gallery and Torpedo Factory Art Center. \nBrowse the Online Catalogue\nMasks covering nose and mouth are required for entry and for the duration of your visit to Torpedo Factory Art Center and all spaces wherein. \n\nMarch150 VIP First-Day Sales\nSaturday\, March 13\n10 a.m. – 6 p.m.\nThis year\, the first day is a special timed-ticketed event. VIP tickets provide opportunity for collectors to get first pick in sales\, while also allowing for physical distancing in Target Gallery. Build your list during the preview on Friday\, March 12. Tickets range from $20 – $50\, depending on desired time slot. \nGet Your Tickets Now\nThere is a limit of 5 people per 30-minute window. Tickets are required to make an art purchase. \nPublic sales begin on Sunday\, March 14\, at 10 a.m. \nThis is event is presented in collaboration with Factory Society. \n\nFREE March150 Virtual Art Party\nSaturday\, March 27\n7 p.m.\nThe best part of March150 is moving online this year\, and it’s FREE! Join an evening of performances\, artist talks\, trivia\, and discounted art sales. \nFor those who attend the Virtual Art Party live\, artwork is priced at $100. The special pricing continues for attendees until the show’s close at 6 p.m. on Saturday\, April 3. \nRSVP Now\nLive Music Performances\n\nNicole Wandera\nAutumn LaBella\nJassie Rios\nAndyCAPPS\n\nLive Bodypainting \n\nKyera Dalesandro \n\nFeatured Talk\n\nMarta Lola Staudinger\n\nPlus\n\nArt Trivia\nPrizes\nArt Party Awards\nSpring/Summer Arts Preview\n\nThis is event is presented in collaboration with Factory Society. \n\nMarch150 Sunday Talks\nMarch 14\, 21\, and 28\n2pm\nfacebook.com/targetgallery \nMarch150 features a diversity of artists\, from amateur to professional. Hear from some of the participants every Sunday starting March 14. Find them via Target Gallery’s Facebook page. \nRSVP Now\n\nComplete Timeline\nExhibition Preview: Friday\, March 12\nVIP First-Day Sales: Saturday\, March 13 (Purchase Tickets Now)\nPublic Sales: Sunday\, March 14\nFeatured Virtual Artist Talks: Sundays\, March 14\, March 21\, and March 28\nVirtual Art Party: Saturday\, March 27\, 7 p.m.  (Reserve your spot now!)\nExhibition Closes: Saturday\, April 3\nArtwork Pick-Up: Monday\, April 5 – Sunday\, April 11 \n  \nQuestions? \nContact: Leslie Mounaime\nPhone: 703.746.4584\nEmail: leslie.mounaime@alexandriava.gov
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/11th-annual-march150-special-exhibition-and-art-sale/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Fundraising,Online Public Program
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210123
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210308
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
CREATED:20201106T201308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210224T163013Z
UID:19034-1611360000-1615161599@torpedofactory.org
SUMMARY:Movements\, Moments
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Reception + Virtual Exhibition Tour Premiere: \nFriday\, February 12\, 7pm\nfacebook.com/targetgallery \nFor virtual viewing\, enjoy our virtual exhibition tour and our digital exhibition catalog: \n \nMovements\, Moments Catalog \nTarget Gallery presents a new digital and in-person exhibition Movements\, Moments. This exhibition aims to create a dialogue on work that focuses on the intersection of art and movement. This is represented as physical movement as visual expression\, such as dance or performance-based work\, or movement represented conceptually\, such as exploring the idea of growth or the passage of time. This is an all-media group exhibition with filmed performance-based work and video work encouraged. \nThis exhibition will be presented both on a digital platform and physically in the gallery space. The digital catalog will be live on Friday\, February 12. \nThe juror for this exhibition is artist and curator Eames Armstrong. \nParticipating Artists: \nLaurie Berenhaus\, Jersey City\, NJ\nMatthew Borgen\, Philadelphia\, PA\nChris Combs\, Washington\, DC\nGala Cude-Pacheco\, Washington\, DC\nAlexander D’Agostino\, Baltimore\, MD\nSara Dittrich\, Baltimore\, MD\nJosephine Lee\, Vancouver\, BC\, Canada\nBingyi Liu\, Baltimore\, MD\nJillian Abir MacMaster\, Frederick\, MD\nLaura Mongiovi\, St. Augustine\, FL\nJassie Rios\, Washington\, DC\nAllison Roberts\, St. Louis\, MO\nLaRissa Rogers\, Ruckersville\, VA\nSweta Shah\, Vienna\, VA\nLynn Silverman\, Baltimore\, MD\nAmy Sinbondit\, Chevy Chase\, MD\nSarah Trad\, Philadelphia\, PA\nJanet Wittenberg\, Glen Echo\, MD\nLauren Woods\, Opelika\, AL \n  \nImage Credit: Jillian Abir MacMaster\, Beatifica 2\, 2020. Digital Print.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/movements-moments/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Online Public Program,Target Gallery,Target Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201219
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210118
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
CREATED:20201106T174517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210111T170152Z
UID:19031-1608336000-1610927999@torpedofactory.org
SUMMARY:2020 Post-Grad Residents
DESCRIPTION:Artist Talk: Friday\, January 15\, 7pm\nfacebook.com/targetgallery \nIn this group exhibition\, Target Gallery spotlights the 2020 Post-Grad Residents\, displaying some of their best work they made during their three-month residencies at the Art Center. The 2020 cohort includes artists: Ashley Llanes\, Luis A. Navas-Reyes\, Fanni Somogyi\, and Vi Trinh. \nExhibition Catalog\nImage Credit: Vi Trinh\, The Station\, 2020. Netart\, animation\, digital art\, sound design. \n 
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/2020-post-grad-residents/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Post-Graduate Residency,Target Gallery,Target Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201031
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201214
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
CREATED:20200927T161148Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201218T235625Z
