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National Museum of Women in the Arts The National Museum of Women in the Arts is the first museum in the world solely dedicated to champi

The National Museum of Women in the Arts brings recognition to the achievements of women artists of all periods and nationalities by exhibiting, preserving, acquiring, and researching art by women and by teaching the public about their accomplishments. To fulfill its mission, the museum cares for and displays a permanent collection, presents special exhibitions, conducts education programs, mainta

ins a Library and Research Center, publishes a member magazine and books on women artists, and supports a network of state and international committees. NMWA also serves as a center for the performing and literary arts and other creative disciplines. If you are interested in hosting an event at NMWA, please visit: http://nmwa.org/host-event.

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Happy birthday to ! ✨ Camille Claudel (1864-1943) was a French sculptor known for her ability to communicate intimate na...
12/08/2022
Camille Claudel | Artist Profile | NMWA

Happy birthday to ! ✨ Camille Claudel (1864-1943) was a French sculptor known for her ability to communicate intimate narratives through her nuanced figurative sculptures. Claudel also gained renown for exercising direct control over the process of casting her sculptures in bronze rather than following the traditional workshop system of handing over the clay model to technicians to be cast. Despite learning from and working with renowned sculptors such as Alfred Boucher and Auguste Rodin, Claudel maintained her own style and approach, ultimately becoming one of the most revered sculptors of her time.

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📚 NMWA's Book Club is tomorrow night at 5:30 p.m. ET! Join us on Zoom as we explore Dr. Natasha Gordon-Chipembere’s capt...
12/07/2022
NMWA Book Club: Finding La Negrita | NMWA

📚 NMWA's Book Club is tomorrow night at 5:30 p.m. ET!

Join us on Zoom as we explore Dr. Natasha Gordon-Chipembere’s captivating retelling of the Black Madonna narrative in her debut novel, "Finding La Negrita."

Visit the event page to register ➞

Accept the Matching Gift Challenge and double your impact today. Your gift will be matched dollar for dollar to help us champion women in the arts.

Hot off the presses - it's Art Fix Friday, your weekly round-up of the latest news about women in the arts!Learn more in...
12/02/2022
Art Fix Friday: December 2, 2022 | Broad Strokes Blog | NMWA

Hot off the presses - it's Art Fix Friday, your weekly round-up of the latest news about women in the arts!

Learn more in Broad Strokes ➞

Mickalene Thomas’s art is on view alongside Claude Monet’s in a new show in Paris; Joan Mitchell’s painting features the colors of the French countryside; a new exhibition presents Japanese women artists from the 1600s to 1900s; and more.

“My work is about and has always been about land, about being aware of our surroundings and appreciating the beauty of n...
11/30/2022

“My work is about and has always been about land, about being aware of our surroundings and appreciating the beauty of nature. I am concerned that we are no longer aware of those.” -

Throughout , we have celebrated the artistic contributions of the Indigenous American artists featured in our collection and exhibitions (and will continue to do so year-round!) This year’s highlights conclude with Emmi Whitehorse. ✨

Whitehorse (b. 1957) is a member of the Navajo nation who creates paintings and prints that reflect the Navajo philosophy of “Hózhó.” Hózhó refers to the interconnectedness of harmony, beauty, wellness, and order. Guided by Hózhó, Whitehorse explores the balance between paint, pastel, and graphite to tell the story of the connection between land and life in her abstract artworks. While in college, Whitehorse joined the , an influential association of Indigenous artists who exhibited their works together and challenged expectations.

Check out the online exhibition NMWA created for Google Arts & Culture in honor of Native American Heritage Month, featuring Whitehorse’s fellow Grey Canyon Group member, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: https://bit.ly/3EUvzWQ

🖼️ Emmi Whitehorse, “Jackstraw,” 2000

11/29/2022
Membership - Gift Now - National Museum of Women in the Arts

Looking for the perfect gift for the art-lover in your life? This holiday season, give the gift of NMWA membership! 🎁

NMWA members receive year-round, exclusive benefits including invitations to members-only programming, discounts in our online Museum Shop, and a subscription to "Women in the Arts" magazine.

