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TFAA
Torpedo Factory Artists' Association
Working Artists. Open Studios.
Learn about the TFAA
Our Mission
The mission of the Torpedo Factory Artists' Association is to foster the visual arts community in and around Alexandria, Virginia. We create a vibrant arts community by promoting, supporting and encouraging the work of member artists, providing educational programing in the arts to all, and preserving the legacy of Torpedo Factory artists.
Our beginnings
A Legacy of Creativity
The Torpedo Factory Art Center is a creative space full of working studios and galleries in Alexandria, Virginia. Founded in 1974 in a 100-year-old munitions plant along the Potomac River in Old Town Alexandria, the art center houses the largest collection in the country of working artist studios that is centered in one location and is open to the public. In the fifty-plus years since its founding, the Torpedo Factory Art Center continues to give artists a place to work, to interact with community and showcase their art to approximately half a million visitors annually.
The Torpedo Factory Artists' Association (TFAA) is a thriving professional artist alliance of more than 150 juried visual artists. Members are dedicated to opening our active workplaces for public visits.
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Community outreach and engagement has always been a vital component to membership in the TFAA. With open studios and live demonstrations every day throughout our historic building, artists are contributing to both the business and creative local economies.
