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Women’s History Month: Can You Name #5womenartists?
Posted: February 29, 2016
Category: Women’S History Month
Did you know that even though women make up 51% of visual artists today, in the U.S. only 5% of work on museum walls is by women? It is no...

Women and the 1913 Armory Show—Part 2: Women Artists
Posted: March 27, 2013
Category: Women’S History Month
Surprisingly, 50 of the 300 artists exhibiting at the Armory Show in 1913 were women. With few exceptions, these women are not known to most art historians today, yet many...
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.

Women’s History Month—and NMWA—after 25 Years
Posted: March 1, 2012
Category: Women’S History Month
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.