UID:18864-1604102400-1607903999@torpedofactory.org
SUMMARY:In My Head\, In My Body
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Reception:\nFriday\, November 13\, 2020 | 7 p.m.\nwww.facebook.com/targetgallery\n  \n \n  \nIn My Head\, In My Body Catalog\nIn this all-media group exhibition\, the artwork delves into the human psyche to explore themes surrounding mental health and its relationship to your physical health. This exhibition will challenge common misconceptions about the topic as well as allow space for the selected artists to express their experiences\, struggles\, and triumphs through their work. \nFeatured artists:  \nBrandin Baron\, San Francisco\nClara Bolle\, Rotterdam\, Netherlands\nJeffery Byrd\, Cedar Falls\, Iowa\nAnna Cyan\, Ontario\, Canada*\nTimothy DeVenney\, Washington\nJeremy Diamond\, Athens\, Ga.\nStephanie Dyke\, Reisertown\, Md.\nKathleen Greco\, Southhampton\, Pa.\nMegan Hildebrandt\, Austin\, Texas\nRebecca Hofmann\, Annapolis\, Md.\nLauren Levato Coyne\, Ferndale\, Mich.\nTanner Mothershead\, Smithville\, Mo.\nMary Murphy\, Philadelphia\, Pa.\nKaren Olson\, Hope\, Maine\nAlice Q\, Springfield\, Va.\nRania Razek\, McLean\, Va.\nSydney Paige Richardson\, Round Rock\, Texas\nLauren Schiller\, Middletown\, N.J.\nFrancesca Schwartz\, New York\nAlexandra Sherman\, Bethesda\, Md.\nCrystal Sim\, Kallang\, Singapore\nShannon Soldner\, Columbia\, Mo. \n*Artwork on view online only. Digital Catalog available Saturday\, November 14. \nAbout the Juror \nShanti Norris is chief curator for the Integrated Arts and Healing program at the Inova Schar Cancer Institute in Fairfax\, Va.  The project includes a permanent art collection of over 500 works of art\, an onsite permanent art gallery and an artist-in-residence program with 16 artists working with patients on a daily basis. Shanti is Co-Founder and Executive Director emeritus of Smith Center for Healing and the Arts\, where she founded the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery\, one of the first of its kind in the country.  She initiated Smith Center’s hospital Artist-in-Residence programs at area hospitals and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Shanti is a former board member of the Society for the Arts in Healthcare and Chaired their Annual Conference in 2004. She is a Distinguished Fellow of the Alliance for Arts and Health. She is a frequent speaker on the healing power of the arts nationally and internationally\, including lectures at NYU and the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. \nShanti has an extensive background in complementary medicine and mind-body approaches to healing. She has taught meditation\, yoga philosophy and stress reduction for over 35 years and underwent a formal ten-year mentorship with a renowned yoga master.  For over 20 years\, she has guided creativity sessions for adults with cancer. \nShanti is an alumnus of NYU and The Cooper Union in New York City.  She authored a chapter on providing arts for adults with cancer in the 2016 Managing Arts Programs in Healthcare published by Routledge.  She is a member of ArtTable\, the mother of three adult children\, and is a painter\, sculptor and curator. \nImage Credit: Jeremy Diamond\, Graellsia\, 2019. Photography\, nylon\, silver\, paint.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/in-my-head-in-my-body/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Target Gallery,Target Gallery
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200919
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201026
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
CREATED:20200808T150225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201010T155124Z
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SUMMARY:Mythos
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Reception:\nFriday\, October 9\, 2020 | 7 pm\nwww.facebook.com/torpedofactory\nThis all- visual media group exhibition presents work by artists who illustrate contemporary interpretations of mythology\, folklore\, and legends. This exhibition takes the symbolism and allegory of mythology and recontextualizes them in terms of current perspectives. The juror for this exhibition was Dr. Michele Greet. \nFeatured artists:  \nFlorence Alfano McEwin\, Green River\, WY\nPetra Barth\, Castleton\, VA\nKen Beerbohm\, Columbia\, MD\nSaya Behnam\, Leesburg\, VA\nK. Johnson Bowles\, Raleigh\, NC\nNico Gozal\, Suitland\, MD\nAlice Kresse\, Bethesda\, MD\nKristi Kuder\, Battle Lake\, MN\nRosemary Luckett\, Wilmington\, DE\nVirginia Maksymowicz\, Philadelphia\, PA\nCindy Packard Richmond\, Annandale\, VA\nM.A. Papanek-Miller\, Chicago\, IL\nKatherine Pedrick\, Washington\, DC\nKenneth Reed\, Falls Church\, VA\nAlessandra Ricci\, Reston\, VA\nAnnie Rochelle\, Knoxville\, TN\nJon-Joseph Russo\, Washington\, DC\nMichelle Simoneau\, Reston\, VA\nJudy Tallwing-McCarthy\, Baltimore\, MD\nJudith Thompson\, Purcellville\, VA \nAvailable for Virtual Viewing: \nMythos Exhibition Catalog\n \n\n  \n\nAbout the Juror\nDr. Michele Greet is Professor of modern Latin American art at George Mason University and Director of the Art History program. She is also president of the Association for Latin American Art. She is the author of Transatlantic Encounters: Latin American Artists in Paris between the Wars\, 1918-1939 (Yale University Press: 2018) and Beyond National Identity: Pictorial Indigenism as a Modernist Strategy in Andean Art\, 1920-1960 (Penn State University Press: 2009). She is co-editor\, with Gina McDaniel Tarver\, of the anthology Art Museums of Latin America: Structuring Representation (Routledge: 2018). She has lectured widely on modern Latin American art and published articles in national and international journals including Papers of Surrealism\, Journal for Surrealism and the Americas\, Artelogie\, and Journal of Curatorial Studies. She has also written exhibition catalogue essays for MoMA (New York)\, Museu de Arte de São Paulo\, El Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes (Mexico City)\, Los Angeles County Museum of Art\, and El Museo del Barrio. \n  \nImage Credit: Virginia Maksymowicz\, Panis Angelicus\, 2012. Fiberglass resin\, hydrostone.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/mythos/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:2020 Emerging Artists
