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The Torpedo Factory is home to over 165 artists working in 82 studios which are open to the public. A Torpedo Factory studio is truly unique. In one space, an artist creates, displays, discusses, and sells his or her artwork. Not only can you shop for original artwork in the studios, you can also get a firsthand look at the artistic process. Find out the story behind a work that catches your eye or talk with the artist about how it was created. Watch works of art take shape before your eyes. Or just enjoy yourself as you view an amazing variety of work on all three floors of the art center. Artists are selected through the annual jury process of the Torpedo Factory Artists’ Association. In addition to 82 artists’ studios, the Torpedo Factory is home to 6 galleries, the Alexandria Archaeology Museum, and The Art League School. OPEN DAILY 10AM-6PM • THURSDAYS ‘TIL 9PM
ARTISTS’ HOURS VARY • 703.838.4565 105 N. UNION STREET • ALEXANDRIA, VA 22314
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Art Center Floor Plan
Current as of 4.1.2012.There are a number of associate artists who sublet from resident artists. A frequently updated list is available at the Information Desk.
CERAMICS
Susan Cohen • 23
Carlos Beltrán Baldiviezo • 6 Lois Brant • 3
Susan Cohen • 23 Solveig Cox • 23 Fire One Studio • 22 Jolande Goldberg • 326 Susan Greenleaf • 22 Jennifer Hatfield • 23 Maija Hay • 22 Hollin Hills Potters • 23 Marcia Jestaedt • 13 Vivian Johnson • 23 Joan Kasprzak • 225
Lori Ehrlich Katz • 8 Brenda Townsend Kollman • 22 David Norton • 22 Rebecca Ravenal • 23 Phyllis Roderer • 23 Carolyn Dutky Romano • 24 Robert Rosselle • 311 Lisa Schumaier • 16 Scope Gallery • 19 Elke Seefeldt • 22 Joan Ulrich • 24
Ann Barbieri • 322 Mirella Monti Belshé • 27 Rosemary Feit Covey • 224 Tory Cowles • 7 Marcia Dale Dullum • 301 Laurie Fields • 336 Susan Finsen • 29 Jeanne Garant • 7 Roberta Glick • 313 Gwendolyn Graine • 338 Mina Oka Hanig • 225
Carol Gellner Levin • 30 Carol Lopatin • 301 Cindy Lowther • 301 Christine Nicoll Parson • 340 Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery • 18 Beverly Ryan • 333 Lisa Schumaier • 16 Marsha Staiger • 322
Gloria Barbre • 14/210 Lois Benson • 14 Cindy Brandt • 330 Lois Brant • 3 Anne Buchal • 303 Ann Citron • 329 Tory Cowles • 7 Ann DiPlacido • 320 Candace Edgerley • 14 Tamara Embrey • 14 Annemarie Feld • 14
Fiberworks • 14 Ruth Gowell • 8 Virginia Irby-Maxwell • 14 Carol Gellner Levin • 30 Cindy Lowther • 301 Jenae Michelle • 226 Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery • 18 Susan Sanders • 206 Anna Yakubovskaya • 302 Saaraliisa Ylitalo • 14
Cindy Brandt • 330 Lois Brant • 3 Cynthia Corio-Poli • 209 Enamelists Gallery • 28 Ruth Gowell • 8 Alison Sigethy • 307 Lea Topping • 316
ENGRAVED CRYSTAL Gerda Atzl • 214
COLLAGE & MIXED MEDIA
Jeanne Garant • 7
FIBERS
Gloria Barbre • 14/210
GLASS Kathy Bransford • 28
STAINED GLASS Christine Nicoll Parson • 340
JEWELRY
Barbro Eriksdotter Gendell • 201
Penelope Barringer • 308 Dawn Benedetto • 226 Cindy Brandt • 330
Lois Brant • 3 Ann Citron • 329 Cynthia Corio-Poli • 209 Tanya Davis • 15 Fiberworks • 14 Barbro Eriksdotter Gendell • 201 Zoya Gutina • 319 Kim Jones • 5 Tony Man • 212 Eric Margry • 229 Metallum • 201 Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery • 18 Gretchen Raber • 201 Alicia Roman • 226 Susan Sanders • 206 Ileen Shefferman • 22
Marcos Teixeira • 204 Kathy Udell • 14 Estelle Vernon • 201 Don Viehman • 205 Zsuzsi Wolf • 229 ENAMELING Penelope Barringer • 308 Ann Citron • 329 Cynthia Corio-Poli • 209 Enamelists Gallery • 28 Don Viehman • 205 HAND ENGRAVING Eric Margry • 229
PHOTOGRAPHY
Pete McCutchen • 344
B. J. Anderson • 6 Min Enghauser • 309 Margaret Huddy • 203 Francine B. Livaditis • 328 Pete McCutchen • 344 Multiple Exposures Gallery • 312 James D. Steele • 343 Craig Sterling • 305 Kathy Udell • 14 Edgard Zamalloa • 227
Art Center Floor Plan
Current as of 4.1.2012.There are a number of associate artists who sublet from resident artists. A frequently updated list is available at the Information Desk.
