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Shirley Gorelick: Figuring It Out
Posted: May 29, 2026
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
NMWA's current exhibition is centered on three major paintings by Gorelick in the museum’s collection and highlights her piercing vision of humankind.
Four people are depicted outdoors on green grass; three are seated and talking, two in hats, while one person in a floral dress stands to the left, partially turned away. The scene is painted in vibrant, impressionistic colors.

Making Their Mark: Works from the Shah Garg Collection
Posted: May 20, 2026
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Assistant Curator Hannah Shambroom spoke with collector Komal Shah about the exhibition, her career, and her belief in the transformative power of art.
Two women stand smiling in front of a large, colorful abstract artwork with a red, pink, and yellow grid pattern. One woman wears a black dress with floral designs; the other wears a black blouse and rust-colored pants.

5 Fast Facts: Making Their Mark
Posted: May 6, 2026
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
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.

Tawny Chatmon’s Reading List
Posted: February 14, 2026
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Curious about the context that informs Tawny Chatmon’s work? Check out some of the resources that have shaped her themes, and hear about important takeaways from the artist herself.
A seated girl with dark skin tone wears red and green and holds a watermelon. A vase of flowers is on a table to the left.

“Ms. Americana” and America250 at NMWA
Posted: February 9, 2026
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
As the U.S. marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, NMWA presents ten historical paintings that share a deeper story behind American artistic traditions.
A painting in a folk or simple style features a dark-skinned person with a black hat ringing a bell in front of a white church with a black roof. The church is surrounded by greenery, and on either side of a brown path leading out of the church are vibrant yellow, red, pink, and orange flowers.

Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam: Legacy
Posted: January 11, 2026
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
By reclaiming the lives and legacies of Dutch and Flemish women artists, we can begin to recover their significance to the cultural landscape of the 17th and early 18th centuries.
A portrait of a woman in historical dress surrounded by a garland of fruit and flowers. She is playing a guitar.

5 Fast Facts: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam
Posted: January 8, 2026
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
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.

Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam: Networks
Posted: December 30, 2025
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Women were crucial to the artistic economy of the Low Countries, and female labor was a significant factor in the unprecedented expansion of trade and the thriving market for art...
Still life painting features a reddish ceramic colander with several types of fish. In the foreground, a cat stands alert next to shrimp and oyster shells on a gleaming pewter dish.

Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam: Choices
Posted: December 19, 2025
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
The options available to women artists in this period, whether to marry, pursue specialized training, and much more, depended largely on their social class and family connections.
A woman wearing a black veil and white religious habit stands indoors, holding a book. The background shows stone columns and an arched window revealing a cloudy sky and distant landscape.

Ruth Orkin: Women on the Move
Posted: December 16, 2025
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Drawn from NMWA’s collection of works by Orkin, this exhibition explores the experience of women in public spaces, the artist’s own life, and her artful inversion of the “male gaze.”
A black-and-white photograph of a young woman with light skin tone and brown hair wearing a black dress and a scarf and clutching a book and a bag walks down a city sidewalk. Several men watch her walk by, some standing against the wall of a nearby building, some sitting on chairs or motorcycles. A few men seem to be catcalling her.