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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Opening Tomorrow: Border Crossing and New Ground

Posted: February 16, 2017
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
On Friday, February 17th, NMWA will open two exhibitions featuring women artists of the Southwest. In Border Crossing: Jami Porter Lara, Albuquerque-based artist Jami Porter Lara (b. 1969) uses a...
Shelves of small misshapen bottles in various shapes with the name of the exhibition above: Border Crossing: Jami Porter Lara above

5 Fast Facts: Colette Fu

Posted: January 26, 2017
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Colette Fu.
Large-scale pop-up book with a dark haired woman behind a huge display of food. She wears a green dress and purple flowers in her hair and turns to look over her left shoulder. The food explodes forward with bowls of soup, skewered meat, banana leaves, pig tail, and more.

NO MAN’S LAND: Optical Illusions

Posted: December 20, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Contemporary large-scale paintings and sculptural hybrids are on view in NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection. The exhibition imagines a visual conversation between 37 women artists...
An installation view of a gallery space with white walls and a gray floor. There are several art pieces hanging on the walls. On the left, a huge textile piece made of several bags in an orange fabric takes up a big part of the room. Another art piece shows skulls on an orange checkered background. On the right wall is an abstract art piece made of several orange, white, and black stripes that causes an optical illusion.

Dead Feminists Live Again

Posted: December 13, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Bold Broadsides and Bitsy Books is on view in the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center (LRC). From the public nature of broadsides to the intimacy of a tiny...
A bookshelf packed with colorful books about women artists.

NO MAN’S LAND: Follow the Threads

Posted: December 12, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Contemporary large-scale paintings and sculptural hybrids are on view in NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection. The exhibition imagines a visual conversation between 37 women artists...
An installation view of a gallery space with white walls and a gray floor. There are several art pieces hanging on the walls. On the left, a huge textile piece made of several bags in an orange fabric takes up a big part of the room. Another art piece shows skulls on an orange checkered background. On the right wall is an abstract art piece made of several orange, white, and black stripes that causes an optical illusion.

NO MAN’S LAND: Re-Think the Nude

Posted: December 6, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Contemporary large-scale paintings and sculptural hybrids are on view in NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection. The exhibition imagines a visual conversation between 37 women artists...
An installation view of a gallery space with white walls and a gray floor. There are several art pieces hanging on the walls. On the left, a huge textile piece made of several bags in an orange fabric takes up a big part of the room. Another art piece shows skulls on an orange checkered background. On the right wall is an abstract art piece made of several orange, white, and black stripes that causes an optical illusion.

Happiest Hours: “Artists in Conversation” Invite You to Eat, Drink, and Connect

Posted: December 3, 2016
Category: 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.

Beyond the Fold: Colette Fu’s Pop-Ups

Posted: December 1, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
The special exhibition Wanderer/Wonderer: Pop-Ups by Colette Fu, on view at NMWA through February 26, 2017, features ten pop-up books that explore Fu’s personal experiences through combined images of people,...
A woman with medium skin tone and dark hair wearing a black dress holds a large pop-up artist book, which unfolds in her hand and onto a table.

NO MAN’S LAND: Charismatic Canvases

Posted: November 29, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Contemporary large-scale paintings and sculptural hybrids are on view in NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection. The exhibition imagines a visual conversation between 37 women artists...
View of a gallery space. On a black wall, it says in white, bold letters: "NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection". There is a textile sculpture hanging from the ceiling in the room behind the wall.

NO MAN’S LAND: Unexpected Materials

Posted: November 22, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Contemporary large-scale paintings and sculptural hybrids are on view in NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection. The exhibition imagines a visual conversation between 37 women artists...
View of a gallery space. On a black wall, it says in white, bold letters: "NO MAN’S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection". There is a textile sculpture hanging from the ceiling in the room behind the wall.