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Reception:\nFriday\, August 14\, 2020 | 7 pm\nwww.facebook.com/torpedofactory\nTarget Gallery presents 3rd annual exhibition featuring the work of four regional emerging artists. This exhibition spotlights new talent and the up-and-coming artistic innovators of the D.C. metropolitan area. \n \n  \nFeatured Artists \n  \nMK Bailey\, “Grandma’s Kitchen”\, 2019. Oil on Canvas. \nMK Bailey\, is a Washington\, D.C. based artist working primarily in oil paint. Her work explores themes such as femininity\, kinship\, and death through unexpectedly colorful paintings. Each painting contains layers of imagery that are individually pleasant but collaged together to create a darker narrative. The work featured in this exhibition\, take a slightly different approach to presenting the deeper world reference her own feelings of nostalgia encapsulated by a specific thought\, memory\, or dream. She received her BA in Studio Art from the University of Virginia. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMahsa R. Fard\, “Stadium II”\, 2019. Acrylic on Canvas. \nMahsa R. Fard\,is a painter currently residing in Baltimore\, MD. She often paints man-made large scale structures such as cities\, stadiums\, and apparatuses. She tends to create a new association by introducing unusual color and spatial relationships. Growing up in Iran\, she has always been conscious of the dominance of rigid patriarchal gaze both in the public and private sphere. Accessing public and private domains as a female requires subversive strategies. Her imagery reflects a woman’s forced duplicitous roles in these domains. Mahsa contemplates and practice these strategies in her painting and writing through metaphors of censorship\, sarcasm\, camouflage\, cover\, and disguise. Mahsa has recently graduated from LeRoy E. Hoffberger School of Painting at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. \n  \n  \n  \nZia Palmer\, “Richardson Store\,” 2019. Photography. \nZia Palmer\, is a D.C. metro area based artist focused on graphic design and photography. She received her BFA in photography and minor in graphic design from George Mason University. Zia’s photography practice focuses on historic photographic processes and explores the relationship and liminality between time\, memory and place. The artwork featured in this exhibition will explore Zia’s “Las Orillas Del Mundo” series\, a project that investigates being Mexican\, American\, and neither. The work is a compilation of photography\, found objects\, and family photos. Over the past two years Zia has traveled to specific ghost towns in New Mexico where her grandmother and ancestors were born.  She brings her mother and grandmother with her each time which has served as a way to reconnect to their heritage\, some thing that has felt distant from them over time. \n  \n  \n  \nLatrelle Rostant\, “Closer to the Unimagined”\, 2019. Modular loom made of birch plywood\, hardware\, cotton fiber and metallic. \nLatrelle Rostant\, is a Maryland-based artist who primarily works with textile and fiber. She has a BFA  from Rhode Island School of Design and MFA at School of Art Institute of Chicago\, with a concentration in Fiber and Materials. Through woven textiles\, Latrelle explores what it means to be too foreign for the place she comes from\, and the spaces she now occupies. Her work embraces the the carnival culture of her native Trinidad and Tobago which has become a space where the culture of those who were bought or came to the island are able make something that reflected\, this third place for the new culture they became a part of. Each culture taking their own culture and adapting it to what they encountered when they arrived to the islands. Taking the prompt of adaptation Latrelle has adapted the loom to make objects\, that like the artist\, do not inherently reflect how they were made. The modular loom she created for this exhibitions\, allows her to make woven objects that not only respond to how they are warped on it\, but they also respond to what the artist sees as she is weaving on the modular loom. Looking at and understanding how tools\, technique\, space\, and material can be used to make objects that cause  to reflect her own understanding of self. A third place that is the intersection of the place that she came form and the places that she now occupies. \n  \nJuror Bios \nAlexandra “Rex” Delakaran is a interdisciplinary artist from San Francisco\, California. After earning her BFA in Sculpture and Performance Art from the San Francisco Art Institute\, she relocated to Washington\, DC working in local galleries. She performs and exhibits her work along the coast\, working out of Red Dirt Studios\, and on curatorial projects of her own. \nJaynelle C. Hazard develops\, implements and oversees progressive\, contemporary programming initiatives in the main gallery spaces at Workhouse Arts Center. In her brief time with the organization\, she has implemented over 30 exhibitions with blockbuster shows including: Imagination is the Medium – an exhibit highlighting the works of Jim Henson’s original illustrator\, Guy Gilchrist and puppeteer\, Bill Diamond; and Compounds Not Required – a group show co-curated with Tiffany Williams from Art in Embassies exploring works of six artists and the origin of metals back to the periodic table. \nIn previous roles\, she has supported various art programs and worked with some of the most celebrated artworks through her experience in managing the corporate contemporary art collection at UBS\, the Union Bank of Switzerland\, and via her work at Blank Projects\, contemporary art gallery in Cape Town\, South Africa. Significant milestones throughout Hazard’s career include curating lounge installations at Art Basel Miami Beach\, administering