The Felted Wardrobe
In addition to wet felting and nuno felting, these pieces incorporate techniques like hand-dyeing and millinery — see below for the key.
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Reminder: March Receiving is One Week Later
Just a quick reminder for our artists that receiving for ColorField, the March exhibit, is March 10 and 11, not the first Monday and Tuesday of the month as usual.
CPR for Your Artist Statement: Free Workshop
Does your artist statement make a thud instead of, well, a statement?
Q&A with Award Winner Nada Abizaid
We asked artist Nada Abizaid, a graphic designer during the day, about taking ceramics classes and creating the piece that won the Dennis Davis Award for Pottery.
Bonus Student Show! See Our Young Artist Showcase
Our slate of youth and teen classes is well-represented in an exhibit just upstairs from the Gallery, on the second floor of the Torpedo Factory.
Artist Opportunities: February 25, 2014
See below for details about upcoming exhibits. Good luck!
Q&A with Award Winner Milton Shinberg
“People say watercolor is unforgiving, which just means you have to enjoy risk and accident. I’m trying to get there.”
Presenting Your 2014 Student/Faculty Show
When you see something that makes you say “Wow, I want to learn how to do that,” just take a look at the tag and you’ll see the class it was made in, along with the instructor’s name.
Artist Opportunities: February 18, 2014
See below for details on upcoming exhibits, residencies, and more. Good luck!
Thank You for A Hugely Successful Patrons’ Show!
Excitement was in the air last night, along with cheers, groans, and occasional boos: all signs for anyone in the vicinity of Old Town that it was Patrons’ Show Fundraiser night.
Register Now for Summer Art Camp!
Registration is now open for Art Camp 2014 at The Art League!
Calling All Students: Volunteers Needed for Student/Faculty Show
The Student/Faculty Show is coming up soon, and we need your help!
Artist Opportunities: February 11, 2014
See below for details on upcoming exhibits, competitions, and more. Good luck!
Patrons’ Show Images Are Going Up on Flickr
Numbers 1 to 417 are there now and more are on the way later today, for all of you starting to make your lists.
See What Encaustic is All About
In an exhibit here at the Torpedo Factory, you can see all the different, beautiful ways students have used the color, texture, and translucency of wax.
More Classes to Make Your Winter Creative!
This is your chance to shake off the cabin fever and bring the creative part of your brain out of hibernation.
Artist Opportunities: February 4, 2014
See below for deadlines, calls for artists, residencies, and more. Good luck!
You’re Invited to Sunday’s Closing Reception
Come join us Sunday at 2:00 pm to see the completed project and learn what happens next with our Community Canvas!
Ethiopia Travel Workshop Date Change
If you’re interested in going to the upcoming travel workshop to Ethiopia, it’s not too late!
60 Years of Art League History
See a timeline of six decades of Art League stories!
Artist Opportunities: January 28, 2014
See below for deadlines, calls for artists, residencies, and more. Good luck!
See the New “Art in City Hall”
The theme for this exhibit, “Intersections of Art and History,” was particularly appropriate for a city with so much history and a year with so many anniversaries — The Art League, the Torpedo Factory, and the Alexandria Commission for the Arts are celebrating their 60th, 40th, and 30th anniversaries this year, respectively.
Award Winner Gaetano Rando on 64 Garden Squares
Regulars in the Gallery will remember Gaetano Rando, or Guy, from the December 2011 solo exhibit “Transitions” featuring work by Guy and his son, Marco.
Opening Saturday: SOHO Photo Exhibit
Starting Saturday, you can see some of the art created in the Space of Her Own mentorship program.