Purchase your gift membership today on ➞

The museum's building is close for a major building renovation. NMWA will remain open and vibrant through our advocacy for women artists and a rich schedule of virtual and remote experiences! Members will still enjoy access to special events, a magazine subscription, and other exciting benefits. Lea...

“Reality? To me, that has always been my work, ever since I was a child.” - Lotte LasersteinHappy birthday to ! 🎂 The aw...
11/28/2022
Lotte Laserstein | Artist Profile | NMWA

“Reality? To me, that has always been my work, ever since I was a child.” - Lotte Laserstein

Happy birthday to ! 🎂 The award-winning painter (1898-1993) is best known for her realist portraits, especially those of the New Woman archetype from Weimar-era Germany. Laserstein was one of the first women to study at the Berlin Academy of Arts, winning the Academy’s Gold Medal in 1925. In 1927, Laserstein established her own Berlin studio and went on to hold her first solo exhibition in 1931 to critical acclaim.

Despite achieving much success in her native Germany, she was forced to close her studio and move to Sweden after being labelled under N**i racial laws as “three quarters Jewish.” There, in Stockholm, she became a member of the Swedish Academy of Arts and developed a reputation as a popular and respected portraitist.

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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, launching   of activism. 🧡 In honor of the...
11/25/2022
El Tendedero/The Clothesline Project | Exhibition | NMWA

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, launching of activism. 🧡 In honor of the campaign, join us in revisiting NMWA’s 2017 exhibition, “El Tendedero/The Clothesline Project."

In this exhibition five years ago, Mexico City-based artist Mónica Mayer transformed the clothesline, a traditionally feminine object, into a tool designed to facilitate community dialogue around women’s experiences with violence. The site-specific installation invited visitors to add their voices and experiences to the clothesline.

Learn more about the exhibition ➞

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🎶 The Tea: B-FLY🎙️ Next Friday at noon (ET), catch a free, livestreamed concert and interview with B-FLY! As an advocate...
11/23/2022
The Tea: B-FLY | NMWA

🎶 The Tea: B-FLY

🎙️ Next Friday at noon (ET), catch a free, livestreamed concert and interview with B-FLY! As an advocate for the liberation of Black women and Black people, B-FLY's lyrics resonate like a sonic bullhorn.

Tune in on Dec. 2 ➞

Accept the Matching Gift Challenge and double your impact today. Your gift will be matched dollar for dollar to help us champion women in the arts.

“Part of what I do in my work is using my work as a platform for my beliefs. Can I tell a story? Can I make it a good st...
11/22/2022
Artist Spotlight: The Art and Impact of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith - Google Arts & Culture

“Part of what I do in my work is using my work as a platform for my beliefs. Can I tell a story? Can I make it a good story? Can I add some humor to it? Can I get your attention? Those are all things that I try to do with my artwork.” - Jaune Quick-to-See Smith

Our highlights continue with ! ✨ Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (b. 1940) is an enrolled member of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Nation in Montana. Smith has had over 80 solo exhibitions in the past 30 years and at the same time has used her platform as an internationally renowned and critically acclaimed artist to curate exhibitions of other Indigenous artists.

Deeply connected to her heritage, Smith creates work that is rooted in storytelling. Through a combination of representational and abstract images, Smith confronts subjects, such as the destruction of the environment, governmental oppression of Indigenous cultures, and the pervasive myths of Euro-American cultural influence. NMWA has created a special online exhibition on her art and impact for Google Arts & Culture.

Explore the online exhibition ➞

Explore the work of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and her contemporaries who helped define the genre of contemporary Indigenous art.

Hot off the presses - it's Art Fix Friday, your weekly round-up of the latest news about women in the arts!Learn more in...
11/18/2022
Art Fix Friday: November 18, 2022 | Broad Strokes Blog | NMWA

Hot off the presses - it's Art Fix Friday, your weekly round-up of the latest news about women in the arts!

