The Target Gallery presents Masks, a solo exhibition of work by Torpedo Factory artist Susan Makara, winner of the Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center’s Artist of the Year award. This solo exhibition features a series of paintings from Makara’s Masks series. Makara says about her series, “Masks showcases my strongest and most fantastical work to date. The ideas for the series come from my imagination, visible only in my minds’ eye until I paint them. We all wear masks. Our true feelings and thoughts are not always revealed for others to see. Sometimes we hide the person within.”
The juror for this exhibition was William Schran, Assistant Dean of Fine Arts at Northern Virginia Community College. Schran says about Makara’s work, “Susan demonstrates a command of the medium with powerful imagery that speaks to the viewer, yet presents a sense of mystery. There is a haunting dream-like quality with the figures, all hidden behind masks. Behind the mask, who is looking at whom?”
Susan Makara holds a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. She served as assistant art director at a Model Secondary School for the Deaf in Washington, DC and as art director for the PBS series “Powerhouse.” Her work can be found in the School of Art Museum in Buenos Aires, at the U.S. State Department, in the homes of James Brady and Barbara Bush, and at the Garden Court in Jordan’s Royal Palace. She can be found putting brush to canvas at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Studio 335.
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Reception: 2nd Thursday Art Night, July 12, 6-8pm; Awards Ceremony at 7pm during reception
Guests are invited to bring a mask or make one during the event to wear to the reception.
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About the Friends of the Torpedo Factory
The Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization whose mission is to promote the Torpedo Factory Art Center as a vital part of the City of Alexandria and ultimately the greater Washington metropolitan area. We fulfill our mission by building connections between the Center, its artists and the community. Friends programs and events are underwritten in part through operating assistance from the Alexandria Commission for the Arts.
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.
