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"Heart’s Desire," an art exhibit, opens Jan. 11 and will be on display through Feb. 1 at The Art League at the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria.
This art exhibit will feature works related to longing and hope, fantasy and romance. The exhibit will be juried by sculptor Allyson Vieira.
Vieira lives and works in New York. She is Assistant Professor of Foundations at the Corcoran School of Art at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. She has exhibited extensively internationally and in the United States, including institutional projects with Kunsthalle Basel, Swiss Institute, Fall River MoCA, Storm King Art Center, PinchukArtCentre, Non-Objectif Sud, Frieze Projects, The Public Art Fund, The Highline, and SculptureCenter.
Her catalog, Allyson Vieira: The Plural Present, was published by Karma Books in 2016, and her book of interviews with Greek master marble carvers, On the Rock: The Acropolis Interviews, for which she received grants from the Graham Foundation, the Henry Moore Foundation, and FLACC, is now available from Soberscove Press.
Founded in 1954, The Art League, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable and educational nonprofit organization. The League is a multifaceted visual arts organization that meets its mission through its gallery, fine art school, art supply store, and arts-outreach programs.
The Art League is located at 105 N. Union St. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; 12 noon to 6 p.m. Sundays.
For more information, visit theartleague.org.