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The organization Anonymous Was a Woman announces this year’s grant winners; Newark Liberty International Airport gets two monumental artworks; a retrospective at SFMOMA presents the works of Joan Brown, and more.

🧵 Katharina Cibulka's first installation in the U.S. has been on view at NMWA for almost a month, and we are excited to ...
11/17/2022

🧵 Katharina Cibulka's first installation in the U.S. has been on view at NMWA for almost a month, and we are excited to share a behind-the-scenes look at Cibulka's artistic process for creating "SOLANGE 27."

Visit our special webpage with artist videos and audio interviews ➞ https://bit.ly/3lMGBmq

“The way I do it, is the way I was taught. I give it my all. The piece becomes a part of me and represents who I am.” -N...
11/16/2022

“The way I do it, is the way I was taught. I give it my all. The piece becomes a part of me and represents who I am.” -Nancy Youngblood

Our highlights continue with ! ✨

(b. 1955) is the granddaughter of , the matriarch of the Santa Clara Pueblo pottery, and grew up surrounded by a family of talented potters. Youngblood is known for her distinctive melon bowls which are recognizable by their deeply carved S-shaped ridges and shimmering polished surfaces, each a hallmark of the Tafoya family pottery tradition. Keeping that tradition alive is important to Youngblood, who continues to faithfully incorporate traditional technique into her innovative pottery practice.

⚱️: Nancy Youngblood, "Melon Bowl," 1997

“I question the negative connotations of fabric, of ribbon, of lace. I turn these symbols of our imprisonment around." -...
11/15/2022
Miriam Schapiro | Artist Profile | NMWA

“I question the negative connotations of fabric, of ribbon, of lace. I turn these symbols of our imprisonment around." -Miriam Schapiro

Happy birthday to ! ✨ A leader of the feminist art movement, Schapiro (1923-2015) is known for challenging the definitions of "high" and "decorative" art, which have historically been used to force women artists into anonymity.

Learn more about her dedication to championing women in the arts ➞

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"'SOLANGE' is not only about pointing out gender injustice and inequalities, it is about taking up (a lot of) public spa...
11/09/2022
In Conversation with Katharina Cibulka: Artistic Practice | Broad Strokes Blog | NMWA

"'SOLANGE' is not only about pointing out gender injustice and inequalities, it is about taking up (a lot of) public space. It is my aim to use the historical practice of embroidery...in the male-dominated space of construction sites."

🧵 Katharina Cibulka shares her artistic process with NMWA's Exhibition Coordinator Hannah Shambroom.

👩‍🎨 Read the first post from our four-part blog series, In Conversation with Katharina Cibulka, on Broad Strokes ➞

Austrian artist Katharina Cibulka discusses her artistic practice and new installation on the museum's façade.

🎙️ NMWA xChange: Girl Power with Gallerist Myrtis BedollaJoin NMWA educators TODAY at noon (ET) for their chat with Gale...
11/08/2022
NMWA xChange: Girl Power with Gallerist Myrtis Bedolla | NMWA

🎙️ NMWA xChange: Girl Power with Gallerist Myrtis Bedolla

Join NMWA educators TODAY at noon (ET) for their chat with Galerie Myrtis owner and founding director Myrtis Bedolla.

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The National Museum of Women in the Arts’s (NMWA) monthly talk show connects viewers to the museum and its mission to champion women artists. In this episode, NMWA educators chat with gallerist Myrtis Bedolla.

Cheers to an extra hour of sleep today!  ended at 2 a.m. this morning, and we hope you feel as well rested as St. Cecili...
11/06/2022

Cheers to an extra hour of sleep today! ended at 2 a.m. this morning, and we hope you feel as well rested as St. Cecilia in this print by ! 😴

Merritt was heavily influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, which is especially noticeable in her careful attention to detail. Because Cecilia is the patron saint of music, she is depicted next to a pipe organ, holding a music score in one hand. According to legend, Cecilia was protected by guardian angels, which explains the angelic presence in the top left margin!

