Nmwa Exhibitions

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.

5 Questions with Serena Porrati

Posted: July 31, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
The fifth installment of NMWA’s Women to Watch exhibition series, Heavy Metal, is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The exhibition showcases contemporary artists working...

5 Questions with Beverly Penn

Posted: July 29, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
The fifth installment of NMWA’s Women to Watch exhibition series, Heavy Metal, is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The exhibition showcases contemporary artists working...

Alchemy of Fashion: The Wearable Art of “Heavy Metal”

Posted: July 27, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
From jackets made of hammered sheet metal, to cuffs of delicate copper and organza, Heavy Metal—Women to Watch 2018 features a diverse array of wearable art. On one level, these...

Artist Spotlight: Leila Khoury

Posted: July 25, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
The fifth installment of NMWA’s Women to Watch exhibition series, Heavy Metal, is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The exhibition showcases contemporary artists working...

5 Questions with Blanca Muñoz

Posted: July 21, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
The fifth installment of NMWA’s Women to Watch exhibition series, Heavy Metal, is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The exhibition showcases contemporary artists working...

5 Questions with Kelsey Wishik

Posted: July 18, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
The fifth installment of NMWA’s Women to Watch exhibition series, Heavy Metal, is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The exhibition showcases contemporary artists working...

Casting, Construction, and Catharsis: Metalwork Processes

Posted: July 17, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Metalwork has been considered a masculine practice due to the laborious, physical processes involved in manipulating metal. Despite this stereotype, women have long been artists and manufacturers in this dynamic...

5 Questions with Carolina Rieckhof Brommer

Posted: July 10, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
The fifth installment of NMWA’s Women to Watch exhibition series, Heavy Metal, is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The exhibition showcases contemporary artists working...

Motifs in Memories: Symbols in Hung Liu’s Art

Posted: July 6, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Chinese-born American artist Hung Liu (b. 1948) employs traditional Chinese motifs in her works on view in the special exhibition Hung Liu In Print, layering and superimposing them upon images...
Amid varied motifs that appear collaged or painted on an orange, coral, and peach background, a pair of large black, white, and tan birds perch on a flowering branch, which scatters petals. To the right, a seated, light-skinned woman with Asian features wears an elegant tunic.

5 Questions with Paula Castillo

Posted: July 6, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
The fifth installment of NMWA’s Women to Watch exhibition series, Heavy Metal, is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The exhibition showcases contemporary artists working...