Archive Transcribe-a-thon: Frida Kahlo Papers
Posted: July 3, 2024
Category: Library And Research Center
Dominique Manuel, NMWA’s digital asset manager, discusses the museum’s first-ever archive transcribe-a-thon dedicated to the letters of Frida Kahlo.
We spoke with Asmaa Walton, founder of Black Art Library, a mobile collection of Black visual art books and other art history ephemera.
Holding Ground: Artists’ Books for NMWA
Posted: October 16, 2023
Category: Library And Research Center
Nine new works by book artists inaugurate the museum's new Learning Commons and celebrate spaces where women's creativity blooms.
Moving Mountains: Renovation Updates from the LRC
Posted: October 20, 2021
Category: Library And Research Center
What does it take to move a library like NMWA’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center? Hear from Lynora Williams, director of the LRC, about the process, plans for...
Curious about the context that informs Sonya Clark’s art? NMWA’s Library and Research Center selected works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for further reading, drawing on Clark’s own book collection.
Join us for our next Wikipedia Edit-a-thon this Saturday, March 6, when we will improve or create entries for women artists of African descent whose work is in NMWA’s collection.
Hit the Books with NMWA: Women, Arts, and Social Change
Posted: December 7, 2020
Category: Library And Research Center
In advance of NMWA's inaugural book club discussion this month, check out this series of genre-based reading lists inspired by the museum's mission to champion women artists. This week: books...
In advance of NMWA's inaugural book club discussion in December, check out this series of genre-based reading lists inspired by the museum's mission to champion women artists. This week: fiction.
Hit the Books with NMWA: Young Adult Fiction
Posted: October 26, 2020
Category: Library And Research Center
In advance of NMWA's inaugural book club discussion in December, check out this series of genre-based reading lists inspired by the museum's mission to champion women artists. This week: young...
Julie Chen creates elaborate books that ask readers to do more than simply turn pages. NMWA's new exhibition presents more than a dozen captivating works from the artist's 33-year career.