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Professional Development: Build Your Fundraising Toolkit

This presentation will help you build fundamental skills in grant proposal writing, including the narrative and budget components. Whether you are just getting started with grants or looking to bolster your existing skill sets, you’ll leave this workshop empowered with the skills you need to effectively communicate your projects to funders. NYFA is pleased to partner with the Office of the Arts, City of Alexandria to present this session.

In this session, attendees will:

  • Build fundamental skills in grant proposal writing, including key “do’s” and “don’ts”
  • Learn how to tell the story of your practice or project to funders
  • Assess if a funding opportunity aligns with your practice or project
  • Receive tips on where to find grants, and the common types of grants for individual artists & cultural organizations
  • Familiarize themselves with fiscal sponsorship as a potential tool for fundraising

Event Breakdown

What: Build Your Fundraising Toolkit
When: Tuesday, June 27, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM ET
Where: Online (via Zoom)
Audience: Artists and cultural workers of all disciplines
Cost: Free; pay what you wish
Register: Register here for the zoom link.
Recording details: This event will be recorded and available to registrants for 1 month following the workshop.
Questions: Email [email protected]

 

Meet the Presenters

Alicia Ehni–Artist and Program Officer, NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship

Alicia Ehni is Program Officer at New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), working closely with Fiscally Sponsored projects on strategic planning and fundraising. At NYFA, she has also facilitated numerous professional development programs for artists and cultural workers. Ehni studied Fine Arts at Universidad Católica, Perú and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, as well as Arts Administration at NYU. She has served on the Support for Individual Artists committee of Grantmakers in the Arts (GIA) and was Director of Frederico Seve Gallery/Latin collector in her previous role.

 

Matthew Seig–Media Specialist, NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship

Matthew Seig is an experienced producer and production executive for film and television, director of documentary films, film programmer, exhibitor, and rights licensor. He has directed or produced over a dozen films for theatrical and television distribution, both documentary and narrative, some of which have received Grammy, Emmy and Academy Award nominations. He has programmed art houses and festivals, serves as the Executive Director of the Rivertown Film Society in Nyack, NY, and he has managed libraries of media copyrights including those belonging to the late producer/director Robert Altman. Seig helped establish the Altman Archive at the University of Michigan, and edited a book about Altman’s life and films that was published by Abrams Books in 2014.

For NYFA and with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, he produced a series of interviews with independent filmmakers on the subject of building audiences—one of the many skills that funders look at when considering financial backing for a filmmaker—that were conducted by Eugene Hernandez (then at Film Society of Lincoln Center, currently the director of the Sundance Film Festival). In recent years, Seig has spoken about and moderated panels on fundraising for filmmakers at The Foundation Center, Producers Guild of America, Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema, and others.

These opportunities are presented in partnership between the City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts.

New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is a 501(c)(3) service organization that provides artists, emerging arts organizations, arts administrators, and students with critical support, professional development tools, and resources for defining and achieving career success. NYFA was established in 1971 to serve individual artists throughout New York State. Since then, they have extended their programs and services throughout the United States and internationally and expanded our scope to serve additional members of the arts community.

 

Alexander D’Agostino: “A Shrine to the Forgotten”

Reception and Artist Talk: Friday, May 12 7-10PM
Performance: Friday, June 9 at 8PM

Torpedo 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.

Alexander 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.

View Online Catalog

 

About the Jury Panel

Hoesy 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.

 

He 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.

 

Laila 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.

Past 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.

She 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.

 

Claudia 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.

In 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.

Claudia 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.

13th Annual March150: Special Exhibition and Art Sale

Torpedo Factory Art Center’s 13th annual special exhibition and art sale, returns to Target Gallery. Enjoy a wide variety of art from local artists who donated their work on the gallery provided 10×10 panels. The size and price make the works ideal for collecting. This local favorite will have public sales from Sunday, March 12 – Saturday, April 8, with early sales starting the night of the Art Party. All works in this exhibition are priced at $150. On the final day of the exhibition, all works will be on sale for $100.

View March150 Online

 

CELEBRATE THE OPENING RECEPTION & ART PARTY! (SOLD OUT)

SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 7–9:30PM
Exhibition is open to all ticket holders. Enjoy drinks and hors d’oeuvres, purchase artwork, vote for your favorite square.
Art party tickets will become available in February.

Tickets were free but must have been reserved.  

Tickets are now SOLD OUT. 

There will be no tickets at the door. 

