#5Womenartists

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#5WomenArtists Up Close: North Carolina Museum of Art

Posted: March 4, 2019
Category: #5Womenartists
NMWA’s annual #5WomenArtists campaign calls attention to the fact that women artists remain underrepresented—and their work undervalued—in the art world. Hear from Dr. Valerie Hillings, director of the North Carolina...
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#5WomenArtists: From Awareness to Action

Posted: February 26, 2019
Category: #5Womenartists
Each March since 2016, the National Museum of Women in the Arts has posed a simple question on social media for Women’s History Month: Can you name five women artists?

Can You Name #5WomenArtists?

Posted: February 22, 2018
Category: #5Womenartists
Can you name five women artists? Did your response include any women artists of color? Women artists, especially women of color, remain dramatically underrepresented and undervalued in museums, galleries, and...

#5WomenArtists Goes Global

Posted: April 24, 2017
Category: #5Womenartists
In honor of Women’s History Month, the museum launched the second year of its award-winning #5WomenArtists social media campaign, which asks, “Can you name five women artists?” The museum invited...

Down to a Science: #5WomenArtists Spark #5WomenScientists

Posted: April 7, 2017
Category: #5Womenartists
For Women’s History Month, NMWA posed the question, “Can you name five women artists?” While social media users shared stories of women artists with #5WomenArtists, other science museums, and cultural...
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Challenge Accepted: Can You Name Five Women Artists?

Posted: February 27, 2017
Category: #5Womenartists
Back by popular demand this March, the National Museum of Women in the Arts continues to ask, “Can you name five women artists?” This simple question calls attention to the...

March Madness: A Digital Dive into Women’s History Month

Posted: April 14, 2016
Category: #5Womenartists
NMWA’s year-round mission is to address gender imbalance in the art world, but every March, Women’s History Month, the museum has an opportunity to catch the attention of a wider...

Camera-Sly: #EmptyNMWA Instameet

Posted: March 22, 2016
Category: #5Womenartists
On March 8, 2016, the museum hosted an #EmptyNMWA instameet (a gathering of Instagram photographers) in honor of International Women’s Day. NWMA welcomed 30 local instagrammers to visit the museum...
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