the production and launch of the publication UBS Art Collection: To Art its Freedom published by Hatje Cantz and in supporting the transition of a historical\, promised gift to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Jaynelle Hazard recently relocated to Washington from New York where she earned a Master of Arts degree at Sotheby’s Institute of Art. Hazard is committed to being an ambassador of cultural heritage and looks forward to continuing the development of rich\, inspirational experiences in the community locally and globally. \nAmy Lokoff is a creative economy catalyst based in Washington\, DC. She uses her work to explore inclusive community building\, the power of the arts as a tool for social engagement\, the value of resource sharing\, and financial sustainability for creatives. Over the past 10 years\, she has worked with over 250 visual and performing artists and coordinated exhibitions and arts programming in a variety of venues across the DC metropolitan area including Anacostia Arts Center\, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center\, Otis Street Arts Project\, and Torpedo Factory Art Center. Her exhibitions have been covered in The Washington Post\, DCist\, 730DC\, and East City Art. Amy currently works as the project manager for WRAPture\, temporary public art piece addressing climate change by artist and activist Monica Jahan Bose created in collaboration with DC residents and organizations. She also serves as the Visual Arts Curator for Little Salon\, a monthly arts event that takes place in intimate spaces around DC. \n  \nImage Credit: MK Bailey\, Grandma’s Kitchen\, 2019. Oil in Canvas.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/2020-emerging-artists/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:2020 Solo Exhibition: Tai Hwa Goh
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Reception: July 10\, 7 pm\nTarget Gallery is tentatively re-open for public viewing Friday – Sundays. We are closely following the guidelines for Virginia’s COVID-19 re-opening phases. Schedule subject to change. Target Gallery will be closed\, Saturday\, July 4 in observance of Independence Day.\nView virtual exhibition catalog here (online and pdf version available)\nExhibition Catalogs\n\nIn this nationally competitive opportunity\, one artist is selected by a panel of experts to mount a solo exhibition in Target Gallery . In 2020\, Tai Hwa Goh creates site-specific floral paper sculptures that bloom\, but warp over time\, much like artificial selection compared to the wild. She explores the historical\, sociological\, and psychological influences that have shaped floristry and human desire to mold the environment. \nGoh’s layered installations are meticulously crafted from printed and cut wax paper\, creating large buoyant blooming shapes\, mimicking flowers or plants. In Target Gallery’s site-specific installation\, these paper constructions burst from the walls and piping. Goh configures her delicate forms to embody a metaphor on human’s desire to construct their environments and how under these constructs\, nature will inevitably find a way to continue flourishing. \nGoh creates artificial floral and botanical “arrangements” as exaggerated unnatural forms\, inspired by the historical and psychological influences of traditional floristry. ”Human desires have distorted the naturalness of organically grown plants\, because humans select only the most beautiful and glorifying plants. This artificial selection resulted in the monstrous\, unnatural and asymmetrical entities that were undistinguishable from their natural cousins in wildlife\,” she said. \nAs a result\, this installation reflects the tension of human’s desire to beautify their interior spaces with nature versus the wild and uncontrollable forms that burst and bloom from these environments. \nGoh was selected from more than 150 North American applicants as part of Target Gallery’s annual nationwide competition\, Open Call for a Solo Exhibition. The jurors were: Maryland-based artist and curator Isabel Manalo; Baltimore-based artist and curator Jackie Milad\, and Don Russell\, university curator and director of provisions research for arts and social change at George Mason University. \nAccording to Manalo\, “Her printed paper grows like moss or mold\, and oftentimes merges with mechanisms that allude to a science lab or workshop. The work subtly raises questions about the state of our environment in their playful and ironic approach in regards to color choice\, mark making and scale.” \n“Her otherworldly landscapes and forms\, although beautiful\, also poetically call attention to the oddity of human-designed nature. She examines the tension between ‘natural vs manufactured’ through her use of color and material choices\,” said Milad. \n\n“The use of printmaking and paper shapes is challenging and requires skill to help the viewer to make the visual leap from natural to artificial. The uniqueness of the materials and their construction are in themselves engaging and lead the viewers into unusual visual experiences\,” said Russell. \nTai Hwa Goh runs through Sunday\, July 26\, 2020 in Target Gallery\, located in Studio 2. There will be a virtual reception via facebook.com/targetgallery on Friday\, July 10\, at 7 p.m.\, with an in-depth walk-through video tour by the artist. \nTai Hwa Goh Virtual Exhibition Tour  \n \nTai Hwa Goh Virtual Tour Script \nTai Hwa Goh’s DIY Home Art Installation Project \nhttps://www.facebook.com/TargetGallery/posts/10158303368314321 \n  \nAbout the Artist  \n\nTai Hwa Goh is a Korean-born artist who primarily works with printmaking and paper installation. Goh received a MFA degree at the University of Maryland specializing in printmaking and sculpture. She also received a MFA in printmaking at Seoul National University in Korea. \nShe built a strong career as a professional artist and a lecturer in Washington D.C. area during 2000-2007. She actively interacted with local artists and gallery curators to explore new idea of merging printmaking with sculpture. \nShe moved to New York Metropolitan area in 2007\, and continued to present her art works in numerous shows. Her exhibitions including Wave Hill\, William Paterson University\, IPCNY\, DUMBO Art Festival\, Islip Museum \, Gallery Aferro\, AIR Gallery\, Snug Harbor Center for The Art  and many more\, have been highlighted in the local media and art community. In the mean time\, she has also invited to have exhibitions in D.C. area\, including Johns Hopkins University\, Flashpoint Gallery\, and Korean Cultural Center. \nShe has been awarded grants and residencies from Museum of Art and Design\, Lower East Side Print Shop\, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts\, Aljira A Center for Contemporary Art\, and Vermont Studio Center\, to name a few. \n  \n\n  \n 
