Broad Strokes Blog
In celebration of the 2026 World Cup, learn about artist Michelle Grabner and her soccer ball artwork that she hope gets “kicked around and scuffed up…”.
Michelle Grabner, Gingham soccer ball (Issue 27, The Thing Quarterly ), 2015; Screenprinted synthetic leather and rubber, 7 1/4 in. diameter; NMWA, Gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in honor of NMWA Associate Curator Virginia Treanor; © Michelle Grabner; Image courtesy of The Thing Quarterly
Michelle Grabner, Gingham soccer ball (Issue 27, The Thing Quarterly ), 2015; Screenprinted synthetic leather and rubber, 7 1/4 in. diameter; NMWA, Gift of Steven Scott, Baltimore, in honor of NMWA Associate Curator Virginia Treanor; © Michelle Grabner; Image courtesy of The Thing Quarterly
Broad Strokes Blog
NMWA’s new collection installation features thematic galleries such as “Seeing Red,” which explores artists’ rosy, bold, and fiery uses of the color red.
Alma Woodsey Thomas, Orion , 1973; Acrylic on canvas, 59 3/4 x 54 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay; © 2024 Estate of Alma Thomas (Courtesy of the Hart Family)/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo by Lee Stalsworth for NMWA
Alma Woodsey Thomas, Orion , 1973; Acrylic on canvas, 59 3/4 x 54 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay; © 2024 Estate of Alma Thomas (Courtesy of the Hart Family)/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Photo by Lee Stalsworth for NMWA
