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Materialized Magic: Fiber Art Workshop

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"Materialized Magic" is a community art project that provides free lessons, for people of all levels of experience, in crocheting, knitting, and felting. The workshop is lead by our 3rd annual CRAVE grant recipients, Erika Cleveland and Stacy Cantrell.

Newly Juried Artists of the TFAA

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Target Gallery is pleased to welcome the new artists of the Torpedo Factory Artists’ Association! These artists were selected via our annual jury process from a competitive group of applicants.

6th Annual March150 Art Party

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Target Gallery’s popular annual fundraising exhibition and art sale, March150, returns to the Torpedo Factory Art Center to raise money in support of the Gallery’s special exhibitions and programs.

During the Art Party, all work is priced at $100 (normally $150). Guests have an opportunity to mingle with other art enthusiasts and meet many of the artists who have contributed to the show.

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March150: 6th Annual Exhibition Fundraiser

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Target Gallery’s popular annual fundraising exhibition and art sale, March150, returns to the Torpedo Factory Art Center to raise money in support of the Gallery’s special exhibitions and programs.

Materialized Magic: Fiber Art Workshop

Studio 2 - Target Gallery

"Materialized Magic" is a community art project that provides free lessons, for people of all levels of experience, in crocheting, knitting, and felting. The workshop is lead our 3rd annual CRAVE grant recipients, Erika Cleveland and Stacy Cantrell.

WCA & Target Gallery Present: Trending – Contemporary Art Now

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Target Gallery partners with the Women’s Caucus of Art to present Trending: Contemporary Art Now! The exhibition is part of WCA’s 2016 national conference in Washington, D.C. Trending features work by 12 self-identified women who are driving the direction of contemporary art.

Women Do It! Postcard Exhibition

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Women Do It!, is the mail art exhibition of WCA's International Caucus and its UN Program. ”Women Do It!” was inspired by and highlights the work of UN Women’s HeForShe campaign, its Beijing+20 program and their efforts toward advancing women’s rights and gender equality in society, economics and politics. The exhibition is hosted in partnership by the Target Gallery and the Women's Caucus for Art as an extension of Trending: Contemporary Art Now!

2015 Post-Graduate Residents

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Target Gallery features an interactive selfie wall, the story of banished Quakers, an experiment in the financial value of art, and a ghostly history of the Torpedo Factory.

Angel Soldier Dance Sublime

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Four artists explore the sublime dance of archetypal masculinity and femininity in a new exhibition at Target Gallery. The body serves as a binding theme in this presentation of aesthetically diverse work, as each artist negotiates ideas of femininity and power.

Leigh Merrill: Cloud Seeding

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Dallas-based artist Leigh Merrill assembles photos and videos to create fictional images that are familiar, yet unfamiliar, recognizable, but not place-able, to examines the relationship between construction and control in urban, suburban, and rural spaces.

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