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The Art League is part of Handcrafted Alexandria – a collection of thirteen creative businesses in the Old Town and Del Ray neighborhoods of Alexandria, Virginia. Each business features one-of-a-kind handmade items and invites you to explore your creative side with classes and materials for your own projects.


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For this installment of “Art Bites,” we look into the diptych of America Remembers/The Lives by Hernán Murno in the July open exhibit. Murno’s strong, graphic lines are reminiscent of early American Abstraction art of the 1940s. American Abstractionist work rose from a time of political unrest in response to WWII, and looking at Murno’s piece, you have the feeling that the aesthetic choice was not only inspired by the abstract movement but also reflective of today’s unique political tensions.

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