Judy Chicago: Boldly Going Where No Woman Has Gone Before
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January 17, 2014
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Nmwa Exhibitions
Judy Chicago (née Judy Cohen) was born on July 20, 1939, in Chicago, Illinois, into a household that supported her creative and intellectual interests
In the 1960s and 1970s, Anita Steckel fought for the public acceptance of explicitly sexual art made by women, as part of the broader feminist art movement that was pushing...
NMWA’s new exhibition, “Workt by Hand”: Hidden Labor and Historical Quilts, is now on view. Interested in learning more?
Ellen Day Hale can be seen as a woman artist who was given opportunities not afforded to many other women of her time, showing the huge artistic benefits conferred by...
As an artist, Faith Ringgold has always worked to tell her story. She created bold, provocative paintings during the 1960s, directly responding to the Civil Rights and feminist movements.
Children of Two Worlds: Audrey Niffenegger's Hybrid Creatures: Part 2 of 2
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October 25, 2013
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Nmwa Exhibitions
On view at NMWA through November 10, in Awake in the Dream World, Audrey Niffenegger’s work includes an array of fantastical, surreal, and dreamlike creatures. One of Niffenegger’s artistic and...
Children of Two Worlds: Audrey Niffenegger’s Hybrid Creatures: Part 1 of 2
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October 24, 2013
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Nmwa Exhibitions
The visual novels of Audrey Niffenegger (b. 1963) are replete with curiously concocted creatures that serve as the primary narrative tools for advancing her bizarre, dreamlike tales.
Audrey Niffenegger's Self-Portraits: Fiction or Autobiography?
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October 8, 2013
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Nmwa Exhibitions
“The self-portrait is like writing in the first person…There are a variety of ways to use it,” Audrey Niffenegger has said. Within NMWA’s Niffenegger exhibition, Awake in the Dream World,...
Though Audrey Niffenegger may be best known for her 2003 novel The Time Traveler’s Wife, the “Adventures in Bookland” gallery in NMWA’s current exhibition of her work showcases her sensational...
Faith Ringgold Captures the “Long Road” Ahead for Women
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September 26, 2013
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Nmwa Exhibitions
The bleak walls of the Rikers Island Women’s prison may not be the most traditional venue to display art, but Faith Ringgold embraced the location and presented a mural to...