 

ABOUT THE TARGET GALLERY

Target Gallery is the contemporary exhibition space of the Torpedo Factory Art Center. The gallery promotes high standards of art, continuously exploring new ideas with a rotating schedule of exhibitions. Calls are open to all artists, representing artistic views from the region and across the world. The Torpedo Factory Art Center is managed by the City of Alexandria Office of the Arts, a division of the Department of Recreation, Parks, and Cultural Activities.

Alexandria All-City High School Art Exhibition 2023

Free Public Exhibit Reception: Friday, March 10th  2023 6:00pm – 8:00pm

After a three-year hiatus, the Alexandria All-City High School Art Exhibition returns February 27th – March 10th 2023. This year’s exhibit will feature artwork from Alexandria high school students representing four high schools:

  • Alexandria City High School,
  • Bishop Ireton High School,
  • Commonwealth Academy, and
  • St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School.

This collaborative exhibit aims to recognize, encourage, and celebrate the creative pursuits of the visual arts students and teachers within our community. The exhibition features a diverse display of artwork in a variety of media.

Images, clockwise from left: Ellery Carlsen, Commonwealth Academy; Marisa Fischer, Alexandria City High School; Ellie Minor, St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School; Sophia Ramirez, Bishop Ireton.

Olde Years Day

The whole family can celebrate the close of 2022 at Torpedo Factory Art Center. Find hands-on activities, meet artists working in their studios, get yourself the gift you really wanted, and get inspired for 2023.

Art Projects, Demos, and Discounts

Annemarie Kuhns
Enjoy a printmaking project as you create a winter scene on vellum paper with quick-drying ink and create a round luminary around a tin base. Grand Hall.

Cristiane Maldonado
Use brushes, stencils, and other coloring tools to design your own personalized tote bags. Grand Hall.

Glitter Tattoo Art
Visit the free glitter tattoo station to have some temporary body art made just in time for your evening celebration. Grand Hall.

Jarrett Laskey
Classical acoustic music. Grand Hall.

Alexandria Archaeology Museum, Suite 327
A nearly complete ship’s biscuit from the 18th century was found in Alexandria. Make your own ship’s biscuit to commemorate the discovery and the city’s waterfront history! Each biscuit will be stamped with the year and then baked at home to track its preservation.

Guido Zanni: Fluid Acrylic Art, Studio 334
Fluid Art Demo at 3:00 PM & 20% Discount for unframed works

Sarah Bentley: Oil Painting, Studio 204
5% Discount

Studio 337: Painting/Lamps/Photography, Studio 337
A public reception in studio with food/drink to highlight new work

Gregory Logan Dunn: Painting, Studio 330
20% off Paintings and Prints

Scope Gallery: Ceramics, Studio 19
The Ceramic Guild of Scope Gallery will be donating a portion of all of its December sales to the local Alexandria food pantry, Alive!, which serves those in need in the local community.

Sermin Ciddi: Acrylic Painting, Studio 328
10% off selected items

 

 

 

ESP Tea & Coffee Pop-up in the Grand Hall
10:30 am – 4pm

Visit the Grand Hall to enjoy some of ESP’s hot coffee, tea, matcha, and chai along with some of their most popular food items.

Professional Development Series: Behind the Scenes of a Grant Panel

What do panelists look for when deciding who gets an award or grant? And what actually happens behind the scenes of a grant panel? Drawing upon the expertise of former NYFA Grants Director and current Grants Manager at the Matisse Foundation Judy Cai, this conversation will address key “do’s” and “don’ts” of submitting an arts grant. (FREE)

In conversation with NYFA Learning Program Officer, Career Advice and Training Kelly Olshan, the pair will unpack some myths and misconceptions around grantmaking, including:

  • Who is actually making the funding decisions
  • What the process looks like from the panelists’ perspective
  • Common mistakes and how to avoid them
  • Why you don’t need to be intimidated by the budget!
  • When it’s appropriate to reach out to the Grant Officer

Tune in on IG Live @nyfacurrent or @torpedofactory to watch! An opportunity for Q & A will be provided.

Guest Speaker:
Judy Cai, Grants Manager of The Matisse Foundation and Former Director of NYFA Grants
Judy Cai is the Grants Manager of The Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation. Her work focuses on managing the foundations’ grantmaking portfolio, analyzing grant-related data, and monitoring program budgets to better support organizations providing arts education in New York City.

Prior to this position, she was the Director of Grants at the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). In her role, Judy oversaw NYFA’s awards and grants program that delivers over $4 Million in funding directly to artists across the U.S. each year. She also worked at NYFA Learning as the Senior Program Officer, and facilitated various professional development programs for artists and arts professionals nationwide, such as the Immigrant Artists Mentoring Program (IAP) and the Incubator for Executive Leaders of Color.