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/2020-solo-exhibition/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:March150: 10th Annual Special Exhibition & Art Sale
DESCRIPTION:*The Torpedo Factory Art Center and Target Gallery is closed to the public through May 17 in response to COVID-19. Therefore we are extending March150 to stay open through May 31.\nArtwork may be viewed online on Target Gallery’s Facebook album. To purchase or to make inquiries\, please fill out our March150 Purchase Request Form or call the gallery at 703.746.4590 or email us targetgallery@alexandriava.gov . Please keep in mind that since we are closed to the public\, staff will only be working Monday – Friday. \n\nTorpedo Factory Art Center’s popular annual exhibition and art sale\, March150\, returns to Target Gallery for the 10th year. Proceeds benefit future exhibitions and programs at Target Gallery and the Art Center. The show is on view Saturday\, March 14\, through Saturday\, May 31*\, 2020. \nAll work in the exhibition is created on gallery-supplied 10” x 10” panels and is priced at $150. About 200 original works are created by artists of every ability from the greater metropolitan area. Professional\, emerging and amateur artists participate with artworks featuring a diversity of topics and media\, including painting\, photography\, etching\, mixed-media\, fiber and more. \n“March150 has become a staple at the Art Center and people look forward to it all year\,” said Leslie Mounaime\, director of exhibitions at Torpedo Factory Art Center. “This exhibition is a low-pressure environment for both artists and patrons. It encourages new collectors to buy original art\, exposes seasoned collectors to new local artists and sets the stage for artists to test new techniques and ideas. It is accessible and affordable.” \nStarting on the last weekend of the exhibition from Saturday\, May 30 – Sunday\, May 31\, all unsold artwork is priced at $100. \nIn 2019\, Target Gallery grossed more than $17\,000 from March150. Proceeds benefit exhibitions and programs at the Art Center\, such as the annual Solo Exhibition\, The Late Shift\, and others. \nFor more information about the exhibition and ticket sales\, visit torpedofactory.org/march150. Follow #march150 to join the conversation online.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/march150-10th-annual-special-exhibition-art-sale/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Fundraising,Special Event
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SUMMARY:My Queer Valentine
DESCRIPTION:The newest group exhibition in Target Gallery\, the contemporary exhibitions space of Torpedo Factory Art Center\, offers a poignant look at love and relationships for LGBTQ+-identifying people. \nMy Queer Valentine explores love through non-heteronormative and non-binary relationships. The exhibition features 16 artists\, 8 who are from Virginia or the D.C. greater metropolitan area. \nParticipating Artists\nNicholas Aiden\, St. John’s\, NL\, Canada\nVeronica Barker-Barzel (Studio 320)\, Alexandria\, VA\nBrandin Barón\, San Francisco\, CA\nAdam David Bencomo\, Baltimore\, MD\nMiki Beyer\, Herndon\, VA\nLouis Chavez\, Rochester\, NY\nMandy Chesney\, Baltimore\, MD\nEvin Dubois\, Paducah\, KY\nAurele Gould\, Richmond\, VA\nCat Gunn\, Baltimore\, MD\nLinda Hesh\, Alexandria\, VA\nRachael McArthur\, Brooklyn\, NY\nAnnika Papke\, Alexandria\, VA\nLucas J. Rougeux\, North Bethesda\, MD\nTodd Stonnell\, Richmond\, VA\nMatt Storm\, Washington\, DC \n\nExhibition juror Andy Johnson\, a D.C.-based independent curator and gallery director of Gallery 102 at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design at The George Washington University\, has dedicated much of his curatorial career to unpacking queer intimacy. \n“While My Queer Valentine has everything to do with the relationship to those around us\, it’s also equally invested in the relationship we have with our queer realities\, and the ways in which queerness shapes and informs our lived experience\,” he said. “My Queer Valentine is as much a love letter to ourselves as it is a disclosing of longing to our community.” \nQueerness or identifying as LGBTQ+ encapsulates many identities that are not necessary set within a spectrum. This diversity in perspective is represented in a various styles\, mediums\, and tones in this exhibition. \nFor instance\, Aurele Gould has three works on view that explore concepts of intimacy for queer women through different narrative portraits of her girlfriend. Alex captures the act of undressing\, creating a flirtatious dialogue between the subject and the viewer. \nMatt Storm has two works from his Act of Looking series\, which articulates and recognizes inclusive ways to see his trans body. The piece Act of Looking II\, 17\, Crossing My Fingers\, Getting Away with Something is a playful love letter to the artist’s sexuality as a transmasculine person. \nArtist Miki Beyer’s mixed-media work You’re Already There. You Already Have Me. is also a love-letter\, but this time between the artist and their partner. They use dialogue from past conversations between the two of them that addresses the panic of identity-erasure as a non-binary person while in cisgender/heterosexual-presenting relationship. It also