Museum Shop

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.
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Shop Talk: Jessie Zhao
Posted: March 11, 2025
Category: Museum Shop
We spoke with fashion designer Jessie Zhao, best known for her hand-drawn silk scarves, about her practice, passion, and inspirations.  
A light-skinned Asian woman stands behind three large decorative boxes featuring a floral motif. She wears a puffy-sleeved blouse in the same pattern. She looks at the camera with a neutral expression. Behind her is a large stone fireplace and in front of her are colorful patterned scarves folded and overlapping.

Shop Talk: Ural Studio
Posted: November 22, 2024
Category: Museum Shop
We spoke with jewelry designer Melissa Ramirez about memory, inspiration, and how she preserves her history and culture, one piece of jewelry at a time.
A young woman with medium-light skin tone and long, straight black hair and bangs sits on the stone ledge of a courtyard fountain. She wears a black dress with ruffle sleeves. Some tattoos are visible on her arms. She smiles warmly at the camera. Behind her is a tree, growing to the left and sprouting some green leaves and small purple flowers.

Shop Talk: Anna Donado
Posted: March 26, 2024
Category: Museum Shop
Get to know Anna Donado, co-founder and artistic director of Goose Grease, a fair-trade company specializing in handmade wooden peg dolls.

Shop Talk: Asmaa Walton
Posted: February 14, 2024
Category: Museum Shop
We spoke with Asmaa Walton, founder of Black Art Library, a mobile collection of Black visual art books and other art history ephemera.

Shop Talk: Sakina Saidi
Posted: January 25, 2024
Category: Museum Shop
We spoke with Sakina Saidi, a French-Moroccan illustrator based in London. Saidi’s work addresses themes of gender equality, mental health, and community.
A young woman with olive skin tone and brown curly hair sits in green grass. She wears a floral and checkered long dress and holds a tablet and small pen. She smiles at the camera.

Shop Talk: Elizabeth Acevedo
Posted: September 22, 2023
Category: Museum Shop
We spoke with former Fresh Talk speaker Elizabeth Acevedo, now a National Book Award–winning author, about her debut adult novel, Family Lore (2023).
A dark-skinned woman with shoulder-length curly hair sits or stands in front of a window, looking over her shoulder and out of it. The light is somewhat dim. She wears a white button-up short sleeved shirt.

Shop Talk: Britteny “Bibi” Abelle
Posted: May 26, 2023
Category: Museum Shop
Museum Shop Director Adriana Regalado spoke with Bibi Abelle, a tattoo and makeup/special effects artist, based in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Shop Talk: Ferren Gipson
Posted: February 9, 2023
Category: Museum Shop
Museum Shop director Adriana Regalado spoke with Ferren Gipson—a London-based art historian, writer, and textile artist—about her books, her practice, and more.
A dark-skinned woman wearing a black turtle neck and skirt stands in front of a colorful checkered quilt, which hangs from a white bookcase. A lush plant is situated among the books. The woman stares at the camera. Her hair is worn atop her head, she has on red liptstick, and wears her glasses around her neck on a thin chain.

Shop Talk: Gabrielle Awuma
Posted: January 19, 2023
Category: Museum Shop
Museum Shop Director Adriana Regalado sat down with Senior Membership Manager Gabrielle Awuma for a conversation about art, museums, and fashion.
A youthful, dark-skinned woman sits casually on black iron stairs outside. She wears a denim jumpsuit, belted, with yellow clogs and smiles warmly at the camera. Her hair is worn short and close-cropped.

Shop Talk: Elizabeth Ajunwa
Posted: December 7, 2022
Category: Museum Shop
Museum Shop Director Adriana Regalado spoke with NMWA Director of the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center Elizabeth Ajunwa.
A museum gift shop is photographed at a wide angle. A colorful assortment of books, candles, textiles, and other small objects cover tables and shelves on the wall. A shopper is paying for items at a checkout table.