Originally from China, Judy holds a M.A. degree in Arts Management from Carnegie Mellon University, a B.S. degree in Culture and Arts Management, and a Bachelor of Law degree from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Judy was the fellow of the 2021 Coro New York’s Immigrant Civic Leadership Program.

The series includes:

All Professional Development Opportunities

This opportunity is presented in partnership between Torpedo Factory Art Center and New York Foundation for the Arts.

 


New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is a 501(c)(3) service organization that provides artists, emerging arts organizations, arts administrators, and students with critical support, professional development tools, and resources for defining and achieving career success. NYFA was established in 1971 to serve individual artists throughout New York State. Since then, they have extended their programs and services throughout the United States and internationally and expanded our scope to serve additional members of the arts community.

Lights, Cocktails, & Torpedo Merriment

A Holiday Boat Parade of Lights Viewing Party with an Artistic Twist

Celebrate the start of the holiday season like a VIP – in style, comfort, and surrounded by creativity. Enjoy spectacular views of the Potomac River from the Art Centers 3rd floor, two story, Overlook Room watching 50 boats cruise and shine.

Indulge in a full bar and hors d’oeuvres. Two drinks are included with each ticket, with more tickets available for purchase.  Food by Rocklands Real Barbeque located in Alexandria VA.

Exclusive art activations include body painting artist Jen Seidel, who has received extensive national and international coverage. A live feed of artist Monica Stroik’s projections on the outside of the Art Center will also be on view inside the event room. Stroik is a recent MFA graduate of Maryland Institute College of Art. Music will fill the space by  Billy “T” Wilde.

Musician Billy “T” Wilde is an American live performing, singer / songwriter. With just his guitar and thundering voice, Billy performs both a stripped down yet high energy one-man-band act. Wild is heavily influenced by American blues, soul and funk by the likes of The Isley Brothers, Stevie Wonder and Lenny Kravitz. He has performed at venues such as the Patriot Center, and Jiffly Lube Live, and has opened up for national acts like Lincoln Park, 30 Seconds to Mars to Dave Mathews Band. A native to the suburbs of Washington DC, he is poised to make his mark on the Rock, Blues and Pop Genres.

Attendees will also receive a complementary Torpedo Factory Art Center holiday ornament.

Billy “T” Wilde

Monica Stroik, 2021 projection on Torpedo Factory Art Center

Jen Seidel, The Gallery

Proceeds help support programs at Torpedo Factory Art Center. This event may include a nude model as part of a body painting installation. Attendee discretion is advised.

Holiday Festival 2022

Torpedo Factory Art Center joins the fun on Alexandria’s most festive weekend of the year! Santa arrives by fire boat around 3:30 p.m. on the Waterfront.  Music fill the halls and the Waterfront, beckoning people to brows three floors of open artists’ studios and galleries.

Timed Tickets for Santa Visits
Visits with Santa will be scheduled in ticketed time windows running every 15 minutes. Visitors interested in reserving a guaranteed time slot will need to collect a ticket at a designated ticketing booths located by the entries on-site in Torpedo Factory Art Center.  Tickets will become available at 2pm.

Visitors unable to reserve a time slot will be able to wait in a “standby” line operating on a first come first serve basis and subject to the availability of each reserved time window.

Need help finding the perfect gift? Download your copy of Torpedo Factory Art Center’s Holiday Helper 2022 here or pick up a copy when you visit.  Its your tool to help find gifts and discounts!

Schedule:

  • 10 am: Open Studios and Galleries
  • 10:30am – 4pm: ESP Tea & Coffee Pilot Pop-Up Program at Torpedo Factory Art Center: Serving hot coffee, tea, matcha, and chai along with some of their most popular food items!
  • 12 – 5:30 pm: The Alexandria Commission for the Arts serves hot cocoa and cookies (Free)

 

  • 2 pm: Holiday Festival begins / Timed tickets for Santa visits become available

 

  • 2 – 5 pm:
  • Hands on art making in Grand Hall
  • Jarrett Laskey, Acoustic Guitar in the Grand Hall
  • Alexandria Archaeology Museum hosts Ship Biscuit Ornament-making in their 3rd floor Museum

 

  • 2 – 5:30/6pm:
    • Yoshiko Ratliff, Painting and Ceramics, Studio 203: 10% Off Select Items (- 5:30pm)
    • Sermin Ciddi, Acrylic Paintings, Studio 328: 10% Off Select Items (- 6:pm)