speaks to the love for each other that promises for a better tomorrow. \nDon’t miss the special Valentine’s themed reception on Friday\, February 14\, 7 – 10 pm\, with juror talk at 8 pm. The evening features interactive performance art\, a photo op at our kissing booth\, and DIY art-making activities. Learn more about and support local LGBTQ+ organizations\, too. \nAbout the Juror \nAndy Johnson is a DC-based art historian\, curator\, and arts writer. He is Director of Gallery 102 at the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design; contributing editor at DIRT; and serves as Assistant Curator and Artist Liaison for Art on the Vine\, hosted by the Agora Culture. He was the 2018 Apprentice Curator for the DC Arts Center\, and a 2019 Visiting Arts Writer and Critic for The Chart. He has curated and juried exhibitions with Gallery 102\, DC Arts Center\, Duke Ellington School of the Arts\, Dupont Underground\, the Smithsonian Institution\, among others. He has presented research and spoken on panels at universities\, galleries\, and museums including Rutgers University\, UC Santa Barbara\, University of Georgia\, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts\, GW Museum\, Washington Project for the Arts\, and others. He has published articles\, exhibition reviews\, and catalogue essays with DIRT\, The Chart\, Common Field’s Field Perspectives\, The Rib\, Pelican Bomb\, BmoreArt and more. He holds a M.A. in Art History from The George Washington University. \n  \nImage: Aurele Gould\, Acrylic\, 2017\, Photograph.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/my-queer-valentine/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Late Shift
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191213
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200120
DTSTAMP:20260915T063734
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SUMMARY:2019 Post-Grad Residents
DESCRIPTION:2019 Post-Grad Residents Exhibition\nDecember 13\, 2019 – January 19\, 2020\nHomecoming Opening Reception: Friday December 13\, 7 – 10 pm • Talk at 8 pm\nThe Gallery will be closed on Wednesday\, December 25 and Wednesday\, January 1 in observance of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.* \n\n\n  \n\n\nTarget Gallery\, the contemporary exhibition space at Torpedo Factory Art Center\, celebrates the work of the four artists who participated in the 2019 Post-Grad Residency Program. The group exhibition will feature the work of Michaela Japec\, Nava Levenson\, Katana Lippart\, and Kim Sandara and will be on view Friday\, December 13\, 2019\, through Sunday\, January 19\, 2020. Torpedo Factory Art Center is located at 105 N. Union St.\, Alexandria\, VA. \nThis competitive juried residency provides meaningful support to emerging artists who have recently earned an accredited degree in the visual arts. Residents had three months of exclusive access to Studio 319 in the Art Center\, wherein they create and sell work\, interact with the public\, and connect with other arts professionals. It’s an opportunity for professional development\, networking\, and a chance to define a practice outside of an academic context. \nThe jurors for this opportunity were Nicole Dowd\, Program Director at Halcyon Arts Lab\, and Leslie Holt\, DC- based artist and co-founder of Red Dirt Studios. \nThe 2019 Post-Grad Residents exhibition will be on view in Target Gallery\, located in Studio 2 of the Art Center\, through Sunday\, January 19. Target Gallery and Torpedo Factory Art Center is open daily from 10 am – 6 pm\, Thursdays from 10 am – 9 pm. Hours are modified for the holidays. Visit https://torpedofactory.org/hours to confirm availability. \n  \nHomecoming Opening Celebration\nFriday\, December 13 ● 7 – 10 pm \nFor the exhibition opening\, the Art Center looks back at the first five years of the Post-Grad Residency Program with a lively Homecoming art party. Meet the 2019 artists and hear them talk about their work. Reconnect with returning alumni and meet the new 2020 cohort. The Gallery Talk begins at 8 pm. \n  \nAbout the Artists \nMichaela Japec (BFA George Mason University) Michaela is an artist currently based in Alexandria\, Virginia. She recently completed her bachelor’s of fine arts in 2018 from George Mason University. Through her art\, she works through conflicting thoughts she has about her sexuality\, body insecurities\, and feelings of oppression. During her residency\, Michaela pushed her themes and visual style of photo realism vs exaggerated abstraction to reflect this inner dialogue. She has three figural works in the exhibition that show the evolution of her concepts. \nNava Levenson (BFA James Madison University) Nava is a multidisciplinary artist\, instigator\, and collaborator based in Richmond\, Virginia. She completed her bachelor’s of fine arts in 2017 from James Madison University. Her work combines installation surrounding concepts of gender and queer identity as well as anthropological and archival documentation. During her residency\, Nava was focused on her project\, Practice Preserves: Studio Dirt. In the same way thrift stores reveal things about American culture\, she seeks to archive artists’ practices. She invites artists to add studio scraps and discarded material in quart-sized canning jars\, which she then opens\, catalogs\, and photographs for an anthology she hopes to publish. For this exhibition\, Nava creates an installation of the jars reminiscent of an archival collection and invites viewers to investigate and engage with the materials. \nKatana Lippart (BFA George Mason University) Katana is a collage artist and printmaker based in Brunswick\, MD. She graduated from George Mason University with her bachelor’s in fine arts in 2018. During her residency\, she has concentrated on a collage series that will help resolve the broken ties between self and home. This has held a significant amount of weight in her life and has manifested into her work. Through her residency and this culminating exhibition\, Katana’s goal has been to share printmaking\, book arts\, and collage