🖼️: Anna Lea Merritt, “St. Cecilia,” 1886

🎙️ NMWA xChange: Girl Power with Gallerist Myrtis BedollaJoin NMWA educators on Tuesday, November 8, at noon (ET) for th...
11/04/2022
NMWA xChange: Girl Power with Gallerist Myrtis Bedolla | NMWA

🎙️ NMWA xChange: Girl Power with Gallerist Myrtis Bedolla

Join NMWA educators on Tuesday, November 8, at noon (ET) for their chat with Galerie Myrtis owner and founding director Myrtis Bedolla.

Register for the talk ➞

The National Museum of Women in the Arts’s (NMWA) monthly talk show connects viewers to the museum and its mission to champion women artists. In this episode, NMWA educators chat with gallerist Myrtis Bedolla.

Happy birthday to ! ✨ Loïs Mailou Jones (1905-1998) was an influential painter, designer, and educator with a career spa...
11/03/2022
Loïs Mailou Jones | Artist Profile | NMWA

Happy birthday to ! ✨ Loïs Mailou Jones (1905-1998) was an influential painter, designer, and educator with a career spanning more than 70 years. Jones is known for her remarkable ability to paint in a wide range of styles, which reflects both her extensive training and the profound impact that travel had on her body of work.

In addition to her work as an artist, she was an accomplished Howard University professor of design and watercolor for nearly four decades and trained several generations of Black artists, including David Driskell, Sylvia Snowden, and Elizabeth Catlett.

Read NMWA's artist profile to learn more ➞

Jones was raised in Boston by working-class parents who emphasized the importance of education and hard work. After graduating from Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Jones began designing textiles for several New York firms. She left in 1928 to take a teaching position at Palmer Memorial...

🎶 The Tea: Sofar Sounds🎙️ Join us Friday at 7:30 p.m. (ET), live and in person for a special edition of The Tea in partn...
11/02/2022
The Tea: Sofar Sounds | NMWA

🎶 The Tea: Sofar Sounds

🎙️ Join us Friday at 7:30 p.m. (ET), live and in person for a special edition of The Tea in partnership with Sofar Sounds and Mason Exhibitions Arlington, featuring 3 sets of incredible performers.

Reserve your spot today ➞

Join us live and in person for a special edition of The Tea in partnership with Sofar Sounds and Mason Exhibitions Arlington. Each show’s lineup is curated by Sofar’s artist booking team to be diverse and varied. The evening will feature three short sets from incredible performers from all music...

In honor of , we'll be highlighting Indigenous artists all month long, starting with . ✨ Marie Zieu Chino (1907-1982), o...
11/01/2022

In honor of , we'll be highlighting Indigenous artists all month long, starting with . ✨

Marie Zieu Chino (1907-1982), one of the Four Matriarchs of the Pueblo of Acoma, was a prominent potter for more than six decades, winning her first award at the Santa Fe Indian Market in 1922 when she was only 15 years old.

Known for her fine-line black-on-white designs, Chino melded the stylized, geometric forms of ancient Acoma pottery with traditional symbols for rain clouds, lightning bolts, animals, and plant life. Chino’s specialty was seed pots, like this one, which were used to store grain, corn, and seeds.

Learn more about the artist ➞ https://bit.ly/3lMNkLL

🏺: Marie Zieu Chino, "Seed Jar," 1982

Happy ! 🎃 Need some last-minute costume inspiration? Look no further than the eerie figures of Leonora Carrington depict...
10/31/2022

Happy ! 🎃 Need some last-minute costume inspiration? Look no further than the eerie figures of Leonora Carrington depiction of Crookhey Hall 👻

A member of the Surrealist movement, is known for her fantastical dreamlike scenes.

🖼️: Leonora Carrington, “Crookhey Hall,” 1986

Hot off the presses: it's Art Fix Friday, your weekly round-up of the latest news about women in the arts! This week's f...
10/28/2022
Art Fix Friday: October 28, 2022 | Broad Strokes Blog | NMWA

Hot off the presses: it's Art Fix Friday, your weekly round-up of the latest news about women in the arts! This week's feature includes the Anonymous Artist Collective for Iran's protest at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, gender equity at the Venice Biennale, and our new "Lookout: Katharina Cibulka" installation.

