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Wordplay and Whimsy: Priya Pereira’s Book Art
Posted: July 5, 2016
Category: Library And Research Center
NMWA’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC) currently features an exhibition showcasing works by book Mumbai-based artist Priya Pereira. The artist explores Indian culture, history, time, and language...
A brightly colored book displayed open whose pages decrease in size toward the center. To the left, a vertical rectangle on which is depicted five stylized faces with black hair, medium-dark skintone, green eyes, and no mouths. A black cat with green eyes is also among the faces.

Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: The Agonizing and Absurd Moments of Palestinian Life
Posted: June 27, 2016
Category: Library And Research Center
The next time you visit NMWA, come to the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center to see new books on women in the arts, as well as reference books, artists’ books,...
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".

Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: Their Stories Through Her Lens
Posted: May 19, 2016
Category: Library And Research Center
The next time you visit NMWA, come to the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center to see new books on women in the arts, as well as reference books, artists’ books,...
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".

Feminism and Daring: Cataloguing Niki de Saint Phalle
Posted: October 29, 2015
Category: Library And Research Center
Saint Phalle may be best known for exuberant mosaic sculptures known as her “Nanas,” several of which were showcased as the inaugural works in NMWA’s New York Avenue Sculpture Project....

Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: You Are You
Posted: September 30, 2015
Category: Library And Research Center
The next time you visit NMWA, come to the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center to see new books on women in the arts, as well as reference books,...
A bookshelf packed with colorful books about women artists.

Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: Spirit of Caesar, Soul of a Woman?
Posted: July 1, 2015
Category: Library And Research Center
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.

Women in the Arts: [Citation Needed]
Posted: April 2, 2015
Category: Library And Research Center
The gender gap in the arts is narrowing, yet women continue to only make up around 25% of solo gallery shows, and in 30 years of prizes, a woman has...
Several people are sitting next to each other on their laptops, looking up. Two large paintings are hanging behind them.

Recent library acquisitions: Bookplates by Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová
Posted: January 27, 2015
Category: Library And Research Center
Museum visitors may remember the recent exhibition in NMWA’s Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center featuring wordless novels by the first woman graphic novelist, Czech artist Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová. Her bold black-and-white...
A bookshelf packed with colorful books about women artists.

“Greetings” from the Archive
Posted: December 1, 2014
Category: Library And Research Center
Between the years 1910 and 1915, American painter, illustrator, and printmaker Dulah Evans Krehbiel, along with artisans called the “Ridge Craft Girls,” designed a line of greeting cards.
A bookshelf packed with colorful books about women artists.

Graphic Novels to Watch Out For: “Marbles” by Ellen Forney
Posted: November 5, 2014
Category: Library And Research Center
Alongside the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center’s current exhibition, The First Woman Graphic Novelist: Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová, the library’s display shelves currently feature fantastic contemporary graphic novels by women....
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.