with the surrounding community. platform to reflect on both personal and collective narratives relating to home. \nKim Sandara (BFA Maryland Institute College of Art) Kim is a queer\, Lao/Viet\, artist based in Falls Church\, Virginia. In 2016\, she graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art with a bachelor’s of fine arts. Accessibility to art is a key part of her creative process. Her overall focus is to encourage empathy\, wonder\, self-reflection\, and connection. During the residency\, she continued her animation series documenting her coming out story. She created a stop-motion animation\, The Origins of Kin and Kang\, which is aimed at helping parents of color\, particularly first-generation immigrants\, to understand and accept their queer children. The animation will be on view during the exhibition as well as installation featuring the sketches and puppets featured in the stop-motion film. \n  \n\n  \nImage credit: Michaela Japec\, Like\, 2019. Acrylic.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/2019-post-grad-residents/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191209
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SUMMARY:45: An Anniversary Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Anniversary Ball: Saturday\, November 16\, 7 – 10pm\, with gallery talk at 8pm | Get your tickets here!\nHonorary Curator: Marian Van Landingham\, artist and founder of Torpedo Factory Art Center \nTarget Gallery honors the legacy of the founding artists of the Torpedo Factory Art Center in this special 45th Anniversary exhibition. See work from many of the original artists\, featuring both current and past work to capture their expansive artistic careers over the past 45 years. \nParticipating Artists* include: \nMirella Belshe\, currently in studio #27\nAnn DiPlacido\nSusan Finsen\, currently in studio #334\nJoyce Inderbitzin\nCindy Lowther\, currently in studio #301\nSue Lynch\nAngelina Musto\nChristine Parson\, currently in studio #340\nNiki Pickett\, currently in studio #338\nGretchen Raber\, currently in studio #201\nHolly Rosenfeld\nSusan Sanders\, currently in studio #206\nConnie Slack\nDiane Tesler\nLea Topping \nMarian Van Landingham\, currently in studio #321\nJoyce Zipperer \n* check back for updates \n  \nImage of Mirella Belshe at work in her studio\, courtesy of Torpedo Factory Art Center.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/45-an-anniversary-exhibition/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20190928
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191104
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SUMMARY:Memento Mori
DESCRIPTION:Memento Mori\nSeptember 28 – November 3\nOpening Reception: Friday\, October 11\, 7 – 10pm\, with juror talk at 8pm\nThe Gallery will be closed on Monday\, October 14 in observance of Indigenous People’s Day.* \n\n\n  \nThe newest exhibition in Target Gallery\, the contemporary exhibitions space of Torpedo Factory Art Center\, explores death and the way it shapes life. Memento Mori\, Latin for “remember that you will die\,” confronts this single most inevitable fact of all human existence. \n“The intention is to create a dialogue about death in a way that every viewer can relate\,” said Curator of Exhibitions Leslie Mounaime. “The goal being to facilitate personal connections between the artists in the show and the audience experiencing it.” \nLaura Roulet\, a D.C.-based independent curator and writer\, juried the exhibition. She selected 28 works by artists from across the world\, ten of whom are local to the region. \n“These artists express fear and sadness\, as well as comfort and spiritual faith. Many of these artworks are deeply personal\, referring to the artist’s own brush with death or loss of a loved one\,” said Roulet. “Whether through figurative\, abstract or conceptual language\, I believe this exhibition includes artworks that will speak to all.” \nThe participating artists are:  \nDeidre Argyle\,  Springfield\, MO\nBrandin Barón\,  San Francisco\, CA\nIrene Clouthier\,  Oakton\, VA \nCeci Cole McInturff\, Alexandria\, VA \nScott Eagle\, Greenville\, NC\nMadaline Gardner\,  Greencastle\, PA\nPatrick Giblin\, Springfield\, VA \nTom Greaves\, Washington\, DC \nKerry Hentges\, Fairfax\, VA \nKym Hepworth\, Springfield\, GA\nM.A. Kleen\, Lorton\, VA \nAngela Kleis\, Fairfax\, VA \nScott Ludwig\, Boone\, NC\nRobyn Moore\, Wellington\, KY\nJulie Ann Nagle\, Jersey City\, NJ\nJulianne Nash\, Brooklyn\, NY\nSebastian Perinotti\, New York\, NY\nAziz Raad\, Montgomery Village\, MD\nJon-Joseph Russo\, Washington\, DC \nClaire Schmalzried\, Dallas\, TX\nRobert Schultz\, Salem\, VA \nHenrik Sundqvist\, Arlington\, VA\nAdam Swart\, Montclair\, NJ\nCaterina Tedeschini\, Rome\, Italy\nDavid Terrar\, Gaithersburg\, MD\nKristine Thompson\, Baton Rouge\, LA\nMJ Tyson\, Hoboken\, NJ\nPatrick Vincent\, Nashville\, TN \nMadaline Gardner’s Diamond Wave II serves as the center piece for this exhibition\, this large diamond shaped work has a monochromatic palette and hypnotic silver-lined formations that create a void\, making the viewer question the concept of permanence in life. \nClaire Schmalzried’s Game of Whispers\, depict Tarot symbols to signify obstacles of the subconscious. Death as transformation and change\, temperance as harmony\, and the Devil as self-destructive desire. \nM.J. Tyson’s 35 Norman Avenue explores the reincarnation of personal objects. Tyson took objects of deceased residents from 35 Norman Avenue in an estate sale and brought them together\, by literally melding them into one sculpture\, giving new life to them\, considering the cycle of life and death. \nMemento Mori runs Saturday\, September 28\, through Sunday\, November 3\, 2019. The opening reception will be Friday\, October 11\, 7 – 10 pm\, with a Gallery Talk featuring artist comments at 8 pm. Target Gallery is open daily from 10 – 6 pm and until 9 pm on Thursdays. \n\n\n  \nAbout the Juror \nLaura Roulet is an independent curator and writer\, specializing in contemporary and Latin American art. She