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Target Gallery Exhibition Calendar
Target Gallery, national exhibition space of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, promotes high standards of art by continuously exploring new ideas through the visual media in a schedule of national and international exhibitions. Below lists our upcoming shows and events through out the 2011 calendar year.

Virginia Commission for the Arts, Minds Wide Open: Virginia Celebrates Children and the Arts
The Minds Wide Open celebration will take place between March and June of 2012 and will include performances, exhibitions, literary readings and films that feature children or can be enjoyed by children and their families. Art groups throughout the state of Virginia will be participating in this celebration. The Target Gallery will be participating in the Minds Wide Open celebration through a variety of exhibitions highlighting and celebrating children and the arts.

		Petri Dish Exhibition Dates: December 1 - 31 Reception: December 8, 6-8pm; juror talk @7pm Petri Dish is an all media small works exhibit that has the primary focus of artist experimentation. Petri dish brings to mind the very idea of experimentation. What does it bring to mind for artists? That is the question and the challenge that we are asking artists to figure out. The work must fit within the parameters of a standard petri dish {100mmx15mm (approx. 4 in)}. Our juror is Jesse Cohen, DC artist, scientist, and gallery owner. In 2004, he founded artdc.org, a grass roots movement with a membership of over 2400 members. In 2009 he founded Fine Art Ventures, LLC and the artdc Gallery in Hyattsville, MD.

		Special Petri Dish Themed Workshop Workshop Fee: $15 Space is limited, contact Target Gallery to register: 703.838.4565 x4 / targetgallery@torpedofactory.org Join Target Gallery and Leah Schreiber, emerging Milwaukee artist and Petri Dish exhibitor, for an experimental mixed-media workshop building on the concepts of the gallery exhibition. Leah will demonstrate the application of digital images to printmaking paper using transfer film as the first step in a fun layering process. Using the petri dish format, participants will apply this alternative transfer process in tandem with collage, acrylic film, medium, and ink to create their own small, fantastical works of art inspired by scientific discovery.

		Fears & Phobias Exhibition Dates: January 12-February 19 Reception: January 12, 6-8pm A timely exhibit that explores the theme of fears and phobias. Some of the work is introspective and personal, while others express these issues in a larger social context. This is an all-media exhibition that was open to all artists nationally and internationally. Our juror, Lia Newman, Director of Programs and Exhibitions at Artspace, Raleigh, NC, received degrees from Winthrop University in Art History and Studio and a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies from Duke University, Durham, NC. She has extensive experience throughout the southeast as a curator, juror, and panelist. Her expertise spans all media with a special interest in art that addresses social and political issues.

		March Madness Exhibition Dates: March 3 -18 Art Party: March 18, 7-10pm Kids Art Event: March 3, 11am-1pm- FREE Click here to learn more about March Madness The Target Gallery and the March of Dimes are teaming up to raise money for both organizations with our 2nd annual exhibition fundraiser, March Madness. It will feature 200 panels of artwork each $150 (only $100 night of the Art Party), a free kids art activity on March 3rd, and the Art Party on March 16th featuring prizes, music, food, drinks, and more! This two week exhibibtion is part of Minds Wide Open: Virginia Celebrates Children and the Arts, a statewide collaboration of artists, arts organizations, museums, and libraries to present thousands of performances, exhibitions, festivals, film screenings, and readings by, for, or about children and the arts.

		The Newly Juried Artists Exhibition Exhibition Dates: March 24 - April Reception: April 1, 2-4pm Artists must go through the annual jury process to become a Torpedo Factory artist. All artists working in fine arts and fine crafts are eligible. Fine crafts include such work as ceramics, textiles, jewelry, all kinds of sculpture, glass, film, video, and more. Selected artists are then invited to be a part of a weeklong exhibition in the Target Gallery.

		Friends of the Torpedo Factory Mentor Show Exhibition Dates: April 3-7; Reception: April 7, 3-5pm The Friends’ Mentor Program pairs a volunteer artist with an art student from one of the City of Alexandria’s high schools. The student shadows the artist during the year, absorbing his or her mentor’s artistic experiences and insights. The mentor instructs the student on what is involved in being a professional artist and also advises the student on his or her work. For a final project, the mentor helps the student create a piece of art. The Mentorship Program is sponsored by the Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, Inc., administered by Ms. Susan Lightsey, and features professional artists of the Torpedo Factory Artists Association.

		Push Pull Play - Deadline for Entry: February 6th, 2012 Exhibition Dates: April 12- May 13 Rece ption: April 12, 6-8pm; juror talk at 7pm Click Here to Apply In cel ebration of VA Commission for the Arts Minds Wide Open Celebration of Children and the Arts, the gallery will host an exhibition that focuses on interactive, kinetic, toy inspired art. This is an all media show that examines the art of the toy, open to all artists nationally and internationally Our juror, Prescott Trudeau is the full-time Curator of Children's Museum of the Arts (CMA), a non-profit museum located in Lower Manhattan. Prescott's past exhibitions include Art Within Reach: From the WPA to the Present, and Make Art (In) Public, an exhibition exploring the impact of the arts on building and bettering communities, with participating artists Swoon, Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Keith Haring, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Remed, Tranqui Yanqui, and Moondog. His exhibitions have been reviewed in the New York Times, Time Out New York, and NY1.

		Forged Exhibition Dates; May 19 - June 24 Reception: June 14, 6-8pm; juror talk at 7pm This is a media specific sculptural exhibition that explores the contemporary approaches to forged metal work. The work can range in size with the stipulation that it incorporates forged metal elements. This is open to all artists nationally and internationally. Juror, Twylene Moyer, managing editor of Sculpture magazine, has published numerous articles and catalogue essays on contemporary art. She has been a featured speaker at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and at SOFA Chicago and has juried and curated several exhibitions, including “Insight Out” and “Disintegration” at the Arlington Arts Center. She is the co-editor of The New Earthwork: Art, Action, Agency, A Sculpture Reader, Conversations on Sculpture, and Landscapes for Art, all distributed by the University of Washington Press.

		Friends of the Torpedo Factory Artist of the Year Exhibition Dates: July 1- July 29 Reception: July 12. 6-8pm; Awards Ceremony at 7pm Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center's "Artist of the Year” is a juried competition recognizing a Torpedo Factory artist for outstanding achievement in art, and awarding the winner a cash prize of $1000 and a month long exhibit in the Torpedo Factory Art Center's Target Gallery.

		2012 Open Exhibition - Deadline for Entry: Feb. 1st, 2012 Exhibition Dates: August 4 - September 2, 2012 Click Here to Apply This is an Open Call for proposals for an exhibition in the summer of 2012. This call is open to all artists from North America working in all visual media. Proposals for exhibitions by both individuals and groups will be considered. The individual or group associated with the chosen proposal will receive a solo exhibition at the Target Gallery from August 4 - September 2, 2012. The artist/s will also receive a stipend and an exhibition catalog. Our juror's for this years Open Exhibition are Jack Rasmussen, Catriona Fraser, and David Page.

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