![A colorful portrait of a lush arrangement of flowers including poppies, peonies, roses, carnations, and more. Some flowers have small water drpolets on them and a butterfly and bee are perched on others. The image is a still life photograph, though it looks like a painting.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2011.12_from-artist-scaled-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
NMWA’s exhibition Rodarte celebrates the innovative American fashion house, founded by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy. Explore how the dresses on view share visual appeal and common threads with works...
![A close-up of a silver, metal sculpture that appears to be tied in a giant knot with crisp folds in the metal sheets.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DSC00379-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
![A vertical, abstraction features broadly painted strokes of pale gray, lavender, and cobalt in the upper two-thirds of the canvas. The colors continue in the lower third, along with touches of green, black, and other hues, but the expressive brushwork becomes denser and chaotic.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1986.220-1-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)
From technique to theme, dive into five innovative works by artists at NMWA in this series, “Connecting the Threads.”
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NMWA’s exhibition Rodarte celebrates the innovative American fashion house, founded by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy. The dresses on view share visual appeal and many common threads with works in...
![A sculpture hangs in a dark gallery. The sculpture comprises layers of melted pink and white wax that form a dress-like shape hanging from satin-wrapped chains. Its color, shape, and bumpy, lacy texture, evoke a frilly tutu, lavishly frosted wedding cake, or coral.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Revival-Exhibition_12-aspect-ratio-2.25x1.jpg)
L.A.-based illustrator/artist Jess Rotter collaborated with NMWA, Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte, and custom design studio Third Drawer Down to create a set of paper dolls featuring Rodarte fashions.
![Four light skin mannequins display fashionable gowns of varying length on a circular platform.](https://nmwa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Rodarte-Exhibition_27-aspect-ratio-2.25-1-700x330.jpg)