25th Annual Art Safari

An Alexandria tradition for 25 years, the Torpedo Factory’s annual Art Safari moves online this year for an afternoon of hands-on activities for kids and families. Artists will lead exciting and creative projects in both live and recorded sessions via Facebook Live.

Live Scheduled Online Activities
11 am – Family painting with Judy Heiser
1 pm – Suminagashi paper marbling with Sto Len
3 pm – Create the 2020 Art Safari animal with Lisa Schumaier

All Day Online Activities
Find pre-recorded art demonstration videos all day, as well as downloadable art pages to print and color from home.

Scope Gallery – Animal pinch pot demonstration
Pat Sargent – Make your own ink from black walnuts
Tracie Griffith Tso – Origami butterfly mobile demonstration
Alexandria Archaeology Museum – Create your own commemorative historic-ware

Coloring pages from:
Rosemary Feit-Covey
Vi Trinh, 2020 winter post-grad resident
Katherine Pedrick, local artist in Target Gallery’s current exhibition, Mythos

Photo by Laura Hatcher for City of Alexandria