PAINTING & DRAWING
Beverly Ryan • 333
B. J. Anderson • 6 Betsy Anderson • 223 Ann Barbieri • 322 Kathy Beynette • 5 Peg Bruhn • 3 Anne Buchal • 303 Ruth Buhrman • 324 Christine Cardellino • 313 Margaret Cerutti • 326 Marietje Chamberlain • 225 David Cochran • 317 Rachel Collins • 342
Rosemary Feit Covey • 224 Tory Cowles • 7 Tanya Davis • 15 James Dean • 306 Marcia Dale Dullum • 301 Carol M. Dupré • 12 Laura Edwards • 29 Jackie Ehle • 318 Laurie Fields • 336 Susan Finsen • 29 Nancy Pane Fortwengler • 223 Roberta Glick • 313 Geri Gordon • 341 Gwendolyn Graine • 338 Betty Grisham • 17 Mina Oka Hanig • 225 Matthew Harwood • 222 Caroline Heald • 321 Everett Hill • 332 Michele Hoben • 31 Margaret Huddy • 203 Matthew Johnston • 310 Sheep Jones • 7 Viviane de Kosinsky • 208 Anne B. Landry • 318
Gloria Logan • 322 Carol Lopatin • 301 Rita Ludden • 308 Mary Lynch • 339 Sue Lynch • 338 Susan Makara • 335 Marcel • 334 Alvena McCormick • 337 Jamaliah Morais • 25 Alice Mostoff • 15 Lane Palmisano • 31 Christine Nicoll Parson • 340 Andra Patterson • 13 Niki Pickett • 338 Cindy Packard Richmond • 3 Beverly Ryan • 333 Anna Shakeeva • 304 Pauline Siple • 331 Connie Slack • 326 Marsha Staiger • 322 Mary Ann Stevens • 314 Diane Tesler • 341 Marian Van Landingham • 321 Liang Wei • 324 Anna Yakubovskaya • 302
B. J. Anderson • 6 Betsy Anderson • 223 Penelope Barringer • 308 Anne Buchal • 303 Marietje Chamberlain • 225 Judith Coady • 325 Phyllis Cohen • 325 Rosemary Feit Covey • 224 Discover Graphics Atelier • 202 Laura Edwards • 29 Jeanne Garant • 7 Roberta Glick • 313 Connie Grace • 325
Margaret Huddy • 203 Laura Weaver Huff • 325 Matthew Johnston • 310 Viviane de Kosinsky • 208 Marcel • 334 Alice Mostoff • 15 Printmakers, Inc. • 325 Carolyn Dutky Romano • 24 Anna Shakeeva • 304 Pauline Siple • 331 Carolyn Witschonke • 325
Mirella Monti Belshé • 27 Carlos Beltrán Baldiviezo • 6 Lois Brant • 3 Anne Buchal • 303 Ann Citron • 329 Susan Cohen • 23 Jackie Ehle • 318 Christopher Erney • 33 Jolande Goldberg • 326 Carol Gellner Levin • 30 Cindy Lowther • 301 Mary Lynch • 339
Marcel • 334 Pat Monk • 33 Larry Morris • 4 Robert Rosselle • 311 Tatyana Schremko • 32 Lisa Schumaier • 16 Alison Sigethy • 307 Marcos Teixeira • 204 Lea Topping • 316
PRINTMAKING
Printmakers, Inc. • 325
SCULPTURE
Lisa Schumaier • 16
ENAMELING Ann Citron • 329 Enamelists Gallery • 28
Target Gallery
The Target Gallery is the art center’s national exhibition space, located on the first floor behind the spiral staircase. www.torpedofactory.org/target Push Pull Play • April 12 - May 13 Reception: April 12, 6-8pm This is an all-media exhibition that focuses on interactive, and toy-inspired art. The exhibit is part of Virginia Commission for the Arts’ Minds Wide Open Celebration of Children and the Arts. Forged • May 19 - June 24 Incubator by Susan Makara Reception: June 14, 6-8pm; Juror Talk @ 7pm This media-specific sculptural exhibition explores the contemporary approaches to forged metal work. The show’s juror is Twylene Moyer, managing editor of Sculpture magazine. Susan Makara: Masks • Friends of the Torpedo Factory Artist of the Year • July 1 - 29 Reception: July 12, 6-8pm; Awards Ceremony @ 7pm The annual “Artist of the Year” juried competition awards a Torpedo Factory artist for outstanding achievement in art. This year’s winner is Susan Makara, studio 335.
