She Who Tells A Story

View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.
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Appreciating Architecture: #EmptyNMWA Instameet

Posted: July 18, 2016
Category: She Who Tells A Story
More than 25 D.C.-area Instagrammers visited NMWA on June 17, 2016, for a before-hours Instameet. With access to the empty galleries, local photographers explored the museum’s building and collection, as...
Exterior color photo of the museum building with a blue sky and clouds.

New Documentary in “She Who Tells a Story”

Posted: July 7, 2016
Category: She Who Tells A Story
She Who Tells a Story artists use artistic and documentary techniques to both depict experiences and address concerns about the medium of photography.
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".

She Who Tells a Story: Newsha Tavakolian

Posted: June 28, 2016
Category: She Who Tells A Story
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World...
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".

Recent Acquisitions at the LRC: The Agonizing and Absurd Moments of Palestinian Life

Posted: June 27, 2016
Category: She Who Tells A Story
The next time you visit NMWA, come to the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center to see new books on women in the arts, as well as reference books, artists’ books,...
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".

She Who Tells a Story: Shirin Neshat

Posted: June 23, 2016
Category: She Who Tells A Story
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab...
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".

She Who Tells a Story: Rania Matar

Posted: June 15, 2016
Category: She Who Tells A Story
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World...
In front of a stormy ocean, a woman with light skin and blonde, wind-blown hair stands with head turned in profile and eyes closed.

Constructing Identities in “She Who Tells a Story”

Posted: June 11, 2016
Category: She Who Tells A Story
NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World is organized around three themes: Constructing Identities, Deconstructing Orientalism, and New Documentary.
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".

She Who Tells a Story: Nermine Hammam

Posted: June 7, 2016
Category: She Who Tells A Story
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World...
A view of a gallery space. Large prints of photographs are hanging on each wall, depicting a woman in a train and two men in an alpine scene.

She Who Tells a Story: Rula Halawani

Posted: May 31, 2016
Category: She Who Tells A Story
In Arabic, the word rawiya means “she who tells a story.” Each artist in NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World...
A view of a gallery space. Large prints of photographs are hanging on each wall, depicting a woman in a train and two men in an alpine scene.

Deconstructing Orientalism in “She Who Tells a Story”

Posted: May 29, 2016
Category: She Who Tells A Story
NMWA’s summer exhibition She Who Tells a Story: Women Photographers from Iran and the Arab World is organized around three themes: Deconstructing Orientalism, Constructing Identities, and New Documentary.
A gallery view of a black wall with a large photograph of a woman. The woman is wearing a long black dress and a head scarf. She is standing in the ocean, surrounded by waves. On the right wall is a text that says "She who tells a story".