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.

She Who Tells a Story: Jananne Al-Ani

Posted: April 12, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World...
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".

Opening Tomorrow—“She Who Tells a Story”

Posted: April 7, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Large-scale photographs by contemporary women artists illuminate their perspectives and challenge stereotypes in She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World, on view April 8–July...
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".

The Legacy of Élisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun

Posted: March 17, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Salon Style: French Portraits from the Collection presents portraiture by 18th-century French women artists, who struggled past a lack of training, negative opinion, and political turmoil to attain professional success.
A portrait of a light-skinned woman with powdered brown hair tucked under a white wrap with a golden border. She is wearing a blue jacket with a red sash tied around her waist.

5 Fast Facts: Anni Albers

Posted: February 27, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Impress your friends with five fast facts about designer Anni Albers (1899–1994), whose work is on view in Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today through February...

5 Fast Facts: Toshiko Takaezu

Posted: February 22, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Impress your friends with five fast facts about designer Toshiko Takaezu, whose work is on view in Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today through February 28,...
A black-and-white photograph of a light-skinned, dark-haired, Asian adult woman smiling while wearing a smock in her studio. In the foreground are two of her large sculptures; she has her hand on one of them.

5 Fast Facts: Agnes Martin

Posted: February 10, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Impress your friends with five fast facts about Agnes Martin whose work is on view in Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today through February 28, 2016.
Painting with nine by twenty-six grids formed by pencil on a textured, gray background. Tiny silver nail heads hug the top and bottom of each section. Exact in design, the effect is one of imperfection as the lines are not perfectly straight and the nails do not totally line up.

5 Fast Facts: Eva Zeisel

Posted: February 4, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Impress your friends with five fast facts about designer Eva Zeisel (1906–2011), whose work is on view in Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today through February...
Round shapes with dimples in the middle that resemble the belly button from the human body in candy-colored glazes that are stacked in four vertical rows of to create S-shaped lines.

Now on View: “Salon Style” Portraits

Posted: February 2, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Salon Style: French Portraits from the Collection examines portraiture by women artists of 18th-century France, who struggled past barriers of training, public opinion, and political turmoil to attain professional success.
Oval portrait of a young woman with light skin gazes out at the viewer with her dark tousled curls framing her face and shoulders.

Patterned Pathmakers

Posted: January 27, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Dynamic women designers and artists from the mid-20th century and today create innovative designs, maintain craft traditions, and incorporate new aesthetics into fine art in Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and...
View of a gallery space. On a black wall, it says " Pathmakers: Women in Art, Craft, and Design, Midcentury and Today" in big, white letters, Two pendant lights are hanging from the ceiling to the left.

Blurring Boundaries: Contemporary Design

Posted: January 25, 2016
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
On January 27, as part of the museum’s Women, Arts, and Social Change initiative, artist Gabriel Ann Maher and Alice Rawsthorn continue the discussion surrounding the question “Can design be...
Three light skinned women sit in an auditorium. The woman in the center looks at the stage, the two women on either side of her look down at their programs.