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Courtesy photo 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, Art NewZ By Kelly MacConomy and exhibits is taking the fun virtual this year. Tickets for the February 20, 2 to 6 pm Patron to upwards of thou- the Art League for more the Art League Gallery, Show are $225. The sands of dollars. information at 703-683- is juried by Gregg Deal randomly drawn tick- The 600-plus artworks 1780. of the Pyramid Lake Paiets entitle the holder to were viewable online Art on view at the Art ute Tribe. This provocachoose among several beginning January 1 and League Gallery before tive artist challenges hundred works of art in person three weeks the Patron Show com- contemporary percepdonated by Torpedo Fac- before the event at the prise its first show of tions of Indigenous tory and Art League art- Art League’s Torpedo the new year. Open Ex- people. Deal’s activism ists valued from $225 Factory Gallery. Contact hibit, January 6-31, at is expressed through protest art via painting, murals, performance Len Paints Your Life art, filmmaking, and oral interpretations of Native American storytelling traditions. Open exhibits are not limited by theme, medium, process, or conStory tent, 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 • Prints and Paintings Spears, “The Sight of • LIVE Event Painting Rhythm and Melody,” • Portraits January 14 to February • Retirement 21, and Phillip Livings• Murals and Custom ton, “Family Ghosts and Posters Other Strangers,” Febru• Art Instruction and ary 25-April 4. Corporate Team • Del Ray Artisans GalBuilding lery ~ “The Hidden World “ January 8-30, Len “Leonardo” Garon 2021. This first exhib it of the new year exwww.lengaron.com • len@lengaron.com plores a more in-depth look into an unseen 703-300-0211 world, taking visual representation beyond the Visit me at Old Town Alexandria Farmers Market or My Studio readily visible in ordinary 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