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An artist collective stages a protest at the Guggenheim Museum to call attention to protests in Iran; a new retrospective of Meret Oppenheim is on view; an exhibition shows works by Elizabeth Catlett; and more.

🎶 The Tea: Sofar Sounds🎙️ Next Friday at 7:30 p.m. (ET), join us live and in person for a special edition of The Tea in ...
10/27/2022
The Tea: Sofar Sounds | NMWA

🎶 The Tea: Sofar Sounds

🎙️ Next Friday at 7:30 p.m. (ET), join us live and in person for a special edition of The Tea in partnership with Sofar Sounds and Mason Exhibitions Arlington. Visit our event page for more details! ➞

Join us live and in person for a special edition of The Tea in partnership with Sofar Sounds and Mason Exhibitions Arlington. Each show’s lineup is curated by Sofar’s artist booking team to be diverse and varied. The evening will feature three short sets from incredible performers from all music...

📣 “As long as generations change but our struggles stay the same, I will be a feminist.” We are thrilled to announce tha...
10/25/2022

📣 “As long as generations change but our struggles stay the same, I will be a feminist.”

We are thrilled to announce that "SOLANGE #27" is up on the facade of our building! In vivid pink tulle on white mesh fabric, Katharina Cibulka and her team cross-stitch poetic and witty declarations that address gender-based inequity and social power structures. For each of Cibulka’s site-specific “SOLANGE” (German for "as long as") installations, the artist considers the local environment and community while developing the phrase for that location.

Cibulka and her team developed a sentence for NMWA that spotlights marginalized groups who must repeatedly, across generations, demand equal rights.

Visit our website to learn more about this vibrant and timely installation ➞ https://bit.ly/3Sxsz67

📷: Kevin Allen

Happy Diwali! ✨  is the festival of lights, celebrated all over the world in unique and colorful ways by people of many ...
10/24/2022

Happy Diwali! ✨ is the festival of lights, celebrated all over the world in unique and colorful ways by people of many different faiths. One common form of celebration is the lighting of lamps, which symbolizes the victory of light over darkness. Like the lamps lit for Diwali, this colorful chandelier by Joana Vasconcelos is brightly illuminated, creating dazzling effects as light bounces off sequins and delicate beads.

💡: Joana Vasconcelos, “Rubra” (detail), 2016

🙏 Fresh Talk: Art and the EcstaticJoin us today at 4:30 p.m. (ET), for an online discussion about creation, spirituality...
10/23/2022
Fresh Talk: Art and the Ecstatic | NMWA

🙏 Fresh Talk: Art and the Ecstatic

Join us today at 4:30 p.m. (ET), for an online discussion about creation, spirituality, and the divine with Asha Elana Casey, Oletha DeVane, and Consuelo Jimenez Underwood.

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For thousands of years, humans have created art expressing their thoughts on creation, spirituality, and the divine. Visual art serves as a tool to witness and share feelings that cannot always be expressed in language. Like much of artistic expression, the ecstatic space has been dominated by men.....

Hot off the presses - it's Art Fix Friday, your weekly round-up of the latest news about women in the arts!Learn more in...
10/21/2022
Art Fix Friday: October 21, 2022 | Broad Strokes Blog | NMWA

Hot off the presses - it's Art Fix Friday, your weekly round-up of the latest news about women in the arts!

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Cecilia Vicuña’s new work for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall opened; ARTnews explores the works of Barbara Chase-Riboud; a new exhibition features six women artists working in lithography; and more.

🍂 NMWA's Fast Favorites series is back; this time our volunteers focus on artists who looked to the natural world to ins...
10/20/2022
Fast Favorites: All Natural | Broad Strokes Blog | NMWA

🍂 NMWA's Fast Favorites series is back; this time our volunteers focus on artists who looked to the natural world to inspire their palette, setting, or subject.

