Torpedo Factory Art Center

Torpedo Factory Art Center Art in Person and in Progress. Our mission: to ignite the creative spirit.
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Located in Old Town Alexandria, Torpedo Factory Art Center is he nation’s largest community of open artists' studios under one roof. Part of City of Alexandria's Office of the Arts, a division of the Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities.

Join us May 28, at 10:30 for a comedic handing-building ceramics workshop creating a home for your computer mouse or oth...
05/12/2026

Join us May 28, at 10:30 for a comedic handing-building ceramics workshop creating a home for your computer mouse or other small household item at Torpedo Factory Art Center.

Artist, Clare Suess will then lead participants in learning hand-building ceramic techniques to construct a lidded vessel out of clay, perfectly fitting your object. The workshop will end with painting and decorating your new vessel.

This workshop is free but space is limited please rsvp with the link below to reserve your spot!

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This seminar is designed through creativity between the Institute for Creative, Arts, and Technology at Virginia Tech, Expressions at Amazon Arlington, and the City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts.

The Torpedo Factory Art Center is open late this Friday, offering free activities, live music, art workshops, and open a...
05/06/2026

The Torpedo Factory Art Center is open late this Friday, offering free activities, live music, art workshops, and open artist studios. This month, we’re celebrating Handwork2026, and featuring the diversity of the crafts that define America, bringing compelling stories and underrepresented art and artists into the spotlight.

Thanks to everyone who joined our opening celebration of Alexandria's latest piece of public art. "00:10:00 (The Declara...
05/03/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined our opening celebration of Alexandria's latest piece of public art. "00:10:00 (The Declaration of Independence)" by Richmond-based artist is on view outside the Alexandria Circuit Court.

This new temporary artwork asks viewers to contemplate that time and, with it, the meaning of the document to our lives today. The installation represents the 600 seconds that it takes to read the Declaration of Independence as 600 of the artist’s “Time Rulers” cut in stone.

We’re excited to welcome Tara Youngborg as the newest Post Grad Resident to the Torpedo Factory Art Center!Tara Youngbor...
05/01/2026

We’re excited to welcome Tara Youngborg as the newest Post Grad Resident to the Torpedo Factory Art Center!

Tara Youngborg is a Maryland-based artist, educator, curator, and arts administrator. She has a BA in Art and Art History from St Mary’s College of Maryland and an MFA in Studio Art from Towson University.

Their installations, video, and interactive electronic artworks are rooted in questions of how our technological processes reflect human experience. They conduct research and collect archival or scientific records, take video and auditory field recordings, and then use technological processes— handwritten computer programs, machine learning, datamoshing, and video or audio editing software—to translate and interpret the site and the technology they are using

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We were so happy to have Avery Schoenberger in Studio 314 for the past couple of months, as part of our post-grad reside...
04/18/2026

We were so happy to have Avery Schoenberger in Studio 314 for the past couple of months, as part of our post-grad residency.

Avery uses their art to bring to life the humanity of the q***r experience throughout history, giving q***r experiences form and face, and enabling their subjects to tell their own stories. Their Residency ends April 30th, so be sure to stop by and chat with them about their work and the history behind it before they leave!

Follow them to keep up with their art and find out where they will be next.

🌸 Join us next Friday to celebrate the DMV’s Cherry Blossom season with an evening of art, music, and creative energy. E...
04/02/2026

🌸 Join us next Friday to celebrate the DMV’s Cherry Blossom season with an evening of art, music, and creative energy. Enjoy origami crafting, a Japanese Koto performance, and the opening of our new exhibition on the 3rd floor.

✨ Something exciting is getting set up ✨ Check out Sensing Place our 2025 Post-Graduate Artists-in-Residence Exhibition ...
04/01/2026

✨ Something exciting is getting set up ✨

Check out Sensing Place our 2025 Post-Graduate Artists-in-Residence Exhibition on the 3rd Floor (Site 3 ) of the Torpedo Factory Art Center. The Opening Reception is April 10 @ 7-10 p.m.

Sensing Place brings together four former Torpedo Factory Art Center artists-in-residence whose practices consider place not as a fixed location, but as something remembered, recorded, felt, and activated.

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Thank you to Braden Perryman for a fantastic workshop where we learned about how to make lamps inspired by nature and or...
03/30/2026

Thank you to Braden Perryman for a fantastic workshop where we learned about how to make lamps inspired by nature and organic shapes.

Keep an eye out for this months workshop where we learn about Dungeons & Dragons with .

This seminar was designed through creativity between the Institute for Creative, Arts, and Technology at Virginia Tech, Expressions at Amazon Arlington, and the City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts.

Join for his Artist Talk at Hillyer Gallery (), Saturday, 21, 1 p.m.While you're there, check out his solo exhibition, ...
03/14/2026

Join for his Artist Talk at Hillyer Gallery (), Saturday, 21, 1 p.m.

While you're there, check out his solo exhibition, which will be open until March 29. This exhibition features works from his Baroque series, inspired by the dynamism and grandeur of Western Baroque and the rich traditions of Eastern miniatures that I have studied since childhood.

Don't forget to stop by his studio ( #5) at the Torpedo Factory Art Center to see him at work!

Learn how to pair principles of geometry and logic with visual programming language Rhino+Grasshopper to design unique, ...
03/14/2026

Learn how to pair principles of geometry and logic with visual programming language Rhino+Grasshopper to design unique, organic lamps that draw inspiration from nature with artist and designer Braden Perryman. Participants can customize their assembled lamps by adding color, pattern, and texture to the surface of their lamp.

This seminar is designed through creativity between the Institute for Creative, Arts, and Technology at Virginia Tech, Expressions at Amazon Arlington, and the City of Alexandria’s Office of the Arts.

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105 N. Union Street
Alexandria, VA
22314

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 6pm
Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 10am - 6pm

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+17037464570

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