Enterprising Artists: The Professionalization of American Women

A complement to the exhibition Enterprising Women: 250 Years of American Business, the installation of permanent collection works tells the stories of 10 American artists from portraitist Sarah Miriam Peale to modernist Lois Mailou Jones. Read More

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	Woman on the Shimmering Verge
	From within "the double helix of teaching and poetry," the prolific Molly Peacock is writing a woman's life in poems, bringing poetry to the public, and nurturing The Shimmering Verge, her one-woman play.
	Portraits of Women by Women: Photographers Capture Legends
	Did Louise Dahl-Wolfe's 1943 photo of Lauren Bacall jumpstart an acting career? An installation of photographs from the permanent collection explores the work of notable photographers and their legendary subjects.
	NMWA's Role Model Workshop
	High school students explore the limitlessness of creativity with author Patricia Elam in a week-long writing workshop, gaining skills and a bit of confidence along the way.