👩‍🎨 Read on in our Broad Strokes blog ➞

Learn more about NMWA volunteers’ favorite works in the collection in our series “Fast Favorites.”

🙏 Fresh Talk: Art and the EcstaticJoin us this Sunday, October 23, for an online discussion about creation, spirituality...
10/19/2022
Fresh Talk: Art and the Ecstatic | NMWA

🙏 Fresh Talk: Art and the Ecstatic

Join us this Sunday, October 23, for an online discussion about creation, spirituality, and the divine with Asha Elana Casey, Oletha DeVane, and Consuelo Jimenez Underwood.

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For thousands of years, humans have created art expressing their thoughts on creation, spirituality, and the divine. Visual art serves as a tool to witness and share feelings that cannot always be expressed in language. Like much of artistic expression, the ecstatic space has been dominated by men.....

Throughout , we have celebrated the artistic contributions of the Latinx community featured in our collection and exhibi...
10/13/2022
5 Fast Facts: Marisol (María Sol Escobar) | Broad Strokes Blog | NMWA

Throughout , we have celebrated the artistic contributions of the Latinx community featured in our collection and exhibitions (and will continue to do so year-round!) This year’s highlights conclude with , the Venezuelan-American sculptor (1930-2016) who fused Pop and folk art to create her signature box-like assemblages and sculptures.

Read 5 fast facts on Marisol ➞

Impress your friends with five fast facts about artist Marisol (1930–2016), whose work is on view in NMWA’s collection galleries.

Today marks what would have been Wilhelmina Cole Holladay’s 100th birthday. Struck by the underrepresentation of women a...
10/10/2022
Wilhelmina Cole Holladay | NMWA

Today marks what would have been Wilhelmina Cole Holladay’s 100th birthday. Struck by the underrepresentation of women artists and against tremendous odds, Holladay created the National Museum of Women in the Arts with dedication, drive, and vision. She lived to see the museum flourish and celebrated many triumphs, and we're proud to continue and share her legacy with all of you.

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Wilhelmina Cole Holladay was the founder and chair of the board of the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C. Against tremendous odds and with dedication, drive, and a singular vision, Holladay created a museum to help address the underrepresentation of women artist...

🙏 Fresh Talk: Art and the EcstaticJoin us on Sunday, October 23, for an online discussion about creation, spirituality, ...
10/06/2022
Fresh Talk: Art and the Ecstatic | NMWA

🙏 Fresh Talk: Art and the Ecstatic

Join us on Sunday, October 23, for an online discussion about creation, spirituality, and the divine with Asha Elana Casey, Oletha DeVane, and Consuelo Jimenez Underwood.

✍️ Register ➞

For thousands of years, humans have created art expressing their thoughts on creation, spirituality, and the divine. Visual art serves as a tool to witness and share feelings that cannot always be expressed in language. Like much of artistic expression, the ecstatic space has been dominated by men.....

📣 NMWA will reopen its doors in the fall of 2023! 🏛️ The museum will open its extensively renovated building with expand...
10/04/2022

📣 NMWA will reopen its doors in the fall of 2023!

🏛️ The museum will open its extensively renovated building with expanded exhibition spaces, re-envisioned public programming areas, and improved amenities and accessibility for visitors. The inaugural exhibition will feature large installations and sculptures in an innovative, immersive display not possible prior to the renovation.

👷‍♀️ “It is thrilling to see how far we have come in the last year with our top-to-bottom renovation,” said NMWA Director Susan Fisher Sterling. “This project gives me hope and purpose. I cannot wait to reopen the doors of our renewed and refreshed building to our D.C. community and supporters around the world.”

Read more from NMWA's Director on our Broad Strokes blog ➞ https://bit.ly/3fBFLct

Hot off the presses - it's Art Fix Friday, your weekly round-up of the latest news about women in the arts!Learn more in...
09/30/2022
Art Fix Friday: September 30, 2022 | Broad Strokes Blog | NMWA

Hot off the presses - it's Art Fix Friday, your weekly round-up of the latest news about women in the arts!

