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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Women to Watch 2020: Elizabeth Alexander

Posted: December 14, 2020
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Artist Elizabeth Alexander talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
A light-skinned woman with shoulder-length brown hair smiles at the camera. She wears octagonal earrings and a sleeveless black shirt that reveals one arm full of flower tattoos. Sitting next to her is a brown and white dog, looking off into the distance. They are both positioned in front of floral patterned wallpaper and an antique chair, also covered in a floral pattern.

Women to Watch 2020: Rachel Farbiarz

Posted: December 9, 2020
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Artist Rachel Farbiarz talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
A long horizontal rectangle with small numerous figures and images collaged on the surface. Black and white figures in soldier’s uniforms stand and lay down, along with yellow and red banners, flags, and garlands.

Women to Watch 2020: Sa’dia Rehman

Posted: December 2, 2020
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Artist Sa'dia Rehman talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
Five panels of paper covered in gray charcoal in which there is a cut stencil of an image of a group of faceless people. The panels have portions of paper that flap and fold.

Women to Watch 2020: Julia Goodman

Posted: November 30, 2020
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Artist Julia Goodman talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
An oblique view of two side-by-side sheets made of pulp, one black and one pale pink. They both have raised surface patterns in the shapes of moon phases. Red paint on the back of the sheets reflects a sliver of color on the walls.

Women to Watch 2020: Angela Glajcar

Posted: November 25, 2020
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Learn about German artist Angela Glajcar's process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
Panels of white paper hung together to look like a long rectangular box suspended from the ceiling a few feet off the ground. Roughly torn holes in the middle of the sheets create a tunnel-like space.

Women to Watch 2020: Mira Burack

Posted: November 18, 2020
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Artist Mira Burack talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
A light-skinned woman with long brown hair smiles happily at the camera. She wears a black t-shirt.

Women to Watch 2020: Jen Aitken

Posted: November 9, 2020
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Canadian artist Jen Aitken talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
An orange geometric abstract sculpture with varied angles positioned against a corner on the floor. The sculpture has painted lines extending onto the walls.

Director’s Desk: The Power of Paper

Posted: November 2, 2020
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
In our newest exhibition Paper Routes—Women to Watch 2020, now on view at NMWA, many of the featured artists explore paper’s long association with identity and advocacy, using their practices...
Dozens of pale, hollow, ghostly feet of different sizes made of translucent paper arrayed in pairs on a white background.

Now Open—Julie Chen: True to Life

Posted: October 12, 2020
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Julie Chen creates elaborate books that ask readers to do more than simply turn pages. NMWA's new exhibition presents more than a dozen captivating works from the artist's 33-year career.
A close up photograph of an artist's book. Each layer of blue paper has an organic, irregular shape cut out of the middle so the layers form a tunnel. A line of text is printed in small type on each page, receding into the tunnel like an underwater cavern.

Women to Watch 2020: Dolores Furtado

Posted: October 8, 2020
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Argentinian artist Dolores Furtado talks about her process and work, which is featured in Paper Routes, the latest installment of NMWA's Women to Watch exhibition series.
A close up color photograph of a light skinned woman who stares unsmiling at the camera. She has chin-length blonde ombre hair, dark eyebrows, and blue-grey eyes. The background of the photo is blurred.