We spoke with five television and screenwriters about their work, favorite writers, and why the Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike is important to them.
![Six people stand wearing matching blue hats and shirts hold up and walk behind a large banner sign that says "Writers Guild on Strike." Behind them is a mass of other people holding picketing signs and chanting.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Reuters-Strike-Photo-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpeg)
April is National Poetry Month. To celebrate, we’re highlighting five contemporary poets inspired by artists whose works are in our collection.
![An enamel portrait painting of a woman made with encrusted black rhinestones glued to shiny pink acrylic background.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/2011.13-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.png)
Throughout 2022, NMWA’s #5WomenArtists campaign will champion emerging and underrepresented artists. Get to know D.C.-based houseplant rehabilitation duo Very Sad Lab!
![An installation view of a tiny gallery space shows a long wood desk and shelving set up against one wall, holding jars and pots of plant clippings with a flat screen TV mounted to the wall in the center. The back wall is painted green with white text on it: "The Incubator Resource Lab." More plants hang from the ceiling. The floor is concrete and painted dark grey.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Install-VSL-TheIncubator-2-1-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Throughout 2022, NMWA’s #5WomenArtists campaign will champion emerging and underrepresented artists. Get to know D.C.-based interdisciplinary artist Stephanie J. Williams!
![In this screen still from a puppet stop motion animation, miniature sculptures made from wood, metal, and other materials are arranged on top of, and hang above, green turf, set against a pitch black background. The sculpture's shadows appear on the turf. The sculptures are made up of various circular designs.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/CHANG_003_05_X1_0043_S-1-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Five Emerging Artists for #5WomenArtists: Micaela Cianci
Posted: December 10, 2021
Category: #5Womenartists
U.K.-based artist Micaela Cianci created an original illustration inspired by Leonora Carrington’s painting Crookhey Hall (1986), part of the museum's collection.
![A black-and-white digital illustration features a lively, Surrealist scene on the grounds of an old English manor. Among trees and the grass, a brass band walks, a man in a formal suit runs crazily, animals and human-animals stands and interact, and a circus tent stands in the distance.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ProcessiontothelakeFinalPrint_2048x2048-2-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
Five Emerging Artists for #5WomenArtists: Ambar Del Moral
Posted: September 29, 2021
Category: #5Womenartists
Artist Ambar Del Moral’s new T-shirt that pays homage to NMWA’s #5WomenArtists campaign drops on 10/1. It kicks off a line of #5WomenArtists T-shirts created by five emerging women artists...
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Get to know five women artists—Harmony Hammond, Louise Bourgeois, Joyce Kozloff, Miriam Schapiro, and Sarah Charlesworth— who are depicted in SoHo Women Artists (1978), by May Stevens.
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NMWA founder Wilhelmina Cole Holladay (1922–2021) was a visionary collector of great art by women. Get to know five of her favorite modern and contemporary artists from the museum’s collection.
![Wilhelmina Cole Holladay leans against a railing with a slight smile. She is a light-skinned, older woman with short, gray hair, and she wears a collared white shirt and black cardigan. Ornate chandeliers can be seen behind her.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/WCH-GettyImages-485571177-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-4-700x330.jpg)
NMWA founder Wilhelmina Cole Holladay (1922–2021) was a visionary collector of great art by women. Get to know five of her favorite historical artists from the museum’s collection.
![Wilhelmina Cole Holladay leans against a railing with a slight smile. She is a light-skinned, older woman with short, gray hair, and she wears a collared white shirt and black cardigan. Ornate chandeliers can be seen behind her.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/WCH-GettyImages-485571177-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-1-700x330.jpg)
In March, NMWA’s #5WomenArtists social media campaign launched for a fifth year of raising awareness about women artists, garnering more than 4,092 Instagram posts and 9,568 tweets.
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