Public Programs

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Meet Fresh Talk Speaker Ayana Flewellen

Posted: June 25, 2019
Category: Public Programs
By applying understandings of gender, class, and race to preconceived history, Dr. Ayana Flewellen has become a leading figure for intersectional anthropology and the growing field of black feminist archaeology.

Meet Fresh Talk Speaker Hilary Sample

Posted: April 24, 2019
Category: Public Programs
Get to know Hilary Sample, principal architect at MOS, who spoke at Fresh Talk: Writing the Balance, a talk about rewriting history's predominant narratives.
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Superwomen Assemble: Meet the Women Saving Comics

Posted: June 12, 2017
Category: Public Programs
FRESH TALK: Who are the new superwomen of the universe? on June 14 will show how comics, in particular, can highlight what a society values through the heroes they revere.
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Setting the Stage with Sibyl Edwards: Women, Arts, and Tech

Posted: February 25, 2016
Category: Public Programs
The Women, Arts, and Social Change community is gearing up for the next FRESH TALK event at NMWA, confronting questions about women’s innovations in science and technology fields. Sibyl Edwards, a...
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Designing Conversations for Change

Posted: February 8, 2016
Category: Public Programs
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.

Blurring Boundaries: Contemporary Design

Posted: January 25, 2016
Category: Public Programs
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.

Carrie Mae Weems and the Art of Change

Posted: December 2, 2015
Category: Public Programs
In September, the National Museum of Women in the Arts launched a new public programs initiative, Women, Arts, and Social Change, focusing on women and the arts as catalysts for...
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Righting the Balance: It Doesn’t Stop Here

Posted: October 23, 2015
Category: Public Programs
NMWA’s latest initiative, Women, Arts, and Social Change, kicked off Sunday, October 18, with FRESH TALK: Righting the Balance. The new public program focuses on women and the arts as...
Three women are sitting on a stage giving a talk. In large letters, the title above them says "Fresh Talk."

Artist Spotlight: Kimsooja’s Threads of Culture

Posted: September 9, 2014
Category: Public Programs
Learn more about artist Kimsooja, whose work is featured in the NMWA exhibition Total Art: Contemporary Video.
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Artist Spotlight: Alex Prager’s La Petite Mort

Posted: August 26, 2014
Category: Public Programs
Alex Prager (b. 1979, Los Angeles) is a self-taught photographer and filmmaker known for large-scale pictures of actresses in eccentrically costumed and choreographed crowds. La Petite Mort (2012), which is...
View of a gallery space. In a dark room, the title of the exhibition, "Total Art: Contemporary Video", is projected on a wall.