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.

Women House: A Room of One’s Own

Posted: May 11, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
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...

Women House: Mobile Homes

Posted: April 29, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
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...

Women House: Desperate Housewives

Posted: April 26, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
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...

Veils of Color: Hung Liu

Posted: April 17, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
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.

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.

Artist Spotlight: Sylvia Snowden

Posted: January 21, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
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.

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.

Artist Spotlight: Betty Blayton

Posted: January 19, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960s to Today places abstract works by multiple generations of black women artists in context with one another—and within the larger history of abstract art—for...
A medium-skinned woman stands before a colorful, abstract painting. She is wearing glasses and a white v-neck sweater, and she is smiling at the camera.

Artist Spotlight: Howardena Pindell

Posted: January 18, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960s to Today places abstract works by multiple generations of black women artists in context with one another—and within the larger history of abstract art—for...
An installation photograph of a two artworks hanging next to each other on a white wall. The artwork on the right is a large round-shaped abstract form that has an organic quality. It is white, with speckles, and has a rough texture to it, evoking the texture of sand.

Artist Spotlight: Mavis Pusey

Posted: January 18, 2018
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960s to Today places abstract works by multiple generations of black women artists in context with one another—and within the larger history of abstract art—for...
A group of women with a dark medium skin tone are standing in a gallery looking at a large abstract painting and gesturing towards it, discussing the painting. The women look very interested and are having a lively conversation. The painting is a large abstract painting featuring geometric shapes in red, brown, and black.