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National Museum of Women in the Arts

Beverly Penn

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5 Questions with Beverly Penn

Posted: July 29, 2018
Category: Beverly Penn
The fifth installment of NMWA’s Women to Watch exhibition series, Heavy Metal, is presented by the museum and participating national and international outreach committees. The exhibition showcases contemporary artists working...

Casting, Construction, and Catharsis: Metalwork Processes

Posted: July 17, 2018
Category: Beverly Penn
Metalwork has been considered a masculine practice due to the laborious, physical processes involved in manipulating metal. Despite this stereotype, women have long been artists and manufacturers in this dynamic...