Learn more in Broad Strokes ➞

Iranian artists call for solidarity after the killing of Mahsa Amini; embroidery has a feminist revival; a new show at UMBC explores the works of multidisciplinary artist Oletha DeVane; and more.

🎶 The Tea: Like Water🎙️ Next Friday at noon (ET), catch a free, livestreamed concert and interview with Like Water! Tune...
09/29/2022
The Tea: Like Water | NMWA

🎶 The Tea: Like Water

🎙️ Next Friday at noon (ET), catch a free, livestreamed concert and interview with Like Water! Tune in to hear her seamlessly blend electronic and acoustic instruments with transcendent vocals. ➞

In this online series, women musicians perform original work via live-stream on the museum’s social media channels on the first Friday of the month. Each session includes a short interview, conducted over a cup of tea, which explores the artist’s creative process. The Tea proudly welcomes Like W...

Our  highlights continue with Cuban American artist ! ✨ Mendieta (1948-1985), a pioneer of body and land art, is best kn...
09/28/2022

Our highlights continue with Cuban American artist ! ✨ Mendieta (1948-1985), a pioneer of body and land art, is best known for her “earth body works.” In the suite of six photographic prints, “Volcán,” Mendieta sculpted a female figure into the earth before setting the form aflame with lit gunpowder. 🔥

Explore more Latinx artists in NMWA’s collection ➞ https://bit.ly/3kdpeLN

📷: Ana Mendieta, “Volcán,” 1979; © The Estate of Ana Mendieta Collection, LLC, Courtesy of Galerie Lelong, New York

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The Turner Prize jury has shortlisted a group of women and non-binary artists for the prestigious art award - Heather Phillipson, Ingrid Pollard, Veronica Ryan, and Sin Wai Kin.

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Happy Easter from NMWA @ Home! 🐇 Our virtual scavenger hunt isn't exactly an Easter egg hunt, but it's still plenty of fun for all ages even without candy.

Learn more + start searching! ➞
Happy 267th birthday to Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun! 🎂 Vigée-LeBrun was a renowned French artist who was Marie Antoinette's favorite painter for a decade and was elected to art academies in 10 cities.

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Hot off the presses - it's Art Fix Friday, your weekly round-up of the latest news about women in the arts!

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Anonymous Was a Woman is partnering with the New York Foundation for the Arts to create a new grant program for environmental projects by women artists.

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Today at noon, join us for a free chat with artist Micaela Cianci! Cianci will discuss her product partnership with the NMWA Shop and her favorite women artists, including Surrealist Leonora Carrington.

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Wangechi Mutu's collages of Black female hybrid figures illuminate inequities at the intersection of race and gender.

Learn more in Broad Strokes and see the works on view in "Positive Fragmentation: From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation" ➞
It's National Poetry Month! 🖋️ To celebrate, take a look at the works of inspired by poet Emily Dickinson, which were featured in the 2019 NMWA exhibition "Power in My Hand."

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As part of our Modern Makers series, we spoke with illustrator, letterer, and author Laura Szumowski about her career. Currently, Szumowski illustrates greeting cards, wrapping paper, and gifts for The Found.

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Hot off the presses - it's Art Fix Friday, your weekly round-up of the latest news about women in the arts!

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Happy 35th birthday to the National Museum of Women in the Arts! 🎉 On April 7, 1987, we opened the doors of our permanent location with the inaugural exhibition "American Women Artists, 1830–1930."

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Happy birthday to Leonora Carrington! 🎂 Through her paintings and sculptures, Carrington often explored notions of femininity in the whimsical, dreamlike style of Surrealism.

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Other Art Museums in Washington D.C. (show all)

NMWA National Museum of Women in the Arts National Museum of Women in the Arts National Museum of Women in the Arts Museo Nacional de Mujeres Artistas The National Museum of Women in the Arts Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery National Portrait Gallery w Waszyngtonie National Portrait Gallery (United States) United States National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery (Estados Unidos) National Museum of American Art Smithsonian American Art Museum American Art Museum DC Alley Museum