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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.

Images that Tell a Story: The First Woman Graphic Novelist
Posted: September 29, 2014
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.

Graphic Novels to Watch Out For: “Fun Home” by Alison Bechdel
Posted: September 23, 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.

Isabella d’Este: Trend-Setter
Posted: June 13, 2014
Category: Library And Research Center
If you do not remember Isabella d’Este from history books, you might remember her from Judy Chicago’s iconic installation The Dinner Party, where d’Este was given her own place setting!
A place setting at a table with a white tablecloth. On an embroidered cloth, the text reads "Isabella d’Este." A blue and golden plate and a golden and white jug are placed onto the cloth.

LRC Book Review: Life Stories of Women Artists, 1550–1880
Posted: May 29, 2014
Category: Library And Research Center
A recent acquisition at the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center, this compilation includes 46 biographical narratives written by the artists’ contemporaries, more than half of which are newly...
A detailed engraving portrays a large, black and tan lizard with a white belly in precise detail. Facing right and positioned over a green surface and a hatching egg, the reptile bites a long, red and black snake attacking another egg and curling around the lizard's tail.