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.
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Artist Spotlight: Lilian Thomas Burwell

Posted: January 17, 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 woman with medium-dark skin is standing before an artwork hanging on a white wall. The artwork is a triangular, organic, sculptural piece in red and yellow tones.

Artist Spotlight: Deborah Dancy

Posted: January 16, 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 shot of a room with white walls and a large, abstract painting hanging on one of the walls on the right. The large painting is comprised of colorful brushstrokes against a dark gray background.

Artist Spotlight: Brenna Youngblood

Posted: January 11, 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 person in a knitted pink hat in the shape of cat ears is photographed looking at a painting from behind. A mixed media piece featuring colorful, vibrant speckles of color resembling flower buds sprinkled on a gray canvas. They gray canvas has a watercolor texture, and a fence is outlined. The notion of a prison cell comes to mind, as well as hope in the form of color and flowers.

Artist Spotlight: Abigail DeVille

Posted: January 10, 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 shot of a gallery shows several art pieces in the room. On the left, there is a sculpture made from black rubber tires sits on a. The black rubber tires are shaped and distorted in way that they create an organic form, resembling an insect or an alien-like figure.

Artist Spotlight: Evangeline “EJ” Montgomery

Posted: January 10, 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 woman with medium-dark skin and short, gray hair sits before a yellow and white painting. She wears a black shirt with rhinestones and looks slightly to her right, smiling into the distance.

Artist Spotlight: Chakaia Booker

Posted: December 31, 2017
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 shot of a gallery shows several art pieces in the room. On the left, there is a sculpture made from black rubber tires sits on a. The black rubber tires are shaped and distorted in way that they create an organic form, resembling an insect or an alien-like figure.

Artist Spotlight: Alma Woodsey Thomas

Posted: December 30, 2017
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Learn more about Alma Woodsey Thomas and her work Orion (1973), which is featured in the current NMWA exhibition Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960s to Today.
A view of a gallery space with a painting and a sculpture hanging on white walls. The painting on the left is a large, red canvas with little dots in a darker color in vertical lines.

Artist Spotlight: Mildred Thompson

Posted: December 5, 2017
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 shot of a gallery with a large painting hanging on the wall. Abstract painting features a vivid yellow background covered by circles, daubs, and straight and wavy lines in red, orange, cobalt, sky blue, and violet. Arcing red strokes evoke concentric circles. Straight lines in other hues radiate out from the center circle like a starburst.

Artist Spotlight: Shinique Smith

Posted: November 29, 2017
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 shot of a gallery with a large square sculpture in the middle of the room. The square sculpture is as tall as person and the surface is covered in textiles, possibly shirts, dyed in different colors. On top, the textiles are white, and they slowly fade into a lilac and blue hue. The change of color has an ombre-effect.

Artist Spotlight: Nanette Carter

Posted: November 16, 2017
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 woman with a medium-dark skin tone and long, dark hair stands in a gallery before a couple of people next to an art piece hanging on the wall. The art piece is a structure made of a variety of shapes stacked on top of each other in different colors and with different textures. The brushstrokes are visible, giving the piece an interesting texture. The colors are vibrant against the white background.