Thankful for art during November's 2nd Thursday Art Night

During Second Thursday Art Night at the Torpedo Factory Art Center on Thursday, November 12, visitors can meet emerging artists during after-hours gallery openings, be among the first to see what archaeologists are digging up on Duke and Union, and more.

6 – 9 pm:

• Share what you’re thankful for this year by adding a leaf to our artist-created Thankful Tree on the First Floor. The tree will be available for the entire month of November for visitors to continue adding leaves with messages.
• On the eve of the city’s historic development plan, Alexandria Archaeology Museum (studio 327) offers an exclusive first look at the current excavation project on Duke and Union Streets—the future site of Hotel Indigo—as well as historical documents chronicling the history of the site as the John Carlyle warehouse in the 1750s.

6 – 7 pm; 8 – 8:45 pm:

• Guitarist/vocalist Stan Hamrick brings his talents, performing favorites from Sinatra, Elvis, The Beatles, Eagles, The Drifters, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Tom Petty and others.

7 pm:

• Meet the four artists—Stephanie Booth, Justin Raphael Roykovich, Steven Skowron, and Jenny Wu—who participated in the inaugural Post-Graduate Residency program (studio 12) and see their work in a culminating exhibition in Target Gallery (studio 2).

7:30 pm:

• The Art League Gallery (studio 21) hosts openings for Mini MAX, highlighting work that is either very small or large in scale, and Artistic Vision: Redefining the Picture Frame, exploring how 19th and early 20th century artists designed and built frames as an extension of their artworks.

7:45 pm:

• Lisa Schumaier (studio 16) welcomes poet Sass Brown to for a reading and signing of her new book, USA-1000. Schumaier’s work is featured as the cover art.

About The Alexandria Archaeology Museum

The Alexandria Archaeology Museum opened in 1984 in the newly renovated Torpedo Factory Art Center. The museum serves as the hub of the City’s archaeology program where visitors interact with archaeologists and volunteers working in the public laboratory; experience Alexandria’s 13,000 year-old-history through exhibits, self-guided tours, and hands-on activities; and view the latest finds from current excavations. For more information, go to www.alexandriaarchaeology.org.

About The Art League

Founded in 1954, The Art League, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization, is among the nation’s largest and oldest multi-service organizations for visual artists. As a major component of the cultural fabric of Alexandria, The Art League offers extensive exhibit opportunities for artists through its gallery, outstanding fine art education through the school, and valuable outreach programs to the local community. The Art League is headquartered in the landmark Torpedo Factory Art Center.

About Target Gallery

Target Gallery is the contemporary exhibition space for the Torpedo Factory Art Center. The gallery promotes high standards of art by continuously exploring new ideas through a variety of visual media in a rotating schedule of national and international exhibitions. The gallery is open daily from 10-6 pm and until 9 pm on Thursdays.

About the Torpedo Factory Art Center

Founded in 1974 in an old munitions plant, the Torpedo Factory Art Center is home to the largest number of publicly accessible working artist studios in the U.S. The organization’s mission is to foster connections between artists and the public that ignite the creative spirit. Just south of Washington, D.C., the Torpedo Factory Art Center overlooks the Potomac River in the Old Town section of Alexandria, Va. Each year, more than a half million national and international visitors meet and interact with more than 160 resident artists in 82 working studios and seven galleries. The Torpedo Factory Art Center is also home to The Art League School and the Alexandria Archaeology Museum. For more information visit torpedofactory.org or follow the Torpedo Factory Art Center on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram via @torpedofactory.