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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/mira-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/KAP_NMWA_PaperRoutes_2020_10_19_037-1-1-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.png)
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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Shin02-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1439x330.jpg)
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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/DSC02233-1-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-4240x330.jpg)
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.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/foto-final-002-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-6000x330.jpg)
Today, grappling with a period of global quarantine, many people are experiencing an urge to return to the outdoors, seeking comfort and revitalization in nature. Return to Nature, a pop-up...
![Close-up photograph shows a trumpet-shaped flower against a dark black background. The flower's striated long neck erupts in a profusion of purple and white petals that dominate the composition.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2015.21-aspect-ratio-2.25x1-1.jpg)
In one intimate photograph, Graciela Iturbide responds—and pays homage—to Frida Kahlo’s cultural legacy, creating an artistic dialogue between the two women.
![A black and white photograph of a worn body brace pinned on a blank concrete wall. The photograph is taken from slightly below and to the left of the brace. Similar to a corset, the brace itself is simultaneously lonely, foreboding, and empty as it hangs.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Frida_Brace-2-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.png)
Graciela Iturbide confronts what she calls “Mexico’s death fantasy” as it appears in the street, at festivals, and in the cemetery.
![A black-and-white photograph shows the back of a woman as she crests a rocky path above a vast desert landscape beneath an expansive sky. Her traditional, ethnic full skirt, long-sleeved blouse, and long, straight, dark hair contrasts with the modern portable stereo she carries.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Coll6_Iturbide_header-test-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.png)
Graciela Iturbide and La Matanza: Ritual as Practice and Subject
Posted: April 20, 2020
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
Photography and its ritualistic qualities—observation, development, and selection—is a form of therapy for Graciela Iturbide. More than simply documenting moments in time, the practice offers her a way to process...
![A black-and-white photograph shows the back of a woman as she crests a rocky path above a vast desert landscape beneath an expansive sky. Her traditional, ethnic full skirt, long-sleeved blouse, and long, straight, dark hair contrasts with the modern portable stereo she carries.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Coll6_Iturbide_header-test-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.png)
Beyond Documentation: Graciela Iturbide and the Seri
Posted: April 6, 2020
Category: Nmwa Exhibitions
In 1979, with anthropologist Luis Barjau, Graciela Iturbide stayed with the Seri community for more than two months, recording their lives with her camera—particularly their forced adaptation to modern life,...
![A black-and-white photograph shows the back of a woman as she crests a rocky path above a vast desert landscape beneath an expansive sky. Her traditional, ethnic full skirt, long-sleeved blouse, and long, straight, dark hair contrasts with the modern portable stereo she carries.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Coll6_Iturbide_header-test-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.png)