 

  • 2 – 8pm:  
      • Sarah Bentley, Oil Paintings, Studio 204: 5% Discount
      • Gregory Logan Dunn, Painting, Studio 330: 20% off Paintings and Prints
      • Susanne Tabet, Pete Kledaras, Mike Stevens, Painting/Lamps/photography, Studio 337: A Public Reception to Highlight New Work
      • Berit Estabrook, Acrylic Painting, Studio 341: A Public Reception to Highlight New Work & 25% – 40% Discounts
      • Berit Estabrook & Lesley Clarke, Painting, Studio 341: A Public Reception to Highlight New Work & 10% Discounts
      • Sally Veach, Painting and Drawing, Studio 342: A Public Reception to Highlight New Work
      • Guido Zanni, Fluid Acrylic Art, Studio 344: 20% Discount for unframed works

 

  • 3–3:30 pm: Live music by Silver 5 Brass Quintet at the Waterfront entrance
  • 3:30 pm: Arrival of Santa Claus at Waterfront entrance
  • 3:45 – 5:30 pm: Santa visits children in the Grand Hall (1st floor) (free tickets)
  • 4pm: Sally Veach, Painting and Drawing, Studio 342: Artist Talk
  • 4:30-8pm: Lights, Cocktails, & Torpedo Merriment: A Holiday Boat Parade of Lights Viewing Party with an Artistic Twist (ticketed)
  • 6-8pm: Quintet from Alexandria City High School performs in Grand Hall (1st floor)
  • 7pm: Guido Zanni, Fluid Acrylic Art, Studio 344: Fluid Art Demo
  • 5:30 pm: Video projections by Monica Stroik begin on the Waterfront side of the Art Center
  • 5:30 pm: Annual Boat Parade of Lights begins on the Waterfront side of the Art Center

 

Featured photo courtesy Santa Tom

 

Monica Stroik, 2021

Professional Development Series: Cultivating Art Sales and Patrons

Pricing your work, cultivating patrons, and figuring out how to get in touch with the right buyers for your work has long been a primary goal and challenge for visual artists. In Part 2 of this three-part professional development series, join NYFA Program Officer in Career Advice and Training Kelly Olshan, with guest speaker Brendan Burns, CEO of global artist discovery platform See.me, who will be joining LIVE from Art Basel Miami!
The live stream will also feature a special guest and gallerist, Valerie Cabrera Brugal, Founder or Catalysta, who will be joining from their booth in Miami to provide artists a behind-the-scenes look of the art fair experience and what gallerists look for when considering working with an artist.

Tune in on IG live for a discussion covering:

  • How to find the right buyers for your art–including options beyond the individual purchaser
  • What collectors look for when considering which works to purchase
  • Simple things you can do as an artist to encourage sales
  • Tips for thinking about pricing your work

Brendan Burns–CEO, See.meGuest Speaker:  Brendan Burns–CEO, See.me
Co-Founder & Strategic Advisor, The Enterprise Studio @ Sotheby’s Institute of Art
Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia Business School, Columbia University

Brendan Burns has spent over 20 years at leading technology, arts and financial institutions including Stepstone Art Resources (parent of See.me), Culture.tech, 1000|Museums, Moody’s Investors Service, Salomon Brothers, and AdOne, an Internet software pioneer.

Currently, Brendan is the CEO of See|Me (www.see.me), a global discovery platform that connects new and emerging artists with collectors and enthusiasts. Over the last several years we have conducted multiple competitive exhibitions at Art Basel Miami, Times Square in NYC, the Louvre and the White House (among others). SeeMe has a large direct and social footprint with nearly 500,000 followers and 1 million+ subscribers (including email).

Previously (2013-2015) Brendan developed a turnaround plan and strategic repositioning as the CEO of 1000|Museums, a venture-backed ecommerce and art licensing pioneer. 1000|Museums built a global network of fine art museums such as the Guggenheim (NYC), the Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam) and the MFA Houston, among many others. Burns raised over $5 million in private equity capital for the Company ultimately selling the company to a strategic acquiror.

Brendan is also an experienced entrepreneurship educator and is an adjunct professor in the Lang Center for Entrepreneurship at Columbia’s Graduate Business School while also serving on the Advisory board of the Lang Fund which invests in and mentors promising student-originated startups. Additionally, in 2021 Brendan helped conceive and launch The Enterprise Studio at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, a global entrepreneurship accelerator for aspiring art professionals. Brendan has an MBA from the Graduate Business School of Columbia University and earned his BS from Fordham University. As a professor and mentor, Brendan has helped nurture young entrepreneurs whose companies have gone one to raise over $2 billion in capital and achieve over $15 billion in economic value along with employing thousands of people and improving the world.

