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National Museum of Women in the Arts

Women, Arts, and Social Change

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Women, Arts, and Social Change is a dynamic public programs initiative that highlights the power of women and the arts as catalysts for change.
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NMWA Nights

Experience NMWA Nights, our popular late-night program, on the third Wednesday of each month. Listen to a live performance, attend a tour, make art, or try a signature cocktail. Each NMWA Nights event is presented in collaboration with a community partner whose work aligns with the WASC mission. Past partners include Black Art Library, SwapDC, I Support the Girls, and We Met IRL.

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Photo by Angela B. Pan for NMWA.

Fresh Talk

Experience the intersection of art, culture, and social change with Fresh Talk, the cornerstone WASC program. Each Fresh Talk sets the stage for a conversation between influential and cause-driven artists, activists, innovators, and creators. Together, they delve into topics shaping our world today, from contemporary art practices to emerging cultural trends. After the hour-long conversation, join us for a salon-style cocktail hour where attendees can foster connections with each other and the art on view.

Fresh Talks are designed to challenge, inspire, and connect. Join us to be part of something innovative and bold, an opportunity to move culture forward.

Three women with dark skin and black hair sit in large blue velvet chairs on a stage in an auditorium and speak into microphones. Three books sit stacked on a wooden coffee table in front of them.
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Makers’ Market

Enjoy the vibrant intersection of creativity and entrepreneurship at NMWA’s in-person Makers’ Markets. At these events, vendors, makers, and artists sell their products in NMWA’s Great Hall, including unique items such as homemade jewelry, handmade ceramics, and vintage finds. These lively markets, held on free-admission Community Days, offer an exciting opportunity for our audience to discover new and diverse vendors.

People are browsing and interacting at a market stall indoors. A woman is wearing colorful attire with hoop earrings engages with a vendor. Various items are displayed on the table. Other shoppers are visible in the background.
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Two people with long braided hair take a selfie together indoors. One wears a camouflage hat and dark clothes, the other wears a black hat and colorful scarf. A podium labeled "National Museum of Women in the Arts" is in the background.
Artist Zanele Muholi poses for a picture with an audience member following an evening of conversation between Zanele Muholi and Georgetown University Professor Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, PhD held at the National Museum of Women in the Arts on May 28, 2025. Photo by Mariah Miranda for NMWA.
People select cakes and desserts from long tables covered with a variety of colorful baked goods, while holding boxes in a large bright hall with a glass door at the end.
Photo by Angela B. Pan Photography for NMWA.
Four women sit on stage discussing in front of an audience, with a projected screen behind them showing event details for the Well-Read Black Girl Festival 2025 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Photo by Mariah Miranda for NMWA
A group of women gathered around a long table work on arts and crafts projects, using magazines, scissors, and glue sticks in a bright, ornate indoor setting.
Guests participate in a collage-making activity on the mezzanine level during the National Museum of Women in the Arts’ April 2025 NMWA Nights. Photo by Angela B. Pan Photography for NMWA.
Two women smile at an event; one in a leopard print top excitedly points at the other, who is wearing a bright red blazer and holding the book "Financial Feminist." Ornate, gold-accented room in the background.
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A group of young women take a selfie at a crowded indoor event. People in colorful, trendy outfits mingle and chat in the background. The atmosphere is lively and festive.
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A crowd participates in a yoga class in the Great Hall of the National Museum of Women in the Arts. They all wear athletic apparel and are standing on their own yoga mats in a "warrior 2" pose.
The National Museum of Women in the Arts hosts a yoga session in the building’s Great Hall as part of its International Women’s Day celebration.
A man and a boy look at various art prints on a black table.
The Maker’s Market at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
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Volunteers perform an ID check and hand out drink tickets at the September NMWA Nights. Photo by Derek Baker for NMWA.

Program Sponsors

The Women, Arts, and Social Change public programs initiative is made possible through leadership gifts from Denise Littlefield Sobel and the Davis/Dauray Family Fund with additional support provided by Anne N. Edwards and the Susan and Jim Swartz Public Programs Fund.