Questions about a woman’s “place” resonate in our culture, and conventional ideas about the house as a feminine space persist. Global artists in Women House recast conventional ideas about the...
![](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Women-House-Exhibition-002-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Questions about a woman’s “place” resonate in our culture, and conventional ideas about the house as a feminine space persist. Global artists in Women House recast conventional ideas about the...
![](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Women-House-Exhibition-002-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Questions about a woman’s “place” resonate in our culture, and conventional ideas about the house as a feminine space persist. Global artists in Women House recast conventional ideas about the...
![Arrangement of nine small, felt houses on a white table. Each house is a different, vibrant color and represents a different style of architecture spanning time and cultures—including a hut, a yurt, a cottage, art deco, postmodern architecture, and more.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2014.3.1-9-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Questions about a woman’s “place” resonate in our culture, and conventional ideas about the house as a feminine space persist. Global artists in Women House recast conventional ideas about the...
![](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Women-House-Exhibition-002-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Questions about a woman’s “place” resonate in our culture, and conventional ideas about the house as a feminine space persist. Global artists in Women House recast conventional ideas about the...
![](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Women-House-Exhibition-002-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Questions about a woman’s “place” resonate in our culture, and conventional ideas about the house as a feminine space persist. Global artists in Women House recast conventional ideas about the...
![](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Women-House-Exhibition-002-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Although Hung Liu (b. 1948, Changchun, China) works in a variety of mediums, her portraits are unified by a unique style characterized by richly colored veils of drip marks—an effect...
![Two smiling Chinese girls with light skin and black hair painted on a collage of Chinese writing, small red envelopes, a red bird and bug, and blue paint drippings. The older girl, seen waist up, wears her hair in two braids and carries the younger girl in crimson clothes on her back.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2001.155-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
Nameless but Not Forgotten: Hung Liu’s Portraits
Posted: February 15, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Hung Liu In Print, NMWA’s newest exhibition, features works by Chinese artist Hung Liu (b. 1948) that pay homage to the forgotten individuals who influence history.
![](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2007.87.2-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
For more than five decades, Sylvia Snowden (b. 1942, Raleigh, North Carolina) has created vibrantly abstract works. Her palette ranges from dark and earthy to bright and artificial, and she...
![A medium-skinned woman with bright white hair stands in front of a colorful abstract painting speaking to a crowd of visitors.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2017-11-28-SylviaSnowden-ArtistTalk-_24_-E_22941-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Wonderful Words: Exploring Abstraction through Poetry
Posted: January 19, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
On Saturday, December 9, D.C.-based poet Danielle Badra led Firsthand Experience: Responsive Poetry at the museum. The day started with an exquisite corpse group activity: Using artworks as prompts, each...
![An installation view of several abstract artworks hung on a gallery wall.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Magnetic-Fields-Exhibition_07_22076-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)