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A woman with light colored skin, wearing a black top and white pants, talks to a group of people in a gallery room. She stands in front of a large, painted portrait of a woman in a high-collared red dress.
National Museum of Women in the Arts

5 Fast Facts

View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

5 Fast Facts: International Day of Play

Posted: June 11, 2026
Category: 5 Fast Facts
June 11 is International Day of Play. Learn about NMWA collection artists whose personal stories and artworks remind us to take time to play!
A metal tin with a colorful jigsaw puzzle inside is open on a white surface. The tin's lid displays an illustration of a woman with long hair and a blue top, labeled "ART." Some puzzle pieces are scattered outside the tin.

5 Fast Facts: Michelle Grabner

Posted: June 8, 2026
Category: 5 Fast Facts
In celebration of the 2026 World Cup, learn about artist Michelle Grabner and her soccer ball artwork that she hope gets "kicked around and scuffed up...".
A pyramid stack of boxed soccer balls with colorful checkered patterns on each panel, displayed against a plain wall with light and shadow effects.

5 Fast Facts: Making Their Mark

Posted: May 6, 2026
Category: 5 Fast Facts
Impress your friends with facts about five NMWA collection artists whose work is on view in Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection through July 26, 2026.
A colorfully painted and collaged folding fan spread open on a peach-orange background.

5 Fast Facts: Celebrating Nowruz

Posted: March 20, 2026
Category: 5 Fast Facts
Celebrate the spring equinox and Nowruz, the Persian New Year, with facts about five NMWA collection artists whose work is rooted in Persian traditions and experiences.
Close-up, black-and-white photograph of a woman's hands with fingers interlaced around a silver, vintage microphone. Lines of poetry inscribed in Farsi form a three-leaf shape on her left hand.

5 Fast Facts: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam

Posted: January 8, 2026
Category: 5 Fast Facts
Impress your friends with facts about five artists whose work is included in Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750, on view through January 11, 2026.
A detailed oil painting of a lush forest-floor still life featuring an asymmetrical arrangement of various flowers, including tall irises and morning glories, bell-shaped foxgloves, a central bright orange lily-like bloom, and clusters of white and pink blossoms. This is set against a dark, muted background.

5 Fast Facts: Susan Goethel Campbell

Posted: March 21, 2025
Category: 5 Fast Facts
In celebration of NMWA’s 2025 #5WomenArtists campaign, we’re highlighting NMWA collection artists whose work addresses environmental justice and sustainability.
A closed view of Susan Goethel Campbell's artists' book "RIM," which resembles a mental block.

5 Fast Facts: Documentary Photographers 

Posted: February 11, 2025
Category: 5 Fast Facts
In celebration of the NMWA exhibition Samantha Box: Confluences, learn about five documentary photographers in the museum’s collection.
A black-and-white image shows a group of figures during a performance. The person in the foreground wears shorts and cropped shirt; they kneel on the ground with flailing hair while another person in a white skirt bends her head to one side. Other people stand around them and watch.

5 Fast Facts: Maggie Foskett

Posted: November 15, 2024
Category: 5 Fast Facts
Happy Birthday to Maggie Foskett, who was born on this day in 1919. Impress your friends with five fast facts about the artist, whose works are part of NMWA’s collection.
A zoomed-in view of an insect's wing shows the darker lines that create a pattern against the translucent wing. In the background, flower petals fill the bottom half of the image and a white background fills the top.

5 Fast Facts: Joana Vasconcelos

Posted: November 8, 2024
Category: 5 Fast Facts
Happy Birthday to Joana Vasconcelos, who was born on this day in 1971! Impress your friends with five fast facts about the artist, whose works are part of NMWA’s collection.
A mass-produced, ceramic German shepherd sits upright and alert with mouth open and tongue extended as if panting. Panels of elaborate hand-crafted crochet in shades of mint, citron, and emerald green form a skin-tight web that entirely envelops the dog.

5 Fast Facts: Margaret Bourke-White

Posted: June 14, 2024
Category: 5 Fast Facts
Happy Birthday to Margaret Bourke-White, who was born on this day in 1904! Impress your friends with five fast facts about the artist, whose work is part of NMWA’s collection.
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned adult woman standing next to a vintage camera mounted on legs.