The discussion will feature art expert insights and will from run for 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes of live Q&A. No RSVP necessary, just join us on Instagram.

Visit https://www.instagram.com/torpedofactory/ to view the conversation. 

The series includes:

All Professional Development Opportunities

This opportunity is presented in partnership between Torpedo Factory Art Center and New York Foundation for the Arts.

 


New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) is a 501(c)(3) service organization that provides artists, emerging arts organizations, arts administrators, and students with critical support, professional development tools, and resources for defining and achieving career success. NYFA was established in 1971 to serve individual artists throughout New York State. Since then, they have extended their programs and services throughout the United States and internationally and expanded our scope to serve additional members of the arts community.

Give The Gift Of Art Weekend!

Download your copy of Torpedo Factory Art Center’s Holiday Helper 2022 here or pick up a copy when you visit.  Its your tool to help find gifts and discounts!

10:30am – 4pm: ESP Tea & Coffee Pilot Pop-Up Program at Torpedo Factory Art Center: Serving hot coffee, tea, matcha, and chai along with some of their most popular food items!

 

Plaid Friday | Friday, November 25, 2022

The Art Center is open 10am-6pm!

Kick off your holiday shopping season with Plaid Friday: Alexandria’s Small Business Black Friday. Find artists throughout the building and artist Natalie Abrams on the Unit Block of King Street from 10am-4pm.

 

Small Business Saturday | Saturday, November 26, 2022

Free Event: 10 am – 4 pm |  The Art Center is open 10am-6pm!

Shop local artists while supporting small businesses. Enjoy live music and a free holiday gift-wrapping station by SafeSpace NoVA, a local organization dedicated to providing a safe, accepting, and supportive environment to combat social stigmas, bullying, and other challenges faced by LGBTQ+ youth.

Find:

  • 12-4pm: Free holiday gift-wrapping station by SafeSpace NoV and Face Painting in the Grand Hall
    12-3pm: Jarrett Laskey, Acoustic Guitar in the Grand Hall
  • Susanne Tabet, Pete Kledaras, Mike Stevens, Painting/Lamps/photography, Studio 337: A Public Reception to Highlight New Work
  • Sierra Barnes, Acrylic and Pen and Ink, Artist Pro Tem: On Display in the Grand Hall
  • Art Center artists on the Unit Block of King Street from 10am-4pm, including June Yun, and Lina Bhatti

Discounts:

  • Yoshiko Ratliff, Painting and Ceramics, Studio 203: 10% Off Select Items
  • Sarah Bentley, Oil Paintings, Studio 204: 5% Discount
  • Gregory Logan Dunn, Painting, Studio 330: 20% off Paintings and Prints
  • Ann Barbieri, Acrylic Painting and Collage, Studio 326: 10% Discount
  • Sermin Ciddi, Acrylic Paintings, Studio 328: 10% Off Select Items

 

Artists Sunday | Sunday, November 27, 2022

Free Event: 10 am – 4 pm |  The Art Center is open 10am-6pm!

Torpedo Factory Art Center joined artists and organizations across the country for the second annual Artists Sunday, a nationwide event on the Sunday after Thanksgiving to encourage consumers to shop with artists and craftspeople. It’s like Black Friday or Small Business Saturday but for shopping for art!

Find:

  • 12-3pm: Jacob DeForge, Acoustic Guitar
  • Susanne Tabet, Pete Kledaras, Mike Stevens, Painting/Lamps/photography, Studio 337: A Public Reception to Highlight New Work
  • Sally Veach, Painting and Drawing, Studio 342: A Public Reception to Highlight New Work with 2pm Artist Talk
  • Vanessa Colina, Vector Art, Artist Pro Tem: On Display in Grand Hall

Discounts:

  • Yoshiko Ratliff, Painting and Ceramics, Studio 203: 10% Off Select Items
  • Sermin Ciddi, Acrylic Paintings, Studio 328: 10% Off Select Items
  • Gregory Logan Dunn, Painting, Studio 330: 20% off Paintings and Prints
  • Berit Estabrook, Acrylic Painting, Studio 341: 25% – 40% Discounts

 

One of Us, Vll acrylic on canvas, Berit Estabrook

 

Vanessa Colina, House Portrait Gift Card

 

Sally Veach, Toombs Hollow Ascension 2, 2021, 36” x36”