Tag: torpedo factory

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] After celebrating its landmark 50th anniversary last year with its most successful show yet, the Art League’s Patrons’ Show returned...

The current favored buzzword in Alexandria is “vibrancy.” To be vibrant is to be full of energy and life. Who doesn’t want that? The question...

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Two months after the city assumed permanent control of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, artists and administrators are settling into...

By Cody Mello-Klein | [email protected] During the new city council’s abbreviated first public hearing on Jan. 12, council unanimously approved a development special use permit...

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] A man driving a gasoline tankard crashed in front of the Torpedo Factory around 11 a.m. this morning, according to...

By Alexa Epitropoulos | [email protected] Marian Van Landingham always returns to painting and politics. Van Landingham, who led the effort to establish the Torpedo Factory Art...

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] Council voted unanimously at its public hearing on Saturday to give the city permanent control of the Torpedo Factory. The art...

By Denise Dunbar | [email protected] Mary Ann Stevens, one of the original Torpedo Factory artists who helped start the art center, died peacefully at home...

Two important decisions with significant long-term implications for Alexandria are being rammed through the city approval process with minimal public input and arbitrary timelines. The...

By Missy Schrott | [email protected] It appears the city is about to be permanently in the arts business. City Manager Mark Jinks presented a proposal to...