was one of five international curators chosen for the citywide public art project\, 5 x 5\, a major initiative sponsored by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities in 2012. She has organized exhibitions in Mexico\, Puerto Rico\, and the U.S. including at the OAS Art Museum of the Americas\, American University Museum\, Mexican Cultural Institute\, Hillyer Art Space\, WPA\, Arlington Arts Center\, VisArts\, and the DC Art Center. She was a mentoring curator for DCAC and the first mentoring curator for VisArts in Rockville\, MD in 2015. Roulet has written for Sculpture magazine\, American Art\, Art Journal\, and Art Nexus\, as well as many catalogue essays\, encyclopedia entries\, and the book Contemporary Puerto Rican Installation Art\, the Guagua Aerea\, the Trojan Horse and the Termite. She worked on the Ana Mendieta retrospective\, organized by the Hirshhorn Museum in 2004\, and contributed to that catalogue. \n  \n\n\n\n\nTarget Gallery\n Target Gallery is the contemporary exhibition space for the Torpedo Factory Art Center. We host eight exhibitions annually featuring a variety of themes\, artists\, and media focused on the latest trends in contemporary art.\n\n\n\n*  Target Gallery is closed on all City holidays\n\n\nVisit Target Gallery on Pinterest\nExplore past exhibitions\, staff favorites\, exhibition inspiration and more! \n Visit Target Gallery’s profile on Pinterest.\n \n 
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/memento-mori/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Habitats
DESCRIPTION:Opening Reception: Friday\, August 9\nExhibition Juror: Ellyn Weiss\, DC-based artist and curator\nThe newest group exhibition Habitats in Target Gallery\, the contemporary exhibitions space of Torpedo Factory Art Center\, poses the question\, “What makes a habitat a home?” \nThe artists’ response to this founding question explores the relationship between humanity and our surrounding environments. How are we impacting the world around us? Is this relationship symbiotic or destructive? The selected artists address these questions and raise new ones. Work is presented in a diversity of media\, from sculpture and photography to video and virtual reality. \nThe juror for this exhibition was Ellyn Weiss\, a D.C.-based independent artist and curator\, who formerly practiced environmental law. She selected 22 works by artists from across the United States\, six of whom are local to the region. \n“Each of the 22 works of art here is a truly individual response to the challenge to respond to the meaning of habitat\,” she said. “From the threatening to the violent to the charming and poignant\, the work spans a wide range of emotions and invites reflection on our human place in the universe of living things.” \nParticipating Artists:\nLaura Ahola-Young\, Pocatello\, ID\nCorinne Beardsley\, Brooklyn\, NY\nBetsy Byers\, St. Peter\, MN\nCeci Cole McInturff\, Alexandria\, VA\nMatt Coombs\, Philadelphia\, PA\nAdam Crosson\, New Orleans\, LA\nDelna Dastur\, McLean\, VA\nEmily Dzieweczynski\, Minneapolis\, MN\nPam Eichner\, Silver Spring\, MD\nAlice Fornari\, Washington\, DC\nSarbani Ghosh\, Brooklyn\, NY\nChristina Hunt Wood\, Delhi\, NY\nKamille Jackson\, Woodbridge\, VA\nYasemin Kackar-Demirel\, Westchester\, NY\nPamela A. MacGregor\, McClure\, OH\nJames Maria\, Reading\, PA\nMichael Marks\, Minneapolis\, MN\nPJ Mills\, Miami\, FL\nDaniele Piasecki\, Martinsburg\, WV\nNancy Ramsey\, Alexandria\, VA\nLisa Sanders\, Newark\, NJ\nJ.D. Scott\, Santa Fe\, NM\nBethany Springer\, Fayetteville\, AR \nCorinne Beardsley’s Torso plays on this relationship between humanity and nature by carving out an abstracted human torso from gypsum. The sculpture looks like an excavated form. It recalls the natural cycle of life and how our bodies will one day be reconstituted back into the earth. \nAdam Crosson’s video If At All is a meditative examination of relationship between humans and the Mississippi River\, where the dichotomy of natural resources and industry come to a head as public and private interests collide. \nThe exhibition also features an interactive VR video/painting collaboration Melting the Grotto by artists Betsy Byers and Emily Dzieweczynski. It puts the viewer headlong into a swiftly melting glacier as a commentary on the destruction of natural resources. \nAbout the Juror\nEllyn Weiss is a Washington\, DC-based visual artist in two and three dimensions\, as well as an independent curator\, with studios in Mt. Rainier\, MD and Truro\, MA. She has had more than 25 solo or featured shows and has participated in numerous juried and curated exhibitions. Ellyn works in a wide variety of media; the materials used in recent shows include wax\, oilbar\, dry pigment\, wire\, plastic dip and tar. Ellyn’s work has for many years been inspired by the imagery of biological and natural structures. Much of her work love the past decade deals with the effects of global climate change. \nEllyn is committed to engagement with the world around her. Prior to becoming a full-time artist in 1997\, she practiced environmental law. Her work included serving as General Counsel to the Union of Concerned Scientists\, which she still serves as a member of the Board of Directors. She is also on the Boards of the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill and was a founding Board member of the Touchstone Foundation for the Arts. \nAbout Target Gallery \nTarget Gallery is the contemporary exhibition space for the Torpedo Factory Art Center. The gallery promotes high standards of art by continuously exploring new ideas through a variety of visual media in a rotating schedule of exhibitions. The gallery is open daily from 10 – 6 pm and until 9 pm on Thursdays. More information is available via torpedofactory.org/target. \nImage Credit: Corinne Beardsley\, Torso (detail)\, 2018. Gypsum cement and acrylic paint.
URL:https://torpedofactory.org/event/habitats/
LOCATION:Studio 2 – Target Gallery
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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