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Spotlight: Charles Stokes
In 2016, Staff Sergeant (SSG) Charles Stokes, after losing a custody battle and death of his grandfather, struggled to find purpose/motivation. He described his depression as so extreme that he slept 18 hours each day and still found it challenging to get up in the...
A Letter from the Board
As 2018 comes to a close, we'd like to take the opportunity to thank each and every person who has been a part of making this year full of art and writing and laughter and community. "True Community" as defined by M. Scott Peck, "emerges as the group chooses to...
I am an Artist.
I am an artist. I am an artist. I am an artist. I am an artist. It was so very challenging to form those words in my head…my fingers felt like they were dredging through quicksand just to make contact with my laptop’s keys…but there it is. I am an artist. I write...
October Writing Workshop 10/30/18 with NYT Best-Selling Memoirist Susanna Sonnenberg
reserve tickets on Eventbrite here No creative writing experience required! Join Mission Belonging for our monthly community building creative writing workshop in partnership with the Torpedo Factory Art Center. October's workshop will be led by Susanna Sonnenberg,...
Veteran & Service Member Art Exhibition & Reading 10/26/18 1900
Co-presentation with Frontline Arts + USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore + Warrior Writers October 24th at 7 pm at the Torpedo Factory Art Center, 105 North Union Street, Alexandria, VA The Frontline Paper/Warrior Writers exhibition and reading is the...
September Community Writing Workshop 9/27/18
No creative writing experience required! Join Mission Belonging for our monthly community building creative writing workshop in partnership with the Torpedo Factory Art Center. September's workshop will be led by the National Endowment for the Arts Lit Team: Amy...
Writing Workshops at The Torpedo Factory Art Center
August 30, 2018 September 27, 2018 October 30, 2018 November 11, 2018
Veteran & Service Member Reading & Art Exhibit 8/24/18
The Frontline Paper/Warrior Writers exhibition and reading is the culminating event of a four-day art-making and writing workshop at the USO Warrior and Family Center in Bethesda. During the workshop, Service Members and Veterans make paper out of used military...
August Community Writing Workshop
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Music & Words at the Torpedo Factory March 2 at 7 pm
Join us on March 2 at 7 pm for a collaborative performance at the Torpedo Factory Arts Center by veterans, Service members, and Grammy-nominated hiphop artist, Christylez Bacon, and six-string electric cellist, Wytold. The event is the culminating performance of a...
Sent & Received, Combat Paper, and Warrior Writers at Gallery B
October 20th @ 1900, Gallery B 7700 Wisconsin Ave #E, Bethesda, MD 20814 Join us for an opening reception of "Sent & Received" an exhibition in which Service Members, Veterans, and their families consider and interpret the impact, importance and...
