Torpedo Factory Marks 20 Years From: The Washington Post | Date: May 5, 1994| Author: Peter Y. Hong | Copyright 1994 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

The cavernous waterfront structure began its life in 1918 as a torpedo factory, where women and men built rounds to be aimed at German U-boats through World War II. After the war, it was used as a warehouse, holding everything from the Smithsonian's dinosaur bones to German war records used as evidence in the Nuremberg trials.

But its most popular use began in 1974, when a group of Alexandria artists set up studios in the Union Street building and turned it into the Torpedo Factor...

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	Torpedo Factory Marks 20 Years The Washington Post ; The cavernous waterfront structure began its life in 1918 as a torpedo factory, where women and men built rounds to be aimed at German U-boats through World War II. After the war, it was used as a warehouse, holding everything from the Smithsonian's dinosaur bones to German war records used as
	Torpedo Factory has a peaceful mission.(Washington Weekend) The Washington Times ; A love of art and creative expression is what brings 165 artists together at Alexandria's Torpedo Factory. There is no question that I have been more inspired by having a studio here and not having all of the interruptions of working from home, says Cynthia Corio-Poli, a goldsmith and jewelry
	Torpedo Factory Friends Use Art to Reach Out The Washington Post ; The Friends of the Torpedo Factory Art Center are sponsoring a broad range of visual arts activities for Northern Virginians this year, including free art instruction for underprivileged children, teen-agers and senior citizens. The Friends group, comprising 760 members and 300 donors, was founded
	It's Show and Touch Time For Art at Torpedo Factory The Washington Post ; The Friends of the Torpedo Factory believe that art is sometimes meant to be touched as well as seen. A visitor is not going to see signs reading "please don't touch" at the fourth annual "Art to See, Touch and Hear" exhibit that opened yesterday and runs through April 5 at the Torpedo Factory Art
	At 25, Torpedo Factory Is Right on Target The Washington Post ; ... something anyone may hate. That's the way it should be." Wells, formerly the director of the Peninsula Fine Arts Center in Newport News, Va., arrived in 1998, when the artists' association took over management of the building. It had been sold by the city to a ...
	Col. Zetta Jones Dies; Torpedo Factory Founder The Washington Post ; Zetta W.H. Jones, 90, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who was a founding artist of the Torpedo Factory Art Center in Alexandria, died of kidney failure May 13 at Oak Meadows Nursing Center. She lived at the Fairfax at Fort Belvoir. Col. Jones, a public information and photographic specialist,
	Alexandria Delegate Stuck to Activist Roots; Retiring Van Landingham Battled to Create Torpedo Factory Art Center From Warehouse The Washington Post ; In 1973, a tall, dark-haired artist rode her bike through Alexandria toward the Potomac River in search of an opening to the waterfront. She pedaled up Duke, King, Prince and Queen streets, but all were closed off with cyclone fencing. Finally she found an unlocked gate at the end of Cameron
	Van Landingham Stuck to Activist Roots; Retiring Alexandria Delegate First Fought to Create Torpedo Factory Art Center The Washington Post ; In 1973, a tall, dark-haired artist rode her bike through Alexandria toward the Potomac River in search of an opening to the waterfront. She pedaled up Duke, King, Prince and Queen streets, but all were closed off with cyclone fencing. Finally she found an unlocked gate at the end of Cameron
	Full Speed Ahead At Torpedo Factory The Washington Post ; CORA J. RUPP has spent her life immersed in art and wishes more of us would jump into the pool. In an exhibition marking her retirement as head of Alexandria's Art League, Rupp has transformed the league's Torpedo Factory gallery into an extended expression of her passion for collecting. The
	Torpedo Factory to Hold Fair for Disabled The Washington Post ; Art isn't found only hanging on the walls of a museum. Experience a "Hands-on Art Street Fair" for the disabled and their family and friends from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria. Sponsored by the Friends of the Torpedo Factory and Very Special Arts, the fair will

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