The Torpedo Factory Art Center presents Connectivity: Threads of Community, which opens on January 12 and runs through February 5, 2012. Located throughout the main public spaces of the art center, this curated exhibition, which examines contemporary fiber art, will showcase the works of 24 artists including: Anne Biss (UK), Valerie Goodwin (FL), Ann Harwell (NC), Jesse Hemmons for Ishknits (PA), Sandra Lauterbach (CA), Kevan Dupp Lunney (NJ), Gwen Mayer (CA), Dindga McCannon (NY), Teresa Paschke (IA), Yumiko Reynolds (UK), Judy Tadman (UK), Eileen Williams (MD), and New Image Artists - B.J. Adams, Mary Beth Bellah, Jeanne Benson, Sara Brown, Candace Edgerley, Lesley-Claire Greenberg, Catherine Kleeman, Verena Levine, Dominie Nash, Sue Pierce, Ginny Smith, Sandra Woock (DC).
Connectivity: Threads of Community explores the relationships artists create over a lifetime and how these relationships influence their art. The selected works represent the three aspects of human relationships – the self, the small group, and the larger community. Some artists portray memory as a way to retain the connections made over time. Others focus on the group using the complex linking structure of textiles to illustrate their dynamics. The individual pieces tell their own story, while the different themes combine, like the patches of a complex quilt, expanding and painting a more vibrant image. 'Tying' it all together, Ishknits will yarn bomb one of the Torpedo Factory Art Center’s original torpedoes.
Target Gallery intern Caitlin Dichter, a Masters student in Museum Studies at George Washington University, curated this exhibition. She is working towards a career in curatorial planning and exhibit design. This is her first curated show.
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About Art in Public Spaces
This exhibition is part of the Art in Public Spaces (APS) program, which serves as the community outreach arm for the Torpedo Factory Art Center (TFAC) by providing rotating exhibitions and educational program opportunities. APS does this by utilizing the public space on all three floors of the art center. They work with DC-metro area organizations in an effort to reach out to new and neglected groups, expanding the diversity of the audience to the TFAC. The Target Gallery, national exhibition space of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, manages APS.
Gallery Information:
The Target Gallery, national exhibition space of the Torpedo Factory, promotes high standards of art by continuously exploring new ideas through the visual media in a schedule of national and international exhibitions. We are located on the waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, VA. The gallery is open daily from 10-6pm and until 9pm on Thursdays. The entire exhibit will be online beginning May 21 at www.torpedofactory.org/target.
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Torpedo Factory Art Center:
The Torpedo Factory Art Center is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization with a mission to enhance public art appreciation and education. The art center has 82 artist studios, 160 working artists, 6 galleries, the Art League School, and the City of Alexandria’s Archeology Museum. Located on the Waterfront in Old Town Alexandria, the art center is open daily, 10am-6pm and until 9pm on Thursdays.
