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Art from Winter’s Tales on exhibit at the Torpedo Factory @Mosaic. Left to right, Into the Woods, Darkly #400 by Min Enghauser, Winter Reflections Nahuel Huapi by Herman Munro, and Slippery Slopes by Kay Walsh.
Alexandria Art Happenings Kick Off the New Year WITH SOME DEJA-VIRTUAL-VIEW ALL OVER AGAIN EVENTS! BY KELLY MACCONOMY • The Art League ~ The blockbuster 53rd annual part fundraiser/part art aficionado party for the Art League’s educational programming, community outreach, and exhibits is taking the fun virtual this year. Tickets for the February 20, 2 to 6 pm Patron Show are $225. The randomly drawn tickets entitle the holder to choose among several hundred works of art donated by Torpedo Factory and Art League artists valued from $225
Art to upwards of thousands of dollars. The 600-plus artworks were viewable online beginning January 1 and in person three weeks before the event at the Art League’s Torpedo Factory Gallery. Contact
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the Art League Gallery, is juried by Gregg Deal of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. This provocative artist challenges contemporary perceptions of Indigenous people. Deal’s activism is expressed through protest art via painting, murals, performance art, filmmaking, and oral interpretations of Native American storytelling traditions. Open exhibits are not limited by theme, medium, process, or content, but all artworks must have been created within the past five years. • The Athenaeum~ The masterful works of oil on canvas by Quanxuan (Q.X) Shuai on exhibit at the Athenaeum gallery closed January 10. The art continues to be available online. Upcoming exhibits are Michael Spears, “The Sight of Rhythm and Melody,” January 14 to February 21, and Phillip Livingston, “Family Ghosts and Other Strangers,” February 25-April 4. • Del Ray Artisans Gallery ~ “The Hidden World “ January 8-30, 2021. This first exhibit of the new year explores a more in-depth look into an unseen world, taking visual representation beyond the readily visible in ordi-
nary lives. Images examine the micro and macroscopic aspects of the natural and metaphysical world. Sight, sound, and emotion are extrapolated in all media for this intriguing show curated by Nicole Nancy Glob and Nicole Mahoney. “After Edward Hopper: Themes of Solitude and Isolation,” February 5-27, is more than an homage to the iconic painter famous for documenting the American zeitgeist of the daunting 20th-Century urban scene, as well as the Cape Cod sea and landscape. This DRA member-only exhibit asks artists to interpret their experience of alienation as a function of stay-athome/safer-at-home life in the time of COVID. Resin artist Tracy Wilkerson will hold a resin workshop during the exhibit. Check the DRA website for details. • Gallery Underground ~ “Dreams and Nightmares” February 1-26, is an intriguing, all-media national exhibition juried by sculptor Emily Francisco. Artists interpreted the theme, expressing their experiences in a dream state: from the scary to the sublime, from sweet dreams and daydreams to night terrors and dissociative states. There is no opening reception, but the works are on exhibit at the Gallery, 2100 Crystal Drive in Arlington, M-F from 10 am-6 pm. • The Lyceum ~ The Alexandria History Museum at the Lyceum has
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