History
No kidding! The Torpedo Factory Art Center was an actual torpedo factory. It’s not just a catchy name for a building bursting with art studios. The U.S. Navy began construction on the original building in 1918 as a factory for the manufacture of torpedo shell casings and other weapons. Torpedoes were manufactured here following World War I and throughout World War II. The green MK-14 torpedo displayed in the main hall was made here in 1945. Its log book, in the exhibit case, tells its history and lists the submarines on which it traveled. After World War II the Federal Government used the complex as a storage place for objects as diverse as dinosaur bones and archives from the Nuremburg War Crimes Trials. In 1969, the City of Alexandria bought the buildings which remained unoccupied until 1974, when Marian Van Landingham, founder and first director of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, proposed the use of the two smallest buildings as an art center. On September 15, 1974, the Torpedo Factory Art Center opened to the public. Today the Torpedo Factory is a thriving not-for-profit organization that serves as an example of how the arts can revitalize a community and as a prototype for communities throughout the world who wish to establish their own visual arts facility.
Alexandria Archaeology Museum Experience Alexandria’s 10,000-year-old history through artifacts, exhibits, and hands-on activities at the Alexandria Archaeology Museum. Interact with City archaeologists and volunteers in the public laboratory and view the latest finds from current excavations. The Museum is located on the third floor in room 327. www.alexandriaarchaeology.org
The Art League School & Gallery The Art League School offers classes in the fine arts and crafts for all ages and skill levels. Pick up a catalogue of courses at the information desk. The Art League Gallery provides a gathering and exhibition space for the visual arts community of Alexandria and the greater Washington, DC region. The gallery’s engaging exhibition schedule makes it an intriguing art space for visitors in the DC area. www.torpedofactory.org/artleague
Get Involved Support the Torpedo Factory Art Center! Become a Torpedo Factory Art Center Member to receive special benefits connecting you year-round to exciting events and programs, and one-of-a-kind artwork. www.torpedofactory.org/member Please consider making a contribution to the Torpedo Factory Art Center to help make improvements and enable exciting art programs, exhibits, and events yearround. The Torpedo Factory Art Center is a 501(c)(3) organization, so your donation is tax-deductable. www.torpedofactory.org/donate Visit our website for more information about the Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, our partner non-profit organization that presents a variety of arts-related programs and events. www.torpedofactory.org/friends.
Evening Rentals Rent the art center for your wedding, family, or corporate event! Available from 5pm - 1am. After hours, the art center transforms into a unique and distinctive space. Spot lighting creates the desired mood while guiding the eye toward the rich collection of fine art created by resident artists. Add your own personal touch with your choice of flowers, music, and food. Flexible indoor and outdoor spaces accommodate up to 700 guests. The Events Office is located in room 211. For reservations or site walk through: call 703-838-4565 x2 or email events@torpedofactory.org.
Special Events 2nd Thursday Art Night • Browse open studios, interact with artists, and enjoy refreshments at this free event held on the second Thursday of every month! Special programming and exhibition receptions throughout the year. Spring Open House • Sunday, May 13 • 1-5pm • FREE Event Join us for our festive annual Spring Open House! Studios blossom with bright and vibrant artwork, and special activities and treats round out a lively Mother’s Day afternoon. Art Activated • Saturday, September 8 • 12-4pm • FREE Event Visual art comes alive during the Alexandria Festival of the Arts! Visitors are invited to become a part of the creative process with special programming to include hands-on projects, artist demonstrations, and much more!
Contact Information Information Desk • 703-838-4565 x1 • Open daily 10am-6pm
Closed New Year’s Day, Easter, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Target Gallery, National exhibition space of the Torpedo Factory Art Center 703-838-4565 x4 • targetgallery@torpedofactory.org 10am - 6pm Daily, Thursdays ‘til 9pm The Art League Gallery • 703-683-1780 10am - 6pm Monday to Saturday, Thursdays ‘til 9pm 12pm - 6pm Sunday Alexandria Archaeology Museum • 703-746-4399 10am - 3pm Tuesday to Friday, 10am - 5pm Saturdays 1pm - 5pm Sunday The Art League School, Classes in Fine Arts & Crafts & Workshops 703-683-2323 • www.theartleague.org Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center Mark Pretzat, President • friends.tfac@yahoo.com
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