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Concert: Concertante
7:30 p.m. Reservations Required. Performance in memory of Linda Shapiro Chemtob, Concertante's beloved founding executive director. -
Film: Farewell My Queen
7 p.m. Reservations Required. Join La Maison Française for a film screening that delves into the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers nearing the end of the French Revolution. Presented in conjunction with NMWA's Royalists to Romantics exhibition. -
Sold Out Concert: Dinnerstein & Merritt
7:30 p.m. Sold Out. Classical pianist Simone Dinnerstein and singer-songwriter Tift Merritt come from different musical backgrounds, yet their passion for music and performance makes them kindred spirits. -
First-Sunday-of-the-Month Brunch
11 a.m.–2 p.m. Reservations Recommended. Join us for what is sure to become a family tradition: Brunch at the Museum Café on the first Sunday of every month! -
Film: Hidden Books: The Art of Kumi Korf
2–3:30 p.m. No Reservations Required. Discover the life of featured NMWA artist Kumi Korf in this award-winning short film. -
Girl Scout Weekend @ NMWA
FRI, JUN 08 & SAT, JUN 09 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; SUN, JUN 10 12–5 p.m. No Reservations Required. NMWA invites Girl Scouts to celebrate their 100th anniversary with NMWA! -
Film: Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968
1:30–2:30 p.m. & 3–4 p.m. No Reservations Required. Experience the film that examines the works and contributions of women Pop artists, including Faith Ringgold, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Sister Mary Corita (later Corita Kent). -
Adult Workshop: Artful Activism
10 a.m.--1 p.m. Reservations Required. Free for adults (ages 16 and older). Join Amelia Hankin, American University’s Printmaker-in-Residence, for a workshop exploring the fundamentals of monoprinting, considered the most painterly of print methods
Exhibitions
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Mamacita Linda
On view May 1–July 31, 2012. The Library and Research Center showcases a selection of letters sent between Frida Kahlo and her mother in the years just before her mother’s death. -
Royalists to Romantics
On view February 24, 2012–July 29, 2012. NMWA features more than 70 paintings, sculptures, miniatures, prints, and drawings by Revolution-era French Women Artists. -
R(ad)ical Love
On view March 8–July 15, 2012. Eye-popping prints are on view that reveal Corita’s impassioned spiritual beliefs and vision of peace and love in the turbulent 1960s. -
New York Ave Sculpture Project
On view March 8, 2012–March 9, 2014. Chakaia Booker is the second artist for the only public art space featuring changing installations of contemporary works by women artists. -
Women Silversmiths
On view March 23, 2012–September 23, 2012. The exhibition highlights late 17th- and 18th-century British and Irish women silversmiths and their contributions to the silver industry. -
25 x 25: Artists’ Books
On view March 28–September 16, 2012. NMWA celebrates the museum’s unique and diverse artist